A change from your irregularly scheduled program...

Like I kind of mentioned in my post about Once Upon A Time,  fairy tales are up on the rise with media today.  Really, I think it comes with off the tailcoats of the vampires/werewolves revolution we've been having with the Twilight saga and The Vampire Diaries. By that, I mean that writers and directors and producers are taking a concept that has been around for a while and revamping it for a modern audience.

Which gets to my main point: I'm really excited for the Snow White movies that are coming out next year. Like, really really really excited. Like, I may actually want to see these movies in theaters... Which doesn't really happen for me with a lot of movies.

So the following is my take on the movies so far along with the trailers.

Snow White & The Huntsman

This is the one with the tough Snow White, played by Kristen Stewart. We have the typical part of the story:

- Queen wants to be fairest in the land

- Snow White is gonna beat her

- Queen wants Snow White dead

- Queen sends Huntsman to kill Snow White

And then we get a change. The Huntsman [AKA Eric] is apparently reluctant to work for the Queen from the start. He appears to have been captured and is to either kill Snow White or be killed. From there, he apparently starts to train Snow White to fight in a battle against the Queen. Definitely pretty exciting in my opinion.

Kristen Stewart is the Snow White in this version and that hasn't deterred me from this movie yet. But I'll have to see another trailer because we haven't actually heard her speak, which could be a deal breaker for me. I've seen her in the Twilight saga and have noticed... Her acting has not evolved much through the series. I'm hoping that maybe in the strong female role, Stewart will flourish.

Mirror Mirror

This version of the Snow White tale seems like it will definitely be very different from the other. It may have been the impression from the trailer, but this story seems to focus more on the Queen then Snow White. And with Julia Roberts playing the Evil Queen, it's a no wonder. However, I don't know if I'd call her evil so much as self-absorbed. The trailer has her coming off as insecure and less scary. She almost comes off as comical in the trailer.

Something you do get from this movie that doesn't seem to appear in the other? The dwarves. You get a glimpse of them and Snow White training [again with the strong female who previously wasn't] for her fight against the Queen.

Also, the music in the trailer at the beginning actually makes me think Bollywood. It's really weird but exciting at the same time.