Disney are really confusing me now. To quote a certain American jackalope from Pixar's 'Boundin' "some times you're up, and some times you're down", and this statement is intensly accurate with Disney, as their performances seem to rise and fall in terms of quality consistently. Since Walt Disney died, his company have been distinct entries on numerous death lists, what with the realisations of the 'High School Musical' trilogy, and their numerous (and poor) television comedies. That said, they are responsible for the excellent 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' saga, and their inclusion in the 'Kingdom Hearts' games are enough to be thankful for them.
Disney have a band of amazing actors at their fingertips, especially significant in 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', 'The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody' and 'Wizards Of Waverly Place'. There are also a few hatable actors present in the likes of the aforementioned 'High School Musical' and 'Hannah Montana', but in general, Disney's recognisation of decent actors is very good. It's the script-writers they need to watch out for. I mentioned Disney's television comedies, but to be honest, the only potentially-funny ones are 'That's So Raven' and 'Cory In The House', while these are seldom humourous.
So is 'Enchanted' one of Disney's silent stunners or infamous crapcakes? To be honest, it's a little of both. Disney seem to have gotten their good actors, their bad actors, their good script-writers and their bad script-writers and blended them together. This is ironic, because the film does involve a lot of blending (figuratively, of course - no luck, all you blender fans). The plot is that a variety of fairytale cartoon characters find themselves in the real-life New York. You'd expect such a strange concept to be funny as hell, but my sides didn't split a single degree. I'll admit the film was very amusing and entertaining, but at times I could see the film trying to be funny, and failing.
As far as acting goes, 'Enchanted's interesting concept is met with much effort. 'Enchanted' shows off some very stereotypical fairytale characters, as gullible and confused as you'd expect. Amy Adams and James Marsden act in a very convincing way and are very good at showing how a fairytale character would act in the real world. Sadly, Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall are not so convincing, although this can be justified as they are the villainous characters, and you'd hardly expect them to be unintelligent, would you? The real-life characters are also portrayed well by their actors. I was particularly impressed by Rachel Covey, although Indina Menzel wasn't fantastic, in my opinion (although she was satisfactory).
The film has a great soundtrack, and a nice turn of events takes place. It is also very satisfying to watch Giselle slowly by slowly get used to the real world, and you understand just how much she's matured nearing the end of the film. The motion picture is not unbearably littered with unnecessary songs, but there are two or three in there, and are all excellently composed and vastly enjoyable.
There is a section which involves a dragon climbing on the Empire State Building with its masculine damsel-in-distress in hand, which you might see as an amusing mix of 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'King Kong' parodies, but, although Gizelle's actions in this particular scene are admirable, it seems like a rushed-out attempt to stick a dragon in there. If the monster put up more of a fight, I'd be more satisfied.
'Enchanted' is by no means perfect, but if I had to choose from the two descriptions I mentioned in my earlier paragraphs, I'd give it the positive one. 'Enchanted' is immensly enjoyable, something you can just sit down and watch, and love. I'll be snapping this film up as soon as it is released on its inevitable Blu-Ray disc.
Four Out Of Five.
Disney have a band of amazing actors at their fingertips, especially significant in 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', 'The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody' and 'Wizards Of Waverly Place'. There are also a few hatable actors present in the likes of the aforementioned 'High School Musical' and 'Hannah Montana', but in general, Disney's recognisation of decent actors is very good. It's the script-writers they need to watch out for. I mentioned Disney's television comedies, but to be honest, the only potentially-funny ones are 'That's So Raven' and 'Cory In The House', while these are seldom humourous.
So is 'Enchanted' one of Disney's silent stunners or infamous crapcakes? To be honest, it's a little of both. Disney seem to have gotten their good actors, their bad actors, their good script-writers and their bad script-writers and blended them together. This is ironic, because the film does involve a lot of blending (figuratively, of course - no luck, all you blender fans). The plot is that a variety of fairytale cartoon characters find themselves in the real-life New York. You'd expect such a strange concept to be funny as hell, but my sides didn't split a single degree. I'll admit the film was very amusing and entertaining, but at times I could see the film trying to be funny, and failing.
As far as acting goes, 'Enchanted's interesting concept is met with much effort. 'Enchanted' shows off some very stereotypical fairytale characters, as gullible and confused as you'd expect. Amy Adams and James Marsden act in a very convincing way and are very good at showing how a fairytale character would act in the real world. Sadly, Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall are not so convincing, although this can be justified as they are the villainous characters, and you'd hardly expect them to be unintelligent, would you? The real-life characters are also portrayed well by their actors. I was particularly impressed by Rachel Covey, although Indina Menzel wasn't fantastic, in my opinion (although she was satisfactory).
The film has a great soundtrack, and a nice turn of events takes place. It is also very satisfying to watch Giselle slowly by slowly get used to the real world, and you understand just how much she's matured nearing the end of the film. The motion picture is not unbearably littered with unnecessary songs, but there are two or three in there, and are all excellently composed and vastly enjoyable.
There is a section which involves a dragon climbing on the Empire State Building with its masculine damsel-in-distress in hand, which you might see as an amusing mix of 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'King Kong' parodies, but, although Gizelle's actions in this particular scene are admirable, it seems like a rushed-out attempt to stick a dragon in there. If the monster put up more of a fight, I'd be more satisfied.
'Enchanted' is by no means perfect, but if I had to choose from the two descriptions I mentioned in my earlier paragraphs, I'd give it the positive one. 'Enchanted' is immensly enjoyable, something you can just sit down and watch, and love. I'll be snapping this film up as soon as it is released on its inevitable Blu-Ray disc.
Four Out Of Five.
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