Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

We might as well start at the very beginning with our first animated movie review, and take a quick look at the studio’s first full-length film (animated or otherwise,) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Wish me love a wishing well to kiss and tell...

What can one say that hasn’t been said already? A classic movie for kids and adults alike, the film is a fever-dream of emotions and one hell of an artistic achievement. Watching the movie as an adult, it becomes clear that the storyline plays along more like a series of connected vignettes. I mean, in terms of plot do we need to see the dwarfs wash up for dinner in such excruciating detail? It works, though, and the film does a good job of cutting between Snow White, the dwarfs and the Queen to move the action along.

Characters are written down to their most basic qualities: Snow White is kind and has a singing voice that can crack glass, the dwarfs all act like their names at all times (well, Happy’s not happy when Snow White dies - that’d be hilarious, though - also SPOILERS,) the Prince is … badly drawn? I understand that Prince No-Name is barely an active participant in the film due to the animator’s struggles with drawing a convincing human male, but it’s still funny how little he’s in play.

“Hello, strange girl. I love you – bye!”
“Look, it’s that girl I sang to, and she’s dead. I guess I’ll kiss her corpse."
"Oh look, she’s OK. Well, back to my castle!”
 THE END!

Well, it doesn’t matter anyway – we’re all here to see Grumpy - he gets most of the good lines, and goes from sour-puss to hero once the climax starts. That's the kind of character arc that'll guarantee you Father's Day t-shirt sales for decades to come. Unless you're looking for marathon weekend tips, in which case you're here to see Dopey.


A poorly-practiced snot rocket goes horribly wrong...

But seriously, even detaching personal nostalgia (which I’m not going to do, so there), Snow White really is special, and a joy to watch with loved ones (it’s one of the few movies my HiddenPrincess will sit and watch the whole way through.)

Lastly, the Queen (Disney’s original Nasty Woman) is a badass. She makes herself into an ugly witch just to prove how hot she is, like so many plastic surgery addicts. And in the 1971 version of the Snow White ride at Magic Kingdom, she succeeded in killing every guest who rode!!

Enjoying the ride, dearies?