Ever After

I enjoyed watching this movie in class! I wouldn't have picked Drew Barrymore as Danielle, however. But here is my thought after we had the discussion today in class about all the Renaissance-ness!


Somehow I find it fascinating that Tennant used Leonardo De Vinci as the Fairy Godmother role in this movie! So I did a little bit of research to find out just what Leo was all about. Sure enough, along with being one of the most famous men who ever lived, Leonardo was the very essence of the Renaissance period. His art, genius, inventions, and intellect inspired even different countries!! And for all of this to be symbolic of magic creates a fairy tale in itself! The fact that his mind was so magnificent, that he wrote backwards in his notebook to confuse enemies, no wonder Tennant used him in this film!
So as Danielle is so humanistically passionate, De Vinci's character sort of comes along side her to inspire and flare this aspect in the movie. Her wings are an example of this. He transforms her into this creation that outwardly personifies who she really is, and who the Prince needs to be. As Danielle so urges him to look at everything with meaning, De Vinci really brings this to the light. You know, De Vinci just might be becoming one of my new found heroes. Without the Renaissance or De Vinci's brilliance, who knows what the world would look like today.