Plot: Giselle lives in a fairy tale world called Andalasia, where she is waiting for her prince to come so that they will have their happy ending. Just then Prince Edward saves her from a troll where they plan to do just that. But Edward’s stepmother Queen Narissa doesn’t want her stepson to marry and take the throne. So on the wedding day, she disguises herself as an old hag and takes Giselle to a magic well and pushes her into New York City – or as Narissa calls it; “the place where there are no happy endings .” Giselle has a few misadventures in New York but luckily comes across a divorce lawyer named Robert and his 6 years old daughter Morgan. Meanwhile, one of Giselle’s animal friends, a chipmunk named Pip tells Edward what happened and they both come into the well to rescue her.
Now it goes hopefully without saying that this does not have
a very original story line in the slightest. It’s predictable, it’s cheesy, and
it’s not exactly a move to enjoy unless you like Disney or like the whole fairy
tale story. But I admit I do sort of like how fairy tale and reality sort of
combine. Especially with the stuff between Robert and Giselle. I mean what
Robert has to learn is obvious and cheesy as heck, but it is nice for Giselle
to learn how to think more realistically about love and relationships. But was
is usually very fun about this movie are the really nice hidden Disney references
such as a lot of the actresses who voiced as some of the Disney Princesses such
as Page O’Hara, Jodi Benson, Mary Costa and Ilene Woods. Then there’s Julie
Andrews being the narrator and also (even though this isn’t Disney related)
Idina Menzel was in this film as well. (If you don’t know her, she’s the original
Elphaba in Wicked.) And while the film is made very much for kids/families, it
still had a couple of funny moments and some decent characters development (at
least during the second half of the movie) and things like that, that make the
movie at the very least, a little fun to watch.
Actors/Characters:
Amy
Adams/Giselle: It’s really messed up to watch this movie again when it comes to
Amy Adams. Because this is the first movie I saw with her in it, and since she’s
had bigger and better characters and performances in movies like The Fighter, kind
of sort of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Boddy, and The Muppets. Which
I’ve found to be a good thing because in this movie she’s mostly this ditsy
maid long before she ends up in New York.
Now, again, she was better as the movie moved on, but still, she wasn’t exactly an incredibly interesting character.
Patrick
Dempsey/Robert: Now I generally don’t like this character at all because of the
whole deal about not really being much of a father and not believing in fairy
tales and stuff like that. But at least some of his lines where cute like
asking Giselle if it’s regular to keep on falling, which is very true.
Music: Most of it is not that grand with the very fairy tale
like music. But I do admit that “How does she know” song is a little catchy
while not too original.
Editing: It was just alright. Nothing special but nothing
bad.
And that’s my review for Enchanted. It was not a spectacular,
film but it had some decent moments and some references to Disney that people
who do like Disney can enjoy. All around, it’s just a nice film.
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