I watched Ella Enchanted on DVD yesterday. This is what I think. Firstly, as a movie on its own, it is pretty good. I mean, Ella is pretty, Char is quite good-looking, with that hair that look like Orlie’s. And Hattie is plain ugly and Olive looks stupid-cute with that small kid type hairstyle.
As an adaptation from the book, this movie completely SUCKS! The front part was pretty similar to the book, mind you, only the front. The moment Ella grows up, everything is different. Basically, what the director did was, take the characters from the book, add MORE characters, including a bunch of crazy fan girls who kisses the floor Prince Charmont walks on. The director also took the gift of obedience from the book. Yep, that’s all the director did. The rest, is his own story. Nothing from the book. There are stuffs like Chars uncle who tries to kill him to take the throne, college (hello, Its more like american college. And you’re seeing it in Frell?) ok, so I feel the director has no right to say, this movie is adapted from Ella Enchanted because its not. He simply borrowed some ideas.
As a movie on its own, its fine. I mean, at least Char is decent. I thought hes going to be some cocky guy who adores all attention. But the last part of the movie is completely stupid, its as if the director is at loss what to do and make it to some completely kiddy end where the bad guy does a stupid mistake. And the movie ended with a dance, not ballroom, mind you, its a dance where Ella goes wild and shakes her body and all that stuffs. Erm, bad end.
I feel like reading the book all over again, ive forgotten lots of parts. But I remember that Char and Ella talked a lot and enjoyed each others company, you can sort of feel the deep bonding. In the movie, Char was first attracted to Ella cos she was the only girl hes met who hasnt scream when she saw him. And I remember the book was so sweet, especially the last part where Char proposed and Ella tried to say no because she was afraid for his life in the future where someone might tell her to kill him. I suppose, thats it on the movie, its not THAT bad, but not THAT good either. You know what I mean, basically the thing that makes the movie ok is the gift of obedience thing.
BY THE WAY, tried to watch Harry Potter. No tickets. Every single seat is taken. Every single one. Uff, so hard to get tickets here cos if you go there in the morning, you cannot buy the nights ticket. You go there in the evening, you still cannot buy the nights ticket. You have to buy nights tickets at night itself. So troublesome. Now, Im tempted to just get the DVD. And I saw Shrek 2 DVD, and the movie is not out yet! Should I just get it? Anyway, I bought Ned Kelly.