My Movie Review on Enchanted (Plus, a Bonus) · 2:55pm Feb 13th, 2020
Greetings, my good friends.
This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.
And today, for my 115th film analysis and 6th installment of my "February Festivity", I'm gonna give you guys my take of Disney's "Enchanted".
Here's the summary of this tale:
In a magical land called Andalasia, a young lady by the name of Giselle is rescued by a dashing and heroic prince named Edward. The two of them immediately fall in love at first sight and vow to marry each other.
However, when the wicked Queen Narissa catches wind of this newfound development, she secretly exiles Giselle to the real world, where the latter lands in New York City and meets a divorce attorney named Robert Philip.
As time goes by, though, the two of them develop a new outlook on love and Queen Narissa decides to try to kill Giselle for good measure.
Will Giselle ever go back to Andalasia? And even if she did find a way, would she really want to go back?
Will Prince Edward even find Giselle so that he can marry her? Or will Queen Narissa find Giselle first and remain ruler of Andalasia forever?
When I was planning out what to review for my "February Festivity", this movie was one that came to my mind the most. It's one that I absolutely wanted to analyze too.
I'd like to start by saying that, even now, I find this to be a gem of a Disney film and romantic-comedy that hardly stops bringing me joy whenever I watch it.
Here's why:
The direction by Kevin Lima, and the story by Bill Kelly, were astounding!
Among the things I noted about the film was that it had an amazing ability to not take itself too seriously, while at the same time...it worked itself to prove it's something remarkable. Lima and Kelly created a truly moving film about love that's full of emotion and heart, and the humor that it had was hilarious and well-worked! The references that it had throughout, particularly to Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, were nicely worked and executed too.
The hand-drawn animation that the film had was beautiful, if I may add.
Even though that element wasn't the most recurring, I couldn't help but note that it drew on a feel and style similar to Snow White and Cinderella while even having a sort of modern-esque to it. To boot, the computer-generated special effects that were incorporated for the real world scenes, mainly with Pip the Chipmunk and Queen Narissa's dragon form, were brilliant!
The music by Alan Menken, and the songs by him and Stephen Schwartz, were likewise magnificent.
Some may say that Menken's work in "Beauty and the Beast" is the best he's ever done, but to me...his work in this movie is the pinnacle of his career, as well as the best of his collaborations with Stephen Schwartz. I loved how Menken threw himself into composing for this feature, and the songs he and Schwartz made were memorable and strong enough to tug at the soul, especially "That's How You Know".
Finally, the acting, casting, characters, and character development were terrific.
As the film's leading lady, Amy Adams was the one whom I found to be the very heart and soul of this picture. She gave her character of Giselle an amazing honesty, innocence, and personality that made her so lovable, and her singing was beautiful enough to melt the heart. I loved her performance so much, I couldn't help but feel like I wanted to run up to Adams and give her a big hug.
The rest of the cast was wonderful as well. Even though his character wasn't the brightest guy around, James Marsden portrayed the character of Prince Edward perfectly. Susan Sarandon was likewise quite a showstopper as Queen Narissa. She gave her character quite a malicious personality and sense of humor, and she made excellent use of her screen time and material. Finally, Patrick Dempsey did a phenomenal job portraying Robert Philip, not just as a straight man but also one that's three-dimensional, and full of life and personality.
To top it all off, the character development in articulation was astonishing. Every character had such meaningful and life-changing growth that made them so alive and human, and it didn't stop them from maintaining the charm that made them so lovable.
In conclusion, "Enchanted" is a truly magical motion picture that is every bit as powerful and lovely as can be, and it's one of the best films that Disney's ever made.
So, I rate "Enchanted" a solid five out of five stars.
As a special bonus for you guys, and as part of reaching my 370th post, I’d like to show you guys a couple of favorite pictures of a certain pony who happens to be a favorite of my good friend BradyBunch: Fluttershy.
So, what do you guys think of the stuff I showed you all today?
There needed to be a scene of the Evil Queen/Dragon fighting the National Guard. Change my mind.
Other than that, this movie's perfect.
This is one of the few Live action stuff Disney did right. Then again, this Disney wasn't spearheaded by Iger at the time.
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What’d you guys think of the pictures of Fluttershy?
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Adorable as ever.