On the silver screen

On the Silver Screen:
Happily N’Ever After

Now, I know what you’re thinking. First, what the heck is wrong with the title? And second, what am I doing watching a kids’ movie? Well, you’re wrong on both accounts. The title is really that way because in this movie, not everything went as the story goes. Kind of like a twist to the normal fairy tales that I have enjoyed during my childhood—and that most of the kids nowadays don’t actually know. I mean, it was sort of funny seeing that most of the audience in the theater were people in my age group and people in my sister’s age group. Anyway, the story focuses more on the fairy tale of Cinderella or Ella as she’s better known in the movie (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her not-so dream prince, Rick—a dishwasher voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.. It starts in the Kingdom of Happily Ever After (because the name Canada was already taken ^_^!) where a wizard presides over the different fairy tales and their stories, making sure that everything goes by the book by the use of magic scales to balance the good and evil side of things. But like everyone else, the wizard needs to take a break as well. And so as he leaves for Scotland, he leaves things to Monk, a small boar that sees the cup as half-empty, and Mambo, someone who probably... well, peed in the cup… That went well… anyway! While he was gone, the ball of Cinderella was going on, and a simple accident catches the attention of her evil stepmother. And with the twist of things, Monk and Mambo are thrown out of the chamber with the stepmother taking control of all the bad guys and ruining the plots of every fairy tale. Especially with Ella’s magic being brought to an end just before the sun sets. Now, what’s a princess to do? It’s now up to her and her furry friends to come up with a plan to find the prince—who’s looking for the fair maiden who forgot her slipper—and hopefully save the day(?)… or will she find someone else that will take his place? A modern-day version to the usual dainty and girly Cinderella and your not-so-usual fairy tales, Happily N’ever After is a must-see for children all ages and all sizes.

Aphorisms: If I get what I want, will I want what I get?
Not everything should go by the book!
Dragon’s Scale: 9 breaths of fire