All right! I confess…I saw this movie. I actually saw it at the cinema. (I still can't believe I paid for it.) Let me start with the reason behind this. I was supposed to spend some time with my younger female cousins, so I decided to go and see a movie with them. I was planning to see anything other than this. However, I couldn't contravene their insistence. In order to make them happy, I saw…I don't know how to say this. OK. I saw "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement." Unfortunately, yes. I saw it. So what?
I wasn't planning to write about this movie; however, I wanted to mention something. I know that anything can be loved by anyone. But this movie is a children's movie, with childish humor. Besides, in my opinion, it's more likely a movie intended for young girls. Thus, this film's audience profile is restricted in more than one way. I know that I was a conspicuous presence at the theater that day, but forget about me. I was the victim of circumstances.
It is definitely weird to narrow the audience profile. I think this is a crucial issue. Considering the director, Garry Marshall, I still can't understand why he would want to do something like this. Go back to the 1990's--we saw another movie that he directed. But that was a good one: "Pretty Woman," in which Julia Roberts and Richard Gere performed the leading roles. I'm very sure that the current movie is specifically aimed at a very narrow audience. How do I know? First of all, the film includes the cheap clichés of its genre. (Its genre is said to be romance/comedy, whereas I believe it's cliché/cliché.) Secondly, the story is about a young girl's life. Thirdly, the understanding of comedy in this movie sucks.
Briefly, the plot of "The Princess Diaries" is as follows: There is this young girl, the princess of Genovia. At the beginning (that is, in the first movie) she is just an ordinary girl living in San Francisco. One day, the Queen of Genovia (her grandmother) comes and tells her that she is a princess. Ding dong! Shhhut up! Since she is so shocked by this news, I want to ask on her behalf, "Where were you till now, grandma?" Moreover, this girl acts as if she had had no idea that her grandma was a queen. Logic disappears and cliché slides into the films from the very beginning. Anyway, now she is a respected princess. In the sequel, she is given one month to either marry the man she loves or forfeit her rights to the throne. The movie is about finding the right man.
From the very beginning, what is going to happen is as clear as pure water. The movie is like a cheap puzzle, in which you know in advance where each piece will fit. While I was suffocating in the movie theater, what were my cousins doing? They were giggling. Although they enjoyed the movie (they're under 16), there were moments when they, too, turned up their noses. If you're over 17, watching this movie requires that you be accompanied by a friend with whom you can cry. Hehehe. Have fun and stay cool!
FYI: I'm not rating this movie, because it's way too bad for my taste.

Atilla Karakurum (IE/IV)