Just saw Ella Enchanted. Pretty funny movie, but their utter lack of Ability to Match Storyline of Book to Movie sickened me. Gail Levine must be dying of pissed-off-ness, they completely destroyed her book.
Where the hell did the snake come from?
Since when did Char's uncle kill Char's father and then plot to kill Char in order to steal the throne?
Since when was Ella the stereotypical Damsel in Distress? She saved herself from the ogres, damnit. Didn't wait until Char came riding up on his white horse to rescue her.
And if I hadn't already read the book...the way that Char and Ella fall in love would've really pissed me off. According to the movie, Ella thinks Char is a pretentious asshole, she hates him and everything he stands for, and then falls in love as soon as she meets him. Ooooh, that part after Char *rescues* Ella from the ogres? And Ella's like "oh, you're bleeding". And Char's like "oh, it's just a scratch." And Ella's like "you better let me take care of that for you." Cut to...Char sitting shirtless on the bank of a stream, Ella leaning close to him...*wtf, man? what is this?* And then later, at the giant's wedding, and the two of them are sitting in front of the giant fire, and Char's like "kiss me." And Ella goes to kiss him, and Char's like "that wasn't an order" *wtf, man? he doesn't know about the curse.* And Ella's like "I know." *wtf, man? it doesn't happen like that, damnit!*

Hollywood Asshole #1: Hey, I like this idea of a kid having a curse so she has to do whatever anyone tells her.
Hollywood Asshole #2: Yeah. But the rest of the story sucks. Let's change everything around.
Hollywood Asshole #1: Yeah, we can make minor characters more important and major characters practically nonexistant.
Hollywood Asshole #2: And change the whole love thing too. That chance meeting and friendship gradually turning to love thing just doesn't work for me. Let's have the girl-hates-boy boy-rescues-girl girl-falls-in-love-with-boy thing instead.
Hollywood Asshole #1: Hell yeah. Ya know what? Let's also create unnecessary sympathy for Char by having both his parents killed when he's a kid. Despite the fact that they're both alive and well, you know.
Hollywood Asshole #2: Good idea. We can also add in a talking snake that never existed just for laughs.
Hollywood Asshole #1: Hell yeah.

Stupid Hollywood. You ruin everything. You took one of my favorite childhood books and twisted it so horribly that I wouldn't recognize it if it weren't for the title. I hate you.

But the screaming fan club was amusing, as was the fact that Mandy trapped her boyfriend in a book. And Slannon was cute. : D For an elf, that is.