Friday, November 23, 2007
Enchanted
And so, the start of the year end movie season. Everyone loves Disney right? (You there! I know you don't love Disney but you just nod your head along with me) What better show to start off with than to watch a Disney movie?
So I went to watch Enchanted today. It was definitely..... enchanting. Heheh. I'd say that it is a movie worth $9.50 to watch. All the essential Disney elements were in there and it's fun seeing Disney laughing at themselves. It's funny how some things we always accepted in a Disney animated movie are absolutely ridiculous in a real life setting.
If you don't want any spoilers, don't read beyond this line!
Turn back now and never regret.
A brief run through
So, our story starts with the typical Disney setting. A prince and his evil stepmother who wants to keep the throne as Regent and happens to be a witch. In order to keep the throne in her grasp, she tries very hard to not let the prince meet a girl and get married as that would mean that the prince would become king and she would no longer be in power.
Miraculously, the prince meets a girl in 5 minutes and decides to get married and live happily ever after. Well, that's the key tenet to all Disney stories. Happily ever afters. Even The little Mermaid had a happy ending (which I must say I do prefer over the original tragic ending).
So, of course the stepmother is not happy and plots to send the girl to the real world. Now this is where all the fun starts. The princess to be tries to find her way back home and continues behaving as she always did and... well, with very interesting results. She meets this very practical lawyer who doesn't seem to believe much in love, having been divorced once with a daughter. He is currently in a relationship though and
I particularly loved the huge scene in which she did the song and dance number in the park. What Disney movie is complete without a song or two? I believe that song is titled "That's how you know", it gets really big and becomes a park event!!
Ah and because it is Disney, the prince comes for her, complete with a talking squirrel. He is followed by a minion of the evil stepmother (hopeless sod in love with the stepmother) who tries to kill the princess to be with poisoned apples.
Yadda yadda so the prince finds her but by this time, she is in love with the lawyer.
Awwwwww..... I was quite disappointed at that!
Anyway... she gets poisoned by a poisoned apple and the only thing to save her is true love's kiss. The prince kisses her .. but .. ooops. This is Disney with a twist! The lawyer is the true love... Iwas wondering if we'd see a jealous prince (eeeew) but what do you know? Once the lawyer saves her, the prince is happy! I guess it's Disney after all lol.
Ah and this is where there the evil stepmother turns into a dragon and prepares to make off with the princess but ..... um... runs off with the guy instead. So the princess gets to save the guy this time round.
Oh the prince gets a wife too.. the lawyer's fiancee. Heh. Happy ending!
I love the songs, as usual!
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And so, the start of the year end movie season. Everyone loves Disney right? (You there! I know you don't love Disney but you just nod your head along with me) What better show to start off with than to watch a Disney movie?
So I went to watch Enchanted today. It was definitely..... enchanting. Heheh. I'd say that it is a movie worth $9.50 to watch. All the essential Disney elements were in there and it's fun seeing Disney laughing at themselves. It's funny how some things we always accepted in a Disney animated movie are absolutely ridiculous in a real life setting.
If you don't want any spoilers, don't read beyond this line!
Turn back now and never regret.
A brief run through
So, our story starts with the typical Disney setting. A prince and his evil stepmother who wants to keep the throne as Regent and happens to be a witch. In order to keep the throne in her grasp, she tries very hard to not let the prince meet a girl and get married as that would mean that the prince would become king and she would no longer be in power.
Miraculously, the prince meets a girl in 5 minutes and decides to get married and live happily ever after. Well, that's the key tenet to all Disney stories. Happily ever afters. Even The little Mermaid had a happy ending (which I must say I do prefer over the original tragic ending).
So, of course the stepmother is not happy and plots to send the girl to the real world. Now this is where all the fun starts. The princess to be tries to find her way back home and continues behaving as she always did and... well, with very interesting results. She meets this very practical lawyer who doesn't seem to believe much in love, having been divorced once with a daughter. He is currently in a relationship though and
I particularly loved the huge scene in which she did the song and dance number in the park. What Disney movie is complete without a song or two? I believe that song is titled "That's how you know", it gets really big and becomes a park event!!
Ah and because it is Disney, the prince comes for her, complete with a talking squirrel. He is followed by a minion of the evil stepmother (hopeless sod in love with the stepmother) who tries to kill the princess to be with poisoned apples.
Yadda yadda so the prince finds her but by this time, she is in love with the lawyer.
Awwwwww..... I was quite disappointed at that!
Anyway... she gets poisoned by a poisoned apple and the only thing to save her is true love's kiss. The prince kisses her .. but .. ooops. This is Disney with a twist! The lawyer is the true love... Iwas wondering if we'd see a jealous prince (eeeew) but what do you know? Once the lawyer saves her, the prince is happy! I guess it's Disney after all lol.
Ah and this is where there the evil stepmother turns into a dragon and prepares to make off with the princess but ..... um... runs off with the guy instead. So the princess gets to save the guy this time round.
Oh the prince gets a wife too.. the lawyer's fiancee. Heh. Happy ending!
I love the songs, as usual!
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