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The Huntsman: Winter's War
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Description

Forever harden your hearts to love...


Dark fantasy action-adventure directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan which is a prequel and sequel from Snow White and the Huntsman based on the characters from the German fairy tale “Snow White” compiled by the Brothers Grimm.

Transcript

- Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most powerful of them all?

- If it’s a fairytale you’re hoping for, prepare yourself for so much more. You will train, you will harden, you will become my huntsmean.

- The mirror’s power is the ultimate prize in a war fought by two mighty sides.

- Whoever gets the mirror will be unstoppable.

- Prepare in love to follow your wicked queen, with twice the power this world has ever seen.


- We have much to do, little sister.

- Men have forgotten what it means to be afraid. We will bring fear.

- Good choice.

- Don’t miss.
- I never miss.

- Hello, Huntsman.
- Ooh. I’ve missed you.

- What are you gonna do? Take on two evil sisters and their entire army?
- Aye, pretty much.

Explanations

MIRROR= /mɪrə*/ The Magic Mirror is a mystical object that is featured in the story of Snow White and is revealed to hold darker forms of magic. He is seen in flashbacks of Queen Ravenna's tyranny reign; also predicts that if the child was to be harmed, Freya will unleash powers Freya. The Magic Mirror has gone missing while travelling to a Sanctuary where Snow White believes its evil can be contained. It is revealed to be in the hands of a troll in a forest, but Freya, seeking the mirror for herself, orders Sara (the Huntsman's presumed-dead wife) to retrieve it. Freya's attempt to use the Mirror herself reveals that Ravenna had hidden a part of herself in the mirror, restoring her to a form of life apparently formed of the Mirror's gold while still appearing human. In the final scene the Magic Mirror is destroyed. However, a golden raven flying away, suggesting that a part of the mirror may have survived.


POWERFUL= /paʊə*fʊl/ Having great power, force, potency, or effect.


FAIRYTALE= /frɪteɪl/ A children's story involving fantastic forces and beings (as fairies, wizards, and goblins), called also fairy story.


HOPE FOR= Desire sincerely.


TRAIN= /treɪn/ To guide or teach (to do something), as by subjecting to various exercises or experiences.


HARDEN= /hɑ:dən/ To become or cause to be hard.


HUNTSMEN= /'hʌntsmən/ Male hunters.


ULTIMATE PRIZE= The final or highest award to be won.


FOUGHT= /fɔ:t/ (irregular verb) Fight - fought - fought


MIGHTY = Powerful; very strong.


WHOEVER= /hu:evə/ The one who, anyone who...


UNSTOPPABLE= /ʌnstɒpəbəl/ Impossible to stop.


WICKED= /wɪkɪd kwi:n/ Malevolent, evil.


FEAR= /fɪə*/ Fright. A very unpleasant or disturbing feeling caused by the presence or imminence of danger


MISS= Fail to hit target.


GONNA= Going to.


TAKE ON= To fight, to oppose.


AYE= /aɪ/(archaic or dialectal except in voting by voice) Yes.

Meaning

Long before the evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) was thought vanquished by Snow White’s blade, she watched silently as her sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), suffered a heartbreaking betrayal and fled their kingdom. With Freya’s ability to freeze any enemy, the young Ice Queen has spent decades in a remote wintry palace raising a legion of deadly huntsmen, including Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and warrior Sara (Jessica Chastain), only to find that her prized two defied her one demand: Forever harden your hearts to love.

When Freya learns of her sister’s demise, she summons her remaining soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror home to the only sorceress left who can harness its power. But once she discovers Ravenna can be resurrected from its golden depths, the wicked sisters threaten this enchanted land with twice the darkest force it’s ever seen. Now, their amassing army shall prove undefeatable, unless the banished huntsmen who broke their queen’s cardinal rule can fight their way back to one another.