Snow White and the Huntsman: Kristen Stewart Doing Stuff.

Snow White and the Hunstman is certainly a more Brothers Grimm take on the popular fairytale, which does not fail to entertain. Led by the almost-lovely Kristen Stewart as Snow, it also features Charlize Theron as the botox-conscious Queen Ravena and Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman. Potentially the most striking detail about this new film is that Kristen Stewart actually does something and looks something other than constipated. I realise Bella from The Twilight Saga is not really much to go on and the only other film I had seen her in was The Runaways in which she urinates backwards on a guitar. Thumbs Up, Kristen!

Everyone knows the story of Snow White, and if not, that person needs to stop building areoplanes in a dungeon. Just for fun, though, Snow White is really fair. Queen wants to be fairest. Queen thinks that if she eats Snow's heart she will absorb all that fairness. Queen orders Huntsman to find and kill Snow. Huntsman is not immune to Snow's fairness. Snow rallies against the Queen. Queen is angry. Safe to assume, good prevails. What this film does differently, is has the Huntsman as the love interest rather than the normal Prince Charming chap (who in this film is beyond irrelevant) and that the Queen is even more of a masochistic hoebag.

In regards to the films acting abilities, Charlize Theron who can normally do no wrong has most likely figured out that she is awesome and therefore thinks she can do no wrong. She can. Queen Ravena is overacted, her voice permanently on 'deranged yelling' status, and she looks the most evil when she is calm, cool and collected. Or when she is diving into what appears to be a pool of very thick milk. Chris Hemsworth is substantial as the Huntsman, but the character is not entirely given much depth with his remorse about his see-you-bye wife, taken when he kisses Snow. Kristen Stewart is actually the strongest here with her doe-eyed awe of everything that is not a castle dungeon looking genuine. Especially when acting against a CGI butterfly-stag. The other purely amazing aspect of this film is the visuals. They are stunning and transcend the fairytale status to something truly fantastical.

This film warrants 4 apples.