blackcauldron85 wrote:I definitely noticed homages to Snow White and Cinderella. But I don't want to give spoilers (and it's obvious if you watch it!)!
There's an obvious one to "The Sound of Music" in the 'How Does She Know' clip too, as well as a visual reference to 'Kiss The Girl' from "The Little Mermaid".
I had my doubts about this film at first, but after learning that Barry Sonnenfeld was a producer, and now seeing these two clips, I'm definitely going to see this one at the theater instead of waiting for the DVD release.
Another thing I really like what I've seen of this film so far is the whole "breaking into song" satire. Live-action musicals can be particularly annoying to me because they're so far removed from reality. This movie acknowledges that it's fictional because it's a musical, but keeps an edge of realism because all the surrounding characters are mostly street performers. If you've ever been to places like Central Park in NYC or the boardwalk at Savanah, GA at sunset, there are some musicians and performers so skilled at improv they can make a song or dance out of anything.
And Patrick Dempsey's character in the 'How Does She Know' number reminds me of the Saturday Night Live sketch where one of Norm McDonald's apparent worst nightmares comes to life where he's stuck in a scene from "West Side Story". It makes for much hilarity, and it seems like this will be a recurring element in "Enchanted", which will help win over the "I hate musicals" people who are either dragged to this movie on a date or with their kids.