I can’t fathom the immense hoopla and ‘controversy’ surrounding this; my only conclusion is that folk in this age of hysteria have nothing else to do. Anyway, I have little regard for the original and view it as irrelevant – it’s certainly not irreverent – claptrap. I suppose it’s animated so that means it’s important ….
And this is the same, but just immeasurably more pointless. In a tale of baffling narrative choices, it swerves at one stage into barmy Peasants’ Revolt material, or a Robin Hood transposition with associated modern-day social democratic politics (I’m being serious) yet remains decidedly insipid and aimless.
Was this movie supposed to be about the titular dwarves or elementary economics and a mass rebellion against the oppressors? It was all a wee bit confusing, and I’m genuinely curious as to how so much time and money can be spunked on something so pedestrian. But I didn’t pay to see it so I’m not that bothered.
Seven midgets in a forest, a poisoned apple, silly songs, a talking mirror, a token uprising, and much ado about nothing.
Grow up.
Wanderings and ... wonderings. 