{"id":12217,"date":"2007-12-25T09:52:23","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T14:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=12217"},"modified":"2007-12-25T09:52:23","modified_gmt":"2007-12-25T14:52:23","slug":"the-snow-queen-2007-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/25\/the-snow-queen-2007-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snow Queen (2007) (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1168125852\"<\/a>One of the appealing aspects of \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d that instantly won me over the unorthodox atmosphere present within this fantasy world. Director Julian Gibbs never quite opts to provide a set and strive for a period piece, instead he makes a noticeably unrealistic set piece and alters it enough to make the world of \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d from the impoverished village to the winter wonderland look like a moving painting as done from a surrealist of a sort. The pastels and shades to \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d are so utterly appealing to watch, and while I could notice the CGI, I absolutely loved what Gibbs was going for with this.<\/p>\n

The special effects are absolutely fantastic meant to resemble a story book, and from the snow right down to the Snow Queen, I was enthralled. It reminded me an awful lot of one of my favorite fantasies \u201cMirromask\u201d in that it strives on gloom and murk without ever really bringing its tone to a sad or depressing state. Also there\u2019s factoring in the great \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d story frame for the young girl, and Gibbs succeeds with his intent. Gerda and her mom have taken in a poor homeless boy named Kay who seeks refuge from the snow and becomes her brother.<\/p>\n

But during a sled race with his friends, Kay is taken away by the Snow Queen into her land. Now missing, Gerda refuses to forget him and is intent on finding him. \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d is graced with some of the most beautiful musical numbers I\u2019ve heard in a kids film in a while, and Sydney White pulls her vocals off well. Sydney White is wonderful as the heroine of the short film, providing the requisite innocence and grace needed and is always sympathetic. \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d was a surprise treat for the holidays, and I loved it. Fans of \u201cPan\u2019s Labyrinth\u201d and \u201cMirrormask\u201d need apply. I enjoyed \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d more than I thought I would, and that\u2019s thanks to the short format, the wonderful story, the performance from Sydney White, and the incredible special effects. It\u2019s worthy of a look or two, for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the appealing aspects of \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d that instantly won me over the unorthodox atmosphere present within this fantasy world. Director Julian Gibbs never quite opts to provide a set and strive for a period piece, instead he makes a noticeably unrealistic set piece and alters it enough to make the world of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[64,200,302,340,349,367,580,885,1130],"class_list":["post-12217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","category-tv-tomb","tag-adaptation","tag-christmas","tag-drama","tag-family","tag-fantasy","tag-foreign","tag-kids","tag-s","tag-tv-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}