As Pure A Film As Its Namesake (Minus the "Seven Dwarfs" Part).

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 2001)

Since the 1930's, Disney animated films have been a strange collection. Some are made to present new ideas in story and animation and push the limits of the genre of animated film. Others have been purely formulatic and meant as little more than money makers. But overall, there have been more hits than misses (at least with their feature film animation). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs really did push the revolution.
A few years shy of 70, the film still holds up really well, especially with the remastered print and even moreso on DVD. It's the other animated character (besides a certain mouse) that built the house of Disney, and it's obvious as to why when seen. It's a beautiful film, with great animation, a simple story and at the risk of sounding like a press release, truly unforgettable songs and characters. It's a part of American film history, up there with "Casablanca" and "Citizen Kane", and even the more modern classics like "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones". It's aged well, and it shows why sometimes simplicity is truly the way to go in terms of presenting a story. It has a straightforward manner with plenty of visual marvels, especially when you sit back and realize how long this film has been around, and how even some animation of today still can't compare.
The DVD itself is filled with more background information than a person can watch in one sitting. It really makes up for the initial discs released by Disney DVD, and bodes well for later classics such as "Aladdin", "Beauty and the Beast", "Lion King" and "Sleeping Beauty" (Can you tell which ones I'm waiting for?).
A must see for any film animation fan, but you probably already knew that.