willow_chick88

As someone who was a young girl during the heyday of "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Aladdin", I have a soft spot for the type of movie that the beginning of "Enchanted" looks like. As someone who grew from a young girl to an adult watching the likes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (the TV show, not the movie) and reading "Wicked", I also have a soft spot for movies, books, whatever that are willing to change the formula. So it's only natural that I really enjoyed "Enchanted".

The story is a smart one that plays on fairy tale archetypes, showing how dusty some of them are, like the whole meeting and marrying in what seems like a day to live happily ever. It also shows how life might be a little better if we took some lessons from the fairy tales when it comes to love, at least in our declarations of it.

Some have been unhappy with the story that Narissa (Susan Sarandon) has, but there's only so much film that can be made and since this is a movie for children, there has to be something that's black and white.

The performance that sticks out the most is Amy Adams. Every note is pitch perfect. She never plays Giselle with a knowing wink to the audience. She IS a princess come to life, until she's been in the world enough to move into that 3rd dimension character-wise.

Overall, an enjoyable movie for everyone, well except for young boys who don't like princess-y stuff.

All that I can say about this show is that the programming execs really need to look at what they are putting out. The concept of a teen aged boy getting/discovering mystical powers had already been done, and far better, by "Danny Phantom." The characters come off overly caricatured, especially Grandpa and Trixie. What were they thinking when they gave Trixie that voice??? The only positive thing about this show is the Huntsman who offers a little mystery to the proceedings. Still he's not enough for me to watch and he obviously wasn't enough for Disney fans either. Maybe fans of Disney shows should write and tell them that they want shows like what Disney had in 2000 or 2001, when quality seemed to be more important than quantity.

I saw this movie for the first time when I was 12. I found it drab, dull, boring, pointless, and any number of adjectives meaning boring. The only things that stuck in my head was the use of Handel's "Sarabande" and that I felt that Bullingdon was poorly treated. Recently I saw the movie again. What a difference nine years makes! The story was much more comprehensible and felt rather like "Tom Jones" without the convoluted ending. I particularly enjoyed the setting of late 18th- early 19th century Ireland. The story reads like an 18th century novel, in fact besides Thackeray's 19th century novel there are dozens of novels that follow the rises and falls of the scapegrace lads. There was only one disappointment with watching it again and that was finding that Bullingdon was really a pain in the butt. Chalk my feelings of sympathy up to some weird thing for Leon Vitale.

There is one thing that this movie excels in and that is music. The way that Handel's "Sarabande" weaves its way in and out of the last 30 minutes of the film is truly beautiful. It can create tension or simply convey a stately grace. There is also the constant use of Schubert's Piano Trio, if I am not mistaken, which lends a feeling of continental refinement. Kubrick may have had some trouble connecting the audience with his films, but his matching music with what is on screen is unparalleled in my mind.