Thoughts on Disney’s “Enchanted”
So, here is my follow-up to tell you all how we liked “Enchanted”.
My daughter and I both loved the film, but Gigi (at four-and-a-half) found some of the relationship-swapping difficult to follow. She was looking for much more simplified interactions and happy endings, I suppose. She also has some questions about why things were so very different in one world from the other. Gigi was also quite concerned as to why a street bum stole Gisele’s tiara. She is still asking me for a better explanation of why is happened and what the bum will do with it now.
As an adult, I found the relationships much more enjoyable to watch than your typical Disney Princess movie. I saw women thinking for themselves and people going to great lengths to be the absolute right person. The songs, catchy as they were, will severely date the movie and perhaps keep it from being a classic in the same vein as Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast. Poor New York City certainly isn’t set up to be the winner in “Enchanted”. It serves as the foil to picturesque Andalasia. Where Andalasia is happy and bright and easy on the eyes, New York is portrayed as complicated, drab, and dirty.
All in all, the film is worth seeing. I am now looking into the dolls related to the movie to see if I can get my hands on a full set for Christmas. The Robert doll absolutely looks like Patrick Dempsey.
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