Setting girls everywhere up for future disappointment...

Rating: 4/10 (13 November 2010)

and people wonder why women have this fantasy about "prince charming" - i understand the desire to live the fantasy but at the same time, can we please get real and stop growing our children to believe in these ridiculous little fairy tales about relationships? Life is not like these movies. Not even close. Even if you DO find an amazing relationship, it's still NOTHING like this. Real life isn't always flowers and butterflies and gorgeous, rich men sweeping beautiful women off their feet into never, never land. Get real.
here's another ridiculous stereotype that keeps being perpetuated by films like this: step-parents aren't always horrible people. I understand this is a movie with the element of being an old fashioned fairytale but why make the step-parent out to be this grotesquely selfish, money-grubbing psycho? good way to make all young kids automatically believe that step-parents are mean and awful.
movies like these are why so many women now have these impossible standards for men. so many women now will waste so much of their lives pining away for that imaginary prince charming (who never appears) that they may miss out on a great relationship with a REAL man. it's disappointing that we continue to make these false ideals OK in today's society. it's bad enough women can't ever be perfect enough in their own eyes because they're living up to images of women who represent less than 1% of the female population (models, actresses) - but then throw on top of it this fairytale model of a relationship.
and men wonder why so many women are so completely obsessed with the big wedding and the white princess wedding gown... this is where they learn it.