Huntsman' Love for Snow White totally overlooked?

I agree. That's my big problem with this movie not having Kristen Stewart/Snow White in this film was a huge mistake. That was the catalyst for even considering to make a sequel was that moment where The Huntsman's kiss, not The Prince's wakes her up. I wanted more follow up on that front. I didn't want to see more journeys of the Huntsman without her or the reappearance of his "not dead" wife. That was another big problem. Jessica Chastain was miscast with that part her and Hemsworth had zero chemistry (IMO).

Here's hoping they will make a true sequel to SWATH and rectify all the issues with this second film. Perhaps THWW was all a dream? A bad one!

No, it's not. The entire movie is a sequel with only the first minutes of the movie showing the past of the Huntsman (before he met Snow White).

Approximately the first 26 minutes of THWW take place prior to the events depicted in SWATH. The narrator then states, "Days turn to years." Every scene thereafter then takes place following the events in SWATH. So the first 1/4 of this picture, by most definitions, is a prequel. The remaining 3/4 is a sequel. You may label that any way you wish.

Rest in peace, Roger Ebert. You were the best.

Yeah sorry DUDE you obviously didn't see the movie because if you had you would know the majority of the film is a sequel.

I agree. I am not a fan of Kristin but I did enjoy the first movie. I didn't like that they just rewrote the love Eric had for Snow. It was his kiss that awakened her. It ruined this movie for me.

The romance with Sara did not bother me as he never really loved Snow in the first movie. I always felt it was forced and that he still loved his wife and that the kiss on Snow shouldn't even have worked because his supposed love for her was not believable. So it makes sense that he a Snow did not have a relationship in this film and that Snow was the sole ruler without the Huntsman as her husband.

Something entirely overlooked was that the first movie made it look like Ravenna's creepy brother had slain the Huntsman's wife.

In my opinion, the first movie really confused people with that kiss. Where people see the relationship between Snow White and the Huntsman as being "true love" is beyond me. I don't think that they were in love, and I don't think that he was in love with her. I never got even an inkling that the Huntsman was in love with Snow White. Of course, I have only seen the extended version. I'm not sure if it is presented differently in the theatrical version or not, but in the version I saw, he was not in love with her and she certainly wasn't in love with him. He spent the entire first movie in various states of drunkenness while pining for his dead wife the whole time and acting like a complete jerk. I think Snow White reminded him of his wife, but that doesn't mean he loved Snow White, just that he greatly missed and loved his wife. Snow White and William clearly loved one another in the true sense of the word. William made his love more evident, but Snow White didn't exactly deny her feelings either. The Huntsman and Snow White spend the majority of the movie at odds with one another, mostly him insulting her. He eventually grows to respect and admire Snow White, after learning who she is and what she will eventually do for the kingdom. Snow White eventually gains respect for the Huntsman as well, because he saved her life and because he is helping her get to safety. Mutual respect (and eventual friendship) does not equal true romantic love.

Think about it...when Ravenna tricks Snow White into biting the poisoned apple, does she disguise herself as Eric/the Huntsman? No. She disguises herself as William, and after she succeeds in poisoning Snow White, she says "You see, child. Love always betrays us..." meaning she used Snow White's love for William to trick her. And it worked. When William kisses her and she doesn't wake up, that doesn't mean that he doesn't love her. It just means that this version of the story put a twist on it. And when the Huntsman kisses Snow White and she wakes up, that doesn't mean that he loves her or that she loves him. When he kisses her, he is thinking and speaking of Sarah. Sarah is his true love. I think it was not just the feelings but also the tears that he shed onto her skin that helped awaken her. To me, it is obvious that William loves Snow White and feels true heartbreak when she dies in his arms. Or maybe neither kiss worked, and Snow White just happened to wake up on her own after being kissed by Eric...pure coincidence. Or maybe it takes two kisses from two hot guys to wake a princess up from a cursed slumber. Who can really say?

Additionally, I felt that Kristen Stewart had a lot more real chemistry with Sam Claflin than she did with Chris Hemsworth. Like I said before, where people get the love thing between Snow White and Eric is beyond me. I simply don't see it. I guess I can see how and why they set it up that way (because Chris Hemsworth is hot, though not any hotter than Sam Claflin, imho). Of course, in the traditional story of Snow White, the Huntsman doesn't kill her because feels sorry for her as she begs for her life and eventually leaves her alive in the woods, thinking some wild animal will kill her so he doesn't have to....