Advent Sunday & Enchanted on Friday
Anyway, I finally got to watch the movie Enchanted on Friday. I just had to watch a movie before I head for a life of no life... but Juliet stood me up, Crystal was busy with her final year project, Esther, Jeraldine and Menaka all watched it already. I dragged Esther out anyway.
Enchanted was okay. Sweet, as it is, though I could never understand why the two teenage girls seated in front of me were laughing hysterically at any possible moment. Even Esther, the ultimate fairytale fanatic looked confused.
The first part of the show was way beyond me. I absolutely do not and can never understand cartoons in fairytale style, with birds chirping and bimbo in blonde hair singing.
I guess my interest picked up when we, together with Giselle, came into the real world. It became a clash between fantasy and reality.
I guess that's one big reason why I don't enjoy fairytales much. Fairytales are naive, and for people who are still clinging on to 'happy ever after' - abandon your thoughts. Fairytales are fantasies which people create simply because its just not going to happen in the real world.
Oh, am I the only one to notice, from this movie, a flaw with fairytales? The first part of Enchanted was meant to be a mirror of the more traditional stories like Cinderella and Snow White. The love story of Giselle and Prince was based on naivety. They met and fell in love and decided to get married. Then when they entered the real world, they realised, if they hadn't made a hasty decision, they had more than one choice. A relationship cannot be built on blatant naivety. Fairytales are a utopia. An unachievable state of perfection. However, can a relationship be sustained by perfection? I guess it's kind of funny but so true, that Giselle only understood the true meaning of love by actually experiencing other emotions like anger, other than blissful love and happiness.
Oh, watching Father in purple today reminded me that its Advent Sunday - the first day of the liturgical year. We can all start anticipating Christmas.
Alrighty, I have to go rest. Working tomorrow. Kyrie Eleison.
Enchanted was okay. Sweet, as it is, though I could never understand why the two teenage girls seated in front of me were laughing hysterically at any possible moment. Even Esther, the ultimate fairytale fanatic looked confused.
The first part of the show was way beyond me. I absolutely do not and can never understand cartoons in fairytale style, with birds chirping and bimbo in blonde hair singing.
I guess my interest picked up when we, together with Giselle, came into the real world. It became a clash between fantasy and reality.
I guess that's one big reason why I don't enjoy fairytales much. Fairytales are naive, and for people who are still clinging on to 'happy ever after' - abandon your thoughts. Fairytales are fantasies which people create simply because its just not going to happen in the real world.
Oh, am I the only one to notice, from this movie, a flaw with fairytales? The first part of Enchanted was meant to be a mirror of the more traditional stories like Cinderella and Snow White. The love story of Giselle and Prince was based on naivety. They met and fell in love and decided to get married. Then when they entered the real world, they realised, if they hadn't made a hasty decision, they had more than one choice. A relationship cannot be built on blatant naivety. Fairytales are a utopia. An unachievable state of perfection. However, can a relationship be sustained by perfection? I guess it's kind of funny but so true, that Giselle only understood the true meaning of love by actually experiencing other emotions like anger, other than blissful love and happiness.
Oh, watching Father in purple today reminded me that its Advent Sunday - the first day of the liturgical year. We can all start anticipating Christmas.
Alrighty, I have to go rest. Working tomorrow. Kyrie Eleison.
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