Vera van Schuilenburg

This review is for the book readers who want to go see the movie. When I saw the trailer about a month ago, I just knew I had to read the book, the plot intrigued me and I was scared they might mess it up in the movie. Boy was I right. I read the book in one go, stayed up all night. The intriguing ways the challenges of planetary colonisation were explored were absolutely fascinating. The concept of a person and having multiple lives.... a true work of art. I loved it so much that I finished the second book just hours before seeing the movie and made my boyfriend read the first. Cue us, sitting in excitement in the theatre unaware of the absolute GARBAGE we would have to endure in the next 2 hours. After 30 minutes we were both staring at each other like "we should get the heck out of here". The movie is NOTHING like the book. The characters are NOTHING like the book. They turned it into some comedy skit that wasn't even funny but mostly just confusing. I have never seen such garbage in my life. It will take me a while to get over this. Go read the book. Skip this movie!! Never wanted my money back more.

People who rate this movie a low score clearly missed the point. The point is not to get answers. "What do people do when they can't get the answers easily?" is actually the point. It is meant to showcase the thin layer of ice our 'world peace' depends on and just how easily this ice can be broken with all the tension in the world right now (and especially in the US). It also shows just how dependent we have become on technology and how that could easily become our downfall. Not only literally in the tesla's malfunctioning and the gps and phonelines being knocked out but also in the way it isolates us and divides society. I actually feel that the justifying ending to this movie for me is people's reactions. Think about it, there is no blood, guts, 'America is the greatest' tanks and warfare- action going on. It really is as simple as a cyberattack nowadays to inflict a lot of damage because of the way society is and many people all over the world underestimate this. Furthermore, even in world war II the strongest weapons were fear and hate. Not being able to trust your own neighbors. Isn't that the sad part? If an enemy attacked, the first ones we would distrust are our neighbors. The way we all knew in our bones how going to Danny for help would play out before they even arrive there. I truly hope that the essence of this movie doesn't go unseen.

Just finally got around to watching this movie! Heard so many bad things about it and let me tell you, I DON'T KNOW WHY!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! A true telling of a fairy tale clearly as people seem to still not appreciate this celebration of diversity and joy in the age we are living in. It was a really refreshing take on the traditional story, incorporating feminism, equality and breaking free of the norm. Truly a work of art and cannot have been easy to do with a fairytale that is filled with stereotypes and traditional role models. WOW. Truly the 'princess' movie I wish I could have seen as a child. Even so, it definitely inspired me as an adult. Go watch this movie!!

I don't understand why the ratings are so good for this sequel!! Oh my gosh, the first movie was wonderful and had such a good story, the best I've seen in a while! Then here comes the second, with a plot so far fetched nobody can relate to, a straight up weird storyline and a very unsatisfying ending. This movie was much like most nowadays, you clearly don't have to write a good believable story anymore to entertain people nowadays, with true character motives, plottwists and hints along the way. This movie was the exact opposite of what the first was and I cannot believe the ratings it gets. Watch the first one. Skip this trash. Where it was first implied that there would be many layers to this movie at the start, the stupidity of the plot is really clearly visible pretty much from the get go.

Hmmm, I was really excited to watch this movie and I, like many, watched Enchanted as a child in theatres back in the day. I really liked the idea they had for this movie. The stepmother plot had a lot of potential. However, I felt they could have executed it slightly better. A little more bonding and character arch for Tyson and Morgan would have also helped. In the first movie they actually executed Nancy's romance with Edward well even though she wasn't the main character. They could have done the same for Morgan and Tyson, missed opportunity. I also felt they could have made Giselle even more of a villain, but the whole thing was over rather quickly. The 'love power' song also felt a slight bit out of tune as I felt the lyrics were a bit weirdly timed (I don't know how to explain it properly). If they had upped their CGI game and released this into theatres it would have also hit better I think. It would have been more magical. Nevertheless, for a sequel (and live action) it did a better job than most Disney movies do nowadays and I enjoyed watching it, but I especially enjoyed rewatching Enchanted with my boyfriend beforehand who had never even seen that one before. Unfortunately he was struck by a sleeping spell on the couch halfway through this one though.

What. The. Frick. Was. That. It SUUUUCKED. Honestly like -10 story. I notice it in more movies nowadays. There just isn't a story. Just a ridiculously overpriced cast list and a lot of CGI. THAT DOESN'T MAKE A MOVIE. They can't decide what their story is, halfway through they just go "oh hey let's just swap everything, for no reason at all other than the viewers might enjoy that". There was no clear goal on evil's side other than 'being evil' and killing everyone for some reason. And then you realize 'Good' isn't even any better, just filled with vain people. If you want to watch a good movie, watch Enola Holmes 2 or Shrek, not this rubbish.