Unlike in Ever After, there we have a Prince who didn't want to be King, but after meeting and falling for "Cinderella" was inspired by her morals and world views to want to be a good King.

Exactly I hated the prince's characterization because it was so shallow. Especially giving him a "I choose Me" line. It felt meaningless cause what he wanted was to just drink and foxhunt with the boys. It had way less weight than Cinderella. Like if you want that phrase to have meaning, make sure when ya use it it always has weight behind it. If someone tries a feminist take, on a story like this, I hope they make the men competent. You don't have to make men dumb to make women smart. It's annoying, sexist, and frankly overdone.

You've all echoed my thoughts exactly; I'm so frustrated with the "stupid" male love interests, it does feel sexist and pretentious, like it insults our intelligence somehow. I'm also tired of the "I'm not like my dad" trope, which seems to be the only character arc they can give to the male lead; all the relationships feel so contrived and unbelievable. Even Ella Enchanted did the romance better, and it wasn't perfect. At least Charmont wasn't instantly smitten with Ella; he did find her attitude refreshing, but their affection for each other was gradual and natural (albeit still in a short timeframe). They complimented each other; Ella in particular believing that Charmont could be a good king and make a positive impact for the kingdom, and he felt that was possible with her in his life. They actually make change happen, which wouldn't be possible if Ella made Charmont abdicate the throne for her. Anastasia is even better; that film is proper female empowerment, with great chemistry between the leads and brilliant character development. Dimitri is charming (and most importantly, smart!), the relationship is equal and believable. At least we'll always have the classics.

@@dreamer24-79 Anastasia is forever a legendary movie.

@@khmerchef ever after is forever my top cinderella movie and it has been since i was little

Same, I see what they were shooting for, but they lacked the nuance to achieve it.

This comment 100%."This is a feminist take on cinderella" oh i'm sorry, was the desire to escape from an abusive household and managing to maintain a kind heart in the face of adversity not feminist enough for you?

For an expansion on that last line I suggest The Take's "Cinderella" review. She was not a weak, fragile & spoiled girl - she wanted to escape abuse and took the only way out she could. The prince didn't "save her" she saved HERSELF.

That's a perfect sum up of the Cinderella character that I love. The 1952 animated Cinderella is still my favorite, even Disney and other companies f the original idea up. Mini rant: A few years ago there was a Hallmark Ornament of Cinderella holding a soap bubble like in the sing sweet nightingale scene, problem is THERE WAS A SCENE OF HER AND THE PRINCE DANCING IN THE-MINI BUBBLE , not here reflection, like she was longing for him but the Sweet sing nightingale happened BEFORE she knew anything of the prince or ball. SHE DOENST CARE ABOUT GETTING MARRIED, SHE CRIED AND FLUNG HERSELF ON THE GARDEN BENCH IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE SHE WAS AT HER BREAKING POINT not because she wanted to meet the prince. 🙄

@@misssteak1290 God, you said is SO well.

Omg, good point 😂😂😂

The stepmother actually made her daughters do all the job that cinderella did because she wants to show them what's life going to be like if they don't marry big.

@@giannegomed2209 Huh. She's actually teaching them well and not well at the same time.

I agree with you and i'm your 1,000 like

The whole time, Cinderella had the easy job.

That´s why I was hoping Cinderella to end with the princess or just not having a love interest in the end

@@vilwarin5635 THISS ^^^

i geniunely thought bc it was a modern intrepretation that the prince would be gay, would just be friends w cinderella and support her business 😭😭😭

@@iwakeupandboomimarat I also thought he was gay lol, and he would be her partner in business. Maybe bringing the money and high paying clients, while she did the desining and sewing. He had great marketing ideas, like dressing the princess in Ella's gown, why don't expand on that? They could create Ella&prince couture house

@@vilwarin5635 i would love to see an adaption that does that !! plus it could cover the stigma of being lgbt in such a traditional family with a large focus on heterosexual marriage, like a royal family

Yh I agree with t you do but for me its a 3/10 just cause its hard for me to hate things and I did like some of the songs

yess ella enchanted is so good

I agree on all points except about Ella Enchanted that movie is an absolute disgrace to the books they ripped out everything interesting and insightful. The movie's only redeeming value is the origami line.

I agree with everything besides the Ella Enchantment part, that movie was just as bad as this Cinderella.

@@Labinzel that is actually pretty fair, it isn’t like the book at all (which bothers me too), but I still did enjoy the movie a lot. I think that I just view the book and the movie as separate stories that share some similarities here and there.

Can you tell me who James Corden is and why is he a bad person? I really dont know who he is😭

@@jacksonsd_ thanks! LMAO ima check that video out

@@Nayy.yrocks rip to your eyeballs

I- Go off....I guess.

Lmao😭😭😭😭

Omg adding Shawn would have SAVED it

@@ChoaticPotato agree

no ofc thats not shawn mendes thats literally bootleg ansel elgort

He committed a hate crime with his hip thrusting 😭😭😭

@@SophiaPhannn I'm sorry to all who saw it. You, me, the poor innocents in the cars.

@@SophiaPhannn HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT CAMILA LIKE THAT HER VOICE IS POPPY BUT THAT’S WHAT THIS CINDERELLA IS SUPPOSED TO BE SHE’S DIFFERENT AND THAT’S WHY SHE’S SPECIAL

@@superspiderfan2099 yo isn't Camilla racist? Imagine defending a racist😶

@@user-kt3qm8jy8y Right? A racist that had to take classes to understand how NOT to be a racist. Couldn't be me.

Oooh you got me excited all over again for Enchanted 2 lol

@@skinni_the_P00hBear HAHAHAHA ME TOO

And the villain was named Narissa lol

Oh really? Fun fun!

She wasn't even bad in Enchanted though?

That annoyed me so much. They made it a point to say and show it only worked for the prince. So it shouldn't have worked for the queen. They could've fixed it by saying only, the prince and the queen. Or have her find out it was Cinderella by having the prince tell her, "the dress my sister is wearing is by Ella's designs". I feel like they forget their own rule and just hoped no one would notice.

Imagine, instead of blabbering like an idiot towards the queen, Ella had been humble instead and said it wasn't *her* dress because she would have never been able to make this by hand (because it was, in fact, made by magic and she had said to the fab godmother that it would never work before the spell. So why wouldn't she go with it? She designed it, yes. But it wasn't *made* by her. Instead of the blatantly girl-boss characterization, this might have actually given her depth.). Then later, the prince would turn out to be the one telling the foreign queen that Ella designed the dress, as proof that he supports her, because he was the only effing soul to be able to clarify that as he was the only exception to the spell. Cherry on top of it all if he actually wanted the throne and was good at ruling. That would have made it so much more impactful. (though I did enjoy the sister character a lot more than anyone else on the movie. But they could have had a pretty good sibling rivalry too, with her being always on eye-level and yet still getting ignored because, in the end, she's just a girl). It was pretty clear from the beginning that he in fact did not really want to rule and that his sister is a better choice. So it was the "easy" solution for this movie to have him give up the throne and spend his days with Ella, which made it all the more obvious. No real conflict imo.

@@CazuhLynn Or they could fix it by changing her line by saying that the dress she is wearing is made from a girl in the market or something like that, it was a easy thing to do. And what you say it make the character 100 better than the ones in the movies, their romance would have way more meaning...

@@LOSTmyHOST Damn yes, that would also be a perfect solution. I didn't even realise that.

Exactly! We already have Ever After, Ella Enchanted, Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Cinderella 2015, & Hallmark's A Cinderella Christmas (from 2016) to fill that quota for us; not to mention all five of them are *increasingly* much more enjoyable AND less-forced.

For real!! I’m tired of all these Cinderella remakes!! I’m glad we’re doing other Princess live action films. Like Tangled we’re getting that & will watch it. Beauty & the Beasts should have been better thou

Even in the cinderella with Hillary Duff she made it to college so... 😖

@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose I did need Billy Porter as in Cinderella but... Not like this.

Ever After is one. Drew Barrymores character is bad ass there. She fights for freedom and she even saved herself in the end and doesnt need the prince to save her. Its a bonus that the prince fell in love with her and they got married. The prince fell in love with her personality, wit and bravery, aside from her beauty. So yeah, Ever After is the only Cinderella adaptation that I need.

“Sometimes being free means choosing not to go, but to stay” I love that movie 😭

I LOVE The Princess and the Pauper!

Erika really is the blueprint for the girlboss, and I'm here for it.

I loved this movie. 🎶I'm just like you, you're just like me🎶

Barbie movies had done more for feminism than whole Hollywood "woke & feminist" filmography

I really like this idea!

wait but this is a great idea

omg i would totally watch this!!

This fanfic I would read

I’m kind of over the awkward girl archetype. What I’d like to see is Prince Charming not be “Prince Charming”. Like in this one, I was just thinking, “What if James Acaster just stayed human and she ran off with the mouse man that supported her dreams and knows her instead of weird drunk fox hunting dude bro?

I legitimately love this quote

“Just cause I’m a meathead doesn’t mean I’m not a feminist” -Also Knuckles

James Corden is the producer I think. Plus the movie was his idea. So yeah they had to give him this many scenes 😂😂

i love how James Corden is capitalised and no preamble other than his name

@@jess9722 James Corden is his own trigger warning at this point.

Why is James Corden becoming synonymous with questionable CGI. The more movies this man does the more he grates on my nerves like boy just stop while you're ahead

the 'JAMES CORDEN' HAHAHAHAH poor guy

@@dancingdyonysis INCLUDING Doctor Who

Yeah, it was like a Taskmaster reunion - such a shame because they are all actually really funny in real life.

@@littlemissmello fr, I was like damn there are some good ppl in here but they really couldn’t showcase their talent

What drink was it? COKE

It was black ink 🙃

@@kakeface2009 oop yes sorry

She seemed like my mom lmao.....shut up I'm totally fine 😂

Rodger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella had the best music out of every Cinderella remake!!

Amen!

how can you forget Ella Enchanted with Anne Hathaway???? its def my top second after Brandy's Cinderella

Ever after of drew barrymore, still the best!

Girl same, those are my top 3 tbh.

At least they’re having fun Who cares about the audience just as long as the cast is having fun AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

@@J.P.Robles i mean it’s for children

@@lll.24601 AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

@@lll.24601 Kids have standards too. When I was in the third grade my school was treated to a musical that lampooned fairytales in the same vein as this film does with modern lingo, music, and so on. A house packed with nearly eight hundred small easily amused children and not one laugh was heard. Nor a mere chuckle. Nothing.

@@kaykutcher2103 Exactly, for real! I remember we had to do schoolplays and watch other's. We had to attend. I remember saying that: "If this would be an actual good play, they wouldn't have to force us to watch it. It's obvious nobody would care otherwise."

I LOVE that movie!!! It deserves more praise imo

agreed

Agreed!!

Best Cinderella movie ever!

Nahh what about three hazelnuts for Cinderella with Libuše Šafránková? Best Cinderella movie ever

All the TikTok ads actually made it look quite good and then the full film was an absolute nightmare to get through 😩

Yep, all the way down to the use of "Somebody to Love" & the casting of Minnie Driver. C'mon Kay Cannon that movie is underrated enough as it is, you didn't *have* to practically steal from it! 🙄

You liked the costumes? The costumes

@@BabyGirlTiny yeah. I thought they were pretty. Especially the gowns at the ball.

@@BeeKee404 They were quinceañera dresses.

Ella Enchanted is sooooooooo much supervisor.

CINDERELLA A TWIST IN TIME IS SOOOO GOOD LOL

Ever after is a favorite of mine too!!!

the live action remake from like 2015 i think was really good too

Ever After is so underrated but so good.

@@yukijames1321 Agreed. It was one of my faves because the singing was superior.

White male privilege?

The only Cinderella movies I care about ^

You're missing "The Slipper and the Rose" (another musical version which actually gave the prince some dimension, too). I also enjoyed the second Rogers & Hammerstein Cinderella (Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella; Stuart Damon as the Prince)--I only saw the real original once (Julie Andrews as Cinderella).

Hollywood’s way of flicking our forehead

Every day I pray that we'll soon be free from the shackles of James Corden.

fun fact: every second youre not running, james corden gets closer

I remember when he was just that guy on doctor who

It's so fucking weird here. Do the writers think mice don't have dicks? And did nobody correct them???

The transformation from monarch butterfly to Billy Porter in a gorgeous gold-orange dress was the best scene in the whole movie. Not gonna lie, having the FG first appear as a (seemingly-ugly) caterpillar that (Cinder)Ella rescues was a cool way to have them meet. 🦋 Edit: The FG mocking the mice the same way they mocked them was also a nice touch. (Using 'them' because FG is meant to be genderless in this film).

This movie gained traction just from Billy and Idina's presence. Let's be honest lol

honestly i love jukebox musicals and the only song i can stand is whatta man/seven nation army, and even then it feels like it has some major tempo issues

@@Lill2895 Legit the only reason I watched this movie was for Billy Porter

Also a little counterintuitive to realize that she is a designer and yet goes to the ball in a gown she didn't design. Like why?

If the puke emoji was summarized without the use of words you get that atrocity and the dress she was wearing

@@janeryan2709 Unfortunately, my little sister wanted me to watch this flaming pile of garbage with her and billy porter actually used one of her designs and just made it real

@@janeryan2709 Well, she did design it, she just didn't make it.

The dress looks good in theory, on paper, but it's not made for moving around, at all.

for real! seeing that film when it was originally released changed my life, and i was just 6 years old at the time. i honestly credit drew's speech about utopia as the beginnings of my existence as a leftist (ain't it sad that it's been literally half a millennia since utopia was written and very little has changed regarding capitalism and classism?? love that for us haHa!!!) and the scene where she throws the prince over her shoulder is still everything. also HER DRESS AT THE BALL?? y'all need to go and look at close up pics because it's STUNNING! i still can't listen to "put your arms around me" by texas without weeping like a baby. they should've just stopped making cinderella adaptations after the one two punch of 1997 and 1998.

Right Only one song is by a Hispanic artist. Like if you want that credit, Actually give good representation! They made a Latina Cinderella so bland. Especially in comparison to the other women at the ball repping their culture. Like Cinderella who?

I wish they would have waited to make the “first” Latina Cinderella (technically Selena Gomez played in the Cinderella Story in 2008). I wish the industry would have given a talented UNKNOWN Latina a role as Cinderella with a stunning (non-pop) voice and far superior script than what was given here. But as time has already shown, there will be future opportunities.

@@lee-tl8lt Oh, really? Thank you for informing me. : )

THISSSSSSS

Sounds just like my list of he’s all that

Lmfao

Yeah, me too I loved that!!

Omg it’s invisible

I love it

It also focused on Ella's struggles and her trying to regain her free will. Here, it never felt like Cinderella was ever in any real danger or abuse since she never really is seen cleaning or doing household chores and given that she has enough time to make multiple dresses by hand shows that she must have a lot of time on her hands since I sew and it takes hours to make a single dress.

Nah, in terms of relevance and progressivism, this movie was inoffensive and not bad. In terms of the dialogues, music, costumes, and literally everything else, this movie is super cringe.

And the funny thing is, movies like this are not even progressive. The "girlboss" concept isn't very progressive. It just wants women to also participate in the same shitty systems that men do, which isn't progress.

@@hope3290 Hello. I've been trying to understand what this girlboss concept is about. Well, I'll probably look it up later. I also want to understand how it comes into this generic movie, though. I respect your opinion and don't think I have it all figured out! Right now to me, all Cinderella did in this was want to be a designer more than marrying the prince she saw twice. I can't say the prince dropped everything for her, because he didn't feel like being the king in the first place and only truly wanted to after thinking it could lead to her being his wife. He'll probably still be rich and maybe even find something he wants to do. Also, I don't know how the movie specifically fits into wanting women to participate in the same crappy systems men do (the following is most likely a misunderstanding by me). Should women only participate in the better systems? This doesn't seem like equality. Maybe the issue was that she wasn't making it better for everyone regardless of gender? But this doesn't seem to be what you're saying. If the actual point is for women to be able to create their own systems or something, then Cinderella wanted to go work under a queen doing what she always wanted to do, and the princess is preparing to be queen (she won't be able to do whatever she feels she needs to at first, but of course hurdles are still expected). Cinderella did want to show women all around the world that she could follow her dreams, but that's cheesy at worst. The Cinderella in this movie just doesn't seem to have enough going for her in my opinion to think that her attitude related to her "woman success" (or whatever the girlboss term is about) is out there. She just seems... normal. Ah, wait. All I saw of the movie was from this review. Oops.

@@janeryan2709 I think the ModernGurlz review did a really good job pointing out just how shallow and pandery this movie’s progressivism is. Like… really hypocritical and shallow and just nonsensical.

aaahhh I LOVE Tři oříšky pro Popelku, THE Cinderella story of my childhood. So happy to see it mentioned! Cinderella is such a character there. And the Prince has really fun personality too. Not to mention small but hilarious scenes of the King and Queen's banter

@@Manka__Kasha Omg yes!! The dynamic between the Prince and his two friends was great. Plus I love the King and Queen's banter because they obviously love each other! In other versions there's either no Queen at all (dead) or their relationship seems to be completely non-existent. I think the ending is so cute as well when they're busy riding off into the distance while his teacher shouts at him for missing his lessons - it really pushes home that they're just a couple of teens. It's a complete contrast to other versions where the Prince and Cinderella are grown adults and it doesn't REALLY make sense that the Prince hasn't been married to anyone yet.

it would be VERY hard to watch, but in a gritty, historical way

Actually, it originated from Egypt about a Greek slave.

You’ll jinx the possibility of that ever happening So by all means keep on saying it

the taste is just way too high with this one, i love it!

THIS!!! 👏👏👏

I 100% agree. Also I’m glad your grandma got out of that situation