Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't think it's an homage to anything, but they announce that they are going to do the King and Queen's Walts (where you dance with someone you didn't come with), and then they procede to play a song in 4/4, when a waltz, by definition is in 3/4.
Originally Posted By basil fan Maybe it was too obvious to mention, but I don't think anyone listed the way Giselle's arm hits the ground and the apple falls out of her hand, just like Snow White. Mouse History 101 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney</a>'history.html
Originally Posted By basil fan I just saw it again, and I take back what I said about the rowboat scene; it really doesn't look all that much like Little Mermaid. Nor do they really dance like Belle & Beast. But, Robert's outfit at the ball looks a lot like Beast's, and the camera focuses on the chandelier, which may be a reflection of that film. Also, Morgan, the little girl, has a Cinderella book in her room. Dumbo is playing on the hotel TV. You also see a scene from a live-action version of Robin Hood, but I can't tell if it's the Disney version. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/tarzan.html</a>
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I just saw this movie and it was wonderful. One of the best I have seen in some time. I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet... I noticed in the last scene after they are all playing in Morgan's room the camera pulls back through the window and we see the outside of the building. There are what looks to me like carvings in the stone very much like the animal carvings we see in Snow White.
Originally Posted By Inkan1969 Has someone mentioned the telenovela scene yet? About how Paige O'Hara plays the evil woman in it, and how her beau's name is Jerry, as in Orbach? I'm convinced that the green troll who deep down is really a nice guy is their homage to "Shrek". And I suspect that Pip the chipmunk was reenacting "The Passion of the Christ" with that coat hanger.
Originally Posted By Inkan1969 I just remembered another reference. There's supposed to be a promotional "Snow White" comic book that came out right before the movie. That comic book featured a scene that got dropped from the movie of Snow White making a model of the prince she wishes for out of pots and old clothes. Exactly the same thing Giselle did at the beginning.
Originally Posted By Brown Monkey >>I don't think it's an homage to anything, but they announce that they are going to do the King and Queen's Walts (where you dance with someone you didn't come with), and then they procede to play a song in 4/4, when a waltz, by definition is in 3/4.<< I believe that the song "So Close" is played in 6/8, not 4/4, which is still a waltz beat.
Originally Posted By Brown Monkey Don't think this was mentioned yet, but the "Happy Working Song" is an obvious tribute to Snow White's song "Whistle While You Work".
Originally Posted By DlandDug Just saw Enchanted for a third time in the theater the other day. (With friends who are BIG Disney fans, and hadn't seen it yet!) The Queen refers to Giselle as that "forest rat," in the same manner that Jafar refers to Aladdin as that "street rat."
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Someone will need to check this next time they see the movie, but I'm pretty sure I saw Pumbaa waiting in line to get his book signed by Pip at the end. Actually, I just looked on Google, and this is confirmed. He's got the book balanced on top of his head.
Originally Posted By Brown Monkey You know what i just realized? Giselle is not a princess. She came so close but actually isn't!
Originally Posted By brotherdave But, she IS a princess in the Disney marketing empire! Lots of Giselle 'princess' items to be found in the Disney Stores now...
Originally Posted By JeffG Disney's marketing of Giselle as a princess actually has irritated me ever since I saw the film... -Jeff
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Of course, when you stop to think about it, Cinderella and Belle weren't really princesses, either. I mean, yes, they eventually married Royalty. But on their own, they were just common peasant girls who knew how to ACT like princesses. It's the same way with Giselle--except she never quite married into royalty. ORGOCH: Heck! that Giz-smell gal had it best of all! She married some goomer who makes more money than any prince there ever was! A dang LAWYER!!
Originally Posted By basil fan Cindy & Belle became princesses by marriage. But Tink is often listed with the princesses. Mulan, sometimes. And once upon a time there was a princess shirt with Esmeralda on it. So Disney sometimes stretches a point for marketing. Where's the Princess Nancy merchandise? Mouse Tales <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/mice.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/mice.html</a>
Originally Posted By JeffG Technically, it isn't entirely clear that Belle ever became a princess either. Unlike many of the fairy tale movies, "Beauty and the Beast" didn't end with a wedding scene. It is always possible that she decided that the prince was more interesting as a beast and dumped him... -Jeff
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, that's not what she told us! She said she went ahead and got married to the Prince after he went and shed his fur coat. ORDDU: I can attest to that. Furthermore, I was one of the many guests who attended their wedding. ORGOCH: In a bat's butt!! I don't remember seein' no invite comin' in the mail!! ORWEN: Me either. ORDDU: Well, dears, I'm sorry but that's what happens when one of you is too busy hunting frogs while the other one is out hunting for Krispy Kremes. I would have taken you both along but the two of you were nowhere to be found. On a more positive note, though, I was lucky enough to sit next to Gaston at the wedding!!!
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 <<<On a more positive note, though, I was lucky enough to sit next to Gaston at the wedding!!!>>> Umm...didn't he smell bad? Being dead and all. But then I bet you find that charming, don't you, Orddu?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Well, it all depends, dear. There's bad and then there's' BAD. But, actually, Gaston never really died after falling off the roof of the Beast's castle and on down into that deep gully far below. He's a REAL man, you see. So it would take a lot more than THAT to kill him. No, he merely picked himself up, dusted himself off and hurried over to my place where he knew he'd be well taken care of. Naturally he had some cuts and bruises for me to attend. But I've always loved to play doctor, in case you didn't already know...
Originally Posted By mawnck Back on topic, since I FINALLY saw the durn thing today . . . Scene with the ogre, where Prince Edward picks up Nathaniel and twirls him around. Identical to Prince Philip picking up his fat dad in Sleeping Beauty. But with an ogre. The Working Song thing had a lot of animal action that was lifted from similar Disney scenes. Like the toilet-scrubbing scene in Oliver and Company. (KIDDING!) One in particular I noticed - the three singing roaches on Giselle's finger. Just like the singing bees on Uncle Remus's finger in Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah. I think you guys got all the other ones I caught, but if I remember something else, I'll be back. IMHO, the animation looked more Don Bluth or early DreamWorks (especially Sinbad) than Disney. Perhaps it was because they had to make it look like the live actors. But I enjoyed it immensely anyway, and they certainly nailed the Arielface look. The rest of the movie was pretty good too, if a bit too by-the-numbers for my taste. Not many surprises in it. The musical numbers were great fun, and Amy Adams was awesome. Note to self - never ever EVER wait this long to see a movie. It was at a $2 theater. The print was trashed, the sound was terrible, and the projector refused to stay in focus. Ya gets what ya pays for. When the DVD comes out, I'll actually get to SEE it.
