Cinderella (The Wonderful World of Disney) [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Cinderella (The Wonderful World of Disney) [VHS]
Movie Review: My Daughter Loves It!
Summary: 5 Stars
Had to rebuy the DVD version of this movie as someone took or misplaced the VHS version. My daughter absolutely loves it. She loves replaying it with ease. Great Birthday gift for her and just in time on the shipping.
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Movie Review: Cinderella's Face Lift
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an old classic fairy tale which happens to be my favorite. I love the fact that all the characters came from different ethnic backrounds, which made it the movie interesting. My only complaint was that it was a little on the fast side, but the music, dance sequels, costuming, and the charming chemistry shared by these characters were beautiful. If you want your child to know about true love and hope, I recommend this movie.
-S. Abraham
Movie Review: The first version was delightful, this one is even better
Summary: 5 Stars
My first comment to someone was that this later version, with Brandy as Cinderella, is "more colourful." No pun intended; the multiracial cast does add flair, a lot of flair. But somehow this version is just more interesting all around. The characters are more rounded out (take Paolo Montalban as the Prince, for example,) seeming less like two-dimensional stock fairytale characters, more like real personalities. There are more little details, more things going on, such as the marketplace puppet show and the stepsisters shopping for (and quarreling over) clothes in the first scene.
As a child I'd loved the 1964 televison broadcast, which everyone got to view about once a year. After seeing this one, however, I felt the 1964 show was a bit tame by comparison...I didn't notice that Brandi "couldn't act." To me, it seemed she was just playing a quieter, stronger, more serious, perhaps even a bit more cynical Cinderella (could it be that she learned to be more reserved in order to protect herself emotionally, after all those years of scolding?) than Lesley Ann Warren's timid, wide-eyed and very-easily-hurt character (I always identified with the stepsister who notes ominously, "And with very little trouble, I could break her little arm...") Though I've now come to appreciate the special qualities of each of these productions, I would still have to say the second one is my favourite, and my children's favourite as well.
Movie Review: Well, okay they tried?
Summary: 3 Stars
I first saw this production back when it premiered on television. I was about nine years old. I will admit that at the time I did notice that the cast was very diverse, but I never questioned it. I really was not confused. I figured that it was meant to be that way. For me, one of the things that I like, IS the diverse cast. That is probably the only reason that I even liked the film at all.
That said, the colors in this film are way too odd. I understand that it is a fairytale, but they do not need every bright color in the world. Also, they borrowed songs from other musicals. It was not necessary, the show is good without them.
Brandy was probably one of the worst choices that they could have made for Cinderella; especially since Cinderella has to SING. Brandy also cannot act in this. She is so awkward and fake. It is like she is at her first acting class. Whitney Houston was decent, but her singing, of course, was better than her acting. Luckily, she didn't have to act that much. Montalban was fantastic! Then again, he can actually act and sing. Whoopi was funny, but she kind of became annoying by the end of the film. It wasn't her acting, it was just her lines. Bernadette Peters is a good actress, I just didn't like her in this very much.
Movie Review: A Pure Delight!
Summary: 5 Stars
Brandy's Cinderella is the best version of all. Her voice is perfection, her acting genuine and touchingly honest. In comparison 1965's Cinderella, Lesley Ann Warren, sings in a high, reedy voice like fingernails on a chalkboard. Julie Andrews' version is hoary, the singing bland and stilted.
In the 1997 version of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella all the stops have been let out and a timeless masterpiece appears. The production is a starburst of colorful sets, exquisite costumes, tantalizing terpsichore, In this Cinderella the music takes center stage. It is at once sweet, then soulful and always undeniably beautiful.
The first view of the Prince's Ball with the the dancers dressed in flowing, shades of blue, the orchestra blooming into a glorious waltz melody is rapturous, the overhead camera capturing the magic of the couples dancing, whirling in symmetry. This is television magic at its best.
The true beauty of this production, beyond it's acting and music, is that it gives voice to multi-racial America. Why can't a black girl be Cinderella. After all, the story of Cinderella originated in China. If the movie were all black or all Asian, then it could be pushed aside and said it's only for blakc people or Asian people. But the movie is inclusive, showing that fairy tales are not the exclusive domain of white people. Now little black, Asian, white, brown children know they too can be princes and princeses.
If that doesn't sound very important imagine watching television during your childhood and never seeing anyone who looks like you. You loved Oz, but the wizard, Dorothy and even the witch was white.(Ok, the witch was green, but that doesn't count). Your favorite martian was white, Samantha and Darrin were white. You liked them all, but what does looking at a white world do to young, brown, black, or Asian minds. It tells you that you are invisible, you don't count.
Things have changed. Everybody is on tv now. But we still need images that reflect persons of color in positive ways. We too are America. The producer of the production should be very proud.