Movie Review: Enchanted

Sorry, Didder, but I was actually asked out on a date, so I went. I'll see it again with you, though

I liked this movie. It was charming, it was funny, it was sweet. While it spoofed the Disney princess movies, it did it in a way that didn't ruin the magic those stories have (which I don't mean in such a cheesy way as that sounds). My family was amused that while Gisele was running through Central Park, singing, and everyone joined her in typical movie musical fashion, Patrick Dempsey was utterly bewildered, muttering, "How do they know that song? I've never heard that song before..." (of course they knew it - it's a musical)

And Alan Menken did the score, which makes it a great Disney movie. And Amy Adams was adorable. And there was Patrick Dempsey. And there was even a Harry Potter actor for Chelleybutton.

One of the things I liked best about the movie, though, was that when Gisele finds out that couples in our world don't always live happily ever after, she's really sad about it. I think we've become so accustomed to divorce that we tend to think of it as something that just happens sometimes - even for those of us who don't know a lot of divorced couples. We think, "Oh, that's too bad," and then we go on. Gisele wasn't like that, and that's a good thing.