So mediocre... did I miss something?

Rating: 4/10 (16 July 2013)

Of course anything with the Disney label gets a certain rush at the box office openings.
That said, I really do not understand how this film did so well. Really?
It was so mediocre at best. The plot was boring over all. There were somethings that either didn't make sense, or where unnecessary to the plot. The princess is weak and totally out of it. Do the girls of this generation need another princess who's dingy, and lacks visible depth? Her character isn't believable, and is only able to be consistent, because she lacks character, so is able to maintain the lack of.
Her hero is a tad more mentally present, but doesn't exhibit much of what we'd want in a hero. He kind of gives a, "I'm already in this story, so might as well play the hero," vibe. What was lacking was heroic efforts, or something major to be overcome, etc. Again, no depth.
The villain was poorly crafted. The villain, and the villain's motivations were slightly creepy, but not enough to be engaging or interesting. Mainly, I left feeling the villain's role was just plain weird.
As I said, this movie was so mediocre, lacked depth, lacked humor, lacked suspense, and there was nothing to latch on to, to relate to, to hope for. What did other viewers enjoy? The day my family saw it in the theaters, it was really quiet, no laughing, no squirming, nothing. Several dads were asleep, and the rest of the audience wore no expressions on their faces.
The one surprise in this movie, to me made absolutely no sense at all. I didn't feel like it added to the plot, nor made the film more interesting. It seemed out of place and ridiculous. It also seemed like the main character just forgot about some things that would be important to remember, like the surprise I mentioned. "Oh, that's right, I'm an airhead, I have a surprise, but forgot, oh, now I remember, (poof) magic..." STUPID!!!
I love animated movies, I love children's movies, I love many Disney movies. This was one where if at any point it had been turned off, I wouldn't have cared much to see the rest.
This title stayed in the theaters for soooooo long, and is so well rated on here, I might try to watch it again. Obviously, I missed something that other people were able to see.
I'm glad others were able to enjoy this film. I'm a little worried as well, if Disney gets the message that this level of story writing creates a winner, than we'll all get more of this sort of thing. Ugh! I hope not. After this and Brave, I'm ready for something more like Aladdin or Mulan... something awesome!!!