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I think the trailer was much smarter than the film itself. I knew we were in trouble early on when Snow White's mother (I think) said something about her daughter having 'Skin white as snow, hair as black as raven's feathers and lips like blood" (or something along those lines) and in the next scene we are shown a little girl with auburn hair, a face as freckled as a plover's egg and fleshtone lips. The failure to deliver on expectation so early on set the tone for the rest of the film.

Chris Hemsworth spent the film doing a really bad Gerry Butler impression. Why anyone thought a Scots accent was a good idea is beyond me. Stewart is a stick of wood with one expression. I'm starting to wonder if she is physically incapable of closing her mouth fully. I'd swear every shot had her catching flies - lips slightly parted, bunny teeth, deer in the headlights stare, etc... Stewart's morale boosting speech was an exercise in, what I hope was unintentional, hilarity. The soldiery looked just as dumbfounded by her inane speech as I felt listening to it.Theron was chewing scenery, but not in a light fun sort of way. Dialogue was beyond atrocious. Battle scenes shot in tiresome I-can't-tell-what's-going-on shaky cam style.

The one thing I really enjoyed were the dwarves. Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, and the rest, totally upstaged the leads at every turn and the effects used to make them look like dwarves were brilliant. If you didn't know the actors you'd really swear they were 'little people.' Truly freaky bit of film magic and a definite case of character actors totally showing up the leads.

Not without a few moments of charm, but in the end I found the film to be a serious letdown.