I remember when I first watched this movie. I was an intensely tomboyish preteen and pretty much against all media with the word "Princess" even associated with it. Needless to say, I was not super excited when my cousins came over and popped this bad boy(err..girl) in our VCR. I honestly didn't expect much: Disney, princess, tiaras, romance, please.
But as I began watching it, I soon realized that I identified completely with Mia,(Anne Hathaway) an extremely awkward teenage girl who was rebellious, weird, unpopular, and yet, was offered the one thing that almost all teenage girls dream of: princess-ship, complete with new looks, limos, balls, gowns, hot guys, and power. Whoop!
Yet, she practically had to be dragged into it kicking and screaming. Forget preppy hair do's! Just leave me alone! Here was a princess story I could relate to! Mia wasn't some whistling girl with a pure heart who caught birds on her fingers while working at a terrible job, that really wasn't that terrible because she made it fun! She was an ungraceful chick who had learned to cope with the hardships of life, but not in the usual way. Everything about her was weird, and she liked it like that.
But Mia had to grow up during this movie. She went from awkward to awesome in a matter of two hours. I loved the transformation were she went from laughed at, to applauded for by the end when she slams ice cream all over Lana's(Mandy Moore) cheer leading outfit(something I personally loved because I was not particularly fond of cheer leading at this point..)
Overall, great chick/ teen girl flick. It makes you believe that no matter how messed up your life is or you are, you still have a chance to be some super cool girl. And who doesn't want to be a princess? Really.
But as I began watching it, I soon realized that I identified completely with Mia,(Anne Hathaway) an extremely awkward teenage girl who was rebellious, weird, unpopular, and yet, was offered the one thing that almost all teenage girls dream of: princess-ship, complete with new looks, limos, balls, gowns, hot guys, and power. Whoop!
Yet, she practically had to be dragged into it kicking and screaming. Forget preppy hair do's! Just leave me alone! Here was a princess story I could relate to! Mia wasn't some whistling girl with a pure heart who caught birds on her fingers while working at a terrible job, that really wasn't that terrible because she made it fun! She was an ungraceful chick who had learned to cope with the hardships of life, but not in the usual way. Everything about her was weird, and she liked it like that.
But Mia had to grow up during this movie. She went from awkward to awesome in a matter of two hours. I loved the transformation were she went from laughed at, to applauded for by the end when she slams ice cream all over Lana's(Mandy Moore) cheer leading outfit(something I personally loved because I was not particularly fond of cheer leading at this point..)
Overall, great chick/ teen girl flick. It makes you believe that no matter how messed up your life is or you are, you still have a chance to be some super cool girl. And who doesn't want to be a princess? Really.