Hello everybody,
I hope you are having a great day. I finally got to watch Cinderella (last day last show) and I'm glad that I did. It is the perfect fairy tale told as it should be. I think I've watched every movie based on Cinderella and to watch one that sticks to the original is actually refreshing!
The movie sticks to the story that I've read as a kid. Lily James plays the part of Ella well; however, I think they've overdone the 'country girl' look a wee bit. Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger play the role of the step sisters perfectly. Their arrogance and dim-wittedness is apparent from the first scene. Their overdone makeup and gaudy dresses do complete justice to their characters. Lady Tremaine, the evil step-mom is played by Cate Blanchett and is very convincing. Cinderella follows her mother's last words 'have courage and be kind' and never says a word against her step-mother who is super mean to her. There are a few instances in the movie where I felt like punching her in the face and Ella doesn't say a word! Once such instance is when she forbids her from having breakfast at the table. Ella drops and breaks her plate in frustration (in the kitchen of course!) but obeys her step mother. The evil lady also tears up Ella's mother's dress (which is beautiful by the way) just before leaving for the ball. The final punishment that Lady Tremaine and her daughters get for all that they do isn't justified I felt. The fairy godmother is played by Bonham Carter and I think can play any role perfectly. She first appears as an old woman. The makeup for that part has gone completely wrong. She looks very weird as the old lady. But that scene is about 30 seconds long, so it hardly matters. Once she turns into the fairy godmother, she looks a little silly (because of the huge dress and tiny wings) but like a typical fairy godmother. I thought Richard Madden wasn't the ideal choice to play the prince; but he's quite convincing and plays the part well.
Coming to the costumes, first let me talk about the dress. It is amazingly pretty. It is big, glittery and flows! The shoes, and by shoes I mean the shoes, the glass shoes, didn't quite live up to my expectations. With the amount of technology available now, they could have made it look a little more magical. The fairy godmother's wand keeps emitting a kind of glittery magic-y stuff; that should have been added to the shoes as well. If you notice most animated Disney movies have that around magical things. Her everyday clothes were nice, believable yet kind of what I would imagine Cinderella would wear.
The computer effects used for the carriage scene are good and add a bit of humor to the movie. The mice half transformed into horses, Mr. Goose and the lizard footmen look quite funny. That was the only humorous scene in the movie; but of course the movie doesn't belong to that genre so no more of humor is expected than is already present.
Overall, I'd say I loved the movie. Would totally recommend it to you if you liked simple stories with happy endings or if you were into Disney princesses. Even if you were'nt into such movies, I would still recommend it to you because, really, what's not to like in Cinderella especially when its been made by Disney.
If you have watched the movie, do let me know your views in the comments.
Until next time,
Bye! :D
PS: This is the first time I've posted an actual review, I'm not sure if there are any rules to be followed. If there are, please do let me know!
I hope you are having a great day. I finally got to watch Cinderella (last day last show) and I'm glad that I did. It is the perfect fairy tale told as it should be. I think I've watched every movie based on Cinderella and to watch one that sticks to the original is actually refreshing!
The movie sticks to the story that I've read as a kid. Lily James plays the part of Ella well; however, I think they've overdone the 'country girl' look a wee bit. Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger play the role of the step sisters perfectly. Their arrogance and dim-wittedness is apparent from the first scene. Their overdone makeup and gaudy dresses do complete justice to their characters. Lady Tremaine, the evil step-mom is played by Cate Blanchett and is very convincing. Cinderella follows her mother's last words 'have courage and be kind' and never says a word against her step-mother who is super mean to her. There are a few instances in the movie where I felt like punching her in the face and Ella doesn't say a word! Once such instance is when she forbids her from having breakfast at the table. Ella drops and breaks her plate in frustration (in the kitchen of course!) but obeys her step mother. The evil lady also tears up Ella's mother's dress (which is beautiful by the way) just before leaving for the ball. The final punishment that Lady Tremaine and her daughters get for all that they do isn't justified I felt. The fairy godmother is played by Bonham Carter and I think can play any role perfectly. She first appears as an old woman. The makeup for that part has gone completely wrong. She looks very weird as the old lady. But that scene is about 30 seconds long, so it hardly matters. Once she turns into the fairy godmother, she looks a little silly (because of the huge dress and tiny wings) but like a typical fairy godmother. I thought Richard Madden wasn't the ideal choice to play the prince; but he's quite convincing and plays the part well.
Coming to the costumes, first let me talk about the dress. It is amazingly pretty. It is big, glittery and flows! The shoes, and by shoes I mean the shoes, the glass shoes, didn't quite live up to my expectations. With the amount of technology available now, they could have made it look a little more magical. The fairy godmother's wand keeps emitting a kind of glittery magic-y stuff; that should have been added to the shoes as well. If you notice most animated Disney movies have that around magical things. Her everyday clothes were nice, believable yet kind of what I would imagine Cinderella would wear.
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The computer effects used for the carriage scene are good and add a bit of humor to the movie. The mice half transformed into horses, Mr. Goose and the lizard footmen look quite funny. That was the only humorous scene in the movie; but of course the movie doesn't belong to that genre so no more of humor is expected than is already present.
Overall, I'd say I loved the movie. Would totally recommend it to you if you liked simple stories with happy endings or if you were into Disney princesses. Even if you were'nt into such movies, I would still recommend it to you because, really, what's not to like in Cinderella especially when its been made by Disney.
If you have watched the movie, do let me know your views in the comments.
Until next time,
Bye! :D
PS: This is the first time I've posted an actual review, I'm not sure if there are any rules to be followed. If there are, please do let me know!
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