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Last week, I hauled myself to the movie theater for the chaotically underwhelming experience of Disney\u2019s live action \u201cSnow White.\u201d Ever since their 2015 \u201cCinderella<\/a>,\u201d I had lost hope for the company\u2019s live action remakes \u2014 2014\u2019s \u201cMaleficent<\/a>,\u201d not included. However, I decided to bring a friend who had not yet lost faith in Disney magic to keep me open-minded. Unfortunately, we both left the theater silently shaking our heads and wondering how this film went so horribly wrong. For me, there was one looming question: Where has the magic of Disney gone?<\/p>\n From the freaky \u201cPolar Express<\/a>\u201d -like CGI rendering of the seven dwarves to the Evil Queen\u2019s flip-sequin-esque outfit, \u201cSnow White\u201d was a catastrophic waste of a $240 million budget<\/a>. Initially, the film seemed to reimagine a classic tale, as Snow White (Rachel Zegler, \u201cY2K\u201d) takes on a more active role in her kingdom\u2019s salvation. She decides she wants to fight for her kingdom after meeting her romantic interest, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap, \u201cThe Front Room\u201d), and hearing of all his brave adventures. In the original, a much less-dynamic, nameless prince plays this role, and neither he nor Snow White fight for anything beside each other. However, the new direction of the remake, placing Snow White as the hero, is not long-lived, as she soon dies via poison apple, rendering her useless.<\/p>\n At the end of the original, the dwarves save the day, pushing the Evil Queen off a cliff in a dramatic moment of triumph. Combining the energy of this moment with the remake\u2019s new plotline could have resulted in a monumental finale. Defeating the Evil Queen could have had\u00a0captivating action, and it would have been a great, powerful feat by Snow White herself. Instead, when she finally wakes up, Snow White walks into the village, singing, and convinces the castle guards to join her side. Turns out, it doesn\u2019t take a miracle to defeat an evil villain, just a soprano.<\/p>\n Yet my greatest axe to grind with the new \u201cSnow White\u201d is the startling disconnection between fantasy and reality. Many of the visuals in this so-called \u201clive action\u201d film were not only enhanced, but created by CGI, including the seven most crucial characters. Disney opted for facial scanning and molded puppets, two incredibly complicated techniques<\/a>, instead of hiring real actors. Worse, against the exaggerated CGI forest, where everything shines with an obnoxious computer-generated glow, the dwarves displace Snow White in her own film. Their overtly artificial appearances highlight the realness of everything around them. This is not to mention the cast of actors wearing outfits that look like they came from Party City.<\/p>\n