Friday, January 18, 2008

Enchanted


Can fairytales happen in real life? Does happily-ever-after exist? What happens if a fairy tale character met into today's world? That's pretty much what this movie is about.

A fairytale's princess is sent by an evil witch (Susan Sarandon) to the real world, and has to learn to survive. Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) starts to change her view about love and life after meeting a handsome lawyer called Robert (Patrick Dempsey) and his daughter Morgan (Rachel Covey). Meanwhile her prince charming, Edward (James Marsden) who she was about to marry back in the fairytale land, comes to the real life looking for her.

The thing that I liked about this movie was the colision between the fairytales' land and the real actual world, and the yuxtaposition that is made between them. Also the fact that the movie mixes animated and human characters, that is quite interesting. For some this movie could be a little pesimist about the reality, but it also shows some hope, that there are couples who can live happily ever after, that love is enough to make that happen. Yes, I think this movie believes in love. I, myself, think quite possitive about love, and I do believe that there's an special someone for everybody and that with love, happiness can be achieved, and it can last forever. I don't believe in divorces, I believe that true love is forever. And that's kind of the message that the movie tries to send. I also liked the fact that is a classic Disney movie! that's lovely to watch, Disney back to its roots. It was nice to finally see a Disney movie that wasn't computer animated, the beginning was almost a forgotten memory of the old fashion animation that I miss so much. Enchanted is a clever twist on the classic fairy tale.

Otherwise, it's just a kid's story, but both, parents and children can enjoy it. It's a cute movie to spend an afternoon with your kids. They will enjoy it, the fathers won't hate it, and the mothers can contemplate and delight themselves with hottie, Patrick Dempsey (Gosh, he's sooo hot!)

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