Tuesday 17 April 2012

Mirror Mirror


Reviewed by Danny the Demented
Updated April 17 2012


Glamour, splendor, and undeniable beauty, these are constants in any and all Tarsem Singh movies. What sets this retelling of an age-old tale apart from the rest is that, my goodness, it actually has a coherent storyline. Only took you 4 movies to learn that script matters, Mr. Singh, you take the term "baby steps" to a whole, other, levelBut better late than never, am I right or am I right? Yeah you know it.


"Mirror Mirror" is a fantasy/comedy adaptation of the famous tale of Snow White. The wicked queen Clementianna (Julia Roberts) has taken over as the ruler of the kingdom after the mysterious death of the King. Snow White, the rightful heir, is kept prisoner (albeit a very well-dressed one) inside the castle and is prohibited from having any contact with the outside world. And (brace yourself, run-on coming!) then of course a prince (Armie Hammer) shows up and they meet and fall head over heel over each other because it's love at first sight and that is totally possible in fairy tales but oh no the queen wants a piece of the prince as well because he is rich and handsome and naked (on many occasions, you're welcome ladies) and henceforth the queen needs to dispatch Snow White permanently meaning killing her but that plan fails inevitably because if she dies then there's no movie duh and she runs into the seven dwarfs and with their help Snow White battles the queen to save her love, her kingdom, and herself. Oh yeah I am good. I am like Ricky Bobbie, I wake up and piss excellence.