International Enchanted Poster
Susan Sarandon in One-Sheet for Disney Movie, Coming November 21st
Susan Sarandon takes front-and-centre in this new international poster for Disney's Enchanted, coming November 21st.
The international poster for the Walt Disney Company's Enchanted (or, as the French say, Il Était une Fois) has come online, which you can check out in its full-colour glory by clicking here.
It's a great icy shot of Susan Sarandon, in full evil Queen Narissa mode, offering the viewer a smoking apple a la Snow White and telling everyone she sees, "Hey, Meryl (The Devil Wears Prada) Streep's not the only actress who can do stylish menace."
Susan Sarandon as Spooky Queen Narissa
Come to think of it, Sarandon's make-up and costume owe more than a little to the evil queen's look in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Disney's first animated movie). It's strange to say, but a fairy tale's success often rests on the quality of its main villain, and by concentrating on Sarandon like this, the producers of Enchanted are saying, "Yeah, we got a real doozy here."
It's easy to agree with /Film's Peter Sciretta when it comes to his analysis of this flick: "For some reason, I’m more excited to see this film than I probably should be."
Why is that? {puts on Curmudgeon Hat}. Let's start with what makes this flick bad news, at least for those members of the Y-Chromosome crowd who don't view Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as their life story.
- This flick is derivative as hell. Disney is basically doing the Shrek-style fractured fairy tales motif, playing elements in their classic animated movies for laughs. Granted, Disney is spoofing itself which plays a lot better than Shrek's occasionally mean-spirited send-ups on the Mouse House, but how many smirking meta-jokes can one movie viewer take?
- Second off, Enchanted is a romantic comedy, a movie genre that generally sends guys screaming for the hills faster than that otherwise-perfect date suddenly bringing out the surgical tools in the bedroom. Strip down the story to its basic elements and what do you get? Perfect princess (Amy Adams) gets victimized by evil queen, and has to choose between two hottie gents who want nothing better than to wine and dine her with flowers and Celine Dion's back catalogue. Sounds about as fun as a day at the dentist's (without anasthetic), right?
Enchanted Doesn't Take Itself Too Seriously
On the other hand, you have to like a movie that's doesn't take itself too seriously, and Enchanted seems to have that quality in spades. Whether it's James Marsden (as Prince Edward) gleefully chewing the scenery or Patrick Dempsey's lawyer having to deal with a house guest who has a bad habit of bursting into song (complete with swelling violins) at strange times, this flick has a fair amount of self-deprecating charm. It reminds me a little of a more high-tech The Princess Bride, a great live-action movie that managed to appeal to young and old, male and female alike.
Presuming we aren't seeing a case of the all-too-common traileritis (an affliction where all the best bits are in the trailers), Enchanted has the potential to be a chick flick that doesn't make guys want to slice their wrists with their popcorn cups. So it's up to director Kevin Lima and company to make sure this flick lives up to its potential.
Whether it's good, bad, or just plain ugly, Enchanted hits theatres over the American Thanksgiving, otherwise known as November 21st.
