The Good, the Bad, and the Funny Part 6

[mkultra]

Journaling:

I am not sure if I can recommend Enchanted by Disney Rated PG. There are just too many separation/ divorce/ abandonement themes left running around in the film. I did not know this before planning a family day at the movies. Yes, this is the first time for my H and I to do anything together as a family for a looong while as I have been Dark and Safe and Happy. So the dimmer came up. And I was a good girl.

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Back to the film.
The Fairy Tale Princess is cast into reality. Her reality saviour played by Patrick Dempsy, a jaded divorce lawyer. First uh oh scene with the kids in tow takes place during an actual divorce proceeding.

Next, the Fairy Tale Princess is extremely naive young and innocent yet the 40 year old betrothed single father, Patrick Dempsy is still attracted to her. Now if she is like the rest of Disney Princesses, she should be between 17-22!! He walks in on her in the shower and he parades around in his bath robe while she strokes his chest. WTH??

Even though both folks are commited to others we see how their emotional attachment grows as they go on a "date" even though Dempsey says it is not a "date" because they are just friends. This confuses the Princess because they are together in a nice place eating good food.

Further, the D6 in the movie has no idea where her mother is and why she abandoned them and the father does not want to talk about it. Great. So my D6 could relate to the six year old because she has no idea why her father left her either!

Finally, both couples switch partners and it feels like more betrayal. Like all is well that ends well even though we were committed to marry other partners, attraction rises above all commitment. Dumb message for kids.

I could almost see how my H could use the film as a vehicle to show that his OW could be a nice new addition to the family because she could be a young fun step monster like the girl in the film to the daughter. Instead of the original more competent girlfriend who was a more appropriate age but barely. Yuck. I have heard that so much, that the younger OW/ new girlfriend is really more like a fun sister than a parent. How sick is that?

I laughed a lot in the movie but be warned if you have a kid going through that stuff. Disney puts out too many movies where the man is the saviour and the Princess is weak.