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Giselle was quite the hypocrite!!

posted 11 years ago by abz_msn
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If anyone has read "theromanempire-1"'s rather absurd post talking about perversion and such nonsense because the movie makers changed the typical prince and princess stereotype I am not saying I agree but there are some points in there that validity for me.
I'm not hating or trolling either I like this movie, but some things I can't get past

First Giselle this sweet beautiful incredible naieve young woman accidentally blunders into reality and meets Robert. She came from a fantasy land and was so excited to marry this handsome prince she had just met but knows "they are destined to be together" because that's how fairytales in disney usually go!

(Though the only example I can actuallythink they fall in love after a day is sleeping beauty) but anyway..

Then she starts to discover how it makes more sense to not believe everything or rush into marriage with handsome men because they sing to you, go on dates etc and "real" romance plays out. She learns all this from Robert who; surprise surprise falls in love with her and vice versa.
*breathes irritably*

Skip to the end of the movie and she has decided she prefers real love and this modern man then the handsome singing prince she dreamed about but barely knew. Also Giselle out of her and Edward is the only one out of the two who experienced the advantages of love in reality.
However EDWARD DIDN'T!!! He spends the entire movie searching for her courageously, threatening people even just to be with her again, the only thing he got out of being in New York was showing us what a total ditz he is (lol)
But why is he suddenly okay with robert taking his place after all that? The one who gives true loves kiss instead of him?
He makes the decision just like that at the end like it was all for nought .

I get she was dying and he needed to think fast but even before he seemed fine for robert to be his replacement

As for Robert himself did he forget he was engaged ? Nancy I thought was a very cool sweet character and great with Morgan. Sure Giselle could sing and dance and make curtain dresses n look purdy but I think her and Robert could have just as easily learned valuable lessons from each other as friends, they didn't have to fall in love to prove it!!

This is where the hypocrite part comes in because Giselle even tries to help him woo Nancy a fair bit, sending flowers, giving ideas to romance her etc and then SHE gets with ROBERT!!
I really don't see how or why that needed to happen for somebody who's so adamant helping this mans relationship, some helper!

I can't be the only one who noticed this??

And then Nancy is far too okay with this coupling even telling him "kiss her robert, it's ok" man I would be pissed if My man was having a love affair with a "friend" and denied it. She was even responding with delight to his romantic gestures, where was that leading up to?? I found it kinda sad that he just ditched her :(
And it sounds heartless (ok it is) but I'm not sure that I would consider letting Giselle die instead of having Robert loss her if I was Nancy. Well I certainly wouldn't encourage it! Her heart must have been breaking at that point.

Last point is she then gets with Edward in thd blink of an eye which was cute they cheered each other up but it's like he just forgot Giselle ever existed and same with her for Robert. (A rebound for her for sure) she doesn't even know the guy!! And what was thd movie trying to say to us about fairytale couplings not working?
Total oxymoron right there!

Anyway sorry it was so long it was hard to condense all my points I needed to make but the film is pretty hypocritical in its plot from what I can see

Feel free to correct me if I overlooked anything but thoughts? I wonder if anybody else has noticed these faults too

[–] PsychiatricPezDispenser 11 years ago

It was a cute film and that's all it was supposed to be. Full of useless catchy songs, cheap laughs, and easter eggs.

1) Edward was okay with it because he's a ditzy prince and he's just supposed to go with the flow. He realized that Gisele didn't really love him- nothing he could do about it, now is there
2) Dude, what are you talking about? Morgan didn't like Nancy and Robert and Nancy had no chemistry together. They behaved like coworkers not like romantic partners. Nancy was okay with him getting with Gisele because she realized that she brought out the best in him, which she herself could never do. She was obviously bored with him anyway.
3) You mean at the end? Once again, Edward wasn't meant for the real world. He's literally a 2d character- that's the whole point of the story. He's a very simple character and has very simple thoughts and feelings. He may have even stayed friends with Gisele, we don't know. We'll have to see in Enchanted 2 if they ever make it.

These aren't flaws in the story. It's just the way the story is.

[–] gabbyevs 11 years ago

couldnt agree more was so contrived-i suppose we accept it in cartoons but transferred into real life it just didnt make sense

seeeing as giselle isnt really real aswell how could anyone fall in love with her

[–] Tinny-Tinette 10 years ago

You pretty much summed up my problems with this movie, which is the weak/contrived developments between the characters. Giselle and Robert (in my opinion) doesn't have so much chemistry and are spending the majority of the movie disagreeing/discussing and just suddenly they fall in love just like that. It's logical that Giselle should have an effect on Robert, since that's somewhat her purpose, but the way it was executed was contrived and poorly structured. And Edward and Nancy's relationship was contrived as well, although at least they had some spark.

[–] Myokine 10 years ago

I also found it very weird that Nancy and Robert were toghether for 5 years.. and then some chick appears for couple days and he is in love? Like wtf ? :D

[–] jedite1000 9 years ago

During the kiss at the end of the dance with nancy and Robert, nancy could tell that the kiss lost its magic in a way and she can see it in Robert that he loves giselle. Even if Robert was in denial. Probably the reason why she told Robert to kiss her and its alright

[–] Sage_Beckett 9 years ago

I saw this post like two years after it was posted but felt it was important to leave a comment.

Good, unselfish people are willing to sacrifice. Even for people like you, who don't understand it, don't deserve it, and wouldn't do the same for others. No one's love life is so important that it would be okay to stand by and watch someone *die* so you can "keep your man"- especially a man who isn't even in love with you.

You posted this over two years ago and I am hoping in those two years, you've done a lot of maturing and perhaps would make a different decision. It is obvious to any mature adult who cares for others that the romance is what should be sacrificed, nor the life of someone innocent. As you pointed out yourself, Giselle did nothing wrong. She even sacrificed her own feelings for Robert to allow him his dreams with Nancy. Luckily Nancy was big enough to do the same thing back.