Cinderella Live-Blog

Just like The Little Mermaid, it has been a long time since I've seen this film.

Between the music and the display, seems so old!

The song seems to be foreshadowing and also it talks quite fondly about Cinderella, but I'm guess we will be seeing scenes soon of people who don't think fondly of her.

The whole thing isn't going to be still drawings, is it? Nevermind

Unlike normal villains, the stepmother has green eyes.

Cinderella staying upbeat and positive and mostly unaffected by the abuse might send messages that it is weak to be affected by it.

No one wakes up like that!

This talking to animals thing is pretty annoying and sad.

Music is reflective of rodents when Cinderella is checking the mouse trap. Same with when the cat is walking.  

Cat didn't "take the blame" just like a classic villain according to Warner.

Musical scoring is by far the best part so far.

Super relatable when Gus goes for the extra bread (or is it cheese) thing and then it all pops out.

All this stuff with the animals seems so unnecessary to the plot.

Step-mother's room is all dark and purple.  Step-mother has short, grey hair, a deeper voice, sharp features.  Typical villain.

LOL at the crown shaped glass shatter. Super realistic.

The bad singing/flute is hilarious.
She can't read :( :( :( :(

Step-mother's voice is higher when talking to the step-sisters than to Cinderella

"Leave the sewing to the women." Good.  Quite a strict gender role.

The step-sister ball gowns are just humorous.  Those 2 characters just generally look silly.

Fairy godmother looks like a typical, lovable grandma - smiling all the time, a little overweight, white hair, big round eyes.

This movie would make me think that clothes (especially the more ornate and expensive) cause beauty.

The time limit presented by the fairy godmother seems a lot like that presented by Ursula... I guess here it was with good intention.  I'm suspicious.

How the heck did the stepmother and step sisters not recognize Cinderella.  I know she was all dolled up but that is just ridiculous.

I want a bed that bounces like that!!!!

Is this where "if the shoe fits" comes from?

The tea being like jelly was great.  Made me feel like I'm watching a very accurate film.

A glass slipper doesn't even make sense though.

She is liberated by this man!

Her pursuit of a man as being the central theme of the movie is much more reasonable than in a lot of the Disney films.  For Cinderella, getting married meant liberation from her step-family that treated her so miserably.  The pursuit of freedom from a terrible life is noble and admirable. 

I can get on board with this film a lot more than The Little Mermaid.  The central theme was more understandable and aside from the line about leaving the sewing to the women, it didn't seem as gender-stereotypy.

I think this film could have been about half the length and not lost any of the main or tangential themes.  It seemed like it contained a lot of unnecessary stuff that didn't even make it more enjoyable.