2025 will bring yet another Disney live-action remake with Snow White, which has already been plagued by controversy, and the latest trailer only highlights the biggest problem of this adaptation. Disney continues to ride the wave of the live-action trend, taking some of its most popular and beloved animated classics and giving them this treatment. Despite having more misses than hits with these remakes so far, the studio still has various live-action remakes coming up, among them Snow White, a reimagining of the studio’s very first animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Directed by Marc Webb, Snow White takes the same story as the 1937 movie but with some changes to also appeal to new generations. Snow White, then, is the story of the title princess (played by Rachel Zegler), who, after her father’s death, lives with her evil stepmother, simply known as the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot). When the latter tries to kill her, Snow White flees to the woods, where she meets seven dwarves who take her in. Snow White’s marketing campaign has already begun, and a full trailer has been released, but it only makes the movie’s biggest problem even worse.

Snow White’s Trailer Shows The Biggest Problem Of Its CGI Characters & Settings

The World Of Snow White Doesn’t Look Good

When it comes to Disney’s recent remakes, the term “live-action” has been taken lightly and can be debated, as most of these movies have heavy CGI work. Such is the case for Snow White, in which even the dwarves have a lot of CGI to make them look as they should. This caused a lot of controversy as Disney only cast one actor with dwarfism and the rest of the dwarves are played by actors without dwarfism, thus using CGI to give them the desired appearance. On top of that, the CGI isn’t exactly the best, and they ended up looking not human.

The CGI dwarves aren’t the only problem caused by CGI in Snow White. The settings, especially the forests, are also CGI, and they don’t look real at all. Snow White seems to be set in a world that is way too fantasy-looking that Disney wants to sell as “realistic” as it’s a live-action remake, but even the smallest details, like the leaves on the trees and the grass, look unnatural.

Snow White has clashing visuals and doesn’t quite fit the “live-action” label.

Surely, the animals in the woods are supposed to do things that animals wouldn’t do, such as help Snow White clean the dwarves’ home and more, so they had to have a lot of CGI work done, but they look too cartoonish but with a photorealistic look, two very different styles that don’t really go well together. Snow White has clashing visuals and doesn’t quite fit the “live-action” label, but the big problem is that they make the movie hard to sell to viewers.

How 2025’s Snow White Can Overcome Its CGI Problems

Snow White Has Some Big Challenges Ahead

The many controversies Snow White has already gone through and the excessive CGI shown in the trailers already give the movie some huge challenges to overcome, but it can still find success. Snow White’s biggest strength can be its story, with elements from the animated classic, new additions, and maybe even some details from the original tale. The changes made to the animated movie can end up being greatly beneficial to Snow White, giving the tale some freshness and fixing some of the characters’ most problematic details and traits.

The dynamic between the characters of Snow White can also help it overcome its CGI problems and controversies, leading the audience to focus on it and the story rather than on the strange visuals. Snow White has some big challenges to overcome once it's released, and it's to be seen if it will become a hit for Disney or another failed live-action remake.