Disney realized how well the princess movies did during the time periods they were released,  and have decided to bring them back, but as live action films. This included Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid. 

     When they redid these movies, they never changed the original plot of the princesses falling in love and being with their true loves. But that is not the same case as the new live action Disney princess movie of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

     Actress Rachel Zegler plays the role of Snow White, and she has shared to fans that the new live action movie is not like the original. She told a reporter from Variety that she doesn’t like the focus in the original movie of the, “love story with a guy that literally stalks her.”

     Looking back at the plot of the movie, not once did Prince Charming “stalk” Snow White, from my understanding of the movie. He looked for the girl he thought could be the love of his life because he loved her singing so much. Yes, that idea is not a real or typical thing, but in no way is that “stalking.”

     Zegler also shared with Variety Snow White is “not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not [going] to be dreaming about true love.” Instead, according to Zegler, she’s “dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and that her late father told her that she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave, and true.”

    I’m confused on why Zegler thinks it’s so bad to fall in love. What has happened to her that she thinks that the whole plot of the very first Disney Princess movie needs to be changed? I feel bad for her; one for the fact that someone has destroyed her so much she has to change the movie for everyone else in the world, and secondly, the amount of backlash she is already getting just from that one single interview. 

     She is putting the idea out there that falling in love makes you weak, when it does the complete opposite. Little girls that watch this movie are going to see strong independent women, but why have we gotten rid of the chance to let girls dream of true love?

     Falling in love doesn’t make you as weak as people are trying to portray it nowadays. This Snow White movie has taken it too far. Women’s empowerment is very important – I’m not denying that fact. But we’re overdoing it in this movie. 

     You can have women empowerment while also being in love. 

     Also don’t even get me started on the roles of the seven dwarfs; only one of them has actual dwarfism. The rest of the people that play the roles are all average height; they took these role opportunities from people with dwarfism who already don’t get enough roles in Hollywood. This movie would have been a great chance to give them roles, but instead, they totally blew it. 

     Disney even changed the name of the role from the seven dwarfs to the “magical creatures,” according to thedirect.com. Disney has tried to be so inclusive that they have done the complete opposite by taking these roles away from people that have had spare roles in Hollywood.

     The new movie seems to be nothing like the original movie. I wouldn’t even count this movie as a Disney original remake, because this is a completely different plot of the movie. They have ruined the whole plot of the original movie and taken roles away from people that already don’t get enough. Disney, do better.