Cue the music. Hold your breath. Fight those tears. It's time -- time for the geek or the tough-girl or the under-privileged/secretly gorgeous duckling to swim as a swan. You know it's the best part of the movie. When the scullery maid gets transformed into a princess. When the tomboy FBI agent turns into a beauty pageant queen. When the nerd becomes the most popular girl in school. Despite being grown women, we all love a good movie makeover, don't we?
If you're anything like us, there is still undeniable excitement that bubbles up inside us as music gears up to speed, hair gets cut, blush gets applied and eyebrows get tweezed. Then, voila -- a striking, confident beauty is revealed to us walking down stairs, into a ballroom, out on the dance floor in slow motion, wind blowing. At this point we breathe a sigh of relief and smile in satisfaction.
Why are movie makeovers so secretly (or maybe not so secretly) fun to watch? Well, not to play psychologist and lay you down on the couch, but it comes down to loving all things self-improvement involved and seeing change for the better, right? Even the most straight-laced or serious-minded women like a little change now and then -- a new lipstick or an updated hairstyle. We all get a spring in our step after a salon visit. So naturally, we want to see the protagonist of a movie, who we identify with for a solid 90 minutes, transform and thus have her wildest dreams come true. Does chopping a bob or getting bangs change your life in the "real" world? No, probably not, but hey, this is Hollywood. So let's put all seriousness aside and have some fun reliving the best movie makeovers of all time.
I'm not sure I like the premise of these "makeover" movies Total Beauty is featuring. Maybe the nerdy girl was happier in jeans and flannel shirts. You are promoting the stereotypical philosophy that somehow, pretty and well-dressed and well-coiffed go along with fitting in and happiness. IMO, this detracts from individualism and minimizes those who choose to march to the beat of a different drummer. A woman's worth shouldn't be measured in terms of the clothes she wears, but on her inner beauty.
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Nice
by EricaC123 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 07:23AM Report as inappropriate
I'm not sure I like the premise of these "makeover" movies Total Beauty is featuring. Maybe the nerdy girl was happier in jeans and flannel shirts. You are promoting the stereotypical philosophy that somehow, pretty and well-dressed and well-coiffed go along with fitting in and happiness. IMO, this detracts from individualism and minimizes those who choose to march to the beat of a different drummer. A woman's worth shouldn't be measured in terms of the clothes she wears, but on her inner beauty.
by BengalsGal Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 10:14AM Report as inappropriate
Sabrina's makeover is my favorite. I loved her wardrobe.
by Sari Friday, May 18, 2012 at 11:17PM Report as inappropriate
the princess diaries one is my favorite!
by sportimonki13 Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:08PM Report as inappropriate
Cinderella when we were children, Pretty woman as an adult.
by TBjunkie Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 09:37PM Report as inappropriate
Fun read :)
by MysticMeercat Friday, November 18, 2011 at 12:11PM Report as inappropriate
Cinderella and the Princess Diaries, timeless classics!
by MissXu Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 08:35PM Report as inappropriate
Great memories in some of these movies.
by tiffany_gallehugh Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 05:06PM Report as inappropriate
I love pretty woman!!!!
by Bon_Bon Monday, August 15, 2011 at 02:01AM Report as inappropriate
awwww :)
by selma Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 12:09AM Report as inappropriate