I<3EvilQueen
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I just got back from seeing Enchanted. And two words "LOVED IT". As I was out from work early today, due to the holiday, I wanted to catch a matinee of the film. First theatre was sold out, second one had three lines out the door, finally as in all good fairytales, I found my golden ticket at the third theatre. Granted it wasn't a matinee by this point but I was there.
Does the Disney magic work for this film, I think so. It is great seeing the concepts of True Love's First Kiss, Wishes come True, and Happily Ever After played out in a cynical modern world of today, and see that these things really do hold up. And that deep down, in our day to day worlds of being a grown up we still want to or even still do believe in it.
I think that this film captures the essense of what we "get" in the parks. Why we continue to go year after year. Sure the film had its cheesy moments, but what classic Disney story doesn't. In fact, romance and love is cheesy in a way ( a good way).
The nods to Disney films was fun to spot. Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, and Judy Kuhn are in it (Cameos). And Amy Adams did an excellent job as Gisselle. Her mannerisms and gestures were straight out of the Disney Princess handbook, you could see Cindy, Sleepy Beauty, and the rest in the way she carried herself. She wasn't an airhead character, she was just naive to our world and what Disney character wouldn't be. And how she grew in character yet stayed true to her core, even in 2007 New York City.
To me this was truly a great film, it was a classic Disney cartoon come to life, and updated for today. Spoke to an audience that grew up on the "magic" and still wants to believe it is there. The levels of this film I think will appeal to many groups of people.
Plus I could have fallen for Prince Edward (there were some serious moments in the character, you could see his confusing and pain) and Patrick Dempsey in that outfit at the ball????? *swoon*
Ken
Does the Disney magic work for this film, I think so. It is great seeing the concepts of True Love's First Kiss, Wishes come True, and Happily Ever After played out in a cynical modern world of today, and see that these things really do hold up. And that deep down, in our day to day worlds of being a grown up we still want to or even still do believe in it.
I think that this film captures the essense of what we "get" in the parks. Why we continue to go year after year. Sure the film had its cheesy moments, but what classic Disney story doesn't. In fact, romance and love is cheesy in a way ( a good way).
The nods to Disney films was fun to spot. Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, and Judy Kuhn are in it (Cameos). And Amy Adams did an excellent job as Gisselle. Her mannerisms and gestures were straight out of the Disney Princess handbook, you could see Cindy, Sleepy Beauty, and the rest in the way she carried herself. She wasn't an airhead character, she was just naive to our world and what Disney character wouldn't be. And how she grew in character yet stayed true to her core, even in 2007 New York City.
To me this was truly a great film, it was a classic Disney cartoon come to life, and updated for today. Spoke to an audience that grew up on the "magic" and still wants to believe it is there. The levels of this film I think will appeal to many groups of people.
Plus I could have fallen for Prince Edward (there were some serious moments in the character, you could see his confusing and pain) and Patrick Dempsey in that outfit at the ball????? *swoon*
Ken
.) EQ's review hit it on the nose, and for those of you on the fence about seeing the movie... They have dancing construction workers 
and a leather daddy in it! I almost wet myself 
(or at least the woman in front of me when I almost sprayed soda out of my mouth).
