I was charmed, delighted, oh what the hell!... I was ENCHANTED!

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2007)

I hate myself for liking this movie as much as I do. It's not right. I'm a grown up human being. I should not have liked it, and I curse the day that my sister called me and said, I gotta work today, and your niece is out for The Thanksgiving Holiday, she wants to go see "Enchanted" Suffice it to say, I tried to talk her into BEOWULF, but no, she had her heart set on Enchanted, so in i ushered her into the theatre, and well... DARN IT!
Amy Adams plays princess Giselle, a young woman, who meets her prince in a day, and in the same day sings to him and agrees to marry him. Then she gets thrown down a wishing well, and she appears in New York City, where she meets a divorce lawyer, played by McDreamy and his young daughter. (doesn't this description want to make you vomit?) Me TOO? RIGHT! but then, somewhere between the Happy Working Song, and the point where Giselle starts questioning what real love is. I fell in love with Fairy Tales all over again. I used to love these films from Disney when i was young, I had my best years watching The Little Mermaid, and consider Beauty and the Beast one of the best films ever made, but they became old, tired, clichéd,... things to poke fun at as the first Shrek movie did so well.
But "ENCHANTED" is that pendulum swing in the other direction. Frankly, i'm tired of the cynicism, and this movie gave me back that magic that says, hell, yeah, i want to believe in all the good things out there, I want to sing out that I love someone, and hell, I want to find that other person that is your other half and damn it all to hell, I want to be a romantic. Haven't we had enough darkness in this world? Well, Amy Adams is perfect! she's not only a revelation in this film, in what i call the Best performance of the year, in the most unlikely movie, ENCHANTED is the kind of joyful, pierce the movie screen performance that can lead to a surprise Oscar Nomination simply from the pure force of magic she is able to wield.
I hate myself for loving this film that much, it's going to force me to re-watch all those Disney Movies all over again, to fall in love with Belle all over again, to wish they were made again... Down with Shrek! I want my Disney fairy tales BACK on top where they BELONG.