Movie Review: Enchanted

This one's a fun little ride. It shows what happens when the naive little Disneyfied world collides with modern-day New York City. It takes a lot of the Disney conventions and gently pokes fun at them, encouraging us to laugh.
Since it is pretty much a Disney-ish movie, you know how it's going to end. Everyone gets their Happily Ever After. Sorry if that spoiled it for you, but geez, Kev & I both saw the ending coming from a mile away. You probably will too. It doesn't matter, as the "how will it END?" really isn't there. The movie knows you know how it's going to end, and therefore doesn't waste any plot-points on hiding it. Good move, in my opinion - that screen time is better served giving us another joke (like Prince Charming stabbing a bus - and getting completely told off by the bus driver).
Susan Sarandon camps it up as The Evil Stepmother - and she does a great job. The only jarring note was her platform "KISS"-style boots. I thought they looked awfully clunky, but then again I'm sure that pretty much everyone else is going to love them, so it's not like those ruined it or anything. Her...um...assets are displayed to great advantage, I must say.

And Timothy Spall. God love him, that guy's found his niche and he's gonna play it for all he's worth. For those of you that remember him as "Wormtail" from the Harry Potter movies...well, let's just say you won't be surprised at his character.

Prince Charming is appealingly brainless, and James Marsden makes it work. I have no idea how - in most hands that kind of naive, brainless approach by a "real person" would've been incredibly annoying, but he makes it, appropriately enough, charming. And if he's doing his own singing...WELL. Great voice on whoever it was that did the songs.
Same with Amy Adams, a/k/a "Giselle", a/k/a "Prince Charming's intended". She was the perfect choice for this role, as she plays the naive, almost brainless "Disney Princess-to-be". I do like the scene where she discovers "angry". It's VERY well done. And again, if she did her own singing...brava.

Anyway, it's a fun spoof of the traditional "Disney" style movies, without breaking the "happily-ever-after" requirement.
Excellent.