too realistic fairy tales

Wilfrid 2022-04-21 09:01:35

April 28, 2008

The selling point of this film is that the Disney cartoon is presented in real life, which is closer to the atmosphere of the original cartoon than the song and dance show in Disneyland wearing cartoon character costumes! Move the princess, prince, stepmother and monsters to the real world, so that the conflict setting makes the laughing point exist without special creation: the princess who "falls into" New York by accident, ignores the surprised eyes of the people around, and is still happy He sings, calls birds, and lives in his own world; in the same way, the prince who came to rescue him is also a tune. In the realistic and fast-paced city of New York, after the two made a lot of jokes like a countryman entering the city, they quickly integrated into the society like all young people.
The change of the environment to people is huge. The prince learns to watch TV, the princess learns to swipe the card, the servant calls IN to the radio program to complain, just like our childlike innocence is always quickly wiped out by reality. The movie does not forget to mock the contemporary era: anyone can publish a book, people change their minds so fast, and a strong woman who hates the pressure of life finally chooses to enter the fairy tale world and throws the results of her struggles to the uninitiated the princess.

Disney's self-challenge is relatively successful, the creativity is interesting, the music is suitable, and the special effects are better than imagined. There are many notable parts of the movie, including the bad queen's costumes, the animated monsters are quite realistic, and Disney's must-have duet song and dance combined with music is even more satisfying. But I still have a lot of things that I can't understand: Why does the decisive battle have to be on the roof? Do dragons like to climb up so much? Why didn't Spider-Man drop by to help? What's going on with New York's sewers? So many people like to go in and out, won't they bump into the ninja turtles? Why do women have to open clothing stores? Is there no other store to open?

The thing that makes me criticize the most is that the princess is not beautiful enough! Without the youthful, lively and innocent appearance, she looks like a middle-aged leftover girl! Too many forehead tattoos! Why didn't you fix the film? The neck is also broken! It is estimated that it is the result of the choice between singing well, looking good, and being paid appropriately? And the male protagonist's personality is too unlawful. Although living in the Upper East Side is in line with what a lawyer should be worth, his appearance is more pleasing than the prince (the prince is too dreamy), which is not reasonable! And the characters in the play change their hearts too fast! When the princess stopped singing and learned to be angry and sad, she no longer yearned for the beautiful fairy tale love; when the prince found out that the princess was in a different relationship, he could immediately "take over" someone else's fiancée; Can get happiness; the supporting actress who was repented of her marriage immediately gave up everything in reality and threw herself into the arms of the prince... This form of HAPPY ENDING is really too realistic and has escaped the category of fairy tales.

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Enchanted quotes

  • Robert: So, what's the deal with this prince of yours? How long you been together?

    Giselle: [wistfully] Oh, about a day.

    Robert: You mean it feels like a day because you're so in love.

    Giselle: No, it's been a day.

    Robert: You're kidding me. A day? One day?

    Giselle: Yes.

    [wistful again]

    Giselle: And tomorrow it will be two days.

    Robert: You're joking.

    Giselle: No. I'm not.

    Robert: Yeah, you are.

    Giselle: But I'm not.

    Robert: You're gonna marry somebody after a day? Because you fell in love with him?

    Giselle: Yes.

    [grins]

    Giselle: Yes!

    Robert: [laughs as she drags him away]

  • Giselle: What about you? How long have you known your Nancy?

    Robert: Uh, five years.

    Giselle: And you haven't proposed?

    Robert: Well, no, I...

    Giselle: Well no wonder she's angry.

    Robert: Well...