The Frog Prince German Movie Review

I found this unfinished post in this blog's (Movies Meta) drafts list. The post's last updated date is listed as September 22, 2016 11:02 AM. Yep, this has been sitting on my drafts list for practically forever already. It's definitely time I got 'round to publishing this.

Besides, like I mentioned in my other blogs, I have a lot of unfinished posts stored on the drafts pages of my numerous blogs (particularly Tumblr and Google Blogger). I'm now trying to finish all these articles, so I can publish them already and decrease the number of my drafts.

Anyway, this review is for the German version of The Frog Prince (#ad) movie. The title is Der Froschkönig / Žabí král (1991). My thoughts, notes, opinions, and commentary will be listed below in no particular order.

Prophecy

This movie talked about a prophecy, which I found pretty interesting. This was mostly because there was no prophecy plot point in the original fairytale. I'm always interested in seeing new things being done with fairy tales whether they're retellings or not.


This is because I know the basic story already, so I'd like to see what the creators of the film could come up with. It's always a plus to be able to inject some originality and creativity into a story.

Say No to the Love at First Sight Trope

I was pleased to see that the prince and princess actually got to meet before the prince was turned into a frog. I thought this could give them the chance to get to know each other before they ended up together.

I thought this could be a way to avoid the love at first sight trope, which I'm not overly fond of. So I was really disappointed when this movie still ended up going the love at first sight route. Sigh.

In the beginning, I thought it was going pretty well. The prince was getting attracted to the princess' beauty. The princess was spurning him and she even slapped him. But then the prince was suddenly like "kiss me", and then it all went downhill from there.

Why Did the Prince and Princess Fall in Love?

The prince and princess danced, and, suddenly, it was like Cinderella with the Prince Charming - they fell in love. But all I could think of was why?

Then the prince got turned into a frog, and, again, seemingly all of a sudden, the princess was like "I'm in love with the prince." So she refused to get married unless it was to the prince. I keep having to ask why?

When did she fall for him? How did she fall for him? She was deeply hurt, even crying, when she caught the prince kissing some other girl. The prince betrayed her by doing that, and yet she still loves him anyway.

Sure, this is sweet and all, but, unfortunately, it's just not believable because the two hardly know each other.

Then there's how the princess was like "he gave me his word, he will be back", and I'm just like "the prince is a liar". The audience saw how he kissed that girl, and he even bet that the princess would dance with him.

The prince is a charmer for sure, but, seriously, I still don't know what the princess saw in him. So he's complimenting her beauty. So what? Is that the only reason she likes him? Just for that? I mean, they hardly talked.

They didn't even get to meet up at the forest because the princess ran off when she saw the prince kissing this other girl. In short, their love was unbelievable.

Unlikable Main Characters

Also, I didn't think the main characters were all that likable, especially not the prince. He was arrogant, and he liked messing with people. He even kissed that other girl. The princess saw, so she cried and was all jealous.

The Problem With Royalty Refusing to Get Married

The princess refused to get married for the sake of the kingdom because she's in love with the prince. I guess the audience is supposed to see this as romantic. But, for me, all I could think of was that she was being incredibly selfish by doing this.

I mean, she's not just some girl. She's the princess. She has responsibilities. So the people being mad- I thought they had the right to be angry. Because the princess was only thinking about herself and her personal needs.

As the future ruler of the kingdom, she should be thinking about the people too. She should be doing what's best for them.

But, no. She even had the gall to look all scared. I wish she would look at this from the point of view of all those people. Their lives were at stake. And it seemed like their rulers didn't care or couldn't care less about them.

The King and Queen

Surprisingly, the king and queen in this movie actually love and each other and were pretty decent rulers. This was quite refreshing since the usual trope or plot point had one of them either:

• hating the princess
• wanting to force the princess to marry
• was a bad ruler
• etc

Apart from the queen and king being decent rulers and actually loving each other, it was also refreshing and interesting to see that they care about their daughter.

It was sweet how they didn't force her to get married even though the people were pressuring them to do so. They do seem to care for the people, but they obviously love their daughter too. They don't want to force her.

This is nice and all, but, as mentioned above, they're the rulers, so they also have to think about the safety of their people. They have a responsibility to take care of their people.

What's up With the Fairy?

I didn't really get that fairy thing- that woman who cursed the prince to be a frog. It was like she showed up out of nowhere.

Of course, I'm all for her turning the prince into a frog. He totally deserved that for being so arrogant. He was such a bully. He was just plain bad.

The Golden Ball

I thought it was nice how the king was the one who gave the golden ball to the princess. But what came across as contrived was how the princess was suddenly in the habit of going to the forest with the ball.

Actually, that can be forgivable. It can be explained that she decided to go to that particular spot because that was where the prince was last seen. The reason she's clinging to the ball could be because it reminded her of the prince. After all, the king was saying something about that before.

But what needs to be explained was why she only threw the ball near the last part. There were several scenes wherein we see her in the pond. She's just sitting there with the ball. But she never threw it until that last scene.

Why did she suddenly decide to throw it and play with it? How come that only happened in that last scene? That bit seemed to come from out of nowhere. It didn't make sense at all. Seriously, what was up with that?

Other Plotholes in the German Frog Prince Movie

Another thing that didn't make sense was the frog. When the prince realized that he'd been turned into a frog, why did he stay in the pond? Why didn't he leave?

It couldn't be because he couldn't leave because we saw him leave later, so we know it was possible for him to leave.

So why did he stay there for so long without doing anything? He could have tried to find a way to change back instead of just lying there and doing nothing.

Then when the princess showed up in the pond, how come the frog prince didn't talk to her? He could still talk, so how come he only talked to her when she lost the golden ball? Why didn't he talk to her the first time she showed up? Why did he wait? Does that make sense or what?

Your Thoughts and Opinions

So, what about you? What did you think about this movie? How would you rate this film? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.


*Notes:
- Image is from Amazon.com; link shown above

Why Being Forced to Date Is Disgusting and Not Romantic?

Also known as, "What would you do if you were forced to date someone?"

I saw some scenes from this movie, and it really pissed me off. Why?

What happened in the movie?

There was this guy standing on the edge of a building, ready to jump to his death. He wore a sign. Can't quite remember the exact words, but it basically boiled down to, "Go out with me, or I will jump down from this building and kill myself."

Naturally, a crowd had gathered to watch the spectacle. The girl this guy wanted to date was also there. Every single person amongst the crowd was pressuring her into saying yes to the guy already.

The girl clearly looked conflicted. But you could see that the pressure was getting to her. Everyone there was making her feel guilty with their words.

The guy who wanted to date her moved even closer to the edge of the building. He looked like he was about to topple over any second now, which just added more pressure to the girl.

In the end, the girl yelled, "Stop," just before the guy could jump.

The next scene showed the 2 of them together. The girl was introducing the guy to her family as her boyfriend while the guy had a smug smirk on his face.

After that, I just couldn't watch it anymore.

With the way the entire scene played out, with the way the girl was forced to date the guy, he might as well have threatened her with a knife especially considering what little choice she got. Worse, people actually cheered for this guy, who has absolutely no sense of respect for women, and basically helped him guilt and pressure the girl into agreeing to date him.

What to hate about this scene?

What's not to hate? How could this scene ever be considered right? The guy claims to love the girl, but if he really loved her, then why would he force her to go out with him? Why would he resort to trying to guilt her and pressure her into going out with him?

To make things worse, everyone present in that scene was on the guy's side. They all thought the girl should say yes to him and stop him from jumping.

And, sure, the guy shouldn't kill himself and all that, but why should the responsibility to stop him fall on the girl?

Shouldn't the girl get a choice on who she does and doesn't date? It's her life. Why should she be forced to date a guy she doesn't like just to stop him from killing himself?

Someone there should have called the police or the firemen to try and get the guy down from the building.

Real love is earned, not forced or coerced

The girl shouldn't have been made to do something she clearly didn't want to do. Honestly, someone should have told the guy to grow up, to accept the girl's choice even if it wasn't him.

If he really loved her, he should have been able to let her go, should have been able to let her be happy, should have been able to let her decide things for herself instead of being forced and guilted into it.

Is that a smirk or what? The guy in the movie was looking all smug too when he finally got the girl to go out with him. He was smirking and looking so pleased with himself while the girl was forced to introduce him to her family as her boyfriend. He has no right to claim he loves her when he doesn't even respect her and her right to choose and feel how she wants to.

Taking away someone's right to choose is NOT romantic

As if that wasn't enough, the movie clearly thought this was romantic. It was obvious from the get-go that these 2 were going to be the end couple, which just made me hate it even more. How could this be touted as true love if the guy couldn't even respect the girl he supposedly loves? Ugh.

You'd feel all the more infuriated when you see the guy's smug smirk while the girl was introducing him to her family as her boyfriend. He looked so pleased with himself since he got what he wanted, so much so that I had the urge to wipe that smirk off his face.

Guys like him are completely horrible and despicable. Am I the only one who thinks this scene isn't at all romantic? Am I the only one who thinks this can't possibly be classified as true love? Am I the only one who felt so bad for the girl since she didn't get a choice in this at all?

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

Brian Leverton wrote on 30/10/16
Well we all should be free to do what we want but definitely not to use guilt in love.

Bozena Wojtaszek wrote on 20/10/16
Old good rule comes to mind - we don't negotiate with terrorists, period.

Luciaanna Luciaanna replied to Bozena Wojtaszek on 21/10/16
So true, Bozena

*Notes:
- This was previously published on Niume on 18 Oct 2016 in Movies & Series
- First pic with added text was modified by Freya Yuki using Canva based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Second pic is by cabepfir (CC:BY-ND) from deviantArt
- Third pic with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) using Canva based on the image by lilie-morhiril (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt

The Wedding Singer Movie Review: Why You Should Watch This Romance Film?

The Wedding Singer 1998 (#ad) American romantic comedy film is about the title character whose name is Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler). He becomes understandably depressed after he's left by the one who supposedly loves him.

He meets a charming and beautiful waitress named Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore). She may be the right one for him if they manage to get past the obstacles in their way.

The Wedding Singer is funny and romantic

This film isn’t a comedy in that you won’t be laughing out loud at regular intervals, but there are a number of pretty amusing scenes that can bring a smile to your face. The Wedding Singer can be described as sweet, romantic and even heartwarming.

The romance between the 2 main characters is developed in a believable and realistic way. They fall in love gradually. They don’t suddenly develop feelings for each other in the very first moment that they look into each other’s eyes.

Even the supporting characters (like Rosie (played by Ellen Albertini Dow)) make the film more interesting and amusing. Some of these minor characters can be quite adorable as they add more depth to the scenes that they appear in.

Misunderstanding scene is believable

There’s a misunderstanding scene between the 2 main characters (the part where Robbie goes to talk to Julia, but isn’t able to because of what he sees) that is done in a way that doesn’t seem contrived.

Airplane scene is enjoyable

Some scenes (like the airplane scene) might come across as unbelievable and yet it doesn’t detract from the story as these just make the movie much more enjoyable, amusing and touching.

Some characters are unlikable and horrible for plot convenience

However, The Wedding Singer isn’t without its flaws. The main characters were involved with other people even before they met. Of course, it’s a given that these people are not the right ones for them.

But the film should not have turned these people into unlikable characters just to get Robbie and Julia to leave them and get together instead.

It’s perfectly possible to ensure that the protagonists end up together instead of with their supposed significant others without giving those people a nasty and bad personality.

Making these people horrible and mean just makes parts of the movie unbelievable and unrealistic because it makes viewers wonder why and how Robbie and Julia could have gotten involved with these kinds of people in the first place.

Nonetheless, regardless of these flaws, the movie is still pretty good and it’s something that you can choose to watch if you’re looking for something romantic and heartwarming and yet with enough amusing scenes that can make you grin or smile.

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about all this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a message in the comments section.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Couple in the image is meant to represent Robbie and Julia
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from The Wedding Singer

How The Wedding Singer Movie Failed To Make Glenn Likable?

(*Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film)

The Wedding Singer (#ad) is about 2 people who thought they’d found the love of their lives, but they eventually end up getting together due to some circumstances.

How can Julia fall in love with The Wedding Singer if she’s engaged to Glenn?

Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, is engaged to be married to this guy named Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave).

The moment we saw her and Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, meet, we can already tell that they’ll eventually end up together. The question now is how Julia can fall in love with Robbie even though she was all set to get married to Glenn.

Don’t turn Glenn into an evil character for plot purposes

The challenge for The Wedding Singer is not turning Glenn into a horrible and unlikable person just to give Julia a reason for leaving him and choosing Robbie instead.

In another article, I talked about how and why the movie didn’t succeed in that challenge. But is it really impossible to keep Glenn a fairly likable character while still getting Julia and Robbie to fall for each other?

In the beginning, Glenn wasn’t a bad character

The answer is no, and, actually, The Wedding Singer was already showing that it can do that, which is why it’s unfortunate that it had to change its course and turn Glenn into a cheating, selfish, and horrible person just to get him out of the picture.

It’s okay if you’re not yet ready to get married

For example, when Glenn said something along the lines of having to marry women in order to stay with them, that could be interpreted or seen as him simply not being ready for marriage yet.

That could also explain why he proposed to Julia but didn’t set a date for their wedding yet. There’s nothing wrong with that since it’s understandable that some people need more time before they can be ready for married life since, after all, this is a life-changing decision.

How Glenn showed that he really loves Julia?

When Glenn agreed to the kind of wedding that Julia wanted, instead of just having the two of them go to Las Vegas like he wanted, because that was what would make his fiancée happy, it showed that he does love her and care about her.

This particular scene showed him being understanding, considerate, and unselfish as he considered Sullivan’s feelings and made a decision that would make her happy.

Wedding preparations

It was understandable and believable for Glenn to not be all that interested or into planning weddings, even his own, because there are people who can find this a daunting task and would really rather let others handle it for them.

But the fact that he didn’t help Julia with the wedding preparations even though he knew it would make her happy could be a sign that he’s just not that into her. After all, if he really loved her, it could be argued that he’d do things that he might not want to do just because he knows it will make her happy.

Julia and Glenn are incompatible

These kinds of things can already help show that Julia and Glenn are just not that compatible with each other. If The Wedding Singer continued to show us scenes that conveyed the incompatibility of the two with each other or that they’re much too different to be together, then it can easily make the audience believe that Julia falls out of love for Glenn and starts falling for Robbie instead.

All that can be achieved without having to turn Glenn into a cheating, unlikable, and generally horrible person. He didn’t need to undergo a complete personality makeover just to give Julia a reason not to love him anymore. Because if Glenn was that kind of mean and nasty person, then what reason did Julia have for falling in love with him in the first place?

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about all this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a message in the comments section below.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent Julia and Glenn since the figures appear to be a couple and yet they don’t seem to be all that close considering how they’re not really looking at each other
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from The Wedding Singer
- This was previously published elsewhere

Reasons Why The Wedding Singer Movie Is Believable And Realistic

(Warning for possible spoilers for The Wedding Singer 1998 American romantic comedy film, which is about a guy who is looking for love after his heart is broken)

Passage of time

One of the things that I liked about the The Wedding Singer (#ad) movie was the way that it handled the passage of time. It was able to make the events that transpired seem realistic and believable because of the way that it showed the audience how much time passed.

How long should depression last?

For instance, Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler), the title character, was very depressed when his fiancée, Linda (played by Angela Featherstone), didn’t show up at their wedding. As a result, he didn’t act like his usual self for quite a while. And that’s a good thing because this makes the story seem believable and realistic.

It’s great that Robbie didn’t suddenly get over his depression and his misery at having Linda leave him. Instead, it took him several days before he started being his usual self again. Even then, there were still traces of how he felt when the incident in question happened.

The Wedding Singer has a believable love story

Another thing that makes this film commendable in terms of the passage of time was how Robbie and Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore), the main female character, didn’t suddenly fall in love with each other.

Instead, this happened gradually. They started out as friends, and, as they got to know each other, they became closer until they really started falling in love.

That made their romance believable and realistic because Robbie was still trying to get over his failed relationship with Linda so it wouldn’t be right for him to just suddenly fall for someone else so soon after he’d just been dumped.

As for Julia, she was currently engaged to this guy named Glenn Gulia (played by Matthew Glave) so it wouldn’t be right for her to suddenly fall in love with someone else.

After all, why else would she agree to marry Glenn if she didn’t have feelings for him, right? So it was important to show how Robbie was slowly getting over Linda and how Julia was slowly falling out of love for Glenn before the 2 of them could end up together.


*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Image is meant to represent the 2 main characters in The Wedding Singer movie, Robbie and Julia
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- YouTube video features a scene from the aforementioned film
- This was previously published elsewhere

Happy Gilmore 1996 Sports Comedy Movie Review

This 1996 sports comedy movie is about a guy named Happy Gilmore (#ad) (played by Adam Sandler) who wants to be a hockey player. But he apparently has a talent for playing golf, and he ends up playing said sport due to some unforeseen and unexpected circumstances.

Extremely funny, laugh-out-loud movie

If there’s only one thing I can say about this film, it would be that it’s funny. It’s really very funny and humorous and that’s not an exaggeration at all. There are many scenes in this comedy that can really make you laugh out loud.

A notable mention would definitely be that part where Happy Gilmore tells a golf ball to go home and demands to know why said golf ball refused to follow his orders (trying to keep this spoiler-free, so the lack of details and explanations is intentional).

Heartwarming, touching scenes

While Happy Gilmore is a really fun and happy movie, it also has moments that can be quite touching such as the scenes that show the love of a grandmother and grandson for each other, and the things that a grandson is willing to do and sacrifice for the sake of his beloved grandmother.

Realistic movie

This movie even showed some realism like how the protagonist doesn’t instantly become good at playing golf overnight and doesn’t easily beat his opponents who have been playing golf for years.

Happy’s clearly got some talent at it, but he has to hone it and keep practicing and actually learn how to play the sport before he can hope to win and get first place.

Believable romance in Happy Gilmore

It’s also interesting to note how romance took a backseat in this film. There was some romance, but it wasn’t center-stage. The focus was really on the sport as well as the grandmother and grandson. This was fine though because it made the romance between the 2 characters seem believable. They didn’t get together right away.

It took a bit of time though it did still seem a bit fast, but, with the way the movie presented it, it could come across as the 2 characters in question still getting to know each other better since it wasn’t like they were getting married or declaring their undying love for each other and that added to the realistic aspect of the film.

All-in-all, Happy Gilmore is a very fun movie, and, if you want a laugh, a smile, and if you just want to be cheered up after a bad and stressful day, you can try watching this film and just enjoy yourself and allow the story to tickle you and make you laugh.

*Notes
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by hayashinomura (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
-Image is meant to symbolize how funny and humorous Happy Gilmore is since the figure in said image is smiling happily
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the trailer for aforementioned film
-This was previously published elsewhere

Happy Gilmore 1996 Movie: Why Happy Didn’t Help His Grandmother?

(*Warning for possible spoilers for the Happy Gilmore 1996 sports comedy movie)

Happy Gilmore (#ad) is about an aspiring hockey player who actually ends up playing golf due to some unexpected and unforeseen circumstances.

If someone is threatening you, what should you do?

What is the right thing to do in such a situation? If you were given the chance or opportunity to do so, would you tell someone you love and trust that there is a person who is threatening you?

Happy Gilmore and his beloved grandmother

In the Happy Gilmore film, we get introduced to the title character who had to bring his grandmother (played by Frances Bay) to a nursing home because her house and things were taken from her by the IRS. Happy thought and expected that his grandmother would be treated well in that place and that no harm would come to her.

Unlikable character in Happy Gilmore

But the guy (named Hal L, played by Ben Stiller) who runs the nursing home is a despicable and horrible person who has no qualms mistreating the elderly people there and making them knit things for him so he could sell them and profit from them. In short, he’s completely, absolutely, totally horrid, and he really needs to pay for his evil deeds.

Why did Happy’s grandma listen to the threats?

Anyway, Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler) had no idea what was really going on in that place. When he visited his grandmother, she had the chance and opportunity to tell her grandson what was happening, but the guy who runs the nursing home was secretly threatening her so she wouldn’t say anything.

When that scene happened, I wondered why the grandmother didn’t tell Gilmore anyway even if the guy was threatening her. If it was just the 2 of them in her room, she could have the time to properly explain things to him and let him know what Hal was up to, and he wouldn’t be able to interfere since the grandmother and grandson were having a private conversation.

Happy Gilmore could have helped his grandma

As soon as Happy knew the truth, I was sure he would have taken her away from that place right away, and the guy would never have been able to carry out his threat to hurt her if she blabbed about what he was doing. So, it seemed that there wasn’t anything that could happen to her if she told Gilmore what was going on.

Would Happy Gilmore ever think that his grandma was lying to him?

Then, I considered that, perhaps, the grandmother thought that Happy wouldn’t believe her words or that the guy might be able to make it seem to Gilmore that she was just making things up because she was old or something like that.

I didn’t think Happy Gilmore would believe others over his own grandmother (especially since we saw how much he really cares about her and how much he loves her), but maybe that was just what the grandmother thought and that was why she didn’t tell her grandson what was happening.

I still wish that she had though so she didn’t have to stay in that horrid place for a moment longer and so the other old people there could be saved from Hal and so that he could be held accountable for his despicable actions.

What do you think? Could this particular scene in the movie be done differently? Was it right and believable for Happy’s grandma not to tell him what was going on even though she had the chance to do so?

*Notes:
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
-Image is meant to symbolize what one can do when they are being threatened – try to fight back and don’t be silent
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the Happy Gilmore film trailer
-This was previously published elsewhere

1 Reason To Dislike Happy Gilmore 1996 Movie

(*Warning for possible spoilers for the 1996 Happy Gilmore sports comedy movie)

Happy Gilmore (#ad) is about a guy who finds he’s got some talent at playing golf and ends up playing said sport for the sake of his grandmother.

Villains should pay for their crimes

In a film you’re watching or in a book that you’re reading, when someone does something bad, or when you see or read about the antagonists hurting the protagonists and doing all sorts of evil and horrible things and committing all manner of crimes and the like, don’t you want these villains to get their comeuppance, their retribution?

Don’t you want these people to pay for their crimes and misdeeds? Don’t you want the heroes of the story to be able to defeat these characters or send them to prison or something? The same thing can be said in the Happy Gilmore movie.

The bad guy in Happy Gilmore

When we got introduced to the guy (named Hal L, played by Ben Stiller) who runs the nursing home where the main character, Happy Gilmore (played by Adam Sandler), had to take his grandmother (played by Frances Bay) to and when we found out exactly what this guy was up to, what did you feel?

Did you start hating on this guy who was clearly doing something wrong and illegal? Did you want him to pay for his crimes and get punished for his wrongdoings? Who wouldn’t be displeased and annoyed and miffed at what this guy was doing to the old people in that nursing home?

What Happy Gillmore should have done to the antagonist?

Honestly, I thought Happy would eventually end up beating this guy up or something especially since Gilmore did seem to have some violent tendencies (we all saw how he tended to punch people and get into fights with them). If nothing else, I thought that Hal would at least get in some sort of trouble because of what he was doing.

Not all the villains in Happy Gilmore are punished for their mistakes

Unfortunately, nothing of the sort happened. It was really great when Happy Gilmore was able to take his grandma away from that nursing home, but I really didn’t like how the guy who ran that place didn’t get any retribution or comeuppance for all the things that he did.

He’s despicable, and he should have been imprisoned or something because of what he did. I don’t get why the film just let that part go. Shooter McGavin (played by Christopher McDonald) got his comeuppance for the things that he did, but why didn’t Hal get anything at all?

It was infuriating to think that he was still running the nursing home and was still mistreating the elderly there. What about those old people? Why couldn’t they at least have been saved from him like how Happy's grandma was saved?

Your thoughts and opinions

What do you think about this? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.

*Notes:
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
-Image was chosen because the figure looks as if she’s going to avenge someone or make the bad guys pay for their crimes
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the Happy Gilmore film trailer
-This was previously published elsewhere

Results Of The Anastasia Movie Rating

I added a ratings capsule or widget to this post about the Anastasia 1997 animated film (#ad) produced by Fox Animation Studio and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The movie is based on the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and how she might have survived the Romanov massacre.

This pic shows Anya or Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia, the main character of the Anastasia 1997 animated movie by Fox, and Dimitri, her love interest

The post is about how believable and realistic it was for Anya, the protagonist, to learn how to be a Grand Duchess so quickly. It used to be published on HubPages, but I decided to delete it from that site and post it here on Movies Meta instead.

Below, you can see the results of the ratings capsule for the article in question:

So, how 'bout you? What do you think about this movie? How would you rate it?

*Notes:
- First pic is the cover of the Anastasia movie from Amazon.com; link shown above
- Second pic is a screenshot from my HubPages account

Anastasia Animated Movie: Reasons Why Grand Duchess Anya Is Believable?

Anastasia (#ad) is a 1997 animated film produced by Fox Animation Studio and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The main character of said movie is Anastasia (also known as Anya), and she just so happens to be a Grand Duchess.

Why and how is it possible for Anya to learn how to be a Grand Duchess so quickly? Is this realistic and believable?

*Warning for possible spoilers of the Anastasia 1997 animated movie by Fox

The story of the Anastasia movie

This animated film is actually based on the myth or rumor that Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, was able to survive the Romanov massacre.

Anya, the main character

An incident in Russia causes Anya to lose her memories

In this movie, we are introduced to Anya (voiced by Kirsten Dunst (child) and Meg Ryan (adult)), the main and title character. She lost her memories and was unfortunately separated from her family when she was very young.

The only clue that Anya has and her reasons for wanting to leave Russia

The only clue that she has as to the whereabouts of her family is thanks to a locket. This locket has the words "together in Paris". Believing that she can find her family and her true identity in Paris, France, Anya wants to go there.

Anya is the main character of this 1997 animated movie by Fox Animation Studio. The guy beside Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia in this pic is Dimitri, the Russian guy who wants the money that the Dowager Empress is offering, but ends up falling in love with the protagonist instead

Anya meets 2 Russian men: Dimitri and Vladimir

Anya meets Vladimir (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) and Dimitri (voiced by John Cusack) in Russia. These 2 have the means of getting her to Paris.

The Russians are looking for an Anastasia look-alike in order to fool the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna (voiced by Angela Lansbury).

Marie is looking for her granddaughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and is prepared to pay a huge sum of money to whoever can reunite her with her long-lost granddaughter.

Dimitri and Vladimir want this money. Seeing that Anya looks so similar to the real grand duchess, they convince her that she just might be the Dowager Empress' granddaughter. Since the 2 men are heading to Paris where Marie is, Anya agrees to go with them.

Anya learns how to be a grand duchess on short notice

Vladimir and Dimitri teach Anya everything that they know about Anastasia to ensure that the Dowager Empress will fall for the ruse.

By the time they arrive in Paris, Anya knows all there is to know about being Grand Duchess Anastasia. As such, she is able to easily answer all the questions thrown at her by Sophie (voiced by Bernadette Peters), Marie's lady-in-waiting and first cousin.

Sophie was tasked by the Dowager Empress to test all the women who claimed to be Anastasia since there were many who merely pretended to be the grand duchess just so that they could get the reward money.

This is the official trailer for the Anastasia 1997 animated movie by Fox Animation Studio

Why and how is this believable and realistic?

At first glance, it may seem unbelievable and even unrealistic to see how quickly and easily Anya was able to know and learn all these things about being Anastasia in such a short period of time.

After all, is it really possible for someone to know everything there is to know about a person? How does the Anastasia animated film manage to make this part believable and realistic then?

The answer lies in the way the passage of time worked in this movie. This made all these things seem plausible, realistic, and believable.

Traveling from St. Petersburg, Russia to Paris, France

Anya, Dimitri, and Vladimir didn’t get to Paris, France in one single day. It took them quite some time before they arrived at their destination and before they got to meet up with Sophie and the Dowager Empress.

They were in St. Petersburg, Russia at first. Then, they had to ride a train and they even had to board a ship before they could finally arrive in Paris, France. This meant that Anya had all that time to learn all the things that she needed to know about Anastasia.

Importance of time and the truth that Anya is Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia

This meant that Dimitri and Vladimir had all that time to teach Anya all the information that she needed to know. Anya also had all that time to learn how to act and be like Anastasia.

The fact that Anya really is the Grand Duchess Anastasia also helped because this meant that she already knows all the things that Dimitri and Vladimir are telling her about.

It’s just that, thanks to her amnesia, she couldn’t recall anything. However, the memories were still inside her even if she couldn’t remember them. She just needed a little boost to help her remember everything.

What do you think?

So, what about you? What do you think? Do you agree that it was believable, possible, and realistic that Anya was able to learn how to act like Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia so quickly and easily? Or do you think that this was unbelievable and that it doesn't make sense?


*Notes:
- Pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
- This was previously published on HubPages in 2015

Why You Will Think Of A Movie Trailer When You See This Free Beer Commercial?

This beer commercial actually stars American actor David Duchovny (#ad). He’s well-known for his role in Californication and The X-Files TV series.

One of the unique things about this commercial is the fact that it's NOT an American commercial and yet it stars an American actor. This is actually a Russian commercial. It's for the Russian beer brand known as Siberian Crown (Сибирская Корона (read as Sibirskaya Korona) in Russian Cyrillic).

In the commercial, David wonders what his life would have been like if he’d been born in Russia, if he were Russian. In the end, he says that there are many things that Russians can be proud of. Check out this post for more info about the commercial.

Thoughts on the Siberian Crown Russian beer commercial starring David Duchovny

I thought it was an okay commercial, but it was kind of long. In fact, if you didn't know from the beginning that this was a commercial for beer, you would have thought that this was actually a trailer for a movie.

Why you'd think this is actually a movie trailer and NOT a commercial?

It's not just because of the length of the commercial. It's also because the Siberian Crown beer only shows up twice in the whole video (at the beginning when David Duchovny orders beer at the bar and at the end when he gets the beer he ordered) even though the entire thing should have been all about it.

The logo itself can only be seen at the end. So, it's pretty hard to see what most of the so-called commercial has to do with the Siberian Crown beer. I talk more about this issue in this post here.

Controversy and Criticism

There's also a lot of controversy and criticism surrounding this commercial and David Duchovny, considering what has happened in the world (such as the Malaysian Airlines MH17 tragedy, which is being blamed on Russia, and the crisis in Ukraine).

What's your opinion?

So, if you’ve seen the Russian beer commercial, what did you think about it?

If you haven't seen the commercial yet, here's a YouTube video:

Note: yes, it's a commercial for Russian beer, but this particular video includes English subtitles. Plus, since it actually stars an American actor, most of the dialog is in English. There's Russian Cyrillic too for those who can read and understand the aforementioned language.


*Notes:
- Pic is by Bernt Rostad (CC:BY) from flickr
- This was previously published on Niume on November 21, 2016

Why This Movie's Romantic Plot Will Surprise You

Also known as, "Why this movie annoyed me at first?" and "Why you don't need to be with your first love?"

So, I saw this movie, not that I was intending to watch it or anything. It was more of just flipping through the channels and coming across said film.

A cliché love story

Anyway, the story’s pretty cliché. Girl falls in love with boy. They end up together. They break up. Years later, they meet again and they end up having to work together. You know where this is going, right?

Once upon a time, the girl and the boy were together. But they broke up. The boy moved on and is now very happy with someone else. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said about the girl.

The girl is still in love with the guy and wants to get back together with him, but the guy already has a girlfriend. Said girlfriend is conveniently not around at the moment though. You know, so the two ex-lovers can spend more time together. Cliché? Yeah, I know.

The movie really makes you think the 2 will end up back together, which is not nice in the least makes for a bad plot. Okay, scratch that. I would have used a strikethrough, but it looks like the Niume editor doesn't have that feature. Or am I just missing something? Oh, well-

Edited to add: Niume may not have this feature, but the Google Blogger post editor sure does, so, here, have a strikethrough.

Anyway, it's not just "not nice," it's horribly cliché in an annoying, unoriginal and uninspired way, like, can't they come up with something a little more different? How many times has this entire scenario played out? Seriously?

How could cheating on someone you love ever be a good thing?

We soon meet the girlfriend and she’s actually nice. What’s not nice is how her boyfriend is cheating on her behind her back. The nerve and the gall of that guy especially considering how nice and kind his current girlfriend is. How infuriating.

What I did like was that the movie actually gave the girlfriend a pretty likable personality. Usually, the current girlfriend will be shown to be a bad person and one who is clearly not good for the guy just so the guy can end up back together with his first girlfriend.

The guy's girlfriend was actually pretty nice and kind, which was rather surprising since, usually, the current girlfriend will be turned into an unlikable person just so the guy can get back together with his first love.

I don't like that because why do you have to turn a woman into some evil devil or something just to justify the romance between the main characters? It should be perfectly possible to have the guy get back together with his first girlfriend without turning his current girlfriend into a horrible person.

This reminds me of The Wedding Singer movie. In the beginning, the ex of the main male character played by Adam Sandler was portrayed as a likable person. She just wasn't right for the hero of the story, and that was perfectly okay. However, unfortunately, instead of sticking to this, the movie ended up turning the ex into an unlikable character just to create more tension and conflict.

Why would you break up with the person you love?

Anyway, we soon find out that the girl (the first girlfriend) started this mess. She’s the one who broke up with the guy and left him without explaining anything. Now she wants to get back together with him. Seriously, what’s wrong with her? They don’t deserve each other.

Movies shouldn't be so predictable

I keep expecting the 2 to end up back together and the girlfriend to be left all alone. I know, why am I still watching it, right? I don’t know, but I assure you, I was flipping through the channels a lot especially since some parts of this movie take way too much time (for example, when the guy and girl were talking to each other, that scene took forever to finish, I swear).

In the end, this movie turned out to be a pleasant surprise

Guess what, the movie wasn’t so annoying after all. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised when the guy and girl didn’t end up back together. That’s right. You heard me. The guy went back to his nice and sweet girlfriend, and, as for the girl, well, she finally moved on.

Why can't people be single and happy?

I’d say she’s happily single, but the movie seems to think she can’t be truly happy without a guy because the end has her meeting several men. Ugh, I hate that trope.

I'll talk about it more in another post, but, seriously, how come people need to be with someone just to be happy? There are some who choose to be single and are perfectly happy to be single. There's nothing wrong with that, right? What do you think about all this?

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

Zack Plourd wrote on 27/10/16:
This is a great opinion piece. But what's the name of the movie?

Freya Yuki replied to Zack Plourd on 29/10/16:
Thanks. Unfortunately, I didn't get to watch this movie from the beginning. I discovered it while I was flipping through channels, so I didn't get the title.

*Notes:
- First pic is by Rusembell (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Second pic is by CoDLia (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- This was previously published on Niume on October 25, 2016