This is the first installment of my Disney Rewatch reviews! My first review focuses solely on Snow White however, I figured I would
lump other reviews together to get make them easy and fun to read through. I
will touch on the overall plot of the film and my personal thoughts and adding
some fun facts or history here and there. I won’t be doing a review for every
single movie, unless I’m asked to review a certain one. I will mostly focus on
movies I personally have never seen before, some that have a great effect on
me, or movies I feel aren’t talked a lot about. In other words I will probably
not focus on the more popular, well known Disney films. I also thought it would
be fun to rate each of the movies on a 1-5 star scale. Take into account I will be grading the
movies on storyline/plot, my personal enjoyment, and overall quality of the
film. Onto the reviews!
The first on my list was Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs. This adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale
is the first full length cel animated feature film and the first film in the
Walt Disney Animated Series. The film follows the young and beautiful Snow
White who is living with her stepmother, the wicked queen, since her parent’s
death. Once Snow White is deemed the fairest one in the land, the queen seeks
to kill Snow White. From there the film follows Snow White’s journey in
escaping from her evil step mother and her eventually finding her prince
charming.
While the overall story lacks some substance in comparison
to some of the other Disney movies, I appreciate Snow White for what it
represents and what it did for Walt Disney Animated Studios. Granted, this is
not the most exciting, sitting at the edge of my seat movie, it is worth the
watch in my opinion. Others may feel different, for example about 15 minutes
into the film Jason wanted to pull his hair out resorted to looking up Iron Man
facts on his phone. You watch this film to appreciate the animation in 1937. To
think this was during the times where these cartoons were hand-drawn and every
slight movement involved hundred of drawings done by hand. I realize a lot of
the animation has been digitally re-mastered however, I was still in awe over
the intricate details of the shadows and the gems the dwarves handle at work. The
movie was slightly darker than I imagined as well. Grant it for all of my
childhood I couldn’t watch the scene where Snow White runs through the forest. The
imagery of the queen’s servant cutting the heart out of young Snow White struck
me as particularly dark for the innocence I associate with Disney. Overall this
film is worth the watch for what it did for Disney as a whole. The story lacks
intrigue and excitement but you have to factor in the time period and what the
movie was meant to do.
I give Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs 3 Stars.
