The most influential animated film of all time. - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Reviews

This movie set what I would call the 'formula' for animated movies on the US that about 99.5% of Disney movies (and those of other studios) still follow today. If that's not being influential, then I don't know what is. Snow white is a little bit above average by today's standars on the animation department, but I bet it was a wonderful sight to behold when it was released back on 1937. Don't get me wrong, it is a work of art because it required so much effort to be made and it's still pretty to look at; but times change and these days, animation is simply too advanced for this movie to really compete, which then sets it on a class by itself; that of the animation classics (Animated movies ranging from the 40's up to late 70's). By judging this movie that way, I would say it fares pretty well. The story is well adapted, it's mostly happy and bright, but it has a couple of scenes that are still able to scare young kids. The voice acting is very good, although the change to singing is somewhat odd, it gets the job done very well. The songs are good overall, but some are annoying and dull and not for everybody. Young kids watching this movie now, will probably not understand why Snow White is not as strong a female lead as that of more recent Disney films; but you can always tell your kids that back in 1937 when this film was made, Snow White was actually a strong female lead by daring to escape the castle all by herself, and invite them to compare what was expected from women back then and what women can do today. Overall: first animated feature from the Disney studios, a definitive classic worth watching, sure, it's not perfect by today's standards, but it's still a nice movie to watch. Bonus: So, you still want to know what's the formula? Well, it goes more or less like this: Adapt a children story into an animated film of about 85 minutes, add a few songs here and there for good measure, get it on theaters and wait for the cash to flow back at you. Sometimes it hits big, other it doesn't, but most of the time it will work well enough to at least recover the money you put on your film. Weird thoughts of mine: I watched this movie for the first time when I was like 14 and oddly enough, I thought the evil queen-step mother was the major babe of the film and that it was a shame she turned into an ugly hag to do her bad deeds...I mean c'mon! Snow White is a little flat chested hen compared to the evil queen, no?