The Princess Diaries DVD box set: why me?

This is a girly movie. Every girl has a dream princess. Many a teenage girl, struggling with feeling ugly and out of place, dreams of a fairy godmother that will transform her into a princess and take her to the ball. The Princess Diaries DVD box set makes most of girls’ dream come true.

The Princess Diaries, written by Meg Cabot, are a series of books and films about a teenage girl called Mia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldi. Mia is the main character of this story. The Princess Diaries describe the problems and difficulties that Mia has at this stage of her life. But on top of all this, Mia’s father was brought up in the royal Genovian family and this has affected Mia in many ways because she must change many things, including her attitude, in order to become part of the royal Genovian family.

It is one of my favorite books. I love the use of pop culture and humor, as well as loveable Mia, whose worries and thoughts are so strangely similar to mine that I can’t help but relate to her. It has an excellent plot, full of twists and fascinating details as well as excellent characters.

The Princess Diaries is filled with clever little touches and funny one-liners, and only occasionally goes for the cheap laugh at the expense of logic. Still, the movie falls short of its potential. The profusion of storylines leaves the film unfocused.

The Princess Diaries on DVD box set is largely what you'd expect, though Garry Marshall's introductions of his deleted scenes (as well as his commentary track) are insane and worth checking out. Is he on something? Does he think he's the king of Genovia? Don't laugh... yet. The new two-disc Special Edition cut adds more outtakes and bloopers, more featurettes, and more Hathaway goodness.

I want to say, everything's existing and appearance all have the reason. What most impress me: Michael asked Mia in the film: “Why me?” "Because you saw me when I was invisible,” Mia said.