I can't believe I never saw this till now. Well, Farerb, I mostly agree with your excellent post. The Cinderella 2015 live-action remake is just fine. It is just ok. Not even exactly good. Sometimes I flip-flop and decide it's good, but if it is, it is barely good. It's very beautiful, but it's boring. It feels a little redundant to me with parents dying and Ella hitting her low point twice. And it could have used some energy injected into the dialogue and performances. Indeed, Ella should have gotten to be mad and sarcastic sometimes. And fun! Even Cate Blanchett, while she and the screenwriter elevated the film a bit with a stepmother just trying to make a good life for her and her daughters in a man's world, was no Eleanor Audley or Anjelica Huston insofar as excellent stepmothers.
But cutting the film may have made it worse, as all the scenes culminate in feeling like a more full film with a good payoff in the end, in my opinion. I even wish they kept the deleted scene named "Getting to Know You" with Ella and Kit getting more romantic time at the ball. I honestly don't know how they could have fixed the film.
I actually always liked Ella dancing and singing to herself in the attic when she resigned herself to die with her happy memories. My favorite review site also likes the scene. She doesn't think she will ever be saved. She doesn't think the Prince would even think to come to her house and find her. So she does the only thing that will cheer her up if she's just gonna die. Watching the film again last night, yes, you do get the feeling of, "Girl, you gotta make noise or somehow get downstairs before they leave!", but I can see both views of the scene so it still works for me.
I do wanna say, I don't get how Disney's Divinity has a problem with Ella's kindness "being explained" or given a reason. It is not given a reason so much as her mother tells her to use her innate kindness to her advantage, and Ella, by being kind to the animals (in front of the prince so he likes her, to the animals themselves who open the window) and the fairy godmother as a beggar, gets saved by her kindness.
There is one thing that really bothers me though (aside from her pink dress being A) ugly and B) nothing like her blue dress the godmother says is supposed to resemble her pink one), and that is the stupidity of Ella when Lady Tremaine says she will let her wed the prince if she promises to make her the head of the royal household. Why didn't Ella just lie?! I was thinking she should have lied from the first time I saw that scene! It's stupid! So, I made an attempt to fix it it with what you will probably find to be poor dialogue, but, it's what I could come up with: : Lady Tremaine says, "I will give this slipper to the Prince, saying you were the mystery princess, but that you do not wish to marry him, and that instead you give consent for Drisella to wed him. With the slipper he will have proof of your word, and Anastasia will marry a wealthy lord while I become a duchess. You will stay hidden here, in the house you so love, but I will send you enough money to live on. Are we agreed?" Cinderella starts to nod her head, then reaches for the slipper, trying to grab it. Lady Tremaine swings her arm away with the slipper, and it breaks against the wall. Lady Tremaine says, “Look what you’ve done, you imbecile! Well, you can forget ever seeing the outside of your house ever again.” Cinderella says, “Why are you so cruel?” and the rest of the scene goes like in the film as is I guess, or about there.
You can tell me my "fix" is crap or worse than the scene already was or whatever feedback you wanna give, I can take it, I just wanted to see if I could fix the scene. That scene needs to be fixed somehow!![:p]( "Razz")
But cutting the film may have made it worse, as all the scenes culminate in feeling like a more full film with a good payoff in the end, in my opinion. I even wish they kept the deleted scene named "Getting to Know You" with Ella and Kit getting more romantic time at the ball. I honestly don't know how they could have fixed the film.
I actually always liked Ella dancing and singing to herself in the attic when she resigned herself to die with her happy memories. My favorite review site also likes the scene. She doesn't think she will ever be saved. She doesn't think the Prince would even think to come to her house and find her. So she does the only thing that will cheer her up if she's just gonna die. Watching the film again last night, yes, you do get the feeling of, "Girl, you gotta make noise or somehow get downstairs before they leave!", but I can see both views of the scene so it still works for me.
I do wanna say, I don't get how Disney's Divinity has a problem with Ella's kindness "being explained" or given a reason. It is not given a reason so much as her mother tells her to use her innate kindness to her advantage, and Ella, by being kind to the animals (in front of the prince so he likes her, to the animals themselves who open the window) and the fairy godmother as a beggar, gets saved by her kindness.
There is one thing that really bothers me though (aside from her pink dress being A) ugly and B) nothing like her blue dress the godmother says is supposed to resemble her pink one), and that is the stupidity of Ella when Lady Tremaine says she will let her wed the prince if she promises to make her the head of the royal household. Why didn't Ella just lie?! I was thinking she should have lied from the first time I saw that scene! It's stupid! So, I made an attempt to fix it it with what you will probably find to be poor dialogue, but, it's what I could come up with: : Lady Tremaine says, "I will give this slipper to the Prince, saying you were the mystery princess, but that you do not wish to marry him, and that instead you give consent for Drisella to wed him. With the slipper he will have proof of your word, and Anastasia will marry a wealthy lord while I become a duchess. You will stay hidden here, in the house you so love, but I will send you enough money to live on. Are we agreed?" Cinderella starts to nod her head, then reaches for the slipper, trying to grab it. Lady Tremaine swings her arm away with the slipper, and it breaks against the wall. Lady Tremaine says, “Look what you’ve done, you imbecile! Well, you can forget ever seeing the outside of your house ever again.” Cinderella says, “Why are you so cruel?” and the rest of the scene goes like in the film as is I guess, or about there.
You can tell me my "fix" is crap or worse than the scene already was or whatever feedback you wanna give, I can take it, I just wanted to see if I could fix the scene. That scene needs to be fixed somehow!
Statistics: Posted by Disney Duster — Tue May 13, 2025 7:59 am