Great at times, but not the perfect Disney cartoon

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2001)

Yes, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the first full-length animated feature and yes, it does look tecnically beautiful, but I feel that it isn't the best Disney film (that honer goes to "sleeping Beauty"). There are reasons why I don't like it a lot (Spoilers might be coming).
First off, the queen (voiced by Lucille LaVerne) is one scary villian. Scary enough to even scare the s*** off a grown-up. The queen's transformation is still one of the scariest scenes I have ever seen in a animated film. When the queen is around, the movie turns into a dark fantasy and it overshadows the child-like elements of the film.
But the scene I hated the most was the "Heigh-Ho" sequence. For me, the scene just didn't do it for me. It is a scene that seems more like it overplays itself. This scene could have been two other things. We could have just heard them talking or they could have gotten rid of the scene altogether and used the deleted "Music In Your Soup" number. For almost eleven years, I was scared of this scene until I saw "Gremlins" recently where they used this scene. I wasn't afraid anymore, but I was unmoved by the scene.
But I did say it was great at times and it is. This is mainly evident in the film's conclusion. It's conclusion is well thought out and in the end, it pays off big time and it shows. I wasn't even disturbed by the title-card narration. I actully thought it was quite inventive , but the title-card narration was actully animated and it was not used for almost the same reason the "Music In Your Soup" sequence was deleted. Due to time. Walt Disney himself said in 1955 on his television show that it was cut due to this very reason
There was only one scary sequence I liked and it was when Snow White went in to the forest. Another good sequence involves the dwarfs washing up. It is very funny and interesting. The climatic chase sequence between the Queen and the dwarfs is easily the film's best scene and the scene where the queen poisons Snow White with the apple is made great by its trick photography.
In the end, I have mixed feelings about the film. Some scenes are great while others fall flat on their face (like the "Heigh-Ho" sequence), but under its many flaws, it is still a very good film, but its not the greatest of them all. I might be 15 years old, but I like the film anyway.
But it still gets a good rating from me *** out of ***** or 6/10