people compare this movie to big blockbuster like lord of the ring or the matrix will inevitably be disappoint with the way this movie turn out . although it lack in the big special effect department and there be no battle with hundred of extra and there be still a masterful amalgamation of two old folk tale here . the acting talent and although not a list and be still great and the interaction between the character be perhaps more sincere than in a large movie with an a list cast . my particular favourite from this movie be bridget fonda and whose performance a the snow queen herself be quite move and assist enormously by a stupendous wardrobe and makeup . she inject humanity and a sense of pathos into the character of the fallen season corrupt by the devil evil magic . fonda aside the acting be not what we have come to expect from hollywood and which i think be a good thing since hollywood seem to have run out of idea on how to train it act talent to portray role and so they have become stale and reliant on cgi and other special effect to take u away from the actor who all use the same trick on u . instead it show new idea some real thinking on the part of the actor about how they can find new variation on the the old theme of love and danger .