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Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

The family (wife and kids 8 and 9) thoroughly enjoyed the tongue in cheek wit and originality of the first HNA. There is a reason this cheap remake went straight to DVD. Here is the quick and dirty (or should I say fairly ugly).....

Story and dialogue is inane and could have been written by a 8 year old. All of the originality of the first is lost in the repetitive valley girl/cool kid blabbering of snow white and her friends. In addition, the "story line" if I dare call it that is a complete remake of the "tip the scales by the wizard's minions" of the first movie but the minions have completely lost their charm and wit. There is of course the nice wholesome message of the spoiled privileged royalty looking down their noses at the poor lower class and snow white's inevitable redemption but it is so "in your face" that it is best suited to a toddler or a bright golden retriever. In all fairness, the kids gave it 3 stars but I dropped it here so you won't have to suffer this more than your one time rental.

Animation is very grainy and looks absolutely horrible (Std. DVD/PS3/50 inch Pioneer Plasma.)Shrek/Nemo/etc this is not!

Rent it at REDBOX for $1 and if the kids are under 11 you might get your money's worth. Better yet rent BOLT instead.

My husband came home from the store with this movie for our two daughters. We had seen the original movie and have little recollection of it so I was worried about the second one. Since our daughters love animated movies, I decided to give it a shot. First of all the animation doesn't look complete. I feel like it is something you can watch on Saturday morning cartoons. The story line is ok but certain parts are annoying (to us as adults). Bottom line, it's not good, it's not bad. It's a renter, not a movie we could sit down and watch multiple times.

My son really like the 1st movie and so I ended up getting this one. I didn't remember the graphics being that bad and as this was the 2nd film, So therefore, I thought the graphics would be better of course. After reading a couple other review about the graphics being "unfininshed" I knew it was not my TV, My DVD player, or my eyes, my son said he could not tell anything was wrong (9 years old). I actually thouht I was "seeing things" the graphics were so "unfinished" and "rough" on this thing. On that aspect I was very dissappointed with this movie and found it very hard to ignore once I spotted it. I let it ruin the whole movie for me as I coulnd't shake it. The story was OK and I think my son still enjoyed it. But I really appreciate the artistry of CG movies like this one, so I was sorely disappointed. Hope this review helps. Samsung 50" plasma and 1080p up-converting DVD player for what it's worth.

Imagine a movie that tried to cash in on the whole "fairy tale with a hip and modern twist" craze made popular by Shrek. Now imagine that it failed miserably at the box office. Finally, imagine its direct-to-video sequel, which is animated by a studio that looks like it learned its craft from the geniuses behind Ratatooing.

And you thought Disney direct-to-video sequels were bad.

So what possessed me to pick up Happily N'ever After 2: Snow White: Another Bite @ the Apple? Curiosity, I suppose. I wanted to see how bad it was and I went into it expecting a bad movie. I wasn't disappointed. It features sub-par animation that looks like it was taken from a Nintendo64 game; forgettable music; and horrendously predictable writing that tags every cliché.

And I enjoyed every minute of it, because, unlike Ratatooing, Happily N'ever After 2 actually makes it into the so-bad-it's-good category.

It's the story of Snow White ... with a twist! Snow White's mother is loved by all. We are told this numerous times throughout the first four minutes of the movie. We are also given the greatest line of dialogue ever written. "Mother, why does everyone love the Queen so much?" "Because she is beautiful." There you have it, folks. People will love you if you're beautiful. But wait! It gets better! "Am I beautiful?" "Uh..." It's brilliant!

So the Queen--who apparently sleeps in her clothes, probably due to the high cost of modeling new ones--dies of Incurable Cough of Death. Flash forward "many years later..." and Snow White is an adult. Apparently there were huge but inconsistent strides made in technology during that time because people now have cameras and cell phones that project holograms, but they still use horses and carriages to get around. We're also introduced to Snow White's hip catchphrase that's sure to never be outdated: "Holla!" Genius! It's quickly revealed that Snow is a jerk who needs to learn the true meaning of helping others. SPOILER ALERT! By the end of the movie, thanks to a pop music montage, she does! Anyway, the King thinks Snow needs a role model, so he decides to marry someone beautiful, because, after all, beautiful people always make good role models. The evil soon-to-be stepmother decides to ruin Snow's reputation--because she's evil, I guess. She's never really given a good reason, but that's not important! What's important it the way how she goes about her brilliant evil plan! She will give Snow White an apple that will ... not kill her, no ... even better ... it'll make her a gossip! Then everyone will hate her! MWAHAHAHAHAH! It's genius!

After running away because everybody hates her, Snow White meets the Seven Dwarves, who teach her the true meaning of helping others. She returns (with a handsome knight) just in time to stop her father's wedding to the evil stepmother. Only then does the evil stepmother decide to kill Snow White. She fails miserably, but Snow forgives her, because ... that's the right thing to do? Anyway, it ends with all the characters dancing to some hip, upbeat, forgettable song. Just like all the others.

The animation is dreadful, and everything looks like it's made of plastic. The inverse kinetics are some of the worst I've seen, with things floating rather than balancing on characters' heads. The movement looks like an old video game cut scene, and the mouth flaps don't often match the dialogue, which is awful and groan-worthy. There are tons of plot holes, and with its obvious plot, bumbling henchman, forgettable pop songs, "hip" catchphrases, and characters dancing to some hip, upbeat, forgettable song it comes with every cliché. It's horrible, but it's funny, though the biggest joke of all is it wasn't meant to be funny in the way that it is actually is funny. As a work of art, it fails in all but one respect, but at least it succeeds in the most important task of all: It entertains.

this straight to video movie is not really a sequel to the first one.in
fact it has little to do with the first one.this one is more of a
morality play.it's basically a lesson for the younger set on what
really matters in life.it can come across as preachy,but i think it's
supposed to in order to get through to its target audience.it is nice
to see a movie that has a positive message once in a while.adults may
find it tedious though.young children will probably enjoy it and find
some educational value out of it at the same time.it will probably be
lost on most teenagers though.if you have little ones,they will likely
enjoy it.

It seems like there are a lot of uptight adults panning this movie; they just don't seem to get it; the movie is meant for children--not adults (although some adults will find this movie to be quite fun). The movie is a wonderful treat for kids and they get to learn a nice life-lesson to boot. As far as the A/V quality goes, both the graphics and soundtrack are top notch; I watched the movie with my twin seven-year-old granddaughters in my theater room, which houses a 120" screen; both picture and sound quality are perfect.

Some old fogies are getting upset that the precious fairy tales from their youth are now being updated for the newer generations. Get over it!

I really wish I had read the reviews before purchasing this movie for my girl. Biggest annoyances: the graphics look cheap, and the girl characters are irritating. We're not usually disappointed in these kind of kids' movies but this is the worst so far.
We did enjoy the first one, tho.

This movie tries to follow in the footsteps of Shrek by taking an irreverent take on fairy tales and making references to many of the classics. However, where Shrek was hilarious, Happily N'Ever After doesn't. The story is irreverent but the plot and characters are pretty childish. The Snow White disco scene at the beginning was a bit too far. The princess act like a bunch of Paris Hilton wannabes. Moreover, the animation is pretty lousy compared to the standards of Shrek and Pixar. It looks like animation for a Saturday morning kid's show. Overall, not recommended.

The computer animation used for this movie is absolutely terrible to the point of distraction. Characters just stare in one direction blinking very unnaturally. The characters would also float along the ground or move like they're carrying a steamy brown log in their slacks. I honestly feel like those who gave this pile 4 or 5 stars must not have even watched the movie. Also just to be clear this is not a brilliant movie that was just poorly animated. It was poorly animated because it is terribly written. Although I have not confirmed this, I speculate that the writer of this movie won a 5th grade raffle and the grand prize is write your own movie.

The animation on the first HNA was really good. This one however is very hard on the eyes. It was done too quickly to move it into the market and it is really hard to watch. There is no depth at all.

My four year old likes it, but the rest of the family had trouble with it. The jokes are ok, and at times the hidden humor is quite good and even clever, but over-all I can only give this a one star.

On a side note, my four year old made a tough connection with one particular scene. In the film, the queen dies soon after a simple cough. Now, whenever my wife coughs, my daughter asks her, "are you going to die, now?" Ouch.