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Post by pauliepoos on Nov 1, 2007 20:17:19 GMT
I'd not heard a bean about this movie until today, but there are posters all around my Cineworld for it, featuring James Marsden as a handsome prince so I YouTubed the trailer and it looks like the best film in the world, ever.
There's singing, there's dancing, there's cartoons, there's cute little animals, there's singing and more dancing, there's James Marsden as the most handsome prince ever, and there's Amy Adams who was absolutely amazing in Junebug as a princess and there's dragons and Susan Sarandon as an evil hag, and him from Grey's Anatomy as a hottie, and there's singing and dancing and cute animals and, fantastically, a fat black woman with sass, WHO DRIVES A BUS! And did I mention James Marsen as a hot prince who sings and dances?
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Post by xenomaniac on Nov 1, 2007 20:54:30 GMT
Oh I saw the trailer for this last month, it does look amazing. I like the princess bursting into song at all opportunities. It will probably be rubbish though.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Nov 2, 2007 12:06:19 GMT
It really divided the group of us who saw it a few weeks back too. Obviously I was in the excited camp. The three who thought it looked gash were the most 'remedial'.
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Post by Imaginary Gary on Nov 22, 2007 20:39:21 GMT
I'm soooooo excited about this film, it looks so ace. It even has ACTUAL 2D DRAWN ANIMATION as opposed to CG!! Well done Disney! The songs are done by Alan Menken (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast etc.) and Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and it even has cameos from the voices of Ariel, Belle and Pocahontas! Also, I'm not a total girl pants but the Giselle doll is pretty! (click here)
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Post by Muinimula on Nov 23, 2007 17:34:38 GMT
We're only showing a preview gala where I work, and not a proper run of screenings. Very disappointed, as I am really quite excited by the idea of this film.
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Post by pauliepoos on Nov 26, 2007 9:45:04 GMT
Here's a picture of James Marsden as the handsome prince. Aaaah.
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Post by Merce on Nov 26, 2007 12:16:14 GMT
I watched it yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. Kept waiting for Idina to break into Defying Gravity though....
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Post by mcqueen on Dec 11, 2007 19:49:13 GMT
I'm soooooo excited about this film, it looks so ace. It even has ACTUAL 2D DRAWN ANIMATION as opposed to CG!! Well done Disney! The songs are done by Alan Menken (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast etc.) and Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and it even has cameos from the voices of Ariel, Belle and Pocahontas! I read that Disney closed their 2D animation division and had to hire a company set up by the fired animators to do Enchanted! In Your face!! It looks really fun- must check it out
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Post by Muinimula on Dec 20, 2007 14:22:06 GMT
It was so lovely. I had the biggest smile on my face. My favourite thing was how Giselle said "Hello" exactly like a Disney princess throughout the film.
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Post by frapperia on Dec 20, 2007 16:11:11 GMT
I absolutely love love love this film. Everybody was wonderful and it's as cute as a button! I love how she cuts her dresses out of the curtains, sings to call the local animals...I could go on. I just wish there had been a LOT more singing!
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Post by FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree on Dec 20, 2007 16:14:21 GMT
Here's a picture of James Marsden as the handsome prince. Aaaah. Gosh, he looks quite like me there. JOKE
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Post by Rad on Dec 21, 2007 0:19:09 GMT
Aww, it is really fantastic. You must all go and see it.
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Post by frapperia on Dec 21, 2007 1:39:17 GMT
I think it should be our next front page thing: Lowculture likes Enchanted.
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Post by pauliepoos on Dec 21, 2007 8:24:01 GMT
I think it should be our next front page thing: Lowculture likes Enchanted. We don't do like, we do love.
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Post by mackenzie on Dec 21, 2007 20:27:58 GMT
This was amazing, but you all know that by now.
The girl who was Giselle was cast FANTASTICALLY, as was Lady Sarandon.
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Post by frapperia on Dec 21, 2007 21:53:13 GMT
I think it should be our next front page thing: Lowculture likes Enchanted. We don't do like, we do love. Apologies, I couldn't remember and was too lazy to check the front page! Sarandon looked fucking marvellous. I was very impressed, it harked back to the last time I really loved her in a film - Rocky Horror!
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Post by pauliepoos on Dec 23, 2007 20:09:34 GMT
I finally saw it this morning and adored it as much as I thought I would.
Loved Julie Andrews as the narrator at the beginning, loved the animation (Timothy Spall in particular), loved Giselle's optimism in the human spirit, loved the scenes with the chipmonk (except when he was hung up on the coathanger, the poor little thing) and particularly loved James Marsden going door to door looking for Giselle. His facial expressions were priceless.
Amy Adams really is a fine actress - anyone who liked her in this should watch Junebug as well. She's absolutely heartbreaking in it.
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Post by xenomaniac on Dec 23, 2007 20:18:59 GMT
I have been singing a modified version of Happy Working Song at work since I saw this. They hate me.
Amy Adams really is great in everything she does, Paul is right about Junebug.
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Post by Rad on Dec 24, 2007 14:30:39 GMT
I didn't know Timothy Spall was in it till I saw the animation version of him and realised - it was spot on.
And thirded on Amy Adams in Junebug, although I didn't think that film itself was much cop.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jan 3, 2008 0:02:52 GMT
Oh what a WONDERFUL little film. Amy Adams really was amazing, every line she had was delivered perfectly and became hilarious. Everyone one else did OK, although Susan Sarandon didn't get enough chance to shine. I also liked the lady who looked like Nelly Furtado after a heavy dose of testosterone therapy, bless her.
Highlights: Amy Adams (obviously), the happy working song, the singing and dancing in Central Park, Giselle's hair at the start of the real life bit
Lowlights: Giselle looking far worse at the ball than she had for the entire film previously, the sucky ending with the Dragon Sarandon (why did she fall? did the chipmunk just bite her? i was being offered a fruit pastle at the time). Oh and that chipmunk can feck off. I hate little comedy characters 'for the kids' when literally zero effort has been put into them.
Actually I have forgotten a lot of it already, so perhaps it wasn't a big classic for me. Or my brain is dying.
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Post by Muinimula on Jan 3, 2008 0:14:54 GMT
I also liked the lady who looked like Nelly Furtado after a heavy dose of testosterone therapy, bless her. You mean star-of-stage-and-screen Idina Menzel?
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jan 3, 2008 0:17:02 GMT
Oh was that her? And she didn't even get a song to sing. How daft.
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Post by Muinimula on Jan 3, 2008 0:22:30 GMT
Oh was that her? And she didn't even get a song to sing. How daft. I thought that. Apparently she did a duet with James Marsden called 'Enchanted', but it was cut from the film. I just remembered the moment where Robert finally starts quietly singing to Giselle as they're dancing. God, it was cheesy as hell, but I loved it.
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Post by mackenzie on Jan 3, 2008 11:59:38 GMT
the sucky ending with the Dragon Sarandon (why did she fall? did the chipmunk just bite her?) This chipmunk had a running 'joke' that he was fat and heavy, and if he sat on something that someone else was hanging onto (a branch, a bit of the empire state building) that thing would bow and break, and the person hanging from it would plummit to their death. Or something.
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Post by Steven on Jan 3, 2008 14:03:49 GMT
I thought that. Apparently she did a duet with James Marsden called 'Enchanted', but it was cut from the film. There is something very wrong when you cast Idina Menzel in your movie and then cut her song from the film. Very wrong indeed. I am still really looking forward to seeing this, though.
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