Snow White and the Huntsman

I finally got to see this film, and yes its good but not as good as hoped. Note  spoiler alerts. Charlise Theron looks magnificent as the evil queen, the Huntsman is great, and Kirsten Stewart is OK as Snow White - though you have to be kidding trying to claim she is more beautiful than Charlise Theron's Queen.
The dwarves are fun, the  setting and special effects very good and the fighting OK.
Problems - Charlise Theron does not have the voice of an evil Queen. Shouting does not make up for lack of evil menace, or real depth and clarity of voice. And the film needs at least half an hour, or preferably an hour shaved off it. Also, having a second love interest in Snow White's childhood friend, the aristocratic William, is unnecessary and needlessly tangles the plot line.  If you call a film "Snow White and the Huntsman", then the natural expectation of a viewer is that this will be the central relationship. It's not, or rather, it is, sort of. And he sort of might, maybe, possibly gets the girl. But the real relationship is between the Queen and Snow White, who unfortunately I just didn't care enough about.
But I might just go have another look at it. And the theme song is still one of the best I've ever heard in a film. 'Breath of Life' by Florence and the Machine. Watch the clip on YouTube. It's a must.

Snow White and the Huntsman

I was browsing YouTube music clips last night and came across a brilliant new track from Florence and the Machine, then realised it was the theme song for the upcoming movie "Snow White and the Huntsman" so I clicked on the trailer and it looks AWESOME!!!. A real must see. Now the down side - it's not due for release until the Northern summer, so guess that means July/August here. But if you like dark fantasy and Charlise Theron as the evilest Evil Queen imaginable - all icy menace - then check out the trailer.
One warning thought - next morning my PC was stuck in a start up loop. I turned it off, left it to cogitate for a few hours, then started up again and it was all OK again. Innocent as a lamb, this PC acts when it recovers itself.
Not saying that the trailer has been hacked - but the only new sites I had been looking at were country songs, and Hackers and Country music don't exactly go together.