Mirror Mirror

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

You know what, it's not bad. It knows full well it's target audience and aims squarely for them so that's cool. Whereas so many kids films feel the need to pander to adults with irreverent humour there's not really any of that here. Besides the dialogue being more contemporary there isn't any annoying post modern film references either which made this vastly more appealing to me. Instead Tarsem Singh has crafted a gorgeous looking (as to be expected) and very fun take on the old tale.

The one thing that did annoying me is again, that habit of making your damsel in distress kick more ass than what should be the hero. Also they kinda forgot about the whole witch with the apple thing and tried to squeeze it in in the last few seconds of the film but it becomes more of a joke than anything. But I guess this was never going to be a wholly accurate telling of the tale.

Unexpected Sean Bean!

It saddens me to read about the passing of Eiko Ishioka, the wonderful costume designer, whose work is so distinctive and has always added so much to Tarsem's visuals. Her work here is just as stunning and the production design is brilliant. This is a film that's all about the look. And like Immortals it feels very stagebound but it suits this film so much more.

The dwarfs weren't nearly as grating as the original trailer made out. Neither was Nathan Lane's bumbling sidekick shtick. The most annoying thing was probably the random Bollywood number in the end credits.

Perhaps this is another case of such low expectations resulting in a unexpected good time. The film is light and fluffy and kids will love it. For everyone, well, Snow White and the Huntsmen comes out in a few months, which looks to be a very different take.