Ice Princess.

[Buffy obsessed fan]

Has anyone seen Ice Princess, staring Michelle [And Heroes Hayden Penettiere]? I love that movie, to begin with I only watched it because of Michelle and Hayden, but it's really good :] It's probably more of a kids movie, I was just wildly curious.

[wiccianslayer]

i have the dvd i love the film

[Lyri]

i bought the DVD for my sister about a year ago and ended up watching it myself. it's an ok movie, more for a younger audience i think.

[Blondie Bear]

I bought it because I'm a complete dork for Meg Cabot and she wrote the original screenplay (not, unfortunately, the one that was finally used for shooting). It was decent. A bit unbelievable, especially where Michelle's character gives up Harvard (or Yale, I don't remember which) for skating.

[Angels baby101]

I loved this movie actually... and i only went to see it cause Michelle was in it.... but it turned out to be really good. (I dunno i guess cause i'm a fan of figure skating) and i think its really believable to give up a college for something you love.

I mean theres some stars who give up college for acting or even for singing. I mean dont get me wrong its stupid. but they do it...

[Buffy obsessed fan]

^^ That's exactly the same reason I saw it, lol. Plus Hayden :]

Yah, my Mum would kill me if when i get up to college age I don't go =P Even though she knows I aspire to be an actress.

[Slayergal]

I loved it. I thought it was a very cute movie. I wasn't sure I would like it before I watched it the first time as the only character I had ever seen Michelle play was Dawn on Buffy. It was great to see her play another role outside of Dawn. If any one knows of some other great movies that she stars in let me know.

[Blondie Bear]

I loved this movie actually... and i only went to see it cause Michelle was in it.... but it turned out to be really good. (I dunno i guess cause i'm a fan of figure skating) and i think its really believable to give up a college for something you love.

I mean theres some stars who give up college for acting or even for singing. I mean dont get me wrong its stupid. but they do it...

Yes, but she loved and was good at physics as well, it wasn't like skating was all she had.

[codyw1]

Not seen it, unfortunately.


College ain't all it's cracked up to be, y'know. If you've got something better to do than getting into debt for the rest of your days, might not be a bad idea.

;)

[Blondie Bear]

College ain't all it's cracked up to be, y'know. If you've got something better to do than getting into debt for the rest of your days, might not be a bad idea.

;)

Let's look at it this way. Say she becomes the next Michelle Kwan. She wins gold medals. She makes tons of money. She falls and breaks her leg/back/neck in such a way that she can never skate again. Now what?

BUT if she goes to college, becomes a world-famous physicist (which she probably would have, with her brain). It takes her a few years to pay off her student loans, sure, but then she's set for LIFE, not just a few years. Cause even skaters get old, too old to skate, but look at Stephen Hawking.

Just saying.

[Buffy obsessed fan]

Let's look at it this way. Say she becomes the next Michelle Kwan. She wins gold medals. She makes tons of money. She falls and breaks her leg/back/neck in such a way that she can never skate again. Now what?

BUT if she goes to college, becomes a world-famous physicist (which she probably would have, with her brain). It takes her a few years to pay off her student loans, sure, but then she's set for LIFE, not just a few years. Cause even skaters get old, too old to skate, but look at Stephen Hawking.

Just saying.

I guess that's a possibility, but being a bit negative, aren't we? =P

[Blondie Bear]

I just don't like it when people don't think. And I'm in college myself right now, and yes, I'm racking up some huge student loans (I'm going all the way--to a Doctorate), and YES, I'd much rather be writing, but we have to live in the really real world, and in the really real world, about as many people "make it" writing as do skating. It was a pretty movie and stuff, but I think it would have been more believable if she had either a) gone to school, learned everything she could about physics, and THEN applied it to skating; or b) been a complete dunce at anything else and just planning to go to college to appease her mom. Then opting out wouldn't have been as dumb.

But what can I say? I'm 27, not a teenager. I've had realism beaten into me.

[eponinethen]

Haha I actually like this movie. Alright, it's not good, at all, but it's a lot of fun to watch, plus Michelle is all cute.

[Buffy obsessed fan]

Haha I actually like this movie. Alright, it's not good, at all, but it's a lot of fun to watch, plus Michelle is all cute.

That made no sense to me =P You said it's not good at all, then you said it's fun to watch....? =P Colour me confused.

[eponinethen]

That made no sense to me =P You said it's not good at all, then you said it's fun to watch....? =P Colour me confused.
Pretty much what I meant to say. It's not a good movie, quality wise. Bad/not good movies can still be entertaining, this one sure is imo.

[Buffy obsessed fan]

Pretty much what I meant to say. It's not a good movie, quality wise. Bad/not good movies can still be entertaining, this one sure is imo.

Oh, I sorta get you now =P

[codyw1]

I just don't like it when people don't think. And I'm in college myself right now, and yes, I'm racking up some huge student loans (I'm going all the way--to a Doctorate), and YES, I'd much rather be writing, but we have to live in the really real world, and in the really real world, about as many people "make it" writing as do skating. It was a pretty movie and stuff, but I think it would have been more believable if she had either a) gone to school, learned everything she could about physics, and THEN applied it to skating; or b) been a complete dunce at anything else and just planning to go to college to appease her mom. Then opting out wouldn't have been as dumb.

But what can I say? I'm 27, not a teenager. I've had realism beaten into me.

Unfortunately, 'college' and 'realism' don't walk hand in hand. A lot of the time, these days, a college degree isn't worth the paper it's written on. Of course, it depends on what TYPE you do. But the number of people I know who've got themselves into absurd debt for Arts degrees and such forth, only to end up in retail/office jobs that they could have got for half the price, is just ridiculous.

[Blondie Bear]

Unfortunately, 'college' and 'realism' don't walk hand in hand. A lot of the time, these days, a college degree isn't worth the paper it's written on. Of course, it depends on what TYPE you do. But the number of people I know who've got themselves into absurd debt for Arts degrees and such forth, only to end up in retail/office jobs that they could have got for half the price, is just ridiculous.

Well, yeah. You do still have to have half a brain about what major you pick. I mean, what are you going to do with a Philosophy major? Wait tables or teach, that's what. But in the movie (which IS what this whole thread is about), Michelle's character was into Physics, which is a HUGE field, and people who are good at it (again I invoke Stephen Hawking) make TONS of money. So it wasn't like she was planning to major in Fashion or something.

(No offense to any Fashion or Philosophy majors out there; it's just an example.)

[ShelleyMarie]

It's a cute movie and I loved it, I remember buying it purely because Michelle was in it (although I am a fan of figure skating) and ended up really enjoying it. Michelle is adorable and it's one of those films that I can just put on and it'll make me smile.

[definition of insane]

I've seen it, sweet movie, not bad...not on my favourites list though.

It's not like she was completely giving up the idea of college though...sure, not Harvard but like her mother would allow her to just quit academics altogether.

[heartsforDB]

i totally watched this movie by accident
one of those 'nothing else on might as well watch whatever' and i wound up really enjoying it

good : popcorn: movie

[palabravampiress]

I didn't see it.

As a General Hospital fan, though, I've got to say: no one should ever be allowed to title something "Ice Princess" unless the story involves a huge, ugly diamond, an evil Greco-Russian royal family, and a giant weather machine!

[Joyce Summers]

I loved this movie. I thought I was going to class it too cheesy, but there were some great actresses in it (Joan Cusack, Michelle, Kim Cattral(sp?) and even if the film had turned out to be cheesy, which in my opinion it wasn't, the great acting talents more than made up for it. And 'The Jumping Shrimp' was great entertainment.
For the few of you who are debating the realism and 'how ridiculous' it is that she just dropped physics which she was good at to do figure skating- which she was also good at. Well, that was the whole point! So ew of us actually get to say 'you know what? Screw all this I'm gonna do what I wanna do and follow my dream'- unfortnuately we are so often stuck in the mind set of 'study.education.degree.work' which even if you're excellent at it may not be for you.
That was Casey's deal. Yes she was a genius at Physics, but it wasn't her calling. If she had gone to Harvard she wouldn't have been excited or thrilled, she would have been bored out of her skull and that's what she realized. That she only felt she was truly do something, that she was really alive and enjoying herself was when she was skating. Like she said to her Mom, "No, Mom, I'm giving up your dream. I'm going after mine". I love the film for that message- it gives you just that little bit of hope to follow your own dream. Whether the hope is fabricated or not, I really don't care. I just think it's a very uplifting message and a great movie.

[DeadButStillPretty]

Oh I saw that movie today and loved it :D I like Michelle Trachtenberg-she is a great actress.I didn't really like Hayden Panettiere's character in the beginning but was glad she got nicer towards the end.

[TabulaRasa]

Oh I saw that movie today and loved it :D I like Michelle Trachtenberg-she is a great actress.I didn't really like Hayden Panettiere's character in the beginning but was glad she got nicer towards the end.

I agree it was such a cute little movie. I enjoyed it very much.

[Clem Rocks]

I saw it today too, and yeah, i only watched it cuz Michelle Trachtenburg was in it lol <3

good film actualy though

[Keanoite]

It's a nice film to pass a saturday afternoon...couldn't see myself watching it a second time

[Joyce Summers]

Ah see, I love ice skating fan, so I could watch the film over and over again just for that. I absolutely adored Zoey's style. Ooh and when Nikki does the can-can on ice? Wow.

[SpikedBuffy]

I like this movie. I bought it Blockbuster when they had their previewed movies for sale, for like 5 bucks. I like watching it, just because she overcomes the odds at the end. It's just got a good message to it, and it's a heck of a lot better than some of the sleazy crap out their, even for younger viewers.

[Veyron]

I caught the movie half way through the one time it was shown on the BBC here in the UK.. I was so impressed I went out and bought it! Glad I did.. it's a wonderful feelgood movie just right for rainy days or when I'm feeling down... nothing like Ms Trachtenburg to cheer me up!

[palabravampiress]

I totally did it again. I saw this thread and thought, "Ice Princess? Wha?" Then, when I read the thread, I realized that I already confused it for the GH Ice Princess once before. Darn it all!

[Bangelxx]

I havn't seen this movie but I really want to! (only cause Michelle's in it of course :wink:)

[The Kinslayer]

I saw this a while back. Why? Like most people in this thread it was solely because of MT. I haven´t checked if it´s a Disneymovie, but it sure feels like one. Cute, predictable with some catchy music and "easy" to watch. The acting may be better than in other movies in the same style, but the concept is still the same. I wouldn´t consider it a "great" movie. But I wouldn´t mind watching it again, even though I don´t feel the need for it.

Nothing to do on a sunday afternoon? Why not watch it? And MT is of course adorable as always.

[Blondie Bear]

^ It is Disney. And the original screenplay (not the one they used, unfortunately), was written by Meg Cabot, who wrote the Princess Diaries books.

[Blackloliita]

Great movie, have it on dvd.
It's also with Samantha of Sex and the City :happy07:

[Fake Shemp]

and the cheerleader from heroes is in it too....... my sister has it on dvd HONEST! :)

[Blackloliita]

Jep! Hayden and something yet.

[Blondie Bear]

Heck, I have it on DVD. It's a guilty pleasure.

[Fake Shemp]

LOL!!!! i was forced to watch it when my sister got it, and she says it one of her guilty pleasures.... she's 9 years old.... but i like Mean Girls... so im just as bad guilty pleasure wise.