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Snow White and the Huntsman Review

A year after its release, I saw the movie Snow White and the Huntsman. I was planning to watch it with one of my friends, however we couldn't move further with our plans. Yeah, you could say we had busy lives and of course, this movie wasn't the latest adaption of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson or the Hunger Games which we simply couldn't miss. So yeah, we let it go. Like they say, you can't have everything, can you? However, when it was on TV last night, I didn't skip it like last time. Because A] I was super bored and B] I figured that writing a review for this movie would be interesting enough.
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As expected, story's based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale, only spiced up with amazing visual effects, far more violent dwarfs and a (?) clearer background on the Evil queen and the Huntsman.  It starts off with the queen (Snow White's mother) gazing at a solitary rose blooming in the snow. While trying to pluck the flower, she pricks her finger and thr…

Rapunzel

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I've always been fascinated by Rapunzel's tale. I don't know why - is it because of her long hair or because how she tolerated that horrible witch or how her tears healed the prince who saved her? I liked the Disney version best. Unlike most Disney movies, this one seems more connectable with the audience. Also, the hero, Flynn Ryder (is the spelling correct?) is no typical Handsome-And-Hopelessly-Kind Prince.  So then a few days ago, I started thinking about this story and I decided to rewrite it with a modern touch. I must say it has come out pretty well. I'm posting it here so that you can see and comment on my 'storytelling'.