Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:26am
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:31am
Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:34am
Not according to some of the people I know that have seen THE LITTLE MERMAID.
It does not need to be a Broadway show, let it be a great film, period. Its beauty is in how cinematic it is and how many films it quotes, sends up, and pays homage to. I would hate for it to be turned into a Broadway show.
Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:41am
The whole concept of the film rests on the fact that it's mocking films through both film mediums - animated and live action. The transformation of animated characters in the streets of New York is virtually impossible on stage.
Its like many stage shows - they should simply remain on stage. Rent and Producers being prime examples.
This one should stay on film. It's perfectly adorable as is.
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Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:09am
I would really like you to change your avatar. I keep looking at it and not reading the username and assuming I am reading a post by LizzieCurry. This predicament is usually amusing...always frightening. Do it now.
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Posted: 11/26/07 at 7:59am
Some were obvious, some not so much, others would have been impossible to notice without foreknowledge of them (is that a word?).
I wish I'd seen this list before seeing the film. For those who haven't seen it yet, and like have the "scoop" on things, you might enjoy it. There are a few minor spoilers, but nothing too major.
Insider's Guide to Enchanted
www.maninchair.com
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 07:59 AM
Posted: 11/26/07 at 8:50am
But the center of the film was Amy Adams' Giselle. She was so sincere and genuine. singing was nice too.
I loved the big Central Park number and wished that life were really like that. who couldn't use a big production number to brighten their dreary day?
Go see it. It's fun.
Posted: 11/26/07 at 12:57pm
What exactly are you implying? And perhaps I'll change it soon because I guess that could be confusing and I have had it for a while.
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:00pm
You do know that the Producers was ORIGINALLY a film?
Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:11pm
Disney, who has more money than God, should have paid for an INTERESTING plot and QUALITY songs. I guess they spent their money for the film closing down New York to film, and not on the score and plot.
Posted: 11/26/07 at 2:48pm
Posted: 11/26/07 at 3:37pm
I saw it with a 19 year old musical theatre student, her mother who is an avid theatre goer, and a 45 year old director. All 4 of us though it was "cute", but that it could have been much, much, much better.
Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:50pm
Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:54pm
Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:56pm
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Posted: 11/26/07 at 6:53pm
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 06:53 PM
Posted: 11/26/07 at 9:18pm
Again, Alan Menken delivered a classic and wonderful score perfectly suited for the theme of the movie. His "True Love's Kiss", although a few bars sound a bit like one of the songs from R&H's Cinderella, it was still oh-so melodically Disney. "Happy Working Song" is reminiscent of a Snow White song. This is one good holiday Disney movie I recommend.
I was surprised that Ms. Menzel didn't sing but, she looked different in this movie.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 09:18 PM
Posted: 11/26/07 at 9:31pm
I thought he was great in Hairspray... You didn't see it, or you're being sarcastic?
"Menzel... looked different in this movie."
Not being painted green will do that. (I thought she looked as per usual, IMHO)
"they don't need an animated world it could be Fairy tale world Vs. real world."
I think it was more "Disney animated fairy world vs. real world" more than "fairy tale world vs. real world." 70-ish years of iconic works have earned them becoming a genre unto themselves...
Posted: 11/26/07 at 10:28pm
The show could just start off with an edited begining of the film projected on a scrim (like what they did with the Mermaid show at Disney world) then have the live show start in when the princess falls into NY.
Ehhh just a thought. But definatly not on Broadway.
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 10:28 PM
Posted: 11/26/07 at 10:49pm
As for Menzel...comparing to her Rent movie, her hair and make-up in Enchanted made her look odd. I was hoping she'd sing a song at least in her wedding scene.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:52am
I loved that there were three actual Disney princesses were in the movie: Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, and Judy Kuhn. They should have gotten Lea Salonga in there somewhere. That's two for the price of one.
~Steven
Posted: 11/27/07 at 12:58am
But... how cool was aminated Idina?
who else thought it was totally cool that WICKED and RENT billboards were predominantly featured together in one of the shots... two massively popular shows that she was an original cast member of.
Posted: 11/27/07 at 1:01am
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