Cinderella
A few weeks ago my fiancé and I went to see the new Cinderella film.
It's been a very long time since I saw the Disney classic so I couldn't really remember too much of the story (other than the bits about the fairy Godmother and the glass slipper!), I did enjoy the film but it just didn't quite have that 'umpf' to make it stand out against the other films that are due out this year. I like films that make you think, and feel motivated, where as Cinderella was just plain.
Here is my fiancé's review:
It's been a very long time since I saw the Disney classic so I couldn't really remember too much of the story (other than the bits about the fairy Godmother and the glass slipper!), I did enjoy the film but it just didn't quite have that 'umpf' to make it stand out against the other films that are due out this year. I like films that make you think, and feel motivated, where as Cinderella was just plain.
Here is my fiancé's review:
Cinderella, a live action remake of a timeless classic, tells a tale we all know and love: girl loses parents, girls step-mother and step-sisters are mean to her, fairy god mother, Prince Charming, glass slippers and love at first sight.
If you don't know how this film ends, you must have been born in a cave and raised by wolves.
A couple of interesting points, the mice don't sing, so there's no rendition of The Work Song (Cinderelly) or indeed any other song of note, except the ugly sister singing out of tune which ends up in a deadpan comment from the step-mother.
I think they knew that there were going to be no surprises, although if you have seen the original you might be shocked when Cinderella's glass slipper is broken by her stepmother, needless to say, she doesn't break the other one and, to paraphrase Snow White, Cinderella's Prince finally does come and they all live happily ever after …until they make a live action version of the sequels.
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