Once Upon a December

When us girls were young we didn't look to celebrities to be our role models instead they lay in cartoon animations of pretty girls with dresses and a prince charming. "Disney Princess's" - that's what they were called and most girls had one, just one, pretty princess that was there's. I didn't. My "princess" wasn't Disney despite what a lot of people think, mine was an eighteen year old, Russian princess that went by the name of Anastasia. I cant tell you how many times people have said Anastasia was made by Disney, it wasn't, - look it up. Anyway. So mine was Anastasia, or as she's called throughout the majority of the film: Anya. Not only did I love her but I loved the story she starred in. It wasn't your typical love story as Anya and con-man Dimitri (who I've always had secret crush on) disliked each other at first glance. I love how their love evolves from loathing to love. The entire tale, based on actual events, tell the story of Russian Princess Anastasia who is lost at 8 years old, has amnesia and cant remember who she is and the only inkling of her past life is a necklace which says "Together In Paris". She meets Dimitri and Vlad, leaves Russia and journeys to Paris in hope to find her family - which she does - but not without a number of attempts to kill her by villan Rasputin. As a child I was glued to my old video of Anastasia when it first came out in 1997 I couldn't get enough of it. But as I grew up, and DVD's became a thing of the present, my old tape became lost with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and others until last week when I got a strange urge to watch Anastasia again. After scouring most of the internet I found a copy of the DVD + some special features for a few dollars and was beyond excited for its arrival. When it did finally arrive it was different to how I remembered, for one Dimitri wasn't as good looking, it was a lot shorter and the villan Rasputin was a lot less scarier. But then it had been twelve years since I'd last seen it. Still, the same magical feeling was there, I still love the film and Dimitri is growing on me again. Plus the songs - which were sung literally everywhere I went - are still awesome. Especially "Once Upon a December", every time I listen to it I have a strange urge to get up and start twirling - but I don't especially in public. I downloaded the soundtrack yesterday and put it on my ipod and was singing along to it all day, then I got out my dvd and watched it twice. Sad? Indeed. Its a timeless classic and I doubt I'll ever get bored of it, I'm about to be 23 and I still love it. I know many people that are far older than me and still love the film, it never gets old. Now I want to watch it again =D but I wont because I still have work to do. I know my boss its having a complete breakdown right now because everything is due by the end of tonight - its coming don't worry.