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awesome:

Kevin Lima: The Troll… I don’t think anybody has found this yet… The Troll actually wears… his loin cloth is made up of all of the dresses of all of the princesses.

Now… cue the horror music…

If ROTK had lasted one more minute, I likely would have walked out.

Chris, for your own sanity, please stop reading this right now. I love you, dude.

And I warned you.

Those movies are retardedly overrated, and the self-indulgence that went into the making of them is absolutely absurd. Every one of them easily could have been tight and compelling at TWO hours, and for the broad storyline the entire second movie is a wash. The middle hour of it has nothing to do with ANYTHING.

The last 45 minutes of ROTK devolved into insane self-congratulation that bordered on masturbation.  And even with over 10 hours of screentime, they couldn’t make me buy the love story. Which, by the way, is so herculean a feat that any decent romantic comedy pulls it off with one or two scenes or MAYBE a montage.

Incredible filmmaking? Check.

Amazing, gigantic feat? Check.

Fantastic world, with amazing monsters and mind-blowing battles? Check.

Characters? Pacing? Romance? Sense of direction?

I only wish Menken was doing the songs for Frog Princess.  Elton doesn’t always work for me.  50-50 with him…

And also – i never minded the mulitple endings of ROTK.  I actually wanted MORE endings.  hehe.

Although I don’t think it’s going to be this generation’s Roger Rabbit, nor do I think it has any chance to help traditional animation. This movie is to traditional animation what Pleasantville was to 50’s sitcoms. A throwback and an homage, but not any kind of resurrection. Traditional animation is going to be dead until someone with enough power comes along and does something with it.

Personally, I love cel animation and I love 3D. You bring me a great story, and I’ll watch it no matter what the format. So I guess I’m not too concerned one way or the other…

The end didn’t hurt the movie overall for me, because it had me fairly ensnared; I just will stop the DVD right after he wakes her up with a kiss next time.  Personally, I think she should have just fallen into the well and they cut out Sarandon altogether.  She’s fairly lame.

Glad you felt the Magic.  And while i cannot argue your point about the end, i think by that time i was so swept up in having so much of the kind of fun i’ve longed for for the better part of the last decade that it was easily to not look for more. 

Also – yes!  Glad you noticed the Marsdan / Supes billboard shot!  I liked that.

There are also Wicked billboards looming over the odd-looking (but perfectly cast) Idina Manzel (she originated the Wicked lead – a show i still, dispite the word of mouth – feel no compulsion to see).

I just got my Giselle pillowcase in the mail from disneyshopping.com!

Thought it could have used another story and script pass as it didn’t do as much with the concept as I was hoping for (it felt like Galaxy Quest in that regard).  I also thought the ending was unnecessary or half-baked, and that was a little disappointing in the midst of so much wonder.  Also, a personal quibble, I just don’t get Patrick Dempsey, unless he’s throwing shit at someone’s house.

All that aside, I recommend this to anyone looking for a light time with a happy princess.  In fact, spend time with this princess versus stupid little Lie-raah Buh-lah-cwahhh…

I fell in love with Amy Adams when I saw the movie JUNEBUG.  It’s a strange little indie about a family that seems dysfunctional on the surface, until you realize that you’re a douche for judging them. 

And her performance as a sweet, optimistic pregnant mother with a child-like view of the world, was so amazing it got her an Oscar nomination.

She brings that same kind of optimism to Enchanted, only in a more broad and (appropriately) cartoony way. 

It’s just too fun, too sweet and too well-meaning to suck.  It delivers what it promises (which is all I ask from a popcorn movie) and as far as suspension of disbelief goes, it earns all of its sequences.

There is no need to ask questions or seek out logic because it is so clearly not of the real world, and a fairy tale through and through.  And, FOR A FAIRY TALE, the logic holds up well enough.

Sure, you can pick it apart but this is one of those movies that you’d be foolish to try—it’s a wonderful and sweet ride.  It’s the kind of movie made soley for the purpose of making kids (of all ages) happy.

And in a world of CGI movies that skew their tales toward adults, cynicism and satire, it’s nice to see a movie that truly and genuinely believes in magic again.

Loved it.

But you don’t even need more than some of the insider info on places like jimhillmedia. 

Ya know – i see this as this generations Roger Rabbit – not that this is as good as Roger – but how it will kick start a whole new era!

I have a bad feelin’ about the compass as well.

As for if you will like this as much as i – it’s hard to say.  I think youll like it more as it goes on but the little probs will irk you more than i.  But no way you can hate it.

Despite the bus driver lady.

And why do you keep harping on traditional animation, and that Enchanted is the “make it or break it” moment for it? I feel like I’m missing something.