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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 12, 2004 - 5:36 pm
You must see this movie!!!! It is so good!!! DD and I saw it today. It wasn't what I thought it was from the previews, and I had the "duh" moment of "oh, this is CinderELLA! LOL But it's really great, keeps you entertained the whole time.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Monday, April 12, 2004 - 8:02 pm
Although i haven't seen it, it seems to me that it is just another Disney movie with all the old jokes they use to make little kids laugh.
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, April 12, 2004 - 8:45 pm
I saw it this past weekend--took a couple of kids to it. It was very good, and well done. (as opposed to medium rare)
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Monday, April 12, 2004 - 9:08 pm
just random kids off the street Lance?
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, April 12, 2004 - 9:18 pm
LOL Hippyt--nope--kids of a friend who wanted to see the movie. I was doing a good deed (or at least I thought so)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 6:03 am
Bluebug, well for one thing it's not animated, but I found it very fresh and entertaining.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 8:22 am
My dd and I will go see it for sure Texannie! Thanks for letting us know it was good. It looks so cute. My dd and I have been watching Daniel DeRonda on Masterpiece Theater and it starred Hugh Dancy, who plays I am assuming the prince, and now she is in love. So we really will have to go see it!
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 8:42 am
I didn't say it was animated. I said that it looks like the same old kids movie they have been making for years. Disney used to make good movies. They have had some good ones over the last few years like Toy Story, but most have been bad and pretty much evry non-animated movie they have made for kids in the last several years have been bad. It just looks like the same thing as all the others. At least the old animated movies were nice to look at. Pretty much all the movies from when Walt Disney was still alive were pretty and well done. After he died it pretty much went down hill. The only disney movie I have genuanly enjoyed in the last 10 years was Toy Story.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 7:08 pm
Texannie I'm glad you enjoyed it I didn't. Different strokes.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 9:18 pm
Really? Is is more of a "girl" movie, so maybe that's why. I was just thrilled to see a strong girl as the lead...nice for my daughter to see too.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 8:29 am
I liked kill bill. Strong female lead. Still think this one looks bad.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 8:35 am
Kill Bill has a strong female lead but seeing that movie depends on the age of your daughter.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 8:36 am
I just looked up Disney movies to see if there were any really recent ones that I liked a lot- I loved Toy Story- but I found this instead that I thought was interesting. I'm not posting the whole article, not that it's long or anything but this thread really isn't the Disney thread and I'm not going to start one Disney buys up Judy Blume books A series of films based on books by the children's author Judy Blume are to be turned into Disney movies Blume, whose best-sellers include Are You There God?, It's Me Margaret and Forever, signed the multi-picture deal with her son Lawrence, a film-maker.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 8:40 am
ROFL! I suspect that Kill Bill would be more appealing to an adult male than Ella, but Ella is definitely more appropriate for my 10 year old daughter!!! Isn't it wonderful that there are so many choices, and we aren't forced to go see movies that aren't interesting to us. And a free to make comments about movies we haven't even seen.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 8:46 am
It is wonderful. Almost as good as intution and common sense.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 8:48 am
Besides when I said Kill Bill had a strong woman lead I meant that I liked that and i'm a guy. I just think that Ella Enchanted is a bad movie and not funney. Has nothing to do with my sex.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 9:34 am
I can see how you might say it has no appeal to you, But how you can say it's bad and not funny if you haven't seen it??? There are alot of movies that don't appeal to me, but I would never be able to form an opinion on their worth without seeing them. btw..not trying to convince you to see the movie, just truly confused.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 9:59 am
Who knew that Ella Enchanted could create such controversy?! lol
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:07 am
I don't have proof it was bad because I have not seen it but I think I can tell from what I have seen of the movie that it is bad. It may be different tastes but to me this movie LOOKS bad. I could be wrong but I have seen my share of movies that are like this and found them all not funney. The reason I have not seen this movie is because I have seen many like it and know that since they were all bad it is most likely that this one is bad too.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:45 am
The only movie that this even remotely reminded me of was "The Princess Bride". Oh well, to each his own. Kind of how I feel about Jim Carrey movies...all bad, don't need to see 'em! LOL Just haven't reviews about them!
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 11:11 am
What I meant was same TYPE movie. Same type of jokes. Same type of endings. Same type of mid movie problem which happens right as every thing seems to be good that is resolved in the ending and the solution usualy mends or makes friendships or love stronger. Same type of sequence. I didn't mean that the individual plot themselves were the same I just meant it is the same type of movie. For the record though if I had meant movies that were same plot: What a girl wants Princess diaries Princess diaries 2
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 1:56 pm
Heck..that's almost every love story type movie out there..even a couple of the Star War films too! LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:51 pm
I am a sucker for a movie with a happy ending. Call me sappy but I love a good happy ending where everyone lives happily ever after.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:54 pm
Me too, Mamie..I don't want to pay $10 to feel badly at the end! LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:58 pm
That's it. I love the formula of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, they get back together in the end and live happily. I don't care if that is corny. I love it. I love movies period. And I think there is a time and a place for every kind of story.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Friday, April 16, 2004 - 3:21 pm
I haven't seen the movie, but the book was wonderful! I can't quite imagine how some of it will translate to a movie. I very much enjoyed it, especially the ending.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, April 16, 2004 - 3:46 pm
i'm gonna see it this weekend
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Jkm
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 10:42 am
We saw it a couple of weekends ago -- my daughters had read the book in school -- both enjoyed the movie -- (me too) but oldest and her friend were beside themselves -- That's not like the book at all Mom! They said about the only thing the same as the book was the movie's name Ella Enchanted and the Princes name. The book is set back in old times - but none of the funny "modern" references that were everywhere in this movie. (But they all made it very, very funny and enjoyable) Also -- no snake in the book....
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Jkm
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 10:45 am
They were the same when we saw Harry Potter for the first time -- pointing out all the changes and items left out, etc Then after we saw a few more times - they enjoyed the movie anyway -- An important lesson about the book vs the movie was learned (hoping they remember that for future book reports.......)
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Awareinva
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 12:56 pm
I was wondering if the book and movie were poles apart. DD (almost 13) and I both loved the book Ella Enchanted and got the others in the series. Has anyone seen this one and "13 going on 30"? If so which is better bang for my buck if I only have time to take DD to one film - due to the fact that we have a 6 week old baby at home and free time is scarce. Thanks in advance for the info.
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