Confusing message in this movie (spoilers)

I think the point or message shows that both characters needed to meet in the middle. You must have faith and be willing to leap into love but you also have to be realistic. The change reminds me of the ending of the movie "grease".

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I think the whole point was to reconcile the two different viewpoints. Sure, Giselle might not have been making a good choice with Edward, but she also taught Robert a lot on her own. It was about responsibility, while maintaining innocence, optimism, etc.

And FURTHERMORE, this is my signature! SERIOUSLY! Did you think I was still talking about my point?

I know it has been a year and a half, but let me answer anyway.

There is a bit of magic in this plot, some predestination. At the start, Gisele has had a dream about her true love, and she works on it by building a model of her lover from the dream.

And we see that she DOES have an adventure starting right after that, and by the end of the film, she ends up with that man.

Spoiler: Eventually we can see that the man was never the Prince. The statue, or model, had a blue uniform with a hoop over its shoulder, the Prince never wore it, but the attorney does, at the King and Queen Ball.

But, almost immediately, she is attacked by the Troll and the Prince saves her. Everything she has known, in her world, tells her that this Prince must be her love, because he saved her and then carried her off, singing of love. So she's ready to get married the next day.

You know the rest. All the action switches to New York. She find out that she isn't saved by kisses from her Prince, but the attorney's kisses do. And the Prince similarly learns, by the same means, that Nancy is the one for him.

So Fate has its victory in the end, uniting lovers even if they are in different dimensions, even if everyone involved was engaged to be married to someone else at some point. Fate rules.

The people involved seem to be a little inept, but they each have something to teach, too. "You have to get to know someone first" turns out to be good advice here, but also none of this would have happened if Giselle hadn't agreed to the next-day-marriage thing, or if the Prince hadn't pursued her to Times Square and beyond.

I agree with the part about the romantic slow dance with a stranger. It was so very strange, but worked great for the movie.

Be who you want your children to be.

"So, Robert was right all along. You need time to find out if you're right for each other and not rush into things on a romantic whim."

lolwat? this movie takes place over the span of two days. while i may agree with robert, this movie certainly doesn't.

The point is that they're both wrong because they're both on the extreme end.
Robert thinks that relationships shouldn't depend at all on 'love' because it's a myth. They should be built on firm ties of commitment and shared vision, a stable relationship that can carry on through good times and bad, and love and passion will just screw you up in the end.
Giselle has never given a thought to building trust, common interests, shared visions, or anything else. In her view of things, the only thing that matters is love, and you neither choose nor control love, it just happens to you at first sight. Good times and bad don't happen and are never thought of.

Robert had to learn that love and whimsy are important too.
Giselle had to learn that it takes more than intense feelings to make a real relationship.
They met in the middle. This is not a mixed message. It's more of a 'it's not a black and white thing' message.