I don't get to go out to movies as often as I like. Some thing about paying almost ten bucks to see a prime movie, and the gamble that it may stink as well. Because of this, I did not let my six and ten year old daughters coax me into taking them to see Disney's spoof on itself, "Enchanted."
However, 2nd run movie theaters have come to my rescue. The normal charge for a movie, a dollar to a buck and a half. Wahoo. So Enchanted hit these theaters this last weekend, so off we went.
My main impression: Take a large can of Cheese-Whiz and spray it into a big pile. Then take american cheese and melt it on top of that. Then add sprinkle six cups of sugar on top.
Sarcasm aside, I enjoyed MOST of the movie. Amy Adams as Giselle was well done as the over-the-top romantic princess from a completely fictional fairy tale world (she got on my nerves, but she was supposed to), and James Mardsen did a fantastic job as Prince Edward, as the self-absorbed prince on a quest to rescue his "true love" (that he met yesterday). The evil queen role was amazingly, and not unexpectedly well played by Susan Sarandon, who could have easily stolen the whole show if given the chance. Even Timothy Spall as the queen's crony, Nathanial (better known as Wormtail in the Harry Potter films) was was clever and funny.
Patrick Dempsey as the lawyer love interest however had all the emotional appeal of concrete in January. His character had all the warmth of a snowball. Because of this, I had a hard time with the main love story even happening. Of course, I know it is supposed to be a fairy tale in cold, hard New York City, but even the other New Yorkers in the movie had more appeal.
All in all, a fun cute movie. I think I should have gone in with a little lower expectations and I would have enjoyed it more. I was expecting an A grade move, and this was a B+.
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