Disney’s Enchanted

16. Aug, 2008 0 Comments

I absolutely adored this movie and think that the only downside to it was that it was not longer. It was a refreshing change to come across absolutely new faces to bring us a new image to ‘happily ever after’. I think it worked extremely well. At first when I was told that Amy Adams would be playing Giselle I was so disappointed because I believed that Anne Hathaway would be able to play the role much better but after watching the movie I realised how wrong I was. The naivety and innocence of Giselle’s role was carried off beautifully by Amy Adams, whilst I did not think much of the Idina Menzel in the role of Nancy. I definitely see Giselle as the classic snow white…extremely naive and innocent but yet we see this snow white eventually become a modern day fairy tale princess, which is absolutely fantastic.

The most romantic of moments portrayed within the movie would have to be the ball…Giselle’s gown is divine and she definitely looks made for her modern prince, played beautifully by Patrick Dempsey. On the other hand, much of the humour within the movie is derived from the clash between Giselle’s idyllic beliefs verses Roberts cynical nature, which fortunately works.

After a long long time a disney movie introduced musical numbers that brought back memories of long forgotten disney classics. ‘True Love’s Kiss’ is extremely reminiscent of ‘Someday my Prince will come’ and is extremely catchy. In fact the movie seems quite inspired by Snow White and Seven Dwarves, especially during the animated parts of the movie. On the other hand, the modern take on the movie makes it quite real to life, and extremely believable.

My favourite musical number in the movie is ‘How does she know’ because I believe the song represents the importance of a fairy element needed in every day relationships. It brings up an important issue: women need to know that they are needed and loved and that even everyday relationships require a ‘happily ever after’.

I don’t know about anyone else but Enchanted for me brought to life the once upon a time fairy tales forgotten by many (I especially loved the fact that the movie began with the opening of a book…just like the classic disney movies). I would certainly watch this movie more than once.