I’ll be the first to admit that Snow White and the Huntsman was not good. I would argue that its biggest problems came not from directing, but from basic writing problems with poorly-thought through themes, script structure, and pacing. It wasn’t good, but instead it was a very commercially successful movie featuring a female action lead that immediately ignited sequel talk. Bad action movies with men in the lead that make oodles of money and get sequels are a dime a dozen, while the fear of a flop simply because the lead is a woman pervades Hollywood. SWatH proves that a female-led action film does not need to be perfect to be profitable, and the more Hollywood understands that, the more like we are to see the industry take chances on on women in action films, which means we are more likely to see female-led action films that we actually want to watch more than once.
2: Xena
3: Brienne (Game of Thrones)
4: Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
5: Muriella (In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale)
6: Snow White (Snow White and the Huntsman)
7: Joan of Arc
8: Alice in Wonderland
Aand we’re stumped on the first and the last. (At least we got 2,3,4, and 6 off the top of our heads.) Anybody got it 1 or 9?
