Saturday, June 23, 2012

Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement



Mia graduated from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and flying back to her beloved Genovia with Joe (her bodyguard) and FatLouie (cat). The fist impression of the viewer on Mia, is hold back for a fair amount of time as her face was not shown till she appears on her 21st birthday party. From the beginning it is proved that Mia has successfully followed her Princess lessons as she behaved calmly and without making a fuss of everything she touches as in Princess Diaries 1. Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway) reveals at beginning, even before her face is shown on screen (of course not the pre-princess face) that she has not fall in love yet.

The eyes which were looking for the Prince charming rested on the eyes of a handsome young man who happened to bump into her at the birthday party. The humour is present almost everywhere without harming the royalty values and flow of the story. Humour is weaved through the (traditional) dancing with all the eligible bachelors and along with the maids' habits of shadowing the Princess every now and then which result in Princess whispering in her own castle to hide from the maids.

Mia's Princess lessons were always well fed with humour. The lesson on how to Shoot the flaming arrow to the ceremonial ring made all the people and objects in the garden, victims. The spare leg for horse riding promised to be a hilarious one. Somehow the spare leg could not make a happy ending while, shooting the arrow made a romantic ending with Nicholas. Mia always believed in raisingthe leg by knee when kissing the right person, and it is nice how it turns out with Nicholas at a most unexpected time. 



The exciting and funny activity of sliding on mattress was given a royal touch by the queen by surfing on it, standing. The fun-loving character of the responsible Queen is nicely brought out occasionally as the movie flows. The song she sings brings back the memories of wonderful and musical movie Julie Andrews casted as Maria several decades back, The Sound of Music.

The loyalty of the royal servants were highly outlined throughout the movie. Their fondness for the royals were immense. It emphasis at the coronation of the new queen. The new head of royal guard whispers “The sparrow is taking off” and the way Charlotte replies is very touching. The tone of her voice and expression on her face emphasis her love, respect and loyalty to the Queen. She said “The eagle is flying.. for the last time” in a trembling voice.

Mia has not changed. The closest thing and people she had when she was just Mia is still with her. Her mother, Lily and Fat Louie. And, her mischievousness is still there, but under control, though she winked at Nicholas right after the coronation.

Presenting, her majesty, Amelia Migonette Thermopolis Renaldi, Queen of Genovia".


















See you soon with a new review. Until then, share a comment who watched this movie.

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