Only twenty minutes into the movie and the whole thing sadly feels like a regurgitation of almost every epic film featuring a similar plot about the woes of true love. However, the fact the entire sequence feels familiar is precisely the problem with this production. ![]() When she runs away to the north and appoints herself the Ice Queen of an isolated, arctic kingdom with an ice castle, I half expected Blunt to break out into her own rendition of "Let It Go." Given her singing talents seen in 'Into the Woods' and the events leading up to this point, I imagine she'd knock it out of the park. Oh, and they both are born with magical abilities - the evil stepmother Queen Ravenna (an excellent Charlize Theron) is an enchantress of the dark arts but, has a ruling passion for gold, while Freya (a good but not convincing Emily Blunt) discovers a talent for freezing things. Their sibling squabbling is due to the younger of the two being convinced of true love while the older sees the sentiment as a distracting weakness. ![]() If not for it's association to 2012's dark fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale, I would have thought 'The Huntsman: Winter's War' is some live-action version of Disney's ' Frozen.' Similar to that much superior animated film, two sisters without parents are at odds with one another.
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