The question I have been asking myself about the movie is "Is this another parody of Epic Movie or Disaster Movie?" Despite astonishing great costumes, eye catching settings and involvement of A list star "Julia Robert and Sean Bean", Mirror Mirror failed terribly to impress. The weak story which largely contributed to it. Mirror Mirror tried to set aside from the original classic Snow White fairy tale but failed miserably to fully baked the story. Beside having a weak story, the main focus is unclear either to make it into fun children and family movie or teenager movie. Unlike Alice in Wonderland (2010) that famously praised for dark version of fairy tale that targeted teens or Enchanted (2007) which is fun musical fairy tale adaptation that targeted children and family, Mirror Mirror is like another parody movie about a Snow White which is unclear whether for either teenagers or children. Lacking of creativity is what I can say.
Julia Roberts performance is not so good this time. Comparing her to Helena Bonham Carter portraying antagonist queen in Alice in Wonderland (2010), Julia Roberts is far behind. Perhaps, it was lacking character building that resulted in Julia Roberts unable to fully expressed it. The antagonist in Mirror Mirror does not have a strong character. It is more into an annoying queen rather than purely evil queen like classic Snow White. I know they tried to make Mirror Mirror into modern adaptation not a fully copy and paste stuff, however at least put some effort on it and make the queen just as bad as what she should be rather than become half baked Witch.
Left: Julia Roberts; Right: Helena Bonham Carter
The story is rather weak, is it about the Snow white, the seven dwarfs, the queen, the prince or the lost king? Well, the story started with the queen stating that this is her story but thenI barely know anything about the queen. Why she hates Snow White so much and how evil she is. It is unclear whether the queen is obsessed with the beauty or the greed of power. The whole story is like jumping from one perspective to another without fully describing it. I think that the writer must be fully assuming that everyone have read about the Snow White so he doesn't need to explain it too much or get into more detail. In spite of the title "Mirror Mirror", the whole story is not about it. It is about how Snow White finally married to the Prince. On the other hand, the jokes, the funny act and some of the line is corny and childish. I have admit that some of the scene did make me laugh, but I am still disappointed with the movie. I was expecting more like Alice in Wonderland or at least make it fun like Enchanted. The monsters in the forest and the king lost in the darkness is added to the movie just to make it interesting while the whole movie barely talked about it. The prince? I have only one word to describe it "Lame". Moreover,the true love kiss plot is insulting to the magical classic fairly tale. The post-scene along the credits are unnecessary.
However, on all the bad side. I have to praise the costumes and the settings. The dresses are very elegant, built for perfection. The whole costumes are designed to fit perfectly in fairy tale movie. The settings are fabulous as well. Taking you across the land from the high land castle to the low land town separated by frozen lake. Each scene is beautifully crafted. Even the details of the hall from the floor to the gold tainted ceiling. Thumbs up for both costumes and the settings.
Well, here is the trailer for you to watch =>
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