Ooh La La, Lily Collins as Snow White! Does Kristen Stewart Stand a Chance?

We get a first look at their fairytale princess. So how does it compare to that other Snow White?

By Ted Casablanca, Aly Weisman Jul 21, 2011 11:24 PMTags
Lily Collins, Snow WhiteMatthew Rolston/Relativity Media

Watch out, Kristen Stewart, there's a new Snow White in town!

Lily Collins looks like the picture of perfection in a new poster released today.

And with Lily's yet-to-be-titled Snow White film by Relativity coming out less than three months before K.Stew's Snow White and The Huntsman, the battle for the best interpretation of the fairy tale is about to get heated.

So how does Lily's Snow White compare to K.Stew's?

While Lily looks super-feminine and almost fragile in the new poster, K.Stew is going to get rough in Universal's version of the fairy-tale flick.

Kris has seriously upped her work-out regimen as of late, prepping for the role by taking tons of horseback riding lessons and yoga classes.

According to IMDb, Kris' Snow White and the Hunstman is described as: "In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), ordered to take Snow White (Stewart) into the woods to be killed, winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen (Charlize Theron)."

Looks like Lily's character couldn't be more opposite.

"She's very much that fairy-tale princess we've all read about in books," Lily told E.W. of her Snow White role, adding that she is "a joyful person who lights up a room and maintains grace at all times."

So not how we would cast K.Stew!

Lily also tells the mag that her Snow White is "a naive, innocent young girl who turns into a woman and really finds herself."

We hope this means Collins sheds the girlie-girl image and ends up kicking some major butt like K.Stew!

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Movie Review: Captain America May Be Ripped, but His Movie's Still a 98-Pound Weakling

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Review in a Hurry: One of Marvel Comics' oldest heroes receives the big-screen treatment in a WWII period pic. Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) becomes Captain America after he takes an experimental serum and transforms from a 98-pound asthmatic into a dude with serious muscles and really blonde hair. The perfect guy to fight the S.S. officer Red Skull who wants to rule the world!

But with cheap production value, a generic story and powers that barely feel all that super, the first Avenger is a weak superhero flick in a summer that's seen a dud (Green Lantern) and a hit (X-Men: First Class).

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The Bigger Picture: After a kinda cool opening in the present day where Cap's shield is found frozen in the Arctic, the story goes back 70 years—back to war. The period detail (old cars! women called dames!) is only a little more convincing than a theme park ride.

So we're stuck watching director Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer) merge his love for Hogan's Heroes gags with GI Joe-level action. That sounds like at least campy fun, right? It's not.

One of the biggest issues is that Captain America isn't all that super. When, for the first time, Captain has his official government-issued suit and Howard Stark's (Iron Man's dad!) red, white and blue Vibranium shield, he hurtles into the world of...montage? Seriously? We miss the action and have to settle for cinematic short change. When we do witness an actual scene, he's just a guy with a gun and a shield who's stronger than your average soldier.

And then there's Red Skull (a hammy Hugo Weaving) who's scientific tampering made his face look like a bad Halloween mask but gave him a good nickname. His obsession with the occult has led to the discovery of some blue energy that he loads into guns and bombs. Great, so the period flavor is ruined once the Nazis start shooting ray guns. Again, this sounds like silly fun that might satisfy kids. For the rest of us, nothing's ever that exciting and everything is fairly predictable.

Evans wears the suit well. It's just that the character of Captain America is paper-thin. Actually, worse than that. He starts with a bit of an arc thanks to the weakling with a big heart who won't back down angle, but once he dons the suit, that goes out the window.

There are some highlights: Tommy Lee Jones as a de facto, cranky military man earns some chuckles, and Samuel L. Jackson's required cameo as Nick Fury is great.

Converted 3-D? No, it's not worth the extra price. Like Thor the conversion is actually solid, but the world of the first Avenger isn't enhanced by an extra D.

The 180—a Second Opinion: Early on, the U.S. Army decides Cap's better as a symbol for the war effort than an actual hero. So he tours with the Rockettes and thrills really young kids while the GIs keep their eyes on the gals. This entertaining retro scene actually works. And then it's over...


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