You know, I think I over analyze things. Now I’m not talking over analyze as in ‘Why hasn’t he called me’ type of analyze. I’m thinking more…displacing reality to enjoy a good fantasy. Or, shall I say, fiction. I think I’ve always known this, but tonight it came out again.
*Spoiler alert for the movie Enchanted!*
I was watching Enchanted for the first time, and enjoying it for the most part (tangent: I think I’m also one of those people you shouldn’t tell if you think something is SO AWESOME because my standards get too high when I finally read/see it). Anyway it ends with the heroine Giselle staying in present day NY instead of going back to cartoon land.
Most people sigh and think how romantic. Me too, but there’s this other voice that goes…okay, now realistically? That totally couldn’t happen. The government would want to know where she came from, she’d need a social security number, a birth certificate. Maybe, maybe they could have hid her on the down low, but come on, she opens her own business!
*End spoiler alert*
This is also why time travels (specifically when they come to the future) don’t work so well for me. Though I do still love to read them!
OMG yes I was one of those that talked it up and I’m sorry you were disappointed. :( But it cracks me up you thought about the govt. Tee hee hee.
Nooo no no no, it wasn’t you. It was just the general buzz I’d heard from everyone! I’m not sure WHAT I was expecting. But when the expectations are SO high it’s hard to match! :)
Yeah… I thought of the got. how weird is that?
I sat through the whole thing going, “Oh my God! She’s just like Leigh!” Leigh is my sister-in-law and the actress playing Giselle is sooooo like her that I couldn’t even have a good perv. sigh.
Just couldn’t get past the likeness to see McDreamy.
I didn’t see it.. but I your comment about realism made me giggle.. you seem to think it’s ok that she’s a cartoon! ;) Happy birthday.. I forget when yours is? We’re a few days apart, right? I don’t think we’re the same day..
You’re a crack up. I’m the “oh, how romantic” type.