Snow White Movie Blog

My blog will be a progression of my reactions as I watch the movie , Enjoy:

The mirror appears to be a male . Very interesting that the mirror which gives the queen her vanity is a male. It actually is quite astonishing to compare the quality of animation from 80 years ago to what Disney does today. Considering the time it was made, the quality is pretty good. In the Disney version the prince meets Snow white early on instead of until the end like in the version of the brothers Grimm. Where is the king ( Snow white's father) this whole time?? Disney added Snow White's connection to wild animals which wasn't part of the story before. The animals are the ones that led Snow white to the cabin of the dwarfs. The animals seem to play a big part in this version. Maybe that has something to do with the pure and innocent theme that Disney is going for. Haha, Snow white thinks the owners of the house are little children. I wonder how the Dwarfs would feel if they could hear. In this version Snow White gets straight to cleaning instead of falling asleep. The animals seem to be doing most of the work though.

Each Dwarf has a name related to its personality. The written versions did not assign names to dwarfs. The dwarfs got very excited when they realized that the intruder was a female, sends a strong message about the power of beauty over men. In this version Snow White is the one that proposed to clean and cook for the Dwarfs. The cooking got the male dwarfs very excited. The dwarfs are not used to being clean and tidy. Snow white is the one who is telling them how to be clean and seems to be in control already. It's funny how the Dwarfs say they would do anything for Snow White as they are about to wash. In this version the queen uses a spell in order to disguise herself as an old woman instead of just painting herself.It is unexpected that the queen is willing to let go of her beauty in order to get rid of Snow white. It really shows how much she hates Snow White.

There are a lot of songs and dancing in the Disney version. This must be where the songs in movies began for Disney in an attempt to make their movies more children friendly and to possibly give the audience another reason to remember the movie.  Wow I did not know that Snow White actually prayed in this movie, I don't remember Disney including religion in most of their movies. All the dwarfs seem to snore at night, maybe another men aspect?  In this version , the spell on the poisoned apple will fade away with the first love's kiss, no mention of a kiss is needed in the Grimm's version.

The queen got Snow White to eat the apple by telling her that all her dreams will come true if she eats it. This gives strong Adam and Eve vibes as when the snake tempted Eve with the same promise. Snow white also mentions how she wants her happily ever after with her prince. Maybe this is where that line first originated. In this version the Queen dies right away when lightning strikes where she was standing and she fell to her death. This seems like a much more pg way for her to die than the brother's Grimm's story. In this version the prince heard of Snow White and at once went to go find her. Snow White woke up at once with the prince's kiss. Its crazy how Snow White fell in love with him after one awkward experience at the well.

Over all the movie was pretty good and I can tell how Disney's legacy of a happily ever after began from this movie. I enjoyed watching it.