英文電影： The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is the 2004 sequel to 2001's The Princess Diaries.

Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, and Heather Matarazzo return to portray their characters from the first Princess Diaries film, Princess Mia Thermopolis, Queen Clarisse Renaldi, Joe (Mia's bodyguard) and Lilly Moscovitz, respectively. Garry Marshall returned to direct and Debra Martin Chase to produce the sequel.

New characters include Viscount Mabrey (John Rhys-Davies), Lord Nicholas Devereaux (Chris Pine, in his film debut) and Andrew Jacoby (Callum Blue).

Plot

In the film, Mia Thermopolis, now twenty-one and a college graduate, journeys to Genovia to take her grandmother's place as Queen. She continues her lessons in the ways of royalty and prepares herself to take the throne. However, the Viscount Mabrey, who wants his nephew Nicholas, Lord Devereaux to rule as king, brings up a little known--and rarely enforced--law that an unmarried woman may not ascend the throne. He also makes a point that his nephew was Genovian-born and was schooled in the country, while Mia is a foreigner and did not learn of her royal heritage until she was in high school. Siding with Viscount Mabrey, the Genovian Parliament gives Mia thirty days to find a husband (in which, amusingly, Julie Andrews' character exclaims "Shut Up!" as if to say "what the hell?!", with Anne Hathaway's character saying "Grandma said shut up?! SHUT UP!").

Mia, with her romantic fantasies of true love, is aghast to discover the only way to prevent Genovia from falling into the hands of Nicholas is an arranged marriage. After seeing a list of choices, Mia chooses Andrew Jacoby, Duke of Kenilworth; a twenty-five-year-old British pilot with a love for photography.

Mabrey is furious and decides to have his nephew Nicholas romance Mia, so she falls in love with him and doesn't marry Andrew. At first, Nicholas goes along with the plan, flirting with and appearing in front of Mia when she least expects it. However, Nicholas starts to have second thoughts about his uncle's deceitful plans. He and Mia accidentally do fall in love after their first meeting at her birthday ball. Even after the engagement is officially announced, ring and all, Nicholas still continues to pursue Mia. After a romantic evening on a lake, Nicholas and Mia awake to a photographer shooting their secret getaway, which is broadcasted on nation-wide television. Believing that Nicholas set her up, Mia rushes back to the safety of the palace. When Clarisse (and eventually Andrew) confront her about the issue, Mia still chooses to marry him because she believes it is her duty to her country. On the day of the wedding, Mia has second thoughts as she heads down the aisle, and politely excuses herself to the palace gardens. Clarisse finds her there and Mia confesses that she cannot marry Andrew because she does not love him. Clarisse, understanding as she is, agrees and tells Mia to follow her heart.

Meanwhile, Nicholas, having learned from his maid that the photographer on the lake had been arranged by his uncle, travels to the wedding on a Penny-farthing in order to stop his uncle from seizing the throne. Mia changes her mind about marrying Andrew at the last minute and presents a speech broadcasted throughout Genovia, and makes a motion to abolish the prohibition on unmarried Queens Regnant, enabling her to inherit the throne. Mabrey takes advantage of the fact Mia has been highly unorthodox and claims she has no respect for Genovian laws and traditions. Nicholas arrives and denounces his uncle's claims and acknowledges Mia's right to the throne. The Parliament agrees to abolish the prohibition, and the wedding is canceled.

Rather than letting all the wedding preparations go to waste, Queen Clarisse and Joe, who have been having a sort-of romance since the death of Clarisse's husband, King Rupert, decide to marry. This is often seen as an example of fan service, since the pairing of Clarisse and Joe was extremely popular among fans of the first film.

On the morning of Mia's coronation, she questions if she would be a capable ruler. Nicholas appears before her to reassure her. He admits his feelings for her and inquires if she feels the same, to which she responds that she does. The two then share a kiss. The story ends with Mia's coronation as Queen of Genovia and scenes of a slowly changing Genovia under her rule.

Box-office

Though not as successful as the original, Princess Diaries 2 still made $134,734,481 worldwide.

Cast

Anne Hathaway (Mia Thermopolis)

Julie Andrews (Queen Clarisse Renaldi)

Hector Elizondo (Joe)

John Rhys-Davies (Viscount Mabrey)

Heather Matarazzo (Lilly Moscovitz)

Chris Pine (Nicholas Deveraux)

Callum Blue (Andrew Jacoby)

Kathleen Marshall (Charlotte Kutaway)

Tom Poston (Lord Palimore)

Raven (Princess Asana)

Larry Miller (Paolo)

Shea Curry (Lady's Maid Brigitte)

Anna A. White (Lady's Maid Brigitta)

Cassie Rowell (Lady's Maid Olivia)

Jennifer Jackson (Lady's Maid Priscilla)

Erik Bragg (Security Guard Lionel)

Scott Marshall (Security Guard Shades)

Claudia Katz (Palace Housekeeper Freda)

Allan Kent (Braclet Palace Footman)

Wesley Horton(Tiara Palace Footman)

Alec Nemser(Dancing Palace Footman Felix)

Jon Ligget (Queen Clarisse's Palace Footman)

Jane Morris (Servant Girl)

Charlee Corra Disney

Paul Vogt

Chan Goo (Extra Asian Boy)

Stan Lee (Three Stooges Wedding Guest)

Aimee Adams Hall (Princess Aimee)

Abigail Breslin (Carolina, the orphan child)

Spencer Breslin (Prince Jacques)

Soundtrack

Main article: Princess Diaries (album)

Cast Interviews

Julie Andrews The Princess Diaries 2 

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