"Toilet Girl" and "Toilet Man" - A Love Story

This movie was recommended to my mom and I by my brother. He does enjoy chick flicks on occasion because we've watched so many together, but I am pretty sure he picked it up because David Tennant, the 10th (I think) doctor in the Doctor Who series, stars in it. I, however, will always see him as Barty Crouch Jr., the Death Eater obsessed with licking his lips (ew).

Anyhow . . .

Decoy Bride is pretty much what the title says it will be. A famous couple wants to get married, but not with the paparazzi showing up and ruining their special day. To rectify the problem, they pay someone to be the decoy bride to trick the paparazzi.  As it happens, however, the groom falls in love with the decoy bride because, well, it's a chick flick and that's just what happens.












I love David Tennant (James) as an actor in this. He's amusing, makes fantastic facial expressions, and has good comedic timing, however I don't think he is that cute; in fact, I would argue that he looks half-crazed (or maybe that's Barty Crouch Jr.). There is, however, something about him that is striking about him that demands our attention.

Kelly Macdonald (Katie) is also in this film playing the decoy bride to have enough money to heal her sick mother. She did a fairly good job, but I am too influenced by the Harry Potter series and kept picturing Helena Ravenclaw instead. I also kept seeing Merida from Brave because she voiced that character. She also has something about her that draws the audience in despite her fairly plain face.











As Katie and James get to know each other, they get on each other's nerves. The banter is wonderful. I love the dialog between these two. It's brilliant and I love it. It's beyond hysterical.

All in all, this movie very adorable / cute. And it is definitely a traditional chick flick because the guy falls in love with the wrong girl even though they seemingly hate each other at first. It's quite predictable, but I'm okay with it because I wasn't expecting anything deep or intellectually stimulating within the film. And, there's nothing wrong with chick flicks as long as you know what you're getting into. On the other hand, if you didn't know this was going to be a chick flick from the title, you're kind of an idiot . . . No "manly/macho" film will EVER have the word "bride" in the title. Just saying.

And, for the record, a chapter can indeed be an entire book because if William Faulkner or Nathaniel Hawthorne can make a single sentence a paragraph, it should be acceptable for James's book to have only one chapter. So there.

Prom:The Soul-Crushing Mistress

Oh prom. The semi-required dance that every high school senior must partake in to move on with their lives. Honestly, it's not that great. I didn't even go to my own prom. I did, however, go with my boyfriend to his a year earlier. It was lame. My boyfriend spent the night talking to his friends, specifically my best friend's girlfriend who was also a senior. This got old pretty quick, so my best friend and I decided that just because our dates didn't want to dance didn't mean we couldn't dance together. That was the nicest part, but really it's standing / dancing around awkwardly with people you may or may not have liked while eating food tasting only slightly better than cafeteria food.

That should make it easy to understand why I didn't want to go to my prom. I kind of regretted it on the Monday after prom because that's all anyone was talking about, but I know I made the right choice. It was prom or band banquet. Band banquet won with flying colors.

Anyhow . . . I'm not talking about the movie and seeing as this is a movie blog, I might want to do that.

Disney's Prom is about . . . well, prom. It explores every kind of stereotype about how teenagers deal with their prom. It has been accused of being High School Musical 3 without the dancing, but I don't think that's really the case, though both movies do have a prom in them. But if that's the standard, Prom is also 10 Things I Hate About You, She's All That, Pretty in Pink, and countless other films. So that claim is ridiculous.

Moving on . . .

In the film, there are two distinct views of prom.  






For Nova, Prom is everything. In fact, Nova dedicates everything she has to create the perfect Starry Night prom for her fellow seniors after all the supplies and decorations are burned to the ground. It's all about a perfect, magical night to change everything. Personally, I feel like she's severely over-romanticizing prom. It's not a change everything night. Yes, it's  a night that allows for some sort of connection between all the cliques; however, once school starts again on Monday, everything goes back to "normal." Nothing has changed.  But, for some reason, however, Nova makes prom out to be the most significant moment in a person's life.

   




     "High school -- It happens to everyone. And for four years, it has a way of dividing us: athletes, over-achievers, drama queens, jokers. But then, just before it ends and we're almost out the door, one night has a way of bringing us together: prom. It's the one night when no body cares who wore the varsity jacket and who got cut from the team. It's the night when you might find yourself singing at the top of your lungs with people you've never even spoken to. The night when that cute guy from math class might finally make his move. Prom's our night and each of us wants it to be unforgettable."

     "Prom. A night when nice guys might not finish last. When friends might completely surprise you. And the person you were throughout high school could change in an instant. Maybe you find what you're looking for. Or maybe you just find yourself. It's true. One night can bring us all together. But it's more than that. 'Cause when it ends, it's really just the beginning."

These quotes ought to provide enough evidence to show what prom means to Nova as well as what she thinks it should be to everyone else. At least she's happy though. And if prom makes her that happy, then I say let her have it.





I, on the other hand, am more like Lloyd. He hates the idea of prom:

"The prom is like the Olympics of high school. You wait four years, three people have a good time and everybody else gets to live on with shattered dreams."

That about sums it up. Prom is pointless, especially for the "normal" students who aren't nominated for any award and do not have a date. His sister, however, tells him to try finding a date because it might make the idea of prom more enjoyable. I won't tell you how that turns out, but I will say that his attitude towards prom does not change much.






I may think prom is over-rated, but I can still appreciate, however, how many different challenges prom-goers have to go through before that special night.

     1) The "IT" couple nominated for and expected to become Prom King and Queen. Their relationship, however, is far from being perfect. The King is a little too free with his affections which, in the end, will lose him two girls. And, instead of freaking out about the break-up, the Queen is as regal as her title implies she will be. She goes to prom alone with her head held high.

     2) The couple expected to go to prom together can't because one of them has been accepted into a special program at the university he will attend in the fall, leaving his date to scramble trying to make her own night magical in a very short time period only to see that her date makes it to prom after all.

     3) The couple in progress, though they are not expected to last. She is preppy, sweet, ambitious and loving prom. He is a fighter with more detentions than he can count who is forced to help set up prom. As you would expect, they begin to fall in love and become "star-crossed lovers" because they are from opposite sides of the track so to speak, just like Molly Ringwald Judd Nelson in Breakfast Club. There is even a Breakfast Club moment when they are chased through a rival school by a school security guard.

     4) The desperate guy who goes through the list of every girl in school begging them to go to prom with him, but is turned down every time.

     5) The crazy guy no one believes because he insists that he has a hot girlfriend from Canada who looks like a Victoria Secret model.

     6) The guy who falls in love with a girl and sacrifices everything to be with her, including his best friend.

     7) The girl who has a panic attack about her future and being away from her boyfriend and gets defensive and emotional about going to the prom to the point that she nearly loses her boyfriend over it, even though he did ask her to prom in the cutest way.

As you can see, every prom date issue, then, is clearly covered within this Valentine's Day-esque montage of characters that are linked despite their differences.


Overall, the movie is cute. A little cheesy, but still enjoyable if you don't mind Disney films because, let's face it, the live action ones are all fairly similar and if you enjoyed your own prom experience.

Look Out, Iron Man's Bringing the Party to You

Marvel's Avengers is a superhero movie that has been in the works for a long time. Starting with Iron Man, the excited anticipation has bloomed as The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America have been released in theaters leading up to this one moment -- The Avengers.

As typical in most super-hero movies, the world is once again in peril and in desperate need of salvation. The only ones able to help are the "special" people, gifted with abilities that could save the rest of us generally helpless, normal people when we can't save ourselves. This time around, the world is being attacked by Loki of Asgard, brother of Avenger Thor, as he tries to spread truth and freedom to the human race. Nick Fury of S.H.E.I.L.D., however, believes differently. According to Fury, we need soldiers to fight in this war . . . or in this case, super heroes, though technically Captain America is the world's first and only super soldier. Anyway, as Fury says, 

"There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could... " Thus, six extremely, extraordinarily talented people are brought in to work together to rescue the world without killing each other out of pride and anger before it's too late.

Loki, however, seems to be oblivious to the order he brought forth while trying to create war and chaos. In a conversation, Stark rightly says, "Let's do a head count here: your brother the demi-god; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, and YOU, big fella, you've managed to piss off every single one of them." This maybe coming strictly from Stark's pride and arrogance, but he is correct.

Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) 

While Stan Lee's original Black Widow has the powers of being an exceptional, athletic, weapons-trained spy whose been exposed to the Super-Soldier-Serum, who changed her life to work with S.H.I.E.L.D.
In this movie, however, Black Widow only hints at her talents, mysteriously claiming  that she as a "very specific skill set," implying that she can get information out of anyone by being sexy, coy, and a complete and total kick-butt spy.
Johansson did a wonderful job reprising this role, though I am basing this mostly on her stunts and the change in her hair, because in Iron Man 2, she could have been renamed Medusa. That was awful.

Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Rogers is the same good-old boy he was in Captain America, but his attitude has changed. He seems much more jaded, restless, and annoyed with the world, especially Tony Stark (Iron Man). Some of this frustration could come from Stark's patented sarcastic remarks such as  "Everything special about you came out of a bottle." Then again, Stark could get on everyone's nerves -- Captain America gets the brunt of it becasue he is the leader of the Avengers and Iron Man has authority issues. At the same time, however, he is still obviously a man out of time, making comments like "Son of a gun" and "There's only one god ma'am and I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress like that." 

Evans still makes a fantastic Captain America, but I still wish another actor got to be the Captain because Evans was the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four movies.

Hawkeye (Clint Barton)

Like Black Widow, Hawkeye is an extremely powerful and talented athlete specializing in acrobatics and martial arts as well as being an excellent bowman.

We don't get to see a lot of Hawkeye in this movie, but it's obvious that he knows what he's doing. Also, he's pretty to look at.

Incredible Hulk (Bruce Banner)

In this film, it appears that Banner was able to tame the beast inside because, as he reveals, his secret is that he is  "always angry." It's also nice that he has a better attitude when dealing with Stark than Captain America. The first words Iron Man says to Banner is "It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster. " Banner laughs lightly and shrugs it off like it was no big deal.

Also, can we please keep Ruffalo as Hulk? I'm tired of all the switching around.

Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Robert Downey Jr. is back to play Tony Stark, the guy Captain America says is "all about style," while Stark claims to be a "genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist." That's all that needs to be said about RDJ's performance. This is his third time playing Iron Man and he's had that role perfectly covered since the first film.

He does, however, save the day by getting rid of the nuke, and nearly dies in doing so. Thankfully, however, he is jolted awake by the Big Guy yelling in his face.

"All right, hey! All right good job guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow, let's just take a day."

Loki (Loki)

Loki comes to Earth claiming that he is "burdened with glorious purpose" to bring freedom and truth to the world. He is stood up to by normal men as well, not just the super heroes because "there are always men like you," referring to famous dictators such as Hitler.

Banner is right in saying "I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him." Craziness, however, is acceptable because despite his  lack of convention, he knows exactly how to take the Avengers down -- by making everything personal.

Crazy could also be counted as eccentric because "He wants to beat us and he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience.  . . . That's just the preview, this will be opening night. Loki's a full-tilt diva. He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built in the skies with his name plastered . . . " just like Stark.

Nick Fury (Nick Fury)

As Fury confesses to Loki, "You've made me a desperate man." Desperate enough to call in to-be-heroes to save the world based upon "an idea . . . called the avengers initiative. the idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea, in heroes." "They needed the push . . . they found it."

He is willing to take risks and disobey "stupid ass" orders because he believes in the Avenger team.

Samuel L. Jackson was made for this role. His attitude and persona fits easily into this role.

Thor (Thor)

I can't say that I was excited about Thor's appearance. His film didn't impress me at all. In fact, I found it a bit . . . lame.

In this movie, however, Thor left a much better impression, which makes me think that it is not Thor that annoyed me, but the people who wrote, directed, and produced his stand-alone movie were full of epic fail, not Hemsworth.

I will say that Hemsworth makes a wonderful Thor. I love it. He looks the part and he can change his voice to match his body and role.

Personally, Iron Man and Hawkeye are my favorites. Tony Stark has the best dialogue out of anyone on screen because he is sarcastic, cynical, arrogant, and he rocks it. Hawkeye, on the other hand, is just nice to look at -- definitely not something I usually say or notice.

"You're missing the point! There's no throne, there is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it! " - Tony Stark

Now we just have to wait for the second Avengers movie coming out in 2015.

Before then, however, we still have other films to enjoy: Iron Man 3 (2013); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014); and, apparently, Ant-Man (TBD)

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be another Hulk movie in production. But who can blame them? Hulk is mocked as a terrible movie. The Incredible Hulk didn't do much better, but it was better. But even Edward Norton couldn't continue with the role because, according to rumors, Norton wanted too much money for playing in the Avengers, so we're on Hulk #3 -- Mark Ruffalo.

All we can do is hope that Ruffalo can break the current streak and play Hulk for more than one movie. I hope he can, because, honestly, I'm tired of the constant switching and I enjoyed Ruffalo in this role.

THANK YOU JOSS WHEDON!!

Interesting side note . . . I could have been in this movie.


Do you remember the random blond waitress trapped in the chaos going around New York City? That's Ashley Johnson. Her first big starring role was on Growing Pains as Chrissy Seaver, the youngest daughter. That could have been me. My aunt submitted my picture to the producers or whoever and they called back saying they wanted me for the role. Thankfully, however, my mom pulled me out of that. I like my life as it is without the fame or whatever. Plus, have you seen what happens to most child stars? It's not pretty.


Therefore, I could have received this role as well.

Star Wars: The Force Is Strong in this Blog Part One: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars : classic science fiction trilogy in the seventies still so relevant, popular that the franchise was expanded to incorporate a second trilogy detailing the story that happened prior to A New Hope, the first Star Wars film created.

I would put a summative review here, however, I feel that is highly unnecessary. Star Wars is a household name; a classic that everyone knows the basic story, so I'm just going to jump ahead into the reviews if that's alright with you.

Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace

I remember seeing this film in theaters; a true treat because we didn't go to many movies. This one, however, was important. I can't think of anything that my step dad loves more. He is a HUGE Star Wars fan and turned me into one also for a while. Now, however, my experience in Lucas's franchise is limited to the LEGO Star Wars games. The theater was completely filled, so we ended up in the handi-cap role. Mom, Josh, and Dad were in three seats, and I was over in the next three-seat group. Dad held my hand the entire time to make me feel safe. It was one of the sweetest things he has ever done for me. I appreciated it greatly.

To me, the most important thing in these prequels is the characters. The plot, to a certain degree, is partially written because the audience knows where it has to end up for A New Hope. Thus, the focus of films 1-3 will be directed primarily at the characters.




I'm starting with JarJar Binks because I cannot stand him -- not even a little bit. In Fanboys (review to follow soon), one of the characters has a tattoo of JarJar because he'll be the coolest new character in the new film. Obviously, they were kidding in this movie because most (if not all) people hate JarJar with a firey, burning passion. If he never opened his mouth, he could possibly have survived. But seriously, can anyone be more annoying? Uhm . . . no. It's the voice and the word-order of his sentences. It makes no grammatical sense and it's plain obnoxious. A "little odd" doesn't even be to describe him, C-3PO.

It's nice to see Obi-Wan Kenobi younger, but nothing is nicer than seeing him played by Ewan McGregor. He was C-U-T-E cute. And that's saying something because I don't really do the celebrity crush thing (except for Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal), but I fell in love with him because of this movie and have some-what followed his career,  leading to Big Fish and Moulin Rouge becoming some of my favorite movies of all time. Anyway, I thought he played the role brilliantly: he was trying to do something new to an already established science-fiction character and he succeeded while still allowing for growth during Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. 

Because I am a girl, I was drawn towards Queen Amidala / Padme immediately because she was the only girl character around. Even still, I loved the character. She was strong, brave, lovely. She was fantastic, but I don't know if I fell in love with her personality or her wardrobe and make-up job. I loved it. Queen Amidala -- Love her, but more so as Padme. As queen, however, her costuming is gorgeous and I love her make-up. In fact, I even did my makeup like that sometimes. Of course, this was usually paired with a braid marking that I was a Padawan.. Lame, I know; but I thought I was hot stuff.

I don't necessarily care either way about Darth Maul. Ray Park, however, definitely captured my attention. It's not his look or anything -- how could it be? He was completely masked in red and black make-up (unfortunate because he is a bit cute also). His talent as a stunt-man, on the other hand, was not. He's is so talented. It amazes me how he can move and do all these stunts. I could never do that, but he makes it look so free, easy, and effortless -- like he was born doing all this stuff. He's absolutely wonderful and I'm highly jealous that I can't move like that.

Seeing Anakin Skywalker as a child prior to being Darth Vader was essential and Jake Lloyd had quite a bit to offer to the psychology leading to Darth Vader. He believes that the Jedi do not die. He plans to come back and free everyone on Tatooine. He sees himself as destined to change his life and those around him by becoming a self-labeled superhero. But he is unable to do that. He  may not realize that now because he is a child, but he is setting himself up fro failure. Plus, Yoda point-blank tells Anakin that "I sense much fear in you" and fear + setting impossible goals = Darth Vader.

What ever happened to the kid who played Anakin? He was cute. Absolutely darling. I only remember him doing Jingle All the Way, but that's it. Same as Hayden Christian Anderson. Being Anakin apparently kills your acting career.

And now to the best part of the film: Pod Racing. Is there any sport cooler than this? Quidditch is definitely awesome, but Pod Racing is too awesome for words. I even had a shirt with Anakin pod racing on it. And the pod racing game on the Nintendo 64 is nothing short of epic. I loved it and I'm not much of a gamer by any means.

Huh . . . I never noticed before, but the Gungan force field thing looks like the same thing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two. But I guess that should be the other way around seeing as this came first.

And because it makes me laugh . . . 

Under the Dim Aisle Lights, A Man Seated Is a Man Bored

Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood. A little girl has a red cloak. She's going to bring food and whatnot to her grandmother. A wolf eats the grandmother and pretends that he is her when Red shows up. Red gets eaten too. A huntsman comes in at some point and saves the day.

This story doesn't drift far from that plot line. A wolf begins terrorizing a town, demanding that Red follow him into the forest so they can run away together. Red resists, but is still thought to be in league with the wolf and is trying to destroy the village.

The only thing added is a love triangle, something that has become quite frequent in the movies and stories directed at a teenage audience. Hunger Games = Katniss, Peeta, and Gale. Twilight = Bella, Edward, and Jacob. And now, in Red Riding Hood, there is Valerie, Peter, and Henry.

Outside of this love triangle, the film makers attempt to show that anyone with brown eyes could be the wolf, but the identity of the true wolf can be predicted.

At least Gary Oldman is in it. He's fantastic.

Amanda Seyfriend too. She's got the prettiest eyes ever

Overall, however, I was bored. This is probably because my friend and I were seeing two movies that night. I was ready for Red to be over so that we could go watch Beastly.

The Holiday -- Perfect RomCom for Your Own Holiday

After suffering heartbreak in their homes, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) decide to switch lives for two weeks. During the switch, both women learn something about themselves and love.

     "I have found that almost everything written about love to be true. Shakespeare said, "Journey's end in lovers meeting." Oh. What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I'm more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone rally should. I'm constantly amazed by it's sheer power to alter and define our lives.
     "It was Shakespeare who also said, "love is blind." Now that is something I know to by true.
     "For some, quite inexplicably love fades.
     "For others, love is simply lost.
     "But than of course love can also be found, even if just for the night.
     "And then there's another kind of love. The cruelest kid. The one that almost kills its victims. It's called unrequited love. Of that, I am an expert.
     "Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories -- those of us who fall in love alone. We are the victims of the one-sided affair. We are cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones. The walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space."

This voice over by Iris (Kate Winslet) at the beginning of the movie is a perfect set up for the movie.

It's always about love. Always. Love comes in many forms and, as depressing as this is, not everyone gets the typical love-at-first-site / love-you-forever happy ending. It's important, then, to hear about everyone else  not as fortunate in love as others.

And that's what this movie has to offer -- a new kind of love story where people are in love with the wrong people and are allegedly in the wrong country/houses as well --  only to be resolved at the end of the movie. Kind of like Midsummer Night Dream I guess.

All in all, there really isn't much else to say. It's a romantic comedy -- they're a bit formulaic. I will, however, say that the characters were likable (especially Iris, Arthur, and Miles). And, overall, the film was cute and enjoyable.

No White; Just the Huntsman

Like Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman tells the story of Snow White in a new fashion where she falls in love with the huntsman and leads an armored rebellion against the Evil Queen to save her kingdom once more.

Kristen Stewart . . . my favorite.  I LOVE girls who have mono-face (mono-tone for facial expressions). Who else would you want for a vibrant, strong, and compelling character in the process of becoming a renegade leader against the Evil Queen, Ravenna? Ick. Seriously, Stewart isn't a strong leader; she is too weak to lead a rebellion against the Queen? Seriously -- it's like they put a crown on Bella Swan's head. Stewart's Snow White is whiny fearful, clumsy, and in constant need a big man to save her. Furthermore, Snow White is supposed to be "life itself," a "healer," and "the one everyone has been waiting for." This may be true, but I'm not sure I believe Stewart can fulfill these three qualities.









Perhaps I am being too harsh to Kristin Stewart. Maybe she did the best she could with this role. I just . . . the only movie I've ever liked her in was Speak, but I think this is because Melinda Sordino is quiet, shy, and a bit awkward. She did that well because she is that way naturally. I just don't see her being able to escape that role to become anything more: not Bella, not Snow White, not anyone really.

At least the other actors in the film are able to compensate for her lack of acting skills, especially Charlize Theron.She has so many sides as an actress, but she always comes off powerful and beautiful. In this film, it even makes her dangerous. She has to constantly feed upon beautiful girls for strength -- it looks kind of like a dementor attack like in Harry Potter. Furthermore, there are many scenes where she looks almost frail and sick, thus needing hearts to keep her own going. Thus, she needs Snow's heart to be eternally beautiful, the only thing she requires to be powerful and dangerous.








Theron is wonderful in this film. She's beautiful; she's obviously deranged in the head; she's powerful; and she has just enough crazy in her to play the Evil Queen perfectly. Moreover, Theron finds a way to make Ravenna human. She's not just the Evil Queen, who is completely evil from the inside out. She is not a silly caricature of evil like the way Julia Roberts as the evil queen in Mirror Mirror is. Instead, Theron is a woman spurned by too many men to keep track of. After all, "love always betrays us" -- the reason for her evilness. Furthermore, Ravenna also has her moments of weakness.  Theron is just fantastic.  I loved her performance so much.










And her wardrobe -- PHENOMENAL. Every bit of it was lovely.






And then there's the huntsman, Chris Hemsworth. I'm sorry, but I can't look at him without thinking Thor. It makes things kind of funny, but he still does a good job with this role. He just plays the strong, protective guy so well.








Outside of the characters, there is an interesting twist on the classic good versus evil paradigm. Snow White is both good and evil. Snow is good because she is fair and pure of heart; Snow is bad because her fair and pure heart can be used as Ravenna's salvation.

I also love the plant/animal things. It's fascinating how these trees, rocks, etc. are able to become animals as well. The special effects were awesome.

It's hard for me to judge whether I liked the movie or not. Sometimes I think I'm just prejudiced against Kristen Stewart, but I also feel the movie is a bit slow. Or maybe I just like Mirror Mirror better.  Whatever the truth is, Snow White and the Huntsman is not a terrible movie; it's okay.