2008 Woodie Awards
'Enchanted' fails at Academy Awards, has good performances during show
Lauren Tilton
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: A & E
If it's hard to imagine randomly breaking into song, or knights in shining armor coming to a damsel in distress' rescue, viewers get a taste of what this would be like in Disney's "Enchanted."
"Disney has done it once again with its fun plot and extremely catchy songs," said freshman Elizabeth Dowling.
"Enchanted" tells the story of Princess Giselle, who is banished from her magical fairy tale kingdom by her wicked witch mother-in-law-to-be and is thrown into the streets of New York City.
Here she learns that life isn't always perfect and that a happily ever after, as she imagined, is not always guaranteed. It is her journey to find her way back home where true love is more then just a fairy tale.
"Despite having every Disney fairy tale cliché possible I thought that 'Enchanted' was really cute and I loved how it combined animation and real-life scenes all into one movie," said freshman Amanda Kees.
Several critics raved about the movie calling it Disney's next classic. Which is why it is no surprise that "Enchanted" was a huge success in the box office bringing in over $92 million dollars.
"I think that the movie was such a success because it appealed to the older Disney crowd too. It reminded us why we wanted to be princesses when we were little," said freshman Emily Stack.
"Everyone wants to believe in fairy tales so badly because the real world is hard to cope with without believing that dreams do come true."
Regardless of how spectacular "Enchanted" did amongst its viewers and in the box office, it fell short at this year's Academy Awards.
The film had been nominated for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, and Original Song for the pieces, "Happy Working Song," "So Close," and "That's How You Know," all performed live throughout the ceremony.
For two songs the stage was transformed into the movie set, complete with trap doors.
"The performance of 'That's How You Know' made me wish that people walking through Central Park singing would happen in real life," said Kees. "It made me feel like the world would be a happier place."
Although Kristin Chenoweth gave a solid performance of the song some students said they would have preferred to see Amy Adams perform it again.
Jon McLaughlin helped bring the movie's ballroom scene to life with his performance of the movie's "So Close."
Unfortunately, none of these songs had just what the Academy was looking for. Instead, "Falling Slowly" from the movie "Once" captured this year's Oscar.
For those who have not seen "Enchanted" or want to see it again, the movie comes out on DVD on March 18.
"I plan on buying it," said Stack. "It's a definite 'add to your collection' type of movie."
"Disney has done it once again with its fun plot and extremely catchy songs," said freshman Elizabeth Dowling.
"Enchanted" tells the story of Princess Giselle, who is banished from her magical fairy tale kingdom by her wicked witch mother-in-law-to-be and is thrown into the streets of New York City.
Here she learns that life isn't always perfect and that a happily ever after, as she imagined, is not always guaranteed. It is her journey to find her way back home where true love is more then just a fairy tale.
"Despite having every Disney fairy tale cliché possible I thought that 'Enchanted' was really cute and I loved how it combined animation and real-life scenes all into one movie," said freshman Amanda Kees.
Several critics raved about the movie calling it Disney's next classic. Which is why it is no surprise that "Enchanted" was a huge success in the box office bringing in over $92 million dollars.
"I think that the movie was such a success because it appealed to the older Disney crowd too. It reminded us why we wanted to be princesses when we were little," said freshman Emily Stack.
"Everyone wants to believe in fairy tales so badly because the real world is hard to cope with without believing that dreams do come true."
Regardless of how spectacular "Enchanted" did amongst its viewers and in the box office, it fell short at this year's Academy Awards.
The film had been nominated for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, and Original Song for the pieces, "Happy Working Song," "So Close," and "That's How You Know," all performed live throughout the ceremony.
For two songs the stage was transformed into the movie set, complete with trap doors.
"The performance of 'That's How You Know' made me wish that people walking through Central Park singing would happen in real life," said Kees. "It made me feel like the world would be a happier place."
Although Kristin Chenoweth gave a solid performance of the song some students said they would have preferred to see Amy Adams perform it again.
Jon McLaughlin helped bring the movie's ballroom scene to life with his performance of the movie's "So Close."
Unfortunately, none of these songs had just what the Academy was looking for. Instead, "Falling Slowly" from the movie "Once" captured this year's Oscar.
For those who have not seen "Enchanted" or want to see it again, the movie comes out on DVD on March 18.
"I plan on buying it," said Stack. "It's a definite 'add to your collection' type of movie."
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