Okay, for the first time in a few years, I've encountered the film Enchanted on my cable TV and feeling nostalgic, I decided to watch it again for old times sake. When I saw this film when I was around about 12, I absolutely loved it as a classic Disney Princess type story, but watching it in retrospect, how do I feel about it now?Fuck-a-duck. I love it even more. Very. If I wanted to scream out that I love this movie at my local street full of neighbours I would do it. And I feel like throughout the years Enchanted has definitely become one of the most overlooked Disney films ever made even despite its highly positive critical reception during its release.First thing that grabbed my attention in the film was Amy Adams' performance as the fish-out-of-water and Disney Princess archetype Giselle. Holy shit. Amy fucking Adams. I don't know about you, but her performance perfectly encapsulates that of a naive princess girl who is lost in a world she does not recognize nor understand, and still brings a postive aura around her wherever she goes. This is one HELL of a performance. I cannot stress enough that I think she deserved an Oscar nomination the least for her role because to me it was simply unforgettable.As for the rest of the cast, what else there is to say? From Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden & Timothy Spall, everyone brought their A game to the table in this film with their characters and nailed it perfectly in the roles they were supposed to bring to the story.The soundtrack of this film is fantastic. Amy Adams' performance as well as its musical choreography is just so well done.This part might be me over analysing the film too much, but some of the little moments of this film such as Robert and Giselle's contrasting ideas of what "true love" is and Giselle attempting to come to terms that sometimes "love" doesn't last forever strike extremely... real to me. After all, Robert (Dempsey) works as a divorce lawyer, so his view of love and that "happy ever afters" don't exist until Giselle comes into his life in a way that conflicts him internally gets me every time. As said by Robert, he doesn't dance or sing. Not until the Ball scene.God, the fucking ball scene. A few years back I would've said it was a necessary thing to put in a Disney film as long as the music and choreography was nailed, but like 1991's Beauty and the Beast, Enchanted's Disney moment truly lived up to its title; it was enchanting indeed.In the moment of that beautiful music (So Close by Jon McLaughlin) and the well shot and choreographed dance scene between Giselle and Robert, I've never seen raw emotion between two leads captured so well, so romantic, so magical and enchanting especially in a live action Disney moment like this. Its emotions and magical feelings like this that I feel the recently made live-action Disney remakes lack; and remember that Enchanted is a film BASED (and even considered a parody) on those stories yet capture the most heartwarming and classic Disney feel that the actual Disney films can't do it themselves.The chemistry, the beauty, the heartbreak, the raw emotion and the romance that's displayed by the two leads realizing they're falling for each other. One conflicted with fantasy and the other with reality. Fear that the other might not truly love the other; hesitant to accept the truth about the love they share. It never fails to shed a tear in my eye.How is Giselle not qualified as a Disney princess? And is nobody talking how great Robert would be as a Disney prince? Enchanted is, and if not, easily one of the best classic-feel Disney stories they have produced since the turn of the 21st century? Why do I feel like I'm the only one talking about this?To those of you who have seen Enchanted probably once or twice and loved it, I implore for you to see it again just to feel the magic of what Disney stories used to be in its classical era. I promise you, it won't disappoint. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/34lzdTY
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