Change is a slow and arduous process—unless you live in a movie, in which case, it's cake and usually set to a song by Selena Gomez. Or, it's cake because some magic happens and you wake up a different person with frizz-free hair. Or, it's cake because Stanley Tucci takes over your life (shhh, let him) and is all, "Sorry you can't do this on your own, so I'm going to make you better" but then in the process, you find your inner confidence and then your awesomesauce quotient skyrockets! Movie transformations just happen to be a specialty of ours, and we've taken the liberty of listing our favorites below; don't worry, there is a nary a car named Bumblebee in sight.
1. Little Women: This is the scene from the movie where Jo burns Meg's hair off. Later, Meggers goes to the ball, puts on a lil' rouge and is immediately surrounded by dudes in frock coats—but then gets embarrassed and twists her ankle. A mess! Then Marmee breaks it down: "I only care what you think of yourself. If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that's all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind."
Boom. Moms FTW.
2. Crazy, Stupid, Love: Mr. Ryan "Fancy Face" Gosling-Gruebel is in this. Steve Carrell gets a sweet makeover and learns he's better than the Gap, but Mr. Ryan "Fancy Face" Gosling-Gruebel is in this. Mr. Ryan "Fancy Face" Gosling-Gruebel. That is all.
3. The Princess Diaries or The Devil Wears Prada: Choose your own adventure: princess or fashion! In both, Anne Hathaway looks basically fine and then they polish her up so she looks more than basically fine. Although honestly, it's ridiculous when they try and make beautiful actresses less attractive. Why do they always add glasses? Glasses are smoking hot, and that's a heaping dose of truth right there.
4. 13 Going on 30: Post magic dust, Jenna Rink becomes a better person and wears considerably more colors and glitter than she did back when she was mean. Looks like a transformation to me.
5. Mulan
Everyone: Yeah, you gotta get married and stuff.
Mulan: Ah, geez. Um, I don't know.
Everyone: No. Women only have one option. Look pretty, get married, make some sons. Oh, and by the way, a big scary Hun has come to town and your old dad has to go back to war.
Mulan: Sorry, but I'm not on board with that.
Everyone: But wait, marriage!
Mulan: You get married. I'm gonna go bust some heads.
6. Hermione in Harry Potter: I wish there was a better clip of this, but sometimes life is hard and you don't know why. I also wish they'd shown us how Hermione got her hair all did up (magic?) and who did her makeup (definitely magic) and where did she get that dress (magic or Hogsmeade or dentist parents). Sans magic, looking this foine would take me four hours, but I always factor in extra time for a dance break. In other news: a staircase entrance. How can we make these happen in our lives?
7. Pirates of the Caribbean
Elizabeth being "merely decorative" (thanks Marmee!). Excuse the romantic music.
Elizabeth being badass. Excuse the subtitles.
8. 17 Again
Best lines:
Ned: Your shirt is bedazzled.
Mike: Bedazzled with rhinestones!
Oh man, if I ever ended up accidentally stuck in my high-school body, I hope my best friend is a millionaire with an AmEx black card.
What's your all-time favorite movie transformation? We're partial to Anne Hathway in the Devil Wears Prada, personally, but we also LURVE when Hermione morphs into a super-hottie. And, of course, when Zefron puts on a motorcycle jacket.
Related post: How to Give Yourself an Old-Fashioned Makeover
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