Enchanted
After all that hype and promoting the heck out of this movie to my sister, I decided to watch it illegally, on my computer. I wasn’t too big a fan of the ending, but everything before that was pretty amazing. Like, 80% of the film had Disney references in it, and I hope I caught most of them. Spotted Jodi Benson as the guy’s assistant and Paige O’ Hara in that television soap (Beauty and the Beast FTW… although I was a little annoyed that they referenced it in a soap, of all things). Loved the Maleficent references, and the Kiss the Girl homage. It was a little odd to see Idina Menzel not singing, and James Marsden as Not Cyclops from X-Men, no sirree!
Disneyland vibes went crazy when they went prancing and singing through the park - was a little cute, and I enjoyed the Be Our Guest reference at the end. The ball was pretty as well, (HAH, the Beast’s costume looks so tacky!) but the colors just looked like something out of a high school prom. I was also kinda sad that Prince Edward didn’t do the cliched, heroic thing by 1. saving the world and 2. … spoilers.
Is it me, or does Nathaniel’s 2D counterpart look remarkably like Quasimodo? I suppose it has to do with the fact that James Baxter’s company handled the animation… IT’S UNCANNY.
I doubt I’ll be picking up the Enchanted soundtrack, despite it being composed by Our Most Favorite Composer in The Whole Wide World, but I’ll definitely listen to it now and then, only just to pick up the references to the older Disney songs.
