Leap Year

LEAP YEAR

Ordinary World - Amy Adams who plays Anna Brady lives in Boston and Stages apartments for Realtors. She is very good at her job and loves it. Her boyfriend Jeremy is a cardiologist.They are applying to live together in a high-class building, When one of her friends finds Jeremy coming out of a jewelry store, Anna thinks that he  is finally going to propose after a long four years.

Call to Adventure- and  Refusal of the Call-  Anna meets her father at a bar and tells him that Jeremy is going to propose and he is thrilled about it .and tells her about the old Irish tradition in which women are allowed to propose on February 29th. When Jeremy  gives her earrings instead of a ring she decides to listen to her fathers advice even though she thinks its totally lame. Jeremy leaves for a conference in Dublin and Anna thinks its perfect so she packs her vuton (suitcase) and gets on a Plan.

  

Meeting the Mentor- I think her father is also a mentor but The flight she is on she meets a priest and speaks to him about her entire ordeal.

Crossing the Threshold-   Bad weather causes the flight to take a turn and she lands in Wales.  Anna tries to take a boat but ends up in the small Irish town where she is now all by herself and has no idea how to get to Dublin. Anna Walks into a pub to find a taxi service and here she meets Declan who is oh my goodness gorgeous Irishman who agrees to drive her to Dublin on one condition, she pays him a large sum of money.

Tests, Allies, Enemies-  She learns from Declan that Ireland is a lot different than Boston and from random Irish men that there very superstitious and things have to be done on a certain day and time. They believe in Luck and bad luck and that she shouldn't start her journey just yet. She doesn't listen and Declan takes her on the ride of her life.

Approach-  Anna and Declan cant stand each other and end up getting the car stuck in water and getting introuble with men who stole her suitcase. Whitch sets her path to a train station. She misses the train and has to stay at a little bed and breakfast where she must pretend to be married to Declan in order to get the room. She gets in a whole mess of trouble and starts to slowly fall inlove with Declan along the way.

Ordeal/Reward- Anna finally gets to Dublin with Declan and meets Jeremy who Proposes sudenly on the spot. Declan laeves and she says Yes. After four long years Jeremt has finally given her the ring shes allways wanted and the apartment shes always wanted.

 

The Road Back- Anna discovers that Jeremy only proposed so they could get the apartment and she uses Declans 60 second what would you grab. The fire alarm goes off in the apartment and Jeremy chooses his work over her. She realizes that she was never first on his list.

Return with Ellxir- Anna takes a flight back to Iriland to meet Declan who has been through his own Journy by trying to save his small pub and meet his ex finace to get back his ring. She meets him and thinks shes been rejected when he finally comes to meet her by the edge of a cliff and tells her that he doesnt want to not make plans, he wants to make plans and right there on the spot asks for her hand in marriage. ofcourse she says yes and they live happily ever after.


Archetype /not sure if I got it right but this is what im thinking
Hero- Main Charater who goes through the Journy- Anna Brady
Mentor-  The priest and her father
Treshold Guradian- The train station/inn keeper
Herald-  Her friend I would think, brings up the fact Jeremy only asked her to get the apartment
Shapeshifter- Anna seams to change a lot in the film
Shadow- Jeremy
Trickster- Jeremy and Declan/Anna