Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [G]

Walt Disney's timeless classic of the beautiful princess, the seven little men, and the evil queen with the poisoned apple, is out of the Disney Vault for a limited time in this 2-disc Diamond Edition.

It is my aim to own all the Disney classics such as this one. For those of you who don't know, Disney have what they call the Disney Vault, and what they do is release a movie for a limited time as a Diamond or Platinum edition and then they take it off the shelves for 7 years and you cannot find it anywhere.

Whilst watching this movie this afternoon, it occured to me just how important and influential these classic Disney flicks are. As I was watching Snow White's hand movements and gestures, I was reminded of Anne Hathaway as the White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. I am now convinced that Anne took her cue from the original animal-lover, Snow White.

Once upon a time there lived a lovely princess named Snow White. Her vain and wicked stepmother the Queen feared that some day Snow White's beauty would surpass her own. So she dressed the little princess in rags and forced her to work as a scullery maid. Each day the vain Queen consulted her magic mirror,

"Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"

And as long as the mirror answered "you are the fairest one of all", Snow White was safe from the Queen's cruel jealousy.

This was the first of the classic Disney movies. The real old-fashioned style with the book opening at the beginning and the animation with the characters mouths and voices not exactly in sync. A true timeless classic. You don't notice all that stuff when you watch this as a child, but as an adult, you tend to pick up on a lot of things. For example, the Prince has one line throughout the entire film! The Queen wears what looks like the chord of a curtain around her waist! When Snow White sends a kiss to the Prince via a pigeon, the pigeon kisses the Prince's teeth! It's actually rather amazing how many little things you can notice and it makes the film more entertaining.

I have to say though that times have really changed with regards to rating these flicks. True to the fairytales and fables, the earlier Disney movies were much more macabre and sinister and yet they are rated G. In Snow White the evil Queen first plans to have the Huntsman kill Snow White and bring back her heart in a box. Then her next plan of attack is to have her fall into a deep sleep (which she can only wake from by receiving love's first kiss) and then burying her alive. Now of course, as a child, you sort of miss that whole thing so I think that's why it still has the general rating, but as an adult it makes you look at the movie in a whole new way.

Aside from those points, Snow White is a classic tale filled with beauty, good, evil, jealousy, cute animals and poisoned fruits. With classic tunes that stay with you, it's always fun to go back to the old-school Disney classics.

"Heigh ho heigh ho it's home from work we go *whistles*"