Disney's Cinderella [DVD]

I must tell I'm not a fan of this kind of movies. Reading so much praise and enjoying Dysney movies, I ordered the DVD. After watching it I was so impressed that I ordered the Bluray. All the movie is beautiful, the way the story is told, the colours, thelighting, the shadows are incredible, and so is Cinderella blue dress, and the special effects. The Fairy Godmother is beautiful, clumsy, funny and her dress it shines with an ethereal look. Of course the center of the movie is when Cinderella enters the ballroom, with her dress shining over everything else, you can see her vision of the bright ballroom, and then you see her, as she goes down the stairs like floating. And when she dances with te prince is what I do consider one of the most beautiful glamour scenes I ever seen, with Cinderella dancing and kind of flying with her beautiful dress with little sparks like stars, spinning around while she dances. But first she talks so unbielievably soft to the prince, waving is head like a little girl. The story is well known but what matters is the way that it is told. If you love fantasy movies, and you are young or less young I recommend it.

This film is absolutely charming. I am a huge Disney fan and adore the original cartoon, so was a little sceptical about this film. However, it's a masterpiece. Everything from the score to the costumes to the sets to the CGI is a dream, and I could watch it again and again!It sticks to the traditional story of Cinderella - the death of her mother, and the entrance of her step family, and then death of her father. The abuse Ella suffers from her stepmother is definitely far more obvious in this version and has the potential to be quite distressing at times, and the fleshing out of Ella's stepmother makes this all the more disturbing as they humanise her. Still, there is humour and charm and delightfulness all round, and the consistent kindness of Ella is what makes this film such a delight.It's a really visually bright film with a great message, and is a real work of art and clearly a labour of love. A film for anyone of any age!

Beautifully shot with great casting. If you enjoy pure fantasy and innocent escapism, then this is for you. Children will love it, but so will adults who want a break from entertainment that is cynical, violent, and mediocre. I especially loved the royal palace, which is so exquisite and grandiose that you'll wish you lived there, too. Helena Bonham Carter is excellent as the fairy godmother, and the 'ugly' sisters are made ugly on the inside rather than the outside, which is far more politically correct for our times, haha, though their taste in clothes is bad enough for us to see their 'ugliness' in plain sight, too. Cate Blanchet steals the show as the wicked stepmother, who is given more depth in her role than the usual single dimension afforded by other versions. We see that she is twisted by her past as well as just mean, self-serving and grasping. All in all, wonderful entertainment for all the family.

Giving this latest cinematic version of Cinderella a star rating is problematic because of its very nature.If you're a grown adult and especially if you are male then there's a good chance you will consider the whole film to be a twee and cloying exercise that lacks depth, pace or genuine drama. It looks stunning, but that's about it. Even the script is pretty banal and the fact that the movie relies on a very extensive voice over to signpost things like character development rather than letting them be implicit in the narrative says a great deal. Frankly, excluding a half decent performance by Kate Blanchett, I found myself bored by the whole, slight affair and would award it two stars at best.As a forty-something adult however, I am not the film's target audience. That is quite obviously tween-age and teen-age girls, and I suspect that for them Cinderella ticks pretty much all the right boxes. Certainly family members within the target demographic and their friends all seemed to love it, as did some of their mothers. Asked to rate it they'd almost certainly give it four to five stars.So, on balance it seems only fair to give it four stars, but with the proviso that you probably need to be sub-eighteen and more than likely female for that review to apply. For everyone else, if you're looking for a genuinely smart and funny fairy tale with genuine adult appeal and which looks gorgeous I would recommend Matthew Vaughan's 'Stardust' over this any day of the week.

good film top seller

Good value

I enjoyed this film because it brought out the child in me! Magical.

This is a brilliant re telling old an old fairy tale, Well scripted by Disney ! this nixes up live action with modle generated/computer images, to creat a new telling of an old fairy tale this is worth showing to the younger generation, well done !!! 10/10