History Film / EllaEnchanted

* SelfDisposingVillain: Carey Elwes' character catches the IdiotBall in the most blatant ([[RuleOfFunny yet]] [[LargeHam hilarious]]) manner possible when he [[spoiler:puts on the crown he himself had previously poisoned in order to murder his nephew at the coronation.]]

** The film changes how [[spoiler:Ella breaks her curse. Here, she breaks it by by ordering herself to no longer be obedient]]. This only raises the question of how and why Ella apparently never [[spoiler:tried giving herself an order]] before.

* ForTheEvulz: When Ella asks Sir Edgar why he would kill his own brother, he simply replies that he wanted to be king. While jealously is implied, Sir Edgar is pretty much, in a sense to say, "pure evil", seeing as he has no FreudianExcuse for any those actions.

* GainingConfidenceSong: While at a bar, Ella ends up having to sing [[Music/{{Queen}} "Somebody To Love"]] for everyone. She's at first uncomfortable and isn't really into it, jerking around each time someone asks her to dance. However, by the end of the song she's enjoying herself and getting into it, going above and beyond.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the book, Hattie orders Ella to end her friendship with Areida while they are at finishing school when no one aware of the curse is there to reverse the order on Ella. Here, however, Olga orders Ella to stop being friends with Areida in front of Mandy who makes no attempt to reverse the order on Ella despite being well aware of the curse.

* FantasticRacism: All non-human creatures, except Fairies, are forcefully relocated and enslaved, in order to do jobs that fit their stereotypes.

* YouKilledMyFather

The basic premise is the same as in the novel: At birth, Ella (Creator/AnneHathaway), the protagonist, is given the "gift" of obedience by Lucinda, a fairy. Thus is Ella BlessedWithSuck. She is forced to obey every direct order given to her, no matter what.

* ColorCodedCharacters: The {{color motif}}s of some of the characters
** Ella - Blue
** Prince Char - Blue
** Slannen - Green
** Hattie - Orange
** Olive - Purple
** Sir Edgar - Red and Black
** Dame Olga - Black

* DeadpanSnarker: Ella.
--> '''Hattie:''' (about Char) It's ''me'' he's going to have at the coronation.
--> '''Ella:''' Yeah, in the middle of a table with an apple in your mouth.
** Slannen and Benny too.
* TheDitz: Mandy and Olive.

* FantasticRacism: Any non-human creature, except Fairies, are forcefully relocated and enslaved, in order to do jobs that fit their stereotypes.
* TheFilmOfTheBook

* IllegalGuardian: Sir Edgar.

* OurGiantsAreDifferent: The giants in this story look like regular (albeit scaled-up) humans. Even the ogres, significantly smaller creatures, have larger facial features than they do!

* PrettyBoy: Prince Char.

* RegentForLife: Sir Edgar.

* OurGiantsAreDifferent: The giants in this story look like regular (albeit scaled-up) humans as opposed to humanoids with large facial features.
* PlayingWithPuppets: When Edgar demonstrates to Ella that he's aware of her curse, he makes her touch her toes, jump up and down on the spot, and dance the Hokey-Cokey before getting on with his actual plan.

* TheRunaway: The Abused Runaway. Abused by her step-mother.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Dame Olga, Hattie, and Olive aren't as ugly, overweight, or bald as they are in the books.

* AgeLift: Mandy, who is described as an elderly women in the book is ([[Really700YearsOld physically]]) significantly younger here.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the book, Hattie orders Ella to end her friendship with Areida while they are at finishing school when there is no one aware of the curse present to reverse it. Here, however, Olga orders Ella to stop being friends with Areida in front of Mandy who is well aware of the curse, but makes no attempt to reverse the order on her.

-->'''Narrator:''' Such is the tale of Ella of Frell, a spunky young woman once under a spell. If there's one thing it to learn it's you just can't go wrong, if you follow your heart and end with a song.

* TheDitz: Mandy.

* LoopholeAbuse: Ella has to obey ''any'' command given to her, even if she is the one giving it. She escapes the curse this way at the end by commanding herself to stop being obedient. Apparently, it had never occurred to her to try this before; possibly it wasn't an option before Lucinda, after Ella begged her to remove the curse, told her, "Get out of it yourself", or possibly it had to be given while looking at herself in a mirror.