The Armored Lady (Where No Armor Was Before)

Some blogger types on movie newsy sites have been commenting on the released images from the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman which is one of two competing “Snow White Reimagined” movies coming down the pipe.

The image in question.

What you see there is Kristen Stewart in Gondor drag. That’s a joke Devin Faraci made to great effect over at Badass and I have basically no problem reusing it here (quality, yo). Obviously they are going for a big, expansive fantasy direction for this time-honored tale. They’ve said as much even, as Devin and others have reported. Devin also points out that Joe Roth is the producer responsible and he also made Alice in Wonderland last year which featured its own titular Disney “princess” in shiny mercurial armor lopping the head off a fucking dragon. Since he’s also making the upcoming Oz the Great and Powerful I suppose people will be expecting the Eowyn treatment for Dorothy.

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

The Lesson is: Do not believe what they are saying about Sucker Punch.

You heard me. The best most people are saying about Zack Snyder’s first (?) original movie is that it’s an ambitious failure. The general consensus is that it sucks, it’s like a videogame, it has no story, yada yada yada. It’s all pretty much bullshit. Sucker Punch is a total success and maybe the most exciting movie I’ve seen this year not only for what it proves about Snyder’s skills as a visionary not only visually but sonically, but what it sets out to do thematically. It’s actually hard to know where to start with this one, so bear with me and hopefully we can get there together.