Happily Ever After
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"Is this a habit of yours? Falling out off stuff?" Giselle says.
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Robert answers, "Only when you’re around to catch me."
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Today, Ethel and I officially declares Christmas in the pink house! And what better way to spend the first Christmas weekend but to watch ENCHANTED. Just as I expected, both Ethel and I loved it. Ethel, of course, loves Patrick Dempsey more than any other characters in the story, and I could feel her "kilig" everytime her crush appears on the big screen, most specially in that scene where Giselle and Robert were dancing in the ball.
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I, on the other hand, have always been a Disney flick fan eversince The Little Mermaid. I don’t know. There’s something about happily ever after that makes the kid prince in me long for my damsel-in-distress, or my lovely princess. And there’s something about New York that makes me whisper to myself "Oh someday, I’m going there. I swear."
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It’s interesting how the Magical Kingdom makes such a sort-of parody of how it made a long trend of fairy tales since the 1940s (?) and draws out of it a story that would appeal to adults whose dreams far from reality have started to fade away as they grow up. If only I would have a daughter, she’d definitely learn the fair ways of a princess, even for a while before she gets brainwashed by harsh reality. It’s quite sad that nowadays, fairy tale and bedtime story books have quite lost it’s appeal. I remember we still have in our small library a complete line of bedtime story books. When we were kids, we spent some time, at least looking at the pictures, and would be amazed on the story that unfolds from it as our parents read to us how it all led to happily ever after. I first knew Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Aladdin and the desert thieves long before they came out as cartoon heroes and heroines.
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Happily ever after is never really just a dream. When we were kids, it could be as real as anything else. It may have faded, but never completely. Somehow, it should have given us hope to move forward whenever we tripped on the sidewalk, see our childhood crushes while we stare from one side of the classroom, or got bullied by someone bigger than we are. Somehow, we should have learned how to dream just by reading the story or listening to the prince and princess as they sail away to the bright moonlight in the lagoon. Of course, not anyone could fulfill our dreams of having a glistening dance in a ball, a ride on a galloping horse in Meadows of Enchantment, or a wonderful duet by the grand piano the memory of which that lasts a lifetime, but from a kid’s dream grows a person who can always see the brighter side of life- a hearty smile in the rain, an impromptu song that could light up a sad day, McDreamy eyes on a star-filled backdrop, perhaps, for warmth in times when you feel cold, or just simply someone who believes a wish after blowing a candle on a birthday cake could come true.
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Great leaders rule throughout history and the most romantic of lovers are known in great novels because they are dreamers. They have great stories to tell with it. As long as they kept their dreams alive, there were no stopping them from conquering the hearts of many, though many creatures in this world who would try to rob them of this gift.
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A lesson from the movie: Happily ever after does exist, if only we’d learn to be contented to what reality can offer.
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ALAN MENKEN, along with Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman and John Williams, are some of my musical heroes. To my delight, eight-time Oscar winner MR. MENKEN did the soundtrack for Enchanted. This composer is very much well-known for songs that came from Beauty and the Beast, Hercules and The Little Mermaid, my three all-time favorite animated featured film from Disney. I can’t imagine these stories if not accompanied by his great music. Finally, after so long, I’ve got another batch of LSS’s that I won’t regret having.
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Anyway, for those who haven’t seen the movie and
are looking for a film that
could be both for the family or just a feel-good one, this is the
perfect choice. It has the classic Disney magic combined with… well,
New York! Watch out for that scenes where Pip the chipmunk, who is always
mistaken as a rat in New York, desperately tries to save the princess. Always remember to laugh- it makes watching the movie even nicer. 
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