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Enchanted The Movie

Enchanted the movie is based on the typical Disney themes, such as ‘Be true to yourself‘ and ‘Dreams do come true‘. Directed by Kevin Lima, this movie’s storyline is derived from the all-time favorite, timeless tales - ‘Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs’ , ‘Cinderella’ and even ‘Sleeping Beauty’. It is also a tribute to Disney animated characters, casts and crews. The casts consist of brilliant actors/actresses such as Amy Adams who protrayed Giselle (the Princess), Patrick Dempsey as Robert Philip (the Hero), James Marsden as Prince Edward, Susan Sarandon as Queen Narissa, Timothy Spall as Nathaniel and Idina Menzel as Nancy Tremaine.

-> Animated Giselle in Andalasia and real-life Giselle in New York.

Amy Adams has already won 11 out of 17 nominations and still counting. She is a rising star and got even more popular with the release of Enchanted movie. She has been the talk of movie-goers since they watched the show. People just couldn’t take their eyes off her highly energetic performance. She’s absolutely brilliant in playing her role as a Disney princess in this story. Amy truly did bring the fairy-tale princesses to life. Movie-goers would definitely agree with me that she really reflects how Disney princesses would act in their respective stories.

-> Animated Prince Edward in Andalasia and real-life Prince Edward in New York.

The box-office Enchanted movie is a predictable and yet interesting movie until the end of the story. For most comedy shows or movies, there is usually the ‘not so smart’ character to spice up the story. Enchanted the movie is not an exception as the character is Prince Edward, which is portrayed by James Marsden. There is no doubt that he acted exceptionally well in the movie as he was also the Cyclops in X-Men, X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. Besides that, he recently sang a number in Hairspray named ‘Trouble On The Line’. No wonder, he could sing harmoniously with Amy Adams the song, ‘True Love’s Kiss’ in the movie, Enchanted .

Then, there is Patrick Dempsey who is well-known for his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd in the television show, Grey’s Anatomy. In this movie, he plays a divorce lawyer who accidentally stumbles into an animated character who came to life, Giselle. The dreamy Patrick Dempsey stays dreamy even though he acts as a divorce lawyer who do not believe in a “happily ever after” story.

Besides acted characters, there are also CGI(Computer Generated Image) characters such as Pip, the chipmunk from Andalasia(the animated world). For example the CGI created roaches, mouse and birds in the scene where they helped Giselle to clean up Robert’s apartment. The CGI characters looked so real. It is really amazing.

Furthermore, there were also amazingly well choreographed songs in this Disney movie, Enchanted. The songs that were sung in the movie are:

• True Love’s Kiss
• Happy Working Song
• That’s How You Know

True Love’s Kiss was sung in the animated world while the Happy Working Song and That’s How You Know was sung in the present world. The Happy Working Song was sung by Amy Adams and there were also some singing and humming by the urban animals helping her cleaning up the apartment in the movie. The song, That’s How You Know on the other hand, is the most complex song as it involves hundreds of people dancing and singing along to the song. Enchanted is another Disney movie that should not be missed.

Personally, with it’s awesome cast, animations and songs, I would give it a 9 out of 10 rating.