Even though that I enjoyed this
movie the average score I gave this movie is a 4.5/10. Where 1 is an awful movie
that I regret watching, 5 is average, and 10 is the best movie I have ever
seen. Disenchanted scored below average.
Plot: 5/10
The plot is average. From the
trailer we know that Giselle and her family move to a new home and life is not
as a fairy tale that Giselle hoped for. After Prince Edward and Nancy gave her,
an Andalasia wishing wand she uses it to have a fairy tale life. While
everything starts out well for her, she becomes more wicked because no stepmother
is nice. The rest of the movie focuses on accepting our circumstances and
undoing the spell with so many references to Disney princesses’ films, which
was fun to tally.
To me I thought this was an
interesting take on a story and would have given it a higher rating, however Robert’s
arc is lame. Before Giselle makes the wish, we see the daunting trail that
Robert is making for his family, but never becomes resolved. Instead, when the
world becomes a fairy tale, he goes through a midlife crisis which came out of nowhere
and he never contributed to the main plot. While in the fairy tale era he is
hardly ever with Giselle.
Acting: 7/10
The actors did a phenomenal job
in this movie. You can tell that most actors were enjoying their roles. I will
just highlight a few actors that stood out to me.
James Marsden (Prince Edward):
You may know him as the original cyclops in X-Men or you may have seen him in Sonic
the Hedgehog movie as Tom. After watching this movie, I realized how
underappreciated he is. He played Prince Edwards with such enthusiasm you can
tell that he enjoyed playing Prince Edward. The only downside is that I wish he
was in the movie more.
Amy Adams (Giselle): Her performance
was outstanding. Like James Marsden you can tell that she is enjoying her time
playing Giselle. She does a great job being sweet and caring and she makes a
believable evil stepmother. She does the squint with her eyes throughout the
movie that makes you know that she believes that you are inferior to her when
she is evil. I loved watching her perform in this movie.
Maya Rudolph (Malvina Monroe): Princess
Disney movies usually have one villain, and, in this movie, there are two Maya
being the main antagonist of the movie. In the real world she plays an overbearing
mother that likes control and after the wish is made by Giselle, she become the
wicked queen. She convinced me that she enjoyed bossing her coworkers around.
Music: 2/10
Usually in musicals you want the
tune to be catchy and the lyrics to be understood and repeatable. The catchier
the song the more popular they will become. Alan Menken who is known to compose
Disney classics like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin,
and Pocahontas composed the music for this movie. Unlike the movies that
were previously mentioned the music in this movie was not as great as his other
works. Most of the songs were hard to interpret, and the music wasn’t catchy
except for one song.
“Badder” was the best song in the
movie. The lyrics was memorable by repeating fictious song title “badder”. The
song was catchy and Amy Adams and Maya Rudolph did a brilliant job performing
and singing this song. By the end of the song, I didn’t know who was badder, but
I wouldn’t want to ever get on their bad sides.
Effects: 4/10
I think the effects was below
average for Disney meaning the CGI looked not as realistic as it has been in
other movies. However, this movie is supposed to be fairy tale, so the cheaper
effects played well to allude to the fairy tale setting.
Cutting between scenes were good
nothing stood out of place to me. I think the best cutting took place in the
song “Badder”. The cutting between Giselle and Malvina in this song helped make
this duet to be perfect. Both showing that these two are very similar to each other,
but also giving a stark difference between the two by giving one a brighter
tone color with the other having a dark tone.
Also, I should mention 90% of the dresses that Amy Adams wore were beautiful. I think my favorite it the peacock dress that she wore in "Badder". Disney should sell those dresses so I can get them for my spouse who would look better in them.
Conclusion
I enjoyed this movie even though
I didn’t give the movie high marks doesn’t mean that it was not fun to watch. Most
of the actors seemed to enjoy playing their role. All actors from the first
movie returned to be in this movie after 15 years from the first being made. I
believe all those that are on the fence about watching this movie will enjoy it
especially if you are a Disney fan. I personally enjoyed spotting all Disney
references throughout the movie.
