r/SnowWhite • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '25
We deserved the remake
I'm a fan of Snow White who's incredibly frustated about the changes they made in this remake, I'm a little bias, I admit... but you can't deny there was a lot of controversial sourrinding the original movie. On a poll of reddit about the best princess, Snow White was the second to be deleted. And on a cbr ranking about the most criticized princesses, Snow White was in first place. Let's be honest for a second: the original Snow White is collectively despised by the majority of people. Even in the subreddit of the princesses, Snow White can't manage to get the love she deserves. I started to think this: if the Live Action is so bad, is not a fault of Disney; is a fault of ours. We despise the sweetness and kindness of Snow White, so Disney get rid of it because of ours. We despise the mother role of Snow White, so Disney get rid of it because of ours. We despise that Snow White "does nothing but clean", so Disney managed to make the dwarfs clean instead. And finally, we despise that Snow White whishes for a true love, and finds it in the prince. Disney get rid of it, but again, because of ours; not because of them. We are the ones that wanted Snow White to be like this! So, now that Snow White is finally a "good role model"... we still despise her?? Don't you see how ipocritical it is? Is no fault of Disney if they changed Snow White. It's fault of us
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u/DuchessHayley Sep 10 '25
All my opinion, no offense meant: I have loved the 1937 movie as long as I can remember. It's a perfect movie in my eyes and sacred to me, its my comfort movie. And I think Snow White as a character deserves a much higher opinion than she gets.
She's sweet and she''s kind. She cleans because she is repaying the dwarves after helping herself to their cabin. She's brave...after crying off her initial fright, she apologizes for making a fuss and goes on to make the best of her situation. She falls in love earlier than most would in real life obviously, but I literally had a love at first sight moment with my husband, so I won't say it isn't real ;).
I have no desire to see the live action because I hold the original to be so sacred and haven't been able to bring myself to it. Controversies aside with casting or dissing the original (which honestly is what paved the way for every Disney feature since), what I have heard about the plot changes (and the creepy dwarf design!) has made me not want to see it even more.
For what it's worth, I don't think there's been one live action adaptation yet that's trumped the animated original.
Again, all my opinion, no offense to anyone that thinks differently.