I didn't see Disney's recent live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and…well, I was going to say, "And neither did anyone else I know" but I realized my pal Leonard Maltin probably did. Or maybe he didn't. We haven't discussed it.
But this video is 100% of what I've seen of the film and you can surmise my reaction by noting that I'm writing this instead of dashing out to find a theater playing it. I'm not sure there is one.
You can't/shouldn't judge a movie by one scene but I would think that if they couldn't make this particular scene sparkle, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the picture. The mostly-CGI dwarfs look more freakish than endearing to me and I don't know why they transformed Dopey into Alfred E. Neuman. But you make up your own mind…and I'm kinda curious if an audience unfamiliar with the animated original would find this enchanting. I am not ruling out that that's possible.
Meanwhile, I should mention that the aforementioned Mr. Maltin and I will be doing a panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego. It's called "Great Cartoonists and Comedians We Have Known" and we're just going to sit there and tell stories about — you guessed it — great cartoonists and comedians we have known. If you aren't tempted by that panel, I have fifteen more you may enjoy…