Just The Right Amount Of Old Fashioned - CINDERELLA (Movie Commentary & Reaction)
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Cinderella movie commentary reaction
Cinderella 2015 was a movie commentary we really enjoyed making. It manages to feel very classic whilst also being quite modern, adding it's own details but also feeling very faithful to the original Cinderella animated movie.
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If you decide to react to the 1950s Cinderella cartoon (and I hope you do). Here are a few facts about the film:
1. The version you're talking about is the Brother's Grimm version Ashpotle. Actually, the 1950 film, and the one you just reacted to, are based on the 1697 version by Charles Perrault, which is also called "The Little Glass Slipper." In that version, the father is still alive, a rat is made into a coachman, the lizards are made into footmen, Cinderella goes to two balls at the palace (it's the second one she where she doesn't get back in time), the slipper doesn't break, the grand duke is not a character in the story, and, she forgives her stepfamily. The live-action film, which is directed by Kenneth Branaugh, is closer to the 67 version but did add some elements from the cartoon. In the 1950s film, Walt added more animals (with the mice and Lucifer being the main focus), reduced the number of balls to one (he felt it would be repetitive), the grand duke is not an evil character, and have the slipper the Prince has break before Cinderella produces the other one.
2. This film saved the Walt Disney studio. Prior to Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Walt's only hit. When Americans went to war during WWII, he was no longer allowed to release his films overseas. As a result, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi all failed in the box office. Dumbo was successful enough to keep them afloat, but not by much. They tried everything to keep going, including taking a bunch of short cartoons and combining them into one full-length film (ex: Make My Music and Melody Time) and making live-action films and propaganda films for the war effort. While they all did well, it wasn't enough to save them. In fact, by the time of Cinderella, the studio laid off a bunch of people, including animators, and they were on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. Walt chose Cinderella because, as he states, "we need a story about a girl who is in trouble. That always works." He also picked it because it was relatable as he believes everyone, including himself, has gone through a cinderella story at some point in their lives.
3. Ilene Woods, a little-known actress mostly known for her radio show The Ilene Woods Show, did the singing and speaking voice to Cinderella. She got the part after recording the song demos for Mack David and Jerry Livingston, the songwriters for the film and friends of Ilene. Walt heard them and immediately asked her to play the part, making it one of the first times a person doing the demos got the lead role (this would be repeated in Pocahontas when Judy Kuhn got the singing role of the lead). William Edward Phelps, a B-list actor and producer, did the speaking voice of the prince while Mike Douglas, host of The Michael Douglass Show, did the singing voice, making it the first time the prince character had two people playing him. Eleanor Audley, a well-known actress at the time, does the voice of Lady Tremaine (she would later go on to voice Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty). Verna Felton, a voice actress that Walt constantly uses in his films, does the singing and speaking voice of the fairy godmother (she would later do the voice of Flora in Sleeping Beauty).
4. The animators used live-action references to better capture the movement of the human characters and make it more authentic. Helene Stanley was the model for Cinderella (she would later become a model for Aurora in Sleeping Beauty). Eleanor Audley did the live-action references herself, making her one of the few actors to do both the voice and model. They did not use live-action references for the animals (which is interesting considering that they did use it for Bambi).
5. This is the first film whose soundtrack was released under the Walt Disney Music Company. Prior to this, Walt would release the songs under other production companies, like Bourne Co. Music Publishers, who owned the publishing rights to them. Creating a music company allowed Walt to have full ownership of his songs, including publishing and royalty rights.
6. It's the first film to have songs written by professional songwriters outside of Walt Disney Studio. Originally, Walt hired Larry Morey and Charles Walcott (two songwriters who worked at Disney) to write the songs but felt none of them worked with his vision of the film and looked for new songwriters outside of the studio. Apart from Mack David and Jerry Livingston, Walt also hired Al Hoffman. They all came from the Tin Pan Alley circuit, a place in New York where a bunch of songwriters and publishers create music. The soundtrack hit number one on the billboard pop charts.
7. It was the first soundtrack to use multi-track vocals, in which Ilene Woods had to record the same song multiple times so they can edit it to sound like multiple voices were singing with her. They mainly did this for the song "Sing Sweet Nightingale."
8. This is the first animated film to have an A story and a B story. The A story is about the stepmother and step sisters. The B story is about the mice and Lucifer the cat. Because Cinderella is in both stories, they made her the link that keeps these two storylines together.
9. The movie was a big success. On a 2.2 million dollar budget, the film made $93 million dollars domestically and $182 million dollars worldwide. By the time Cinderella was made, the war had ended, so Walt was allowed to release his movies internationally again. The film also made $4.28 million dollars in distributor sales (their share of the box office revenue). It was the fifth highest-grossing movie in the US and UK and the sixteenth highest-grossing film in France.
To this day, many experts believe had it not been for Cinderella's success, The Walt Disney Studio would have shut down that year, causing them to not make any more movies again. While this movie did not do as well as Snow White, it did make enough money to save the studio and continue making movies for years to come.
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Please do Peter Pan 2003 live action next
This is my favorite Disney live action. It feels the most magical. The chemistry between Lily James and Richard Madden is one of the main reasons this movie worked. Plus, THE DRESS.
So far, I think I agree. It feels familiar and authentic without being exactly the same - Sam
The chemistry is so off the charts. When she enters the ball and Richard sees her for the first time, he captures “love at first sight” so perfectly. I was amazed in the theatres and I still am every time I watch it.
Same
the dress is the most beautiful thing ive ever seen it makes the beauty and the beast one even more dissapointing cause i was expecting something like this
My too
Fun fact: when Ella says "You're the prince!" and Kit answers with "I'm *a* prince" it's an inside joke, since Cinderella's and Snow White's princes (from the Disney classics) are not known for their names, they're known as Prince Charming and The Prince respectively.
Snow White’s prince’s name is, believe it or not, is Florian.
@@jakemurphy7956 It can be both
Richard Madden and Lily James are an utterly divine screen couple, they have so much chemistry together!
True, really enjoyed them both here - Sam
@@themoviebudz1988 They really have! Just love the costumes from this movie too they are absolutely stunning! Also wanna share while this is a Cinderella story, that one of the best Cinderella movies I know probably is Cinderella 3 a twist in time. Its onestly så good, you wont regrett watching it! ^^
Have you seen the 2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet with them as the title characters? It’s my new favorite adaptation!
@@themoviebudz1988 can you guys reacg to Promising Young Woman ?
In the original version, her father actually bought her back the branch she requested before he died. She planted it on the grave of her mother and it became a little tree, that then gifted her 3 dresses for each night of the ball. One like the stars, one like the moon, and one like the sun. I always loved that version as well. I had it on tape when I was a kid. :) Not to mention that the prince actually ordered the grand stairwell to be covered in tar for the 3rd day because she alway ran away from him. That's how she lost her shoe ;)
Great details.
@@Mike90317 Thx, there is much more :D The stepsisters DID cut off part of their heel or toes to fit into the shoe and right when the prince was on his way to the castle with them (yes, he did not recognize his mystery princess), the doves, who were always guarding the tree, warned him that it was a false bride, that there was blood in the shoe. He always returned them, even angry by the second time, till Cinderella came along.
@@Danisachan I think they used that version in the musical/movie Into The Woods which mixes up several fairytales into one story
Then I think Into The Woods was really accurate to the source.
Tbh that’s the Grimm Brothers’ version, the Disney animated one is based on Charles Perrault’s version
Disney really did something special with this live action. It was familiar, yet original in its own right.
Ikr
I liked it much more than the original even
@@na9640 Me too!
I think it’s because Kenneth Branagh is just so amazing as a director, so he knew how to make this movie good and memorable
Cinderella's dress is one of the most beautiful dresses ever put to film, and I can't believe something like that was just... made by human hands and exists. The costume and set designer popped off so hard on everything. Also Ella and Mr. Kit meeting again and waltzing at the ball is the definition of a living dream imo, it's so much more impactful that they knew each other beforehand cause their chemistry is amazing and I've listened to the score from that scene so many times. This film is just, so very very pretty on every level lol
Whoever dyed the fabric should have gotten awards simply for that.
@@ameliecarre4783 YESSS, If only the same effort was put in Belle's dress...
@@bella.m266 …Belle’s dress does not exist within the realm of Ba Sing Se.
better than that fuckin atrocious Belle dress. they dropped the ball on that one fr.
The shoes were made by Swarovski. I only swan the miniature version while working there, but a client saw the life size in another store and she said it was glorious (the miniature itself was already very beautiful, as the Cinderella's "doll"). It really made you enter the dream aspect of the movie. This movie has an amazing desing *.*!
I like how they showed that just because she is kind and gentle, she is not meek or weak. She is emotionally strong and her will to keep her promise to her parents never wavers. That is where her strength comes from.
She does stand up for herself, but it os hard to keep going when people take everything up to 10.
I hate how people believe that gentleness and kindness made her weak. That was her strength.
I also liked how like in Ever After and the Whitney Houston version, they show the connection between her and the prince. Oh and this is the only version where he recognizes her. Bonus points.
For the dress, this is my favorite followed by Brandi’s and than Danielle’s.
It is interesting how the three best adaptations have the three best gowns.
I love how in "Downton Abbey", Lily James was a aristocratic girl, while Sophie McShera was a servant. Here, they've basically swapped roles!
I didn’t know that!! Thank you!
I found that so funny!
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technically Ella comes from an aristocratic family.
"You can be kind and compassionate without letting people take advantage of you. You just have to recognize your own worth"
When you said that it hit me so profoundly that I cried. That's what I'm working on in therapy right now. It's so difficult to feel your worth when you've only been told how worthless you are your whole life in words and actions. I hope one day I can see mine.
You got this.
Out of the recent batch of live actions remakes Disney has been putting out, the Cinderella live action is probably the only one that's done well. They expanded on the storyline without deviating from the original, great pacing, and the dress is absolutely stunning.
I dunno. I really enjoyed Maleficent, Beauty and the Beast and Cruella. Also the 1996 live action 101 Dalmatians.
@@BeeKee404 Maleficent and Cruella are really good. Maleficent and Cruella are very different to their main source material so I didn't really count them in my ranking. I was really thinking more on the field of retellings and the recent batch of live actions (so I didn't count 101 Dalmatians, which is also a good film). I should have specified it better. Nonetheless, Beauty and The Beast 😬😬😬 that one wasn't good.
Nah, I also love Alice In Wonderland (2010). Also vey well done.
Beauty and the Beast live action was horrid. They should've chosen an unknown for the lead and got better voice actors for the castle characters. I loved Cruella and Maleficent but those aren't true remakes of their originators: 101 Dalmatians and Sleeping Beauty, respectively. @@BeeKee404
Alice in Wonderland was another well done remake. Certainly true when compared to the dreck that is Cinderella (2021 version), The Little Mermaid, and soon Snow White. @@iamayanakuzunoha430
Much better than the one from 2022 imo! Love Cate Blanchett as the stepmother. She was fantastic!😃
Haven't seen it yet, but we do love this one! - Sam
@@themoviebudz1988 you’re going to hate it in the best way 😂😂😂
you mean 2021?
24:35 It kills me because she doesn't even take the chance to be rude in French (since they won't understand). She just says, 'But of course I know the Parisian fashion, and I'll take care of it (the dresses)'.
In the plus side, great blue dress, a prince with some personality.
On the minus side, no talking mice.
I'm on the fence.
It really is great dress 😋 - Sam
25:31 One of the drawbacks about period movies is how they treat corsets and stays. If you were of that time period, you wouldn’t feel out of breath while getting the outfit sorted.
CORSETS AND STAYS ARE NOT THE DEVIL.
Literally this!! Corsets were actually extremely comfortable and weren't meant to cut off breath. I don't think that happened until later on in Victorian era maybe where everything was wack.
Tysmmm. As much as I love this movie, that scene was the only drawbacks for me in this lol
@@lemontree666333 Yeah tightlacing. But even so it wasn’t really common practice. The hourglass shape was done by well constructed garments and padding :D
Fun Fact: Victorians were the og photoshop user, altering their photographs by painting over it. (Like blemishes and shrinking waistlines)
@@LPSCANDY10 Honestly I love the Victorian era. They had lovely clothes that were tailored to you. I miss that. Though I find it hilarious that they were painting over their pictures. I love it 🤣
TBF tightlacing was a thing, but was considered extremely tacky (although lacing a little tighter for very special occasions was OK, the equivalent to super high heels these days). The tight lacing of the sister does fit this, as she IS extremely tacky. Ella is also corseted and is running / dancing just fine.
I really think that scene at the end where Cinderella says, "I forgive you," to her stepmother before she walks out with the Prince is so powerful because to me it said so much with so few words. The fact, to me, she basically said that she's not taking anything of her stepmother with her as she's starting this new life with someone she loves and someone that does love her for exactly who she is, not even her hate or anger but leaving the stepmother with all the regret, remorse, and/or the questions of "what if I had done things differently," as you guys were saying in the scene with the attic when Cinderella says, "she's not and never has been her mother." I definitely appreciate what they did with this live-action remake of Cinderella.
Yeah I saw it as a kind of nice 'f*ck you' to the stepmother as well. Cinderella's reached a point where she knows she's about to embark on a better chapter of her life and she's done everything to try to make it work with the stepmother. She knows she's not as terrible as the stepmother has tried to make her feel and she actually feels sorry for her because like you say, now the stepmother is being given a chance to face herself (and the image isn't pretty), as well as be given a chance to do better, though the road will probably be a long and tricky one.
That scene and the one where she breaks down at the well before meeting Godmother were the two pivotal moments where the movie's mantra "have courage and be kind" is truly tested.
Fun fact: Lily James plays a noble girl in a show called Downton Abbey and one of the actresses who plays her stepsister here [the one that gives her the name Cinderella]-Sophie McShera- plays a kitchen servant on the same show. They switched places lmao.
This channel is criminally underrated. You're one of the few commentators that actually WATCH the movie instead of talking through the entire thing and then criticizing the movie for its plotholes.
Thank you for uploading, you two always make my day.
Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden (feat. Helena Bonham Carter) and directed by Kenneth Branagh with some of the best technical design in a Disney Movie? YES WE NEED THIS REACTION!
Once this movie came out, Cinderella fever exploded! Blue butterfly ballgown for prom, cosplay, quincerenas, and even her wedding dress was made for a Disney Fairytale Weddings collection. And the shoes! Best design ever!
the blue dress in this live-action is simply iconic, with the couple's chemistry being so divine. it stuck with the original story, while still adding sparks of creativity.
Regarding the mother’s dress into the ball gown, the costume design brilliantly kept a lot of her mother’s look.
The heavy pleats throughout the entire pink dress are placed into the new skirt
The bodice shape and Bertha neckline remains the same. The poofy pink sleeves is now a poofy Bertha collar. And all of the ruffles from the OG Bertha collar is intentionally placed into the petticoat, which is typically plain but the design allows it to be seen in movement.
That's a cool breakdown, i hadn't even realized!
@@drariet9190 costume design and analysis is totally my alley lol. And Sandy Powell is one of those costume designers who intentionally does everything for a reason.
I like to think that the lavender, blue, and green in the lyrics of the “Lavender’s blue” lullaby manifested into her gown as another homage to Cinderella’s mother. There’s something so wonderfully harmonious and whimsical about the holographic green and lavender peeking through the topmost blue layers of her dress, almost like watercolor. If we stick to the theory that the Fairy Godmother planned for everything to happen the night of the ball, she predicted how opulently warm and golden the atmosphere of the ballroom would be, and would choose the complementary color blue to make her stand out (and match with the prince!)
Cate Blanchett Excellence in this movie is a reminder that she should do more comedies. She’s very funny. Also, she looks fabulous in this movie!
Cinderella is an iconic fairytale featuring a young girl being mistreated by her stepmom and stepsisters. This remake live action adaptation seems a lot more decent compared to all the adaptations that have been released. Not to mention that Lily James fits the role perfectly as Cinderella. Apart from her portrayal of the character, she’s got what it takes to deliver the emotions necessary to make the whole film authentic from an audience’s standpoint. You guys are great at what you do, by the way. Always keep going.
My favorite Disney princess are : Cinderella, Snow White,Rapunzel ,Pocahontas and Ariel are my favorite 👍👍👍. Snow White ,7 dwarfs and beautiful girs,sing beautiful 👍🎶🎶
Cinderella, her dress (,beautiful dress),when she leaves the ball, lost her glass shoe,and princ find shoe,godmather fairy,speaking animals 🎶👍🤩🤩
After this adaptation, you have to react to ‘Ever After’ and ‘Never Been Kissed’. Drew Barrymore needs to have a moment.
They've both been on the list for awhile, not sure when we'll be able to do them tho - Sam
@@themoviebudz1988 please do never been kissed 😂 so many cringe/good moments 😊
Yeah, no disrespect but I love Ever After more. But I was a teen when it came out.
@@floppsymoppsy5969 You are right.
Ever After also has a better comeuppance that they guys were looking for. ;)
The ball scene in this movie is an absolute dream! Apart from Cinderella's, everyone else's dresses/suits are also completely individually made by the costume designers. I think every dress has a different IRL culture as inspiration
PS: here in Germany, where we still have tower bells, the clock strikes for 1-3 minutes (depending on if it's a holiday or not)
I read somewhere that the "original" Cinderella story might have come from China during the time of foot binding. The main character had tiny feet without ever binding them, and could fit a shoe sized for someone whose feet had been bound (like, 3 inches long). She was able to run away from the ball, when the binding of feet made it so women couldn't run. So, the shoe fitting her feet WAS unique and special.
Supposedly, in the original tale, Cinderella was wearing « des pantoufles de vair », « pantoufles » being slippers and « vair » being a type of fur i think, but it is pronounced exactly as « verre » which means glass in french, hence the confusion, because it was told by many before it was written ☺️🇫🇷 (also i think she had very small feet because she was malnourished)
Not Sam mirroring our sentiments when he says “You’re going to love this casting choice.”
This is the best live-action adaptation Disney has ever made. They made the story better by including more details so the original story would be more coherent, the chemistry is amazing, and you actually get a decent complex villain out of Cate Blanchett. Also, it looks amazing
56:10 I've never realised how clever it is that they (purposefully or not) transitioned from the shot of Lady Tremaine to flying birds, a nod to the original fairytale where she has her eyes plucked out by them.
This was the only Disney live action remake the was NEEDED and excuted *perfectly* this movie was simply magical and I love it
Something interesting thing I just noticed: the part when the father is asking what to bring Ella back from his trip is actually a part of the original telling of Beauty and the Beast. In the original, Belle has two older sisters (not evil stepsisters, but jealous of her beauty) who ask for dresses or expensive things as he leaves, but Belle only asks for a rose. This leads to him picking a rose from the Beast's garden and getting captured, etc.
It's pretty interesting, you know, because you're right, it reminds of Beauty and the Beast, but there's actually german Cinderella (written by Grimms themselves) where she as well, as her stepsisters, ask her father (that's just an a**hole and just lets his stepdaughters and second wife mistreat Cinderella) something from his next trip: her stepsisters pearls and gems, she ask for the same branch. She then plants it on her mother's grave, it blossoms in a nice little tree... and that's the fairy godmother of this version!!! Yes, her beautiful dress and shoes, in Germany, are provided by a tree blossomed on a grave. 😂
And the part about Helena challenging Ella before showing herself as her fairy godmother, is a reference to another Charles Perrault's fairy tale, "The Faeries", about a kind girl helping a fairy masked as an old wretch to drink water from a well, and then being prized for her kindness.
It’s actually a part of some telling of Cinderella. She plants the branch in her garden and goes there everyday to cry. He tears water the branch and makes it grow into a tree. The enchanted tree then grants her a dress and shoes to go to the ball.
Ah I didn’t realize versions of Cinderella had it too! Good to know
The original translation for Cinderella's dress was:
"Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur"
so the prince's name actually reveals what kind of apprentice he is: KIT (King in training) 😇 also, the casting is amazing, Richard Madden is literally who I would've picked if I were asked to choose a disney prince 🙊
I think most Disney live actions are beautiful visually but the script is meh? Like it's not awful but it's just almost like they expect the visuals and cast ensemble to carry the whole movie. Well, they found a formula that works now it's just a matter of rinse and repeat.
NOW BESIDES THAT, I really like Cinderella. I think people dismiss her quickly as being naive and go as far as calling her anti-feminist, but I think it takes a lot of courage to do the right thing, to be optimistic and kind. I don't know. I get emotional over Cinderella because we are so different and I need a little more of her encouragement in my life.
Totally agree on the first part. On the second part, it's not that she's anti-feminist, it's that she comes across as a doormat; a cheerful doormat who's happy to be walked on. She's not really but it's still frustrating.
@@ameliecarre4783 she's not a door mat. She lives in an abusive household.
@@ameliecarre4783 I can see that, I think that's definitely something that can be perceived, but people are kind of cruel with Cinderella, specially. There's positives about her too! I like to think they made her go through hardships to make her kind personality be a contrast. Maybe to show that she didn't lose her "essence" even in an abusive relationship.
One of my favourite things about Cinderella (especially the orignial animated one) Is that despite living in an extremely abusive household where at the time she HAD to be as submissive to her stepmother as possible in order to maybe end up in a good marriage (because at the time the head of the household would be ensuring the advantageous marriages of the three ladies), Cinderella still remains sweet and kind. She didn't' even go to the ball to specifically meet the Prince. She wanted a night off to dance and have fun. She happened to meet the prince and fall in love with him. And honestly if your options were a prince or a potentially more abusive husband, I'm going with the prince.
The way I always understood the "changing the mother's dress" thing is that the Fairy Godmother took the old dress and transformed the fabric into a new one. Which would indeed mean that Ella is still wearing her mother's dress and she obviously understands that under these circumstances the rules apply way more loosely.
It stands in contrast to how the glass slippers were made from nothing and then were the only part of the outfit that didn't got undone.
So I suppose if Ella hadn't explicitly asked for her mother's dress to stay Ella wouldn't have lost her princess dress after midnight (and she would have had *no time* to get changed before the stepmother and her stepsisters got home)
In my opinion the transformation scene just needed a bit more precise dialogue explaining what "keeping the mother's dress" means.
Guys, when you say at 52:16 that in the original she was discovered because they heard her singing, that is not correct. In the cartoon the mice manage to Retrieve the key from Lady Tremaine po key and deliver it to Cinderella, after a fight against Lucifer the cat. Cinderella gets out of the attic right a Moment Before the Duke is leaving the House and asks to try the slipper on. Lady Tremaine makes the valet trip with her stick and the slipper breaks, but Cinderella takes the other slipper out of her pocket proving she is the girl of the ball. These final scenes in the cartoon are much more better, here Cinderella seems like she has accepted her fate, she is resigned and doesn’t even try to get out of the attic. In the cartoon she has the idea to call Bruno the dog in order to scare Lucifer and get the key the mice Retrieved for her. Then she explicitly ask to try the slipper as her own right. By the way I loved this live action, one of the best alongside with Cruella
I love this interpretation of Cinderella. I remember gasping in theaters when I saw the costumes. I can see why the movie was nominated for an Oscar due to the costume design.
The glass slippers dont disppear because they were a gift from her godmother and not a transformation of what was already there because she took her shoes of to get New, not the old shoes getting tranformed into New ones.
loved your reaction!
greetings from a german/belgian girl living in spain!
I love how they showed a bit more of here childhood in the beginning. And the scenery and set designs are amazing. Love Cinderella’s dress! Everyone they casted played their roles perfectly! Definitely think the stepmother was slowly poisoning Ella’s dad. This is my #1 favorite Disney Princess live action movie! Love y’alls videos. You two do an amazing job!
Cate Blanchet really knocked it out of the fucking park here. Not gonna lie.
If you're looking for more Cinderella adaptions, I can't help but recommend The Slipper and the Rose (very funny and a not well known musical) and of course Ever After (the best cinderella adaption). I'd love to see your reactions. I understand y'all have your own schedule on things, but one day would definitely love to see them.
Great content. Love your commentary. Highlight of my week every time!
Richard Madden is just so stupendously beautiful. He rocked his costumes.
33:00 Zaragoza is an actual place in Spain! Is a capital and municipality from Spain! Which makes sense that the princess is wearing a Spanish outfit although Flamenco isn’t traditionally from Zaragoza but 🙏🏻 we’ll let it pass.
Something small I loved about this movie was how Anastasia didn't ruin Ella's dress, and even looked a little surprised at what her mother and sister were doing. Felt like they were hinting at how nicer she is inside compared to her sister and mother like they did with the Cinderella animated sequels
To date, I have watched 40 adaptations of Cinderella (not including those where many fairy-tale characters appear, such as the Once Upon a Time series). Cinderella isn't even my favorite character, but I find it incredibly satisfying to be able to watch the same story and then pick it apart to see what makes one adaptation better or worse than the others. For those who don't do this kind of thing, this movie is okay, but, for my taste, it and the original Disney cartoon are not even among the top ten most interesting Cinderellas I've ever seen. Classic Disney Cinderella is good for children, and that's okay, but in it Cinderella literally competes for time on the screen with a long version of Tom and Jerry, and this movie gives Cinderella more freedom, shows that she could leave, but doesn't want to, because she cares about the house, and then BOM , and she goes with the prince, regardless of the house. Not the worst possible, but definitely not the best.
DISCLAIMER I have a lot of free time and no friends, so I'll leave it here. Those who read to the end, leave me a shoe in the comments. I think I deserved it
If anyone is interested, here are a few Cinderella's in random order, which are definitely worth attention. No spoilers. Kindoff
Gatta Cenerentola (2017) Cinderella The Cat
Cartoon 18+ A mute maid who lives aboard a luxury liner in the retrofuturistic port of Naples finds out that her evil stepmother wants to marry her to a drug dealer. I had never seen such a story, and the cartoon looked like "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" a year before its release.
Not Cinderella’s Type (2018)
The movie is free on TH-cam and is almost the only movie that focuses on the emotional abuse of Cinderella, and that she needs to be pulled out of a bad family. The movie is obviously on a small budget, and the actors don't play the best, but the theme is well covered. Finally, someone said that the girl was a real victim and brought the case to court.
The Glass Slipper (1955)
There is no magic in the film. The local Cinderella also feels like a real victim, which attracts the prince (questionable, but fair). This is a very strange movie that I would not recommend to young children. Adults are sure to appreciate the strangeness of the events and the connection between the prince and Cinderella. The film also has a special style and a lot of beautiful ballet in the girl's dreams.
Tri orísky pro Popelku (1973) Three Wishes for Cinderella
The first Cinderella girlboss I've ever seen. She does everything herself, but she also has a strong character. This film retells a completely different version of the tale, which I also have not seen anywhere. Without the baptized fairy, but with magic nuts that only hint at what to do next. Cinderella here herself decides to be active and twists the prince around her finger. Several times in a row.
Tre nøtter til Askepott (2021)
An excellent remake of the previous film, which respects the original, but also brings a lot of new things to the story. Even some queer content, which made me very happy
Золушка (1947) Cinderella USSR
I don't know if this film exists in English, but if it does, it's definitely worth a look. Or if you know Russian. This is an absolutely magical film that I grew up in, with great songs and lots of wonderful thoughts that I only began to understand over time. After each re-viewing, I realize something new and adore the movie for it. I'm from Ukraine, so I can watch it in the original, and I don't know if it's possible to watch it in English.
Cinderella (1997)
A successful attempt to create a truly divers cust of Cinderella with Brandy Norwood as Cinderella, Whoopi Goldberg as the Queen and Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother. The Rodgers & Hammerstein's songs are still used in the adaptations on Broadway
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) A nostalgic critic said everything for me . This is a strange sequel that can be respected for it.
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Just because I liked the prince and his song about the place prepared for him in the cemetery. Cinderella is very mediocre here.
Золушка (1979) Cinderella USSR
Free on TH-cam. 20 minutes of cute cartoon with charming music. it doesn't even matter if you know Russian, it's just a visually very nice cartoon. Good for your soul
Ella Enchanted (2004)
A movie that is much better than "Cinderella" 2021 performs Somebody to Love. Everyone knows what kind of movie it is, I'm just reminding you that it exists.
Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
My favorite part of the franchise. Lucy Hale and Freddie Stroma are very cute together and I still listen to songs from this movie. But this whole franchise can be fun if you don't expect too much. In 2021 a new part has already been released. This time with adventures on the farm and a little "Mulan" in the plot.
EverAfter (1998)
Just check it out if you haven't already! The movie completes the list only because I think it is already known to all. I'm still waiting for a Broadway musical. Pieces of rehearsals are available on TH-cam, but there is no video of the whole musical.
P.S. If there are many errors in the text, I apologize. I spent a lot of time writing the comment, but most of the work was done by Google Translate, so I don't know how hard it is to read. Thanks to those who read, if any🤗
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👠 I've also seen "Not Cinderella's Type" (2018) and definitely agree about really liking the fact that they go further in depth with her abuse than other adaptations I've seen. The acting was kind of awkward though and as you said, the budget was clearly small, but otherwise, considering it's only a movie to view for free on youtube, it was pretty mediocre I'd say and could've been worse.
As for "The Slipper and the Rose" (1976), I actually really enjoyed that one. It's in no way perfect and Cinderella's character was a bit lacking in places, but I loved that they dove into the prince's side just a little more and the politics surrounding everything. I also loved how there was a surprisingly large amount of comedy in it, whether it was in a song or a character's dialogue, so it gave the film almost a kind of romantic-comedy feel to it at times. Although I think a lot of the jokes may go over many people's heads, because in older movies the jokes were indirect or more subtle. For me, that just makes the witty and/or sarcastic characters more hilarious. This version also has Richard Chamberlain, who was a really good actor, so that definitely gave it a nice edge for me personally. My only complaints about it would be that because of Cinderella's character writing left some to be desired, the chemistry wasn't as strong. It wasn't bad, but I think some of the magic was missing because the movie seemed to focus a lot more on the prince (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) and created a sort of imbalance in the relationship. My second complaint would be that I think a couple of the musical numbers went on a little longer than necessary. Also, sorry, I'll stop talking about this particular version now.
I have not seen most of the adaptations on your list, however, "Three Wishes for Cinderella" (1973) sounds intriguing, so I'll definitely be checking that one out. I may also check out "Cinderella The Cat" (2017) because that brief synopsis you gave sounds _wild._ Anyways, thanks for taking the time to write your list, it gave me a couple of interesting things to look into. Stay safe and best wishes for your future!
P.S. I edited my wording in a few places using Google Translate, so hopefully it makes more sense on your end than it did originally.
3 Wished For Cinderella (1973) is the one I watch every Christmas since childhood. I may be biased because of nostalgia but I thinks it’s one of the best adaptations I’ve seen. I agree with the girlboss analysis and that’s one of my favourite things about the movie💅🏽✨. I also love the costumes😍
@@RENwood4 You understood correctly, "Cinderella The Cat" (2017) is wild, if you do watch it, share your impressions, I'm very interested) It's not the best and not my favorite Cinderella, but it's definitely unique.
The "Slipper and the Rose" (1976) is the story of a prince, and that's okay. I think if the movie was a little shorter, and if the costumes were better, I would have had a more positive impression. It's just that in this version, Cinderella's dress blends in with the other dresses at the ball. I was interested in the more historical style they chose, but the fact that Cinderella, like most of the other women, wore pastel pink is what ultimately turned me away from this movie. I think this dress also illustrates the underdeveloped and average character of Cinderella in this movie. Although I like the prince here, and sometimes I listen to his song in the cemetery (in the family vault)
"Three Wishes for Cinderella" (1973) is a movie I religiously watched every day for over a month when I was 13) I loved everything I saw so much the first time I watched it I just couldn't stop watching it. It's a Cinderella story with an interesting twist, so I highly recommend it to everyone. Especially for those who think that all Cinderellas are the same. And like I said, the 2021 remake is pretty good too, and I loved it, which is amazing because it's hard to imagine a bigger fan of the original than I am. When watching the remake in the cinema, other people's children asked me to be quiet, because I reacted too emotionally)
Thank you for sharing your impressions. I'm glad it was useful, and that my endless hours of watching and comparing Cinderella were useful to someone)💙💛
The reason the shoe doesn’t change back is actually explained in the dialogue, but it’s easy to miss. Fairy Godmother said “at the last stroke of midnight all will return to what it once was” everything that was transformed returned to what it was…. Except the shoes. The shoes were made from “scratch” with magic, so they have nothing to return to, hence why they stay
I can confirm the "glass slipper could have been fur boots" story. The original French story had her slippers made of "vair", which was a very specific kind of squirrel fur at the time. In French, "vair" and "verre" sound exactly the same. The latter means "glass" (both the kind you make windows with and the kind out of which you drink milk or water). Not sure how we went from vair to verre to glass slippers... but there you go. The original French story had slippers made from vair.
This is one of the Disney remakes I've enjoyed and had fun with. Especially Richard and Lily's chemistry and Cate having the time of her life as the Step-mum. If you're trying out other remakes I highly recommend the 96 "101 Dalmatians". Glenn Close is AMAZING!
My other requests are; Rescuers Down Under, Rise of the Guardians, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Homeward Bound the Incredible Journey, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
They did a great job with this live action adaptation. I'm glad that they changed how Kit and Cinderella met. When I got older, I questioned how the prince seemed to fall for Cinderella almost immediately. This made more sense because you have that chemistry already and he'll be looking for her, specifically, at the ball. I've seen other adaptations where they meet before the ball and it is just more satisfying to me.
One of my favorite childhood memories is reading my mom's fairytale books... they were ancient and damn they were soooooo dark. They were very traditional fairytale stories. The kind that would make Wednesday Adams giggle. I loved them so much.
i remember seeing a disney costume exhibit and they had all of these costumes displayed and they are just as gorgeous in person! especially cinderellas. all of the iridescent fabric caught the light so beautifully. and the skirt was huge! it took up like a quarter of the different live action cinderella ball dresses section
I saw this in theaters with my mom when I had two free movie tickets. We chose Cinderella because nothing else really piqued our interest, but my word what a pleasant surprise the film turned out to be! We actually stayed behind to watch the credits, just to soak in the experience. Truly, one of the most magical of all the live actions Disney has dropped in recent years. You can tell everyone involved was incredibly passionate about the production ✨
I don't see anyone else talking about it, but the reason the glass shoe stayed after the stroke of midnight is because it was made from pure magic. Everything else was made by transforming objects, but the shoes were made from nothing. So it had nothing to transform back into once the magic wore off.
Still THE BEST live action adaptation Disney has done. Everything about this film is perfect.
As you said during the reaction, in the original fairytale written in French, the shoes are made out of “vair” which is an old forgotten word that is a specific kind of fur (very expensive at the time) and not “verre” meaning glass and pronounced the same way :))
its insane how much better the live action Cinderella dress was in comparison to the live action belle dress
To answer the question as to why the shoe doesn't change back: the glass slippers were the only thing the Fairy Godmother made for Ella. Everything else was a transformation from one thing into another, but she had Ella remove her shoes and then fashioned the glass slippers for her out of thin air. It both gives a reason for them to exist after midnight and gives Ella a memento from the evening. Perhaps the Fairy Godmother made the one shoe a bit loose knowing that it'd be important.
Also, I loved this! I'm definitely going to watch more of your videos now. You guys should check out Ever After with Drew Barrymore as a French Renaissance version of Cinderella! (Although all of the beautiful costumes are styled like the Italian Renaissance, for some reason.)
39:06 The Clock striking 12 Sequence is so iconic. I love rewatching because it’s so expertly done.
A lot of people forgive others, not for the other person, but to move on with their own life and leave the past in the past. I think her forgiving the stepmother was not only kindness to the stepmother but to herself and her new journey.
To answer your “age old question” the reason the slippers, didn’t disappear was because it was a gift. Everything else the fairy godmother gave her was something else, she made the slippers out of thin air.
this adaptation had a surprisingly amount of heart and it is gorgeous to look at
When Bippety-boppety-boo started playing in the credits I was thinking "no no no, they are not going to get me" and then 12 seconds later I was dancing around to it like I was 5 again. Ah, good times
“High as a Kit.” HAHAHAHAHA OMG I CAN’T - 😂
Ever after: a cinderella story is my fav live action version. Yall should react to that one. Drew Barrymore stars as cinderella.
It's slightly implied in the original 1955 film that the fairy godmother allowed Cinderella to keep the glass slippers as a souvenir for the night. When Cinderella realizes she still has the glass slipper on her foot, she looks up to the sky and says "oh thank you!"
Wow! Coming from an abusive household. Never heard someone say not to minimize my own experience. Though I have been taught to do just that, all my life. Never heard this said before. Thanks guys . You gave me a whole new level of appreciation for you both ! Hope you read my comment.
Im sorry to hear about your upbringing, but I hope things are improving for you!
Thanks for the feedback and support 😊 - Sam
I think the thing with the Glass Slipper is that the Fairy Godmother made it out of magic, as a gift maybe, but everything else was made of "something" like the dress was made of her mothers dress and so turned back into it, so the Glass Slipper will stay the Glass Slipper that is perfectly moulded to Cinderella's foot.
This is my favourite comfort movie, I could watch (and have watched) this over and over again. The best of all live-action adaptations in my opinion. I also have the biggest crush on Lily James so that makes everything even better 🥰
Also, to throw my two cents into the age-old question of why the shoes stayed as they were: Everything else was transformed from something else and returned to the way it was but the shoes were entirely magiced up and had nothing to turn back into.
A little late to the party, but I thought to give my two cents into the mix. The question of why the shoes did not change back is because everything else was made of something. The dress was changed to the gown, the pumpkin was changed to the carriage, the mice were changed to horses, so they reverted back to what they were before. The glass slippers are something completely new created by the hairy dogfather...I mean fairy godmother (Love the throwback to Sirius) out of nothing. So the shoes didn't have anything to turn back into and thus stayed the same even after midnight. If she had conjured a completely new dress for Ella as well, that would have stayed after midnight, too.
Kenneth Branagh did so well directing this film. The film felt very magical and stayed true to the animation (idk how the real fairytale went so).
This is definitely my favorite version outside of Drew Barrymore's Ever After, despite the horrid accents. This was so incredibly well done by everyone. The redheaded step sister is in Downton Abby just in case anyone recognized her but wasn't sure where from. She played Daisey and the blonde was in a period drama called the Borgias. And it was directed by Kenneth Brannagh
I appreciate how this story brought together first impressions without it being so unbelievably immediate
My favorite Disney remake, fun design with good messages and great acting
boys lemme just say It's NOT a magic thing that the shoe only fits Ella. these shoes are glass, and made SPECIFICALLY for Ella, so it's the exact shape of her foot. and glass doesn't stretch. unless there is someone in that kingdom with the exact footsize and shape and minute tweaks that Ella's foot has, absolutely NO ONE will fit into that slipper
I super recommend looking up China's Cinderella story, which predates what this one is based on by quite a few centuries. It's fun and pretty vicious. One of them (step mother or sister) gets covered in hot sesame oil and ends up eating the other, not knowing that it's people meat or something. It's wild. The fairy godmother is a fish friend. (Edit: Her name is Ye Xian and it dates back to 860ADish, but is properly older.)
There's a great graphic novel that includes the Vietnamese version of the Cinderella story, which is much closer to the Chinese version, called The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen. I super recommend that, too. It's got several Cinderella and other classic fairytale adjacent stories.
I love this version of cinderrella like the costume and sets are just beautifull .I think my favorite would be rodger and hammerstein(1997) but this one is a close second
54:03 I just realized that the centerpieces had butterflies. Maybe they were one of her mothers and that's why it was added to the dress. Parts of her home and memories added to her mother's dress and shoes.
Cinderella is my mother's favorite Disney princess; so I've watched a lot of versions of her story through the years~ My trifecta for Cinderella adaptations has always been:
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
- Ever After: A Cinderella Story
- Ella Enchanted
But this was a perfectly lovely version. It felt a little more fleshed out than the animated without doing a ton of changes to make it "modern" and/or doing the redeem the villian-arc and/or going super dark. It hit that sweetspot that Disney struggles to find with a lot of their remakes for the ones they want to keep closer to the originals^.^
in the original, "Cendrillion ou la Petite Pantoufle de verre" (Cinderella or the little glass slipper) by Charles Perrault the fairy godmother is also Cinderellas aunt and the ball lasts more than one evening.
after losing her shoe while leaving at midnight on the second evening Cinderella brings the other shoe to the prince to prove that she is the girl he is looking for and her fairy godmother transforms her dress again. she forgives her stepsisters and finds them husbands as well.
for some reason the Grimms retelling is much more violent?
in their version there's no fairy godmother. Cinderella plants a hazelnut tree on her mother's grave that she shakes and the dresses either fall out of the tree or the pigeons that help her with her chores give them to her.
the ball lasts three days but Cinderella only attends the second and third night and after leaving at midnight the first time, the prince has the stairs coated in pitch so the shoe sticks to them.
to fit into the shoe one stepsister cuts off her toe, the other a part of her heel and in the end they get their eyes picked out by the pigeons.
i really like this movie because it keeps so much of the original but they also focus on consent and actual character traits/psychology
I think this was one of the first “Live Actions” Disney put out a while back. Also Idk if you’ve guys seen Ever After with Drew Barrymore as Cinderella but they stick more to the French origin of the story.
YES! Oh my God, "Ever After" is SO GOOD!
There are a few royals/rulers that Historians believed did edit their likeness in the past. Queen Sisi of Austria had trouble with body image, some Historians said anorexia specifically, and stopped images of her face from being painted after a certain age. Apparently her disorder was so bad she had a fear of overweight people. A documentary said her daughter even was scared when she met Queen Victoria I for the first time.
This and Ever After with Drew Barrymore are my favorite Cinderella adaptions, they both flesh out the characters beautifully. (Special mention to Cinderella Story with Hilary Duff but it's in a bit of a different league in regards to time periods, more emphasis on comedy, etc.)
I watch this movie a lot to remind myself of my childhood loving Cinderella, to heal my heart from the red wedding, and because Lily James is such a good actress and I love her in almost every project I have seen her in.
In the original story, the mother cuts off one of the daughters toes and the other's hill... the birds also poke their eyes out... and there is quite a violent description :) I love the original stories.
Fun facts :
in english , the exchange at 24:36 is french . BUT in france , the exchange is in italien
The reals « glass » shoes where actually made by Swarovski
The dress was a actual torture, she was sur mesure and heavy the actress playing cinderella couldn’t eat other’s things than apple the time of the making . To assure the fitting
Wait, so when one of the stepsisters afterwards says "I don't know what she said I speak French not Italian" in the English script as a joke for the audience, that's actually legit in the french version? I love that!
I feel like the reason for the glass slipper not disappearing was because the slipper was made purely by magic and not transformed into something. Like for example the mices was turned into horses, the pumpkin was turned into a carriage. So the shoe doesn't have a reason to disappear/retransform because it was made into thin air/magic by the fairy godmother.
to add more:
Fairy godmother said to remove her shoes then made the glass slipper
then she particullary said "at the last stroke of midnight the spell will be broken and *all will return as it once before* "
and since the GLASS SLIPPER IS MAGIC it refused to fit the any other person than ella so thus the glass slipper changes it size so it will not fit to any person
(well this is just my theory)
4:26 Sam, having an eye for niche library binding is an acquired taste. Although I do agree, it looks like a journal.
This movie is truly the best Disney remake.
This is my second favorite live action Cinderella after the Rodgers and Hammerstein version, I remember watching as a child. But I do love this one. I love all the casting choices and the costume design. I do like the fact that "have courage and be kind" is like, the tag line and it's very lovely honestly.
For some reason your comments on how people who are excessively kind are often not kind to themselves, and the diminishing of one's situations and problems in life can be problematic, etc really hit me hard. Guess I needed to hear that today. 👏🏻
56:31 She's actually quoting him when she says "I do so hate myself in paintings." And he quotes her when he says, "Be kind."
I love it so much!!! Definitely Disney’s best live action remake. It made me love Cinderella as a princess more 🤍💙 the story/film teaches such a good lesson and of course it’s really well done. That dress?? I gasped. Anyways love y’all
The antagonists actually were partially the hero. If she wasn’t given that much work and made fun of, she wouldn’t have met the prince in the woods
"why is everyone's parents dying"
"it's disney".. lmaooooo
At 33:01 I don't remember the rest of the kingdoms they talk about, but the Zaragoza one it's actually a real place at least, I can confirm that since it's in Spain! Loved the reaction and tons of love from here 🇪🇸❤️
My theory is, the glass slippers didn't change because each item the fairy godmother created was merely into another form (the mice into horses, the pumpkin into a coach, lizards into footmen, ect..) BUT the slippers were created on her, for her! Which would also explain why they only fit her, they were made for her by her fairy godmother. I'm not sure if that's canon but it makes sense to me 😂
In the scene where the doctor was telling the father about her mother‘s prognosis, they show her sitting there with a close-up of her shoes. Even though she was a young girl then, when she grew up she was wearing the same shoes. It could just be that it wasn’t magic that kept everyone else from not being able to wear the glass slipper. It could be that she just had very small feet. And the fact that the glass slippers did not disappear was most likely due to the fact that they were the only things that were created out of nothing. Everything else was transformed from something else. Also, even though you can barely hear it, I had to turn the captions on to see what was being said, but in that same scene where the doctor was telling the father about the prognosis, you can hear the father saying “that must’ve been very difficult for you.“ Which is what Ella overheard then and which is what she said to the man who delivered the news about her father‘s death later on. Finally, the reason the pumpkin was transformed in the greenhouse was not because the fairy godmother was drunk. It was because the pumpkin was too heavy for her to lift to take outside. Which is why she dropped it after struggling with it. ✌🏻💙💙💙
I think the glass slippers stay the same cause they're brand new! They are the only thing the fairy-godmother made from scratch, everything else was transformed from something: her dress, the horses, etc. That must also be why they've made the dress from the old one, even though it looks completely different, so it would return to its original form!
The theory of why the shoes never changed back was because they were never one item turned into another (pumpkin to a coach, mice to horses, etc). They were the one thing that the Fairy Godmother made new and they didn't disappear at midnight because, in the original Disney version, the FGM let Cinderella keep them to remind her of her time at the ball.
51:14 "Let this poor man GO!" XD