Noctis Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 In terms of physical appearance, the Zegler/Gadot difference reminds me of the Stewart/Theron film. Everyone wondering why the evil person was so jealous. At least in terms of talent, Zegler dwarves Gadot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 minute ago, Noctis said: In terms of physical appearance, the Zegler/Gadot difference reminds me of the Stewart/Theron film. Everyone wondering why the evil person was so jealous. At least in terms of talent, Zegler dwarves Gadot. I’m sorry, but just no. Political stances and particularly acting skills aside, Rachel is just gorgeous. I mean twenty years younger than me but a gorgeous young woman. And I bring age here because I strongly believe that that’s what has been always about, I think Snow White and her evil witch stepmother which happens to be an witch has always been about jealousy of the youth, not really about looks alone. I don’t mean to disparage Gadot’s looks when I could disparage well, everything else, but it’s not like from the Walt Disney’s take that Maleficent was ever uglier, what she was older than Snow White and envied not really only her looks but her youth and good heart, when Maleficent is an aging physically beautiful woman for her age but an awful person inside. It’s a fairytale about vanity yes but it kinda goes deeper than that. Ironically the most impression that the Snow White did on me as a kid wasn’t the animation - I kinda remember feeling that animation was old even for me back then - but the books. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 minute ago, ZattMurdock said: And I bring age here because I strongly believe that that’s what has been always about, I think Snow White and her evil witch stepmother which happens to be an witch has always been about jealousy of the youth Women get universally hotter with age though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 minute ago, WorkingonaName said: Women get universally hotter with age though. I agree with you. That’s besides the point, I mean look no further than Jennifer Garner or hell my favorite Elektra of all time, Elodie Yung. The point isn’t that, the point is that Maleficent doesn’t see it that way, she has a shallow and superficial understanding of beauty and is an awful person inside. I think Gadot is physically a beautiful woman, but I would never say that I don’t get why she would be jealous of Ziegler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WittyUsername Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, Krissykins said: Hmm spotted the other motive behind your reaction lol. That’s probably expected. YouTube is the worst, as we know. So that has all the misogynistic “creators” and racist subscribers/commentors. An area of Twitter will be hating on Gal Gadot because she’s a Zionist. In the case of Gal Gadot, I do understand disliking her on the count of her views, but it’s weird to me how people are saying that the two seconds we heard of her in the teaser is further evidence of what a terrible actress she is. A lot of them even straight up seem to be mocking her accent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 6 minutes ago, WittyUsername said: In the case of Gal Gadot, I do understand disliking her on the count of her views, but it’s weird to me how people are saying that the two seconds we heard of her in the teaser is further evidence of what a terrible actress she is. A lot of them even straight up seem to be mocking her accent. Twitter is weird, social media is weird and it isn’t real life. And that’s by no means a defense to Gadot. She isn’t getting an Oscar for this, what we saw on the trailer was as serviceable as her Wonder Woman’s performance. Nothing to write home about but when I see it I mean yep, that’s Maleficent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said: I agree with you. That’s besides the point, I mean look no further than Jennifer Garner or hell my favorite Elektra of all time, Elodie Yung. The point isn’t that, the point is that Maleficent doesn’t see it that way, she has a shallow and superficial understanding of beauty and is an awful person inside. I think Gadot is physically a beautiful woman, but I would never say that I don’t get why she would be jealous of Ziegler. Maleficent is the villain for Sleeping Beauty. The evil queen in Snow White Disney is called Evil Queen. Edited August 11 by Kon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Just now, Kon said: Maleficent is the villain for Sleeping Beauty. The evil queen in Disney is called Evil Queen. I stand corrected. This year’s Juggernaut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) I agree "age" was likely always a point of the conflict between Snow White and her stepmother even if it isn't directly mentioned. I mean, in the original story, the Evil Queen was called the most beautiful by the mirror until Snow White reached a certain age. Edited August 11 by Kon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AN9815 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 The trailer looks much better than I anticipated, I'm actually going to watch this only because of Rachel Zegler, she's fantastic. The dwarves look like a nightmare lol, they really should have used actors for this and not CGI. Honestly, I think this will be Gal Gadot's best performance of her career, which is not saying much but she doesn't look awful and it is a role that any actor would enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Max007 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Lilly Collins and Julia Roberts version was the best one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mojoguy Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Are certain people going to be super passive aggressive towards Snow White like they were with the Little Mermaid remake... for reasons? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattage Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 2 hours ago, Mojoguy said: Are certain people going to be super passive aggressive towards Snow White like they were with the Little Mermaid remake... for reasons? Likely, especially if it doesn't make a zillion dollars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxon5 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I thought they realised cgi dwarfs was a mistake but I guess they've decided to continue down that route. As for Zegler and Gadot, both are hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxon5 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 10 hours ago, wattage said: Likely, especially if it doesn't make a zillion dollars I don't know why this would match TLM's gross considering we've already had 2 snow white movies in the past decade and their combined gross alone didn't top TLM. I think already having 2 adaptations fairly revently will prevent this from being a big breakout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BundleOfJoy Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) I really don't know how to phrase this but can the regular (or maybe the average white) person who has never heard of Rachel tell that Snow White isn't 'white' in this movie? Not that that would stop racist Youtubers from doing what they do, but I do think the overseas performance will not be as uninspired (compared to other live action remakes) as it was for TLM. Edited August 12 by BundleOfJoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontofan Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I think disney was wise to move the film to let the negative aura die down for the film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I mean I was against this movie from being made from the start. That said, after the push back over the dwarfs they shot first time around, that they’ve now replaced them with these is unbelievable. All they had to do was give us CG versions of the animated characters everybody loves. I mean, they made Pinocchio look like Pinocchio in that awful Zemeckis movie, but they can’t get the dwarfs right!? Insane. I did see a leaked clip from D23 of Whistle While You Work and they looked atrocious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Oh and the social media furore over Zegler as Snow White is embarrassing. Super talented performer who looks more like the character she’s portraying than literally any live action reimagining they’ve done to date. She’ll be brilliant in it, I’ve no doubt. Those dwarfs though? There’s no saving those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...