When you have Emily Blunt wasted pretty much playing a dark version of Elsa there wasn't much promise for this in the first place. It's not hard to tell that Winters War is from the director of Maleficent either. Since you have Freya (Emily Blunt) turning bad due to a great loss and a broken heart; like Maleficent.
A Huntsman prequel to a just decent Snow White movie was never necessary. With such a great cast I expected something attracted them to the movie other than money but I was wrong. There's nothing for any true Fantasy fan other than sadly the ones who liked Frozen and Twilight.
Since you have to appreciate the lackluster young adult stuff like Twilight to enjoy this. While some Frozen fans might want to see it for a Elsa like snow queen. This one doesn't sing Let it Go though and is against anyone who believes in love.
Blunt is one dimensional as a woman scorned who has to act broken and preach about how love sucks every time she is shown. Anyone could have played the part and she should have let someone else play the part...
Despite some good swordplay there's not much that kept my attention. Jessica Chestain isn't bad at least; as well as Nick Frost as a dwarf. Most of the acting otherwise was so eh that I even missed Kristen Stewart.
Winters War made me sad that a great fantasy like Willow was so under-appreciated in 1988. Since that movie offered plenty of fun. I can't say this movie ever was fun or magical for that matter.
When it also doesn't even lead into Snow White and the Huntsman well. The movie had no true good reason for being made.

The Huntsman Winter’s War is a prequel off Snow White & the Huntsman. It tells the story of how the Huntsman became and also how Ravenna became and how big a part the mirror actually plays in her life.

I liked this movie better than Snow White & the Huntsman. When I watched this movie I realized I hardly remember anything of Snow White & the Huntsman, so I should probably watch that one again now. I’m pretty sure I would have remembered Chris Hemsworth speaking Scottish. So when the movie started that felt like kind of a shock, haha. The movie locations were very beautiful and brought a lot to the vibe of it all. Also, I can talk for hours about how pretty al the costumes were. I absolutely adored them, especially Freya her dresses suited her so well.

Chris Hemsworth was his great self yet again. While I was watching I realized how alike The Huntsman and Thor actually are, or maybe it’s just because it’s Chris. I don’t know, so some parts felt a bit Thor-ish. He did a great job though! Great fight scenes (especially the one in the bar, I love fighting scenes without music) and he was so funny as well! I was a bit disappointed in Jessica Chastain her character Sara. I didn’t get enough information about her to really get to know and love her. Jessica Chastain for sure is on my favorite actresses list so I adore her, but I had a bit of a hard time with Sara. I just like to know as much as possible about the characters. Never enough information, ya feel. Charlize Theron was a great Ravenna yet again, she really fits the character. Although we haven’t seen a lot of her this movie, she was amazing whenever she was on screen. I was so surprised about Emily Blunt her performance as Freya. She’s a complicated character who’s just a bit in a fight with herself, she thinks she’s doing good, or at least I felt like she think’s she’s doing good, while she’s actually doing so much wrong. She was sane enough to “lead” and partly understand what she’s doing but behind it all it was so clear that she was slowly turning insane of the loss she had to endure. Emily showed it throughout the whole movie and now when I look at posters I even see those emotions in her eyes. She was really, really good.

To end my little story I’d like to thank the dwarfs for the fun laughs, cuz they were hilarious.

(Emily Blunt was so good though, I can’t get over it, seriously)

**The Huntsman and his romance caught between the two evil sisters.**

This is a sequel as well as a prequel to the 2012 film 'Snow White and Huntsman'. It opened with the earlier story where and how the Huntsman grew up, especially the journey of his innocent childhood to a great fighter that covers in the first half an hour. And then it skips for about 7 years where the original film takes place, but immediately begins where it had ended in the first half, as well as the first film. Actually, not a bad film as I have heard of it, but same as the previous film that stands just above the average and slightly loses some decibel rating.

The actors were good though. Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Charlize Theron, wow, super hot women, but sadly they are in fairytale costume. Their performances were great, but the characters, particularly the two sisters resemble the 'Frozen's Anna and Elsa. You can feel how desperate was the filmmakers to avoid such comparisons by viewers, so they developed the story very far from any string attached to that famous animation. In the end these things are unavoidable, since the story is not fresh enough to claim its independent status.

Chris Hemsworth was okay, I hope he won't return for the third film. It is a decent watch, and I think it will remain as an duology, for right now it seems a good idea. The problem is it was being made a dark-fantasy to appeal the grown ups, particularly men. But it should have been a children's film where adults too can enjoy like the Disney's 'Maleficent'. Except the opening the rest of the story seemed very ordinary. Though the action sequences were enjoyable and so the film with a low expectation, or the purpose of the watch is the timepass.

_6/10_

This is kind of a prequel and a sequel to Snow White and The Huntsman. It is not as impressive as the first movie but quite good anyway. I would call it a nice family movie although probably not for the youngest members of the family.

The story is partly before and partly after the events in Snow White and The Huntsman. It is a good adventure with plenty of magic and special effects and a fair bit of action. It is a fairly straightforward story without much in terms of surprises.

There is a bit of comical relief in particular by the dwarfs, especially when the two dwarfs following the huntsman encounters the grumpy female one and her friend.

Apart from the classical Snow White setting, quite good special effects and quite decent action this is a fairly normal fantasy adventure movie. It is about two hours of good fun but does not really reach wow-status.