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 Production (US): Universal Pictures, Roth Films Distribution (US): Universal Pictures Director(s): Rupert Sanders Producer(s): Laurie Boccaccio, Gloria S. Borders, Sarah Bradshaw, Helen Hayden, Sam Mercer, Palak Patel, Joe Roth Screenplay by: Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, Hossein Amini Screen Story: Evan Daugherty Cinematography/Camera: Greig Fraser Music: James Newton Howard Film Editing: Conrad Buff IV, Neil Smith Casting: Lucy Bevan Production Design: Dominic Watkins Art Direction: Andrew Ackland-Snow, Alastair Bullock, John Frankish, Oliver Goodier, Stuart Rose, David Warren Viewed on iPad Download I noticed a coincidence that might be of interest to you. I started analysis of this film on September 9 and posted it to the website on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 -- eleven years after the 9-11 mass murder suicide attack on American soil that killed 2977 Americans on Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001 (2345 were killed at Pearl Harbor). Started the report on the 9th? Posted the report on Tuesday the 11th? 9-11? And on Tuesday? While I do not expect anyone to believe that was sheer coincidence at least let it be a reminder of the heroes, the sacrifices and the murder of so many eleven years ago on September 11, 2001 due to the terrorist toppling of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC. Remember which flag was raised atop the rubble and the victims under it. I know one should never say "never" but we will never forget. Forgive? We should. Forget? Never. If Snow White of the 1937 vintage were real and if it were possible for her to turn over in her grave, she would. Again. The first time due to the corruption of her fame in Mirror Mirror, this time due to the further corruption in Snow White and the Huntsman. Mirror Mirror of 2012 is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) but because of its content it earned a 13-PG under the CAP Analysis Model, meaning its content is equivalent to most PG-13 movies in our comparative baseline database but is rated PG by the MPAA. Now comes Snow White and the Huntsman also of 2012 which is rated PG-13 by the MPAA but earned a R-13 under the CAP Analysis Model, meaning its content is equivalent to some R-rated films in the comparative baseline database but is rated PG-13 by the MPAA. Seven dwarves? Nope. Eight. Beith (Ian McShane), leader of the Eight Dwarves. Muir (Bob Hoskins), the blind elder of the dwarves who possesses the power of premonition. Quert (Johnny Harris), Muir's son. Gort (Ray Winstone). Nion (Nick Frost. Duir (Eddie Marsan). Coll (Toby Jones). Gus (Brian Gleeson). And not one of them was a true dwarf. Each was the actor's face superimposed atop a dwarfed body. Snow White (Kristen Stewart) is the Princess of Tabor. She was born of Queen Eleanor (Liberty Ross) who died by complications of the birth. Her father, King Magnus (Noah Huntley) was a broken man after his wife's death. A few years after Snow White's birth, the King captured Ravenna (Charlize Theron) from the Dark Army, a collection of glass soldiers after defeating them. So taken with Ravenna's beauty was King Magnus that he married her. Little did King Magnus know that Ravenna is a witch who feeds on the youth of young women. Believing Magnus to be like other men who exploit the beauty of women, Ravenna brutally murders Magnus while they share a connubial bed and seizes control of the Kingdom. At the last moment of the defeating siege as the huge gates of the city close, Duke Hammond (Vincent Regan) and his son and Snow's best friend, William (Sam Claflin) escape. Snow White is taken by Ravenna's brother, Finn (Sam Spruell) and imprisoned atop the North Tower. For years. Once Snow has reached young adulthood Ravenna's "magic mirror" warns Ravenna that she is no longer the fairest of them all and that Snow White is indeed a threat to her unless Ravenna consumes Snow's heart and that doing so will make Ravenna immortal and will no longer need to steal the youth of young women as she has been doing for years. But Snow escapes into the Dark Forest - Ravenna has no power in the Dark Forest. Ravenna hires Eric the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to find Snow and bring her back with the promise to resurrect his dead wife if he succeeds. Ravenna, hungry to defeat Snow's threat to her, enlists Eric to fetch Snow with her Brother, Finn. Eric has experience in the Dark Forest. In relatively short order they find Snow. William reappeared and infiltrates Finn's men as their new expert bowman to find and rescue Snow. In the process, Finn informs Eric that Ravenna cannot resurrect the dead and that he was party to the death of Eric's wife. So Eric kills Finn and joins with William and the eight dwarfs to rescue Snow. There is much more to this 120.75 minute story but I do not want to spoil any more of it as you decide, based on the content we reveal, whether this film is fit for your family. The scoring reveals Snow White and the Huntsman is R-equivalent in Wanton Violence/Crime (W), Impudence/Hate (I), Offense to God (O) and Murder/Suicide (M). However, it is PG-equivalent in Sexual Immorality (S) and in Drugs/Alcohol (D). Discussion regarding the content found is provided in greater detail in the individual content investigation area discussions below. As always the Findings section of this report, the heart of the CAP Analysis Model, is the best source for discovering the full accounting of the content of this film. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 The listing of findings applicable to this content investigation area is much too lengthy to provide a summary of the content here. Please look to the listing in the Wanton Violence/Crime listing for a full accounting of the content of this film. While the length of the listing of the content discovered by this investigation area is too lengthy to summarize in discussion here, God's Word is never too lengthy to share with you. While God admonishes us of His disdain against violence in more than 50 verses throughout the Bible, Proverb 16:29 puts the matter rather succinctly. In Proverb 16:29 God warns that violence is enticing: that it is "catching"; that violence can lead one into the path that is not good. Many years later man has plagiarized God's Word by four professional public health agencies publishing findings that reveal that violence in and as entertainment can, among other things, lead the observer, especially the young to real life violence: that is can lead the observer to believe violence is an effective means of settling conflict. Impudence/Hate (I) - 42 out of 100 Six times someone uses profanity of some sort but figuratively none of the are the most foul of the foul words. Nevertheless each time a word of profanity is spoken, by whomever, it is a sin. [Col. 3:8, Eph. 5:4] Remember folks. I did not write the Rules. The One who spent three days in Hell so we would not have to spend one moment there did. He is entitled. But in addition to the profanity there is adolescent disrespect of his father, trickery to enable military assault, imprisonment of a child and a few other matters of impudence and/or hatred listed in the Findings/Scoring section. God wants us all to live together peaceably [Rom. 12:18]. Sexual Immorality (S) - 70 out of 100 Ravenna is seen making out with the King, her stage husband, on top of her then her on top of him. The two characters may have been "married" in the movie but the two performers are not. And her stage brother, Finn watches Ravenna drop her robe to nudity. The nudity was only from the rear waste up. But in moments we see her hiding her breasts with only her hands while she is covered with what appeared to be milk. In addition Snow's brother kisses her on the mouth and she kisses him on the mouth later. And they were not "butterfly" sibling smooches. There are a number of other instances of sexually immoral behavior such as Queen Eleanor placing her right hand on young Snow's left breast, an adult's sexual interest in Snow and excessive female chest exposure. God has admonished us to live a holy life not filled with impurity [1 Thess 4:7] because nothing impure will ever enter Heaven -- unless forgiven of any impurity. One of the beautiful things about accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior is that once you do, sincerely, you are forgiven of all your sins: past; present; future. Try it. You'll like it! If you have a yearn to do so email me telling me of your yearning to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and I will guide you through what is sometimes called the Sinner's Prayer. Don't wait. It won't happen unless to you make the move. It is your choice. And by not choosing to do so, the choice is made. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 75 out of 100 As might be expected of the era, there is drinking repeatedly but not excessively and drunkenness. "Excessively?" How much is "excessively?" A 2002 study by the American College of Physicians (ACP) revealed that adolescent exposure to drinking in and as entertainment undeniably leads to abuse of alcohol among underage viewers. The report entitled Relation Between Parental Restrictions on Movies and Adolescent Use of Tobacco and Alcohol reports that of 4544 youths from grades 5 through 8 of fifteen Vermont and New Hampshire middle schools (90% of the youths were under fourteen years old) only 16% were completely restricted in their entertainment diets. Within the ACP study population, the prevalence of having tried alcohol without parental knowledge was Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 This is another content investigation area which revealed too much content to summarize all the findings is a reasonable space here. Please look to the listing in the Findings/Scoring section for a full accounting of the content applicable to this investigation area. The content found by this investigation area centers around witchcraft and unholy magic to do harm or control. [Deut. 18:9 - 12] Murder/Suicide (M) - 48 out of 100 The murder of the King by Ravenna is particularly brutal and graphic. The viewer sees her thrust the knife just not the actual impalement. But a later scene shows the King with the knife sticking in his chest. There is also murder by witchcraft, murders by sword and a murder by arrow plus a poisoning murder (of Snow White). SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ] or bold. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. CHAPTER/VERSE --> Children who see a lot of violence are more likely to view violence as an effective way of settling conflicts. Children exposed to violence are more likely to assume the acts of violence are acceptable behavior. --> Viewing violence can lead to emotional desensitization towards violence in real life. It can decease the likelihood that one will take action on behalf of a victim when violence occurs. --> Entertainment violence feeds a perception that the world is a violent and mean place. Viewing violence increases fear of becoming a victim of violence, with a resultant increase in self-protective behavior and a mistrust of others. --> Viewing violence may lead to real life violence. Children exposed to violent programming at a young age have a higher tendency for violent and aggressive behavior later in life than children who are not so exposed. Further, God speaks darkly of violence 56 times in the Old and New Testament of the KJV.] --> abomination [to`ebah {to-ay-baw'}: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable; wickedness] --> divination [qecem {keh'-sem}: witchcraft, false prophets] --> observer of times [anan {aw-nan'}: soothsayer, sorceress, enchanter (one who practices divination), to make appear, control weather, conjurer, spiritism, unholy magic] --> witch [kashaph {kaw-shaf'}: sorcerer, soceress, one who practices unholy magic] --> charmer [chabar {khaw-bar'}: to unite, join, bind together with charms (voodoo)] --> consulter with familiar spirits [owb {obe}: necromancer, one who evokes/communicates with the dead; ghost, spirit of a dead one; one who has a familiar spirit] --> wizard [yidd@`oniy {yid-deh-o-nee'}: one who has a familiar spirit; a familiar spirit; soothsayer; necromancer] [God sounds so serious about embracing evil that it seems He would include embracing evil even in and as entertainment since it has been proven in so many ways that entertainment can and does influence deeply and contaminate values. Even God agrees with that. (see 1 Cor. 15:33 below).] As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
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(The objective heart of the CAP Analysis Model, independent of and insulated from the Summary / Commentary section.)   Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 42 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 70 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 75 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 48 out of 100 |
| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
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