"Enchanted"

The tale follows the beautiful princess Giselle as she is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land--and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this
strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic
world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce
lawyer who has come to her aid--even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home
--she has to wonder: can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
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Not too long ago I watched the movie "Enchanted". It was absolutely delightful! Because I am now in the children's literature class, I took the liberty of taking a few notes while watching the movie. The main character is a beautiful young girl named Giselle that finds herself helpless and in need of saving. She also is madly in love with a prince and is to marry him. The antagonist is the prince's stepmother, the evil queen. Conflict occurs when the evil queen is unwilling to give up the throne to Giselle. All of these characteristics make up a classic fairy tale, but the fact that the evil queen sends Giselle to modern-day Manhattan gives it a new-age twist. Giselle is lead to believe that after marrying her prince she will live happily ever after but the evil queen sends her to the "real world" which is believed to be a place with no happily ever afters. During one scene we find out that Robert, the handsome lawyer she ends up falling for, doesn't believe in telling his daughter fairy tales because he thinks by doing so, she won't be prepared for the harsh world ahead. This made me so sad! I believe fairy tales are good for children. It gives them hope. Happy endings may not always go exactly like the fairy tales but I think true happiness can be attained in the real world if we work for it. During the course of the movie, Giselle's character steadily changes from the helpless young girl to a brave heroine who, in the end, attempts to save Robert from the evil queen. Yet, at the very end she becomes helpless again and can only be saved by true love's kiss. Giselle, and most of everybody else gets their happily ever after, just with a real-world twist!