"The Huntsman: Winter's War" gives the background story of the huntsman in the fairytale. He was raised to be a warrior in the kingdom ruled by the Ice Queen, Freya, who was Ravenna's sister.
The movie started a little slow. Plus, after 4 years, I found myself struggling to remember if we had ever been introduced to Freya before. However, I did finally settle into watching the drama of the Ice Queen unfold before me and frankly didn't care whether we knew the queen from Snow White had a sister. Once I was able to set that aside, I very much enjoyed the movie.
About The Huntsman: Winter's War
Freya, the Ice Queen
Ravenna had often admonished Freya that she should seek her own supernatural powers, embrace them and become powerful like herself. When Ravenna discovered she had a new rival, her diabolical actions cost Freya everything that was ever important to her, including the life of her only child. Once Freya's daughter was murdered, she turns ice cold toward everything and everyone. She is immediately overcome by anger and hatred. Her entire body becomes a vessel for evil and wickedness. She finds her supernatural power in being able to literally freeze anyone and watch their bodies shattered as broken ice. This ability reflects her frozen heart and she feels nothing but disdain for anyone who loves. She sees it as a great weakness that should be eliminated.
Freya leaves her sister's kingdom to establish her own domain.
The Huntsman: Eric (Chris Hemsworth)
As you may have guessed by now, Eric is one of the children she "captures" to train as a warrior. He and Sara, another child captured in the same raid, excelled as warriors. They also fall in love with each other, a sin punishable by death in the Ice Queen's kingdom.
The Ice Queen forms an ice wall between the couple as their comrades carry out orders to attack and kill each of them. After watching Sara's murder through the ice, Eric is rendered unconscious and thrown into a river by his "adopted" brother. He survives, but ends up in the land of Snow White mourning the death of his beloved wife.
My Opinion and Recommendation of The Huntsman: Winter's War
The Huntsman: Winter's WarTo be blunt, I liked this movie a lot better than it predecessor, "Snow White and the Huntsman".
It is easy to accept Charlize Theron as the gorgeous queen whose beauty cannot be surpassed. As always, her performance was exceptional! How someone can be so beautiful, and yet be the face of evil at the same time, is quite fascinating.
Emily Blunt was Freya and did an outstanding job of playing the part of a fractured soul struggling to survive an unimaginable experience. Her facial expressions throughout her reign as the Ice Queen revealed just enough to make you wonder if she struggled with her determination to extinguish any semblance of love.
These two woman on the screen together are quite impressive. They are both beautiful woman with regal carriage. Their acting is superb, and their costumes in this movie are exquisite.
To the naysayers of this movie who bemoan the fact that Kristen Stewart (Snow White) was not in this movie, I have to say I disagree. She was not needed, nor was she missed.
As far as the huntsman and the love story in this movie, Eric and Sara were easy to like. Their relationship and the evolution of romance shows that regardless of laws and hardships, people still care for each other. The human desire for love and natural response to love cannot be exterminated.
I also really liked the ending of the movie, but you will have to go see it yourself to know what happens. Actually, you should go see it for yourself! Don't let the negative press and reviews that are just plain wrong keep you from going to this movie.
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