My Wife Still Doesn't Get It

Rating: Null/10 (25 March 2008)

She looks at my movie collection and says, "You like weird stuff." Yet, I sat down a few days ago and watched Disney's Enchanted and just, flat-out loved it. It was a bright, funny, cheerful, and dead-on fantasy/tribute that makes us appreciate the best Disney has done through its history. I was laughing and cheering and my wife, who has had to sit through Chinatown and Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles, just looked at me as if I had lost my mind.
Enchanted is that good, that a lover of the dark in movies can be purely entertained by it. And it isn't just because Amy Adams is lovely and luscious . . . you pigs out there!
Sometimes you sit down and watch a "family movie" and you wonder who you angered in some past life. I've seen a lot of trash masquerading as family entertainment over the last dozen years (since the kid showed up). Enchanted isn't a masquerade. It's a great reminder of what happens when Disney gets it right.
A sweet, little triumph!