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YOU GUYS. You NEED to see Enchanted. I am not even kidding. Right now. Get to your local paper's website and find a showtime, and go.
. . . what, you're still reading? Okay. Fine. Enchanted is a Disney movie about Giselle, who is about to marry her prince when the prince's wicked stepmother pushes her into a well that dumps her into modern New York City. It starts out animated - by hand, mind you, not with computers - and then, when Giselle arrives in New York, it switches to live-action. Giselle is taken in by a divorce lawyer, Robert, who, despite his cynical attitude about love, is getting ready to propose to his girlfriend of five years. Then Prince Edward shows up, determined to save his one true love. The movie is done as a parody of Disney's "princess movie" genre - for example, there's a scene in New York where Giselle calls upon the animal kingdom to help clean up Robert's apartment. Now, take a quick guess as to what kind of animals are going to show up in New York City.
I hate sappy romances and cheap jokes. If you don't know this about me, well, hi, I'm Cathryn, thanks for reading. Enchanted is neither of those. It goes for the genuinely funny humor (Robert, baffled upon seeing some buskers join in when Giselle spontaneously starts singing: ". . . I've never heard this song!") and the romance is honestly sweet, with not a hint of diabetes or tooth decay in sight. I saw it with my mom and my sister, who is turning twenty tomorrow (wtf), and we all walked out of the theater grinning our fool heads off.
If you have your doubts because the fairy tale parody genre has gotten awful thin and overplayed since the rush to imitate Shrek, or you really can't deal with movies that deliver the phrase "true love's kiss" without a hint of irony, then you especially need to see this movie, because guys? This movie is what happens when they get it right.
. . . what, you're still reading? Okay. Fine. Enchanted is a Disney movie about Giselle, who is about to marry her prince when the prince's wicked stepmother pushes her into a well that dumps her into modern New York City. It starts out animated - by hand, mind you, not with computers - and then, when Giselle arrives in New York, it switches to live-action. Giselle is taken in by a divorce lawyer, Robert, who, despite his cynical attitude about love, is getting ready to propose to his girlfriend of five years. Then Prince Edward shows up, determined to save his one true love. The movie is done as a parody of Disney's "princess movie" genre - for example, there's a scene in New York where Giselle calls upon the animal kingdom to help clean up Robert's apartment. Now, take a quick guess as to what kind of animals are going to show up in New York City.
I hate sappy romances and cheap jokes. If you don't know this about me, well, hi, I'm Cathryn, thanks for reading. Enchanted is neither of those. It goes for the genuinely funny humor (Robert, baffled upon seeing some buskers join in when Giselle spontaneously starts singing: ". . . I've never heard this song!") and the romance is honestly sweet, with not a hint of diabetes or tooth decay in sight. I saw it with my mom and my sister, who is turning twenty tomorrow (wtf), and we all walked out of the theater grinning our fool heads off.
If you have your doubts because the fairy tale parody genre has gotten awful thin and overplayed since the rush to imitate Shrek, or you really can't deal with movies that deliver the phrase "true love's kiss" without a hint of irony, then you especially need to see this movie, because guys? This movie is what happens when they get it right.