Enchanted
Tuesday, 22. January 2008, 21:35:27
That was... enchanting.
The only really bad thing about this movie is how it pretty firmly puts a stop to any tiny lingering chance there might have been of Disney ever doing another prettily animated fairy-tale-movie - because they parodied every single thing they use to do in them in this one, and very well too. It's funny, it's silly, it's pretty, and it's even downright sweet. It manages to be both a parody of your standard Disney fairy-tale animated movie as well as a very nice addition to them in its own right, with the added niceness of a ton of both subtle and blindingly obvious throwbacks to their old classics, particularily Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Sure, it's somewhat predictable - but that's half the point with this kind of movie, isn't it? The comfort of knowing that everybody but the meanie will be happy on the last flip of the page?
And James Marsden is absolutely fabulous as the melodramatic Prince Edward. I also quite liked Patrick Dempsey as the surprisingly kind-hearted New York divorce-attorney, special mention to him as well.
The chipmunk rocked. But the dragon could've been cooler. Which says a lot about what kind of a movie this was.
9/10
The only really bad thing about this movie is how it pretty firmly puts a stop to any tiny lingering chance there might have been of Disney ever doing another prettily animated fairy-tale-movie - because they parodied every single thing they use to do in them in this one, and very well too. It's funny, it's silly, it's pretty, and it's even downright sweet. It manages to be both a parody of your standard Disney fairy-tale animated movie as well as a very nice addition to them in its own right, with the added niceness of a ton of both subtle and blindingly obvious throwbacks to their old classics, particularily Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Sure, it's somewhat predictable - but that's half the point with this kind of movie, isn't it? The comfort of knowing that everybody but the meanie will be happy on the last flip of the page?
And James Marsden is absolutely fabulous as the melodramatic Prince Edward. I also quite liked Patrick Dempsey as the surprisingly kind-hearted New York divorce-attorney, special mention to him as well.
The chipmunk rocked. But the dragon could've been cooler. Which says a lot about what kind of a movie this was.
9/10
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Cryonic # 31. January 2008, 17:51
The dance scene in central park was hilarious - so much funnier transposed to real life for once.
Erlend # 31. January 2008, 19:57
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