Review of Enchanted (2007)

Below are my observations, watching Enchanted (2007, Walt Disney) through a Biblical window.

1. The characters came from a `fairy tale' world of bliss ... to New York City. Much in the same way Jesus came from Heaven down to this hell we have made of Earth.

2. Giselle loved everyone she encountered. Jesus loved everyone he encountered.

3. Giselle saw value and beauty in everyone she encountered. Jesus saw value and beauty in everyone he encountered.

4. Relational separation (and especially divorce) is unthinkable in her world.

5. In Andalasia they were in complete harmony with animals - in fact - animals cooperated with them in their endeavors. So, too, with Jesus; we are told that he was in the wilderness with the wild animals. The fishes obeyed him (attracted to the catch). The animal cooperated with Noah entering the Ark.

6. The lovers found one another by singing. Whoa - we could really go somewhere here. Did Adam, Eve, and God communicate in the Garden by singing? God sings over his people. Consider now the movie August Rush.

7. The cynical divorce lawyer said he `didn't' dance - not that he `couldn't'. And when the time came, he could (and he could sing, also). Oh - it's not that we can't sing and dance - it's that we don't. It is not recorded that King David of Israel he had signing lessons, or dance lessons - but he certainly did, both.

8. Giselle acknowledges that she stopped singing when she started thinking. Oh - what we lose at the tree of knowledge of good and evil. We may gain knowledge - but we lose the signing, the dancing - the fairy-tale life God has for us. Could the Garden have been ANY LESS than the best fairy tale!!!?

9. Interestingly, Giselle was naked, but not ashamed. So, also, Adam and Eve, before they ate of the Tree.

10. Giselle knew only good. She knew her prince would come. Not by knowledge - but by simply knowing - and totally surrendered to it. (And he did come.)

11. Andalasia and NYC were parallel universes, in a sense. Is the world God has for us that far away? No - it's within and all around - if we will receive it.

12. The Prince - when asked if he thought he was likable, answered, "What is there not to like?" Aren't we such in the eyes of God? ... by the blood of Jesus? The evil queen's servant Nathaniel, on the other hand, was convinced he was worthless.

13. ... her love brought reconciliation.

References

Enchanted (2007, Walt Disney), with Amy Adams, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey, and Susan Sarandon.

August Rush (2007), with Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.