Disney’s latest edition to their lineup is an, er, um, enchanting tale that puts an amusing twist on their classic storytelling abilities. Anyone who has enjoyed the original Disney movies over the last century would be amused by this latest piece of cinema. Enchanted is a greatly entertaining movie, and I thought is was cool trying to see how many of the classic stories that the folks over at Disney incorporated in one way or another into this fine film. Now, I’ll be honest, I’m not all that big on Disney myself, I’m more of an anything-but-singing movie kind of guy, but I was actually pretty entertained throughout this movie, which make me happy being that I just became a father last week (to a daughter, I foresee many more viewings of princess movies in my future.) Another great thing about this film is that when the nieces and nephews stopped over they were pretty much glued to the couch while watching. I think they got tricked by seeing the animated sequences in the beginning and by the time they came into the live action parts the kids (ages 2, 3, 5 and 6, boys and girls) were totally hooked.
The extras are pretty standard, bloopers, deleted scenes, etc, but most of the younger audiences aren’t really interested in cranking through two hours of production diaries learning about how they made it (and I’m sure there will be an extended version sometime.) All in all, a quality picture, and if you have young kids, something you may not mind watching 300 times.
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