PRINCESS DIARIES

This teen comedy from Disney is based on a popular novel by Meg Cabot and directed by Gary Marshall. Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a teenage klutz who's openly mocked by the popular Lana Thomas (Mandy Moore). In fact, Mia's only friend at her exclusive prep school is the socially outcast Lilly. Mia's life takes a dramatic turn, however, when her mom announces that her late biological father was in actuality the crown prince of a small European nation, Genovia. Now Mia is the sole heir to the throne, and her grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews) wants to tutor the awkward teen in royal behavior. It's a daunting task given Mia's lax table manners, poise, and hair care, but the girl perseveres with some makeover help from her grandmother's security chief and a style expert. In the meantime, Mia's romantic affections are torn between the handsome, popular Josh (Erik Von Detten) and the more appropriate Michael (Robert Schwartzman), who also happens to be Lilly's brother.

---> i guess in every girl's heart there's always that dream of becoming a princess and in this movie that dream came true. Mia was just an ordinary girl not to mention a nobody. she was sort of the geeky girl who's being teased by the popular ones. but all that changed when she found out that she was a princess, a real princess. its also a funny movie with Mia being such a klutz at times making almost everyone worry if she will be fit of becoming a royalty. but with great perseverance, motivation, and a lot of training from her grandmother, everything went well. its really a big responsibility of becoming a princess thus made it really hard for Mia to decide to choose her extravagant life versus her simple ordinary life. its a good movie teaching us that we should take responsibilities in our life in order for us to grow. taking big steps in our life is a lot risky but putting our hearts into it will make it all worthwhile. Anne Hathaway also did a great job here. i think this is her big break in her career. its a great movie to watch especially to all the girls out there living their normal life but has big dreams inside of them.

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MICHAEL: Why me?
MIA : Because you saw me when I was invisible.

JOE : [speaking to Mia] Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

MIA: Now, what did you want to tell me?
QUEEN: Something that, I think, will have a very big impact upon your life.
MIA: I already have braces.
QUEEN: No, it's bigger than orthodontia.

QUEEN: You are princess of Genovia.
MIA: Me, a princess? [shouts]
MIA: Shut up!
QUEEN: I beg your pardon, "Shut up"?
CONSULATE: Oh, your majesty, in America, it doesn't always mean to be quiet. Here it could mean "Wow, gee whiz, golly wolly"...

QUEEN : Helen, if Amelia refuses to accept the throne, then Genovia will cease to exist as we know it.
HELEN: So the future of your country is in the hands my 15-year-old?

MIA: You know most kids hope for a car for their 16th birthday, not a country!

MIA: [driving in the rain] Is this punishment for driving without a licensed driver in the front seat?
[lies down on the front seat]
MIA: I am invisible, and I am wet.

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.

JOE: Princess, look out the window, and welcome to Genovia.