History Film / SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman

* EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses: It's still a fairy tale after all. Though this one's character arc is about becoming a good ''queen''.

* EvilAlbino: Finn is pale enough to qualify.

* AttemptedRape: Finn tries to do this to Snow White in prison while she's lying on her bed. However, she slashes his face with a nail and escapes.

** Finn tells the Huntsman that Ravenna lied about being able to bring his wife back from the dead, presumably because they'd found Snow and didn't need his help to get out of the forest. He didn't however think that such a revelation would inspire the Huntsman to fight back.

* YouRemindMeOfX: Snow White reminds the Huntsman of his deceased wife, and some could even consider her to be a ReplacementLoveInterest.

In a land ruled by tyranny, the {{vain| sorceress}} and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] Queen Ravenna (Creator/CharlizeTheron) learns that her stepdaughter, Snow White (Creator/KristenStewart), is destined to surpass her not only as the "Fairest One of All" but also as the kingdom's future ruler. But then the Queen learns from her Magic Mirror that the only way to remain in power is to [[IAmAHumanitarian consume Snow White's heart]] and achieve immortality. Snow White escapes into the Dark Forest and Ravenna recruits the Huntsman Eric (Creator/ChrisHemsworth) to find and kill Snow White. Eric, however, takes pity on the young princess and teaches Snow White the art of war. Now, with the aid of eight dwarves (played by among others Creator/IanMcShane, Creator/RayWinstone, Creator/NickFrost and [in his final film] Creator/BobHoskins) and the duke's son William (Sam Claflin), Snow White begins a rebellion to bring down her stepmother once and for all.

* AttemptedRape: Finn tries to do this to Snow White in prison while she's lying on her bed. However, she strikes his face with a nail.

** The coat-of-arms of Snow White's kingdom looks suspiciously like the [[LordOfTheRings The White Tree of Gondor]]. Snow White's initial flight from the castle while on a white horse, pursued by about a dozen faceless black riders on black horses, is visually quite similar to Arwen's race to Rivendell when pursued by the Ringwraiths.

* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Ravenna's and Finn's mom invoked dark powers to protect her children. But whether she intended for her daughter to become a monster it is not clear.]]

* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Ravenna's and Finn's mom invoked dark powers to protect her children. But whenever she intended for her daughter to become a monster it is not clear.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Sara, the Huntsman's [[BackStory late wife]], [[MyGreatestFailure whom he failed to protect]]. The Huntsman even feels that Snow White [[YouRemindMeOfX reminds him of Sara]], which in a sense makes Snow White his ReplacementGoldfish.]] The sequel reveals [[spoiler: she was never really dead after all]].

''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar'', which serves as both prequel and sequel, was directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (who served as a visual effects supervisor on the first movie) and stars Hemsworth and Theron joined by Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/JessicaChastain. It is due to be released in North America on April 22, 2016.

* AfterActionPatchup: The Huntsman gets a gash below his collarbone after fighting the troll. A woman from the village he and Snow White stay the night at patches him up and we get a shot of [[MrFanservice Chris Hemsworth's]] [[ShirtlessScene abs]].

* {{Fanservice}}: Naturally comes with having extremely attractive actors as the main leads.

* MrFanservice: Chris Hemsworth (the Huntsman) and Sam Claflin (William).
* MsFanservice: Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron both.

* AnnoyingArrows: [[spoiler: Averted. [[TearJerker Sadly.]]]]

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: The Huntsman, whose speech prior to [[spoiler:[[TrueLovesKiss kissing Snow White awake]]]] [[TearJerker touched everyone]].

* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: [[spoiler:[[TearJerker The Huntsman tells a comatose Snow White of how she reminds him of his former wife, and how she's made him the man he once was]].]]

* ArcSymbol: The three drops of blood.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The (rather short) [[TheBookOfTheFilm novelization of the film]] downplays the more grandiose high fantasy elements of the plot, and tries to tell a slightly more grounded human story. Notably, it mostly eliminates the subplot about Snow White being TheChosenOne and an incarnation of Life and Ravenna being a WalkingWasteland and an incarnation of Death. Also, instead of being an ancient evil who simply DoesNotLikeMen and has made a hobby of killing kings, in the novel Ravenna is a gypsy woman seeking revenge personally against the King, Snow White's father, for a pogrom against her village he supposedly ordered many years ago when she was a child.

** Especially when you compared it with ''Film/MirrorMirror''.

* {{Xenafication}}: In this version, [[JeanneDArchetype Snow White]] goes UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc on her enemies.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone hates Ravenna. They're also completely terrified of her. While talking with Snow White in the forest [[spoiler:in the guise of William]], she even admits this.

* JeanneDArchetype: Snow White is given the JoanOfArc treatment in many ways. She acts as a symbol of resistance to a foreign usurper, fights in plate armour, and is considered something of a living saint.

* {{Xenafication}}: In this version, [[JeanneDArchetype Snow White]] goes JoanOfArc on her enemies.

* WouldHitAGirl: When the dwarves capture Snow White and the Huntsman, one suggests gutting Eric and leaving Snow to rot. "I don't like hurting girls." Another dwarf says casually that he does, so the first dwarf says that's all right them.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of Ravenna's MagicMirror is unknown.

** The part where Snow White enters the Dark Forest while fleeing capture. The manner in which she mourns her horse's loss as it gets stuck in the bog is reminiscent of how [[TheNeverEndingStory Atreyu]] mournfully watching Artax die in the Swamp of Sadness.

** [[spoiler:Although just as many people were not surprised that it was the Huntsman's kiss that woke Snow White. After all, the Huntsman has been [[AscendedExtra upgraded to titular character]] ''and'' he is played by {{hunk}}y actor ChrisHemsworth.]]

* IdiotBall: The only times Ravenna and Finn let go of it seems to be when they pass it to the other. Examples include Finn revealing to the Huntsman that Ravenna lied about bringing his wife BackFromTheDead before securing Snow White and later that he raped and killed the Huntsman's wife. Ravenna tells Snow White exactly how to kill her. And when the heroes are stuck right outside Ravenna's castle, the guards wait until the gate is opened to pour boiling oil on the heroes and set it ablaze.

* InformedAttractiveness: Snow White is ''constantly'' described as being more beautiful than Ravenna, who is played by Creator/CharlizeTheron. Some of it is explained as being about ''inner'' beauty, but that itself is an InformedAttribute. See below.
* InformedAttribute: Snow White is supposed to be so loving, compassionate and full of life that people fall in love with her only by looking at her, something that is brought up over and over again. However, she never displays a greater amount of emotion or caring than several other characters of the film - and often displays it ''less'' then they do.

* LargeHam: The Queen, and ''how.''
** Hamminess must run in the family, because her brother Finn definitely has his moments as well. Some of the best examples are when he makes the mistake of revealing to the Huntsman that Ravenna lied to him about being able to bring his wife back ''before'' he hands Snow White to him, and of course, shortly afterwards when the Huntsman pushes him into a pit of hallucinogenic mushrooms.

* MagicMirror: Here, it is an outright MirrorMonster which at one point looks like a shout-out to [[http://voltashow.com/Kevin-Francis-Gray.2830.0.html this sculpture]].
** Arguably subverted. Finn looks upon Ravenna while she talks to the mirror-man... Only to find that she's talking to nothing, implying that it's all just in her head.

* MakeUpIsEvil: Ravenna wears ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow. Snow White's red lips do not qualify as they are supposedly natural.
** Plus that they are more pinkish than blood-red, even though the Queen explicitly requested "lips red as blood".

* MedievalEuropeanFantasy / FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Land is clearly based on medieval Britain, and various regional accents amongst the cast (RP, Cockney, Scots etc) are used to complement the setting -- Indeed, all location shooting took place in some very picturesque sylvan and mountainous regions of the UK. Christianity exists among natural deities, fairies, trolls, dwarves, and dark magic. It's also alluded that the huntsman is a veteran of UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. Also shown is a Muslim-esque fishing village, where the women wrap their hair and hide their faces. Snow White also says the Lord's Prayer in the beginning of the movie.

* MyGreatestFailure: The Huntsman [[spoiler:letting his beloved wife out of his sight only for her to be captured, raped and eventually killed.]]

** Later, in the Sanctuary, it's revealed that the magpies [[spoiler: are being controlled/inhabited by a pair of benevolent fairies.]]
* OneToMillionToOne: When Ravenna is interrupted from [[spoiler:taking Snow White's heart]] in the snowy woods, she shatters into a swarm of ravens.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The Huntsman has a Scottish accent, which clashes with Chris Hemsworth's lovely Australian accent every so often, but for the most part it holds up well. Somewhat justified as his character is drunk half the time.
** Charlize Theron's English accent slips in and out, too.

* PrettyInMink: One of Ravenna's many elaborate outfits.

* RightfulKingReturns[=/=]InItsHourOfNeed: The climactic battle.

* SavedForTheSequel[=/=]SequelHook: To keep the first film's focus on feminism and war, the implied LoveTriangle between Snow White/William/[[spoiler:The Huntsman]] is [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds most likely going to be addressed]] in further sequels (there are plans for two).
** It is rumoured that William will get a new LoveInterest in the second movie.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Huntsman and William switch roles during the movie. At the beginning, The Huntsman is cynical, macho, and somewhat coarse, while William shows more refined emotions, especially whenever Snow White is concerned. However, [[spoiler:The Huntsman is visibly more heartbroken than William over Snow White's death.]]

* SheCleansUpNicely: Snow White looks quite angelic in her white gown.

* ShoutOut: The sleeves of Snow White's first dress are reminiscent of those on the dress worn by Disney Snow White.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Sam Claflin (William) appears for about a second in the trailer, and even then you have a hard time telling that it's him.
** In fact, the voiceover makes it look like they're showing ''the Huntsman'' in that shot.
* SmugSnake: Queen Ravenna
* SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler:Snow White takes a bite from the disguised Ravenna's poisoned apple while in a snowy forest, and subsequently enters a death/coma.]]

* StartOfDarkness[=/=]WhenItAllBegan: We are shown a flashback of Ravenna's past, and how her mother was taken away when their village was attacked and destroyed. Her mother tells her to avenge her, and thus started Ravenna's evil exploits.

* StupidEvil: When the Huntsman is about to deliver Snow White to Finn, Finn [[EvilGloating gloats that Ravenna will not keep her bargain]] to resurrect the Huntsman's wife. If he had kept his mouth shut, [[NearVillainVictory the bad guys would have won]].
** Not a sure thing, as the Huntsman was already suspicious. From the queen's reputation to their evasions of his questioning as to why it was so important to get Snow White out of the forest alive, he'd have to be blind if those didn't raise flags.
* SuperStrength: Ravenna and Finn.

* TheQueensLatin: While originally a German fairy tale, all of the characters (except the Huntsman, who has a Scottish accent) have English accents regardless of the actor's origin.

* TroubledFetalPosition: When Snow White is lost in the Dark Forest.

* UnexplainedRecovery: It's surprising how little anyone bats an eyelid when Snow White casually walks out, perfectly alive, of the castle wherein she was laid out ''while dead''. Apparently, in this universes, TrueLovesKiss can just do that.
** Perhaps the poisoned apple was only meant to disable and not kill? Maybe the heart still needed to be beating. It could have worn off. [[FridgeLogic Not that the others would have known that.]]

* BadassPrincess: Snow White and Ravenna. They lead their respective armies.