Disney's Cinderella (1950)
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Cinderella: Movie
Review
There is good and evil in the world, but if we believe, then good things will find us. Cinderella is a movie filled with life lessons; it teaches children to not give up, that everyone has rough points in their lives but if we try hard and believe life can turn around for the better. There is also the lesson that not all people are good in the world. This message relates personally to me based on a level of bullying. The step sisters throughout the movie are perceived as bullies to Cinderella, but she eventually changes her life when she meets the prince and leaves the bullies behind her. When I was younger I was bullied in school by other students that were similar to how Cinderella’s step sisters were bullies to her, I would sometimes start to find myself believing in the terrible things they were saying about me. I took Cinderella’s advice and changed my life, I found a new group of friends that were kind to me and I learned to accept myself.
When I was a child I loved watching Cinderella, I always believed in love and happiness and Cinderella taught me that prince charming is out there somewhere. Even though I have seen Cinderella a million times as a child, but as an adult I found new elements I never noted before, which made the story unfold in a different way. For example, when Cinderella lost her shoe on the stairs at home in the beginning of the movie, it foreshadowed the later event of losing her shoe again at the ball. I also really liked the sound elements; the background sounds had me feeling the emotions that the character was feeling. For example, the ringing of the bells and the step sisters were yelling “Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella” as she was getting the breakfast ready I could feel the rush and the pressure she was being put under by her stepsisters.
Cinderella shows good and evil forces. At the beginning of the movie Cinderella is happy with her father and new family, then her father dies and her life turns for the worse and she feels like nothing good can come from her life. One day a fairy godmother appears and turns her life around. Since this is a Disney movie and all Disney movies teach a lesson, Cinderella teaches the audience a lesson. The notion of good and evil in Cinderella’s life teaches the audience that life can have tough moments, but if one believes and tries to put their best self forward then their life can change for the better.
The characters in Cinderella relate to people in real life. Not everyone is kind in real life, sometimes we encounter people who are mean. There is a set of characters throughout the movie who are seen as good, and others not so much. The good characters preserved in the movie are the Fairy Godmother, Cinderella, and the mice. These characters are seen as kind human beings, because they put other people’s needs before their own. For example, the mice risk their lives of being attacked by the cat to get the beads and other supplies to make Cinderella a dress for the ball. The cat is seen as a bully to the mice in the movie, and it is similar to the way Cinderella is treated by her step family as well.
This movie shows a great change in a character’s life. Our main character, Cinderella had a terrible life at the beginning. She was treated as a servant by her step family after her father passed away, and she was treated as poor in an economic sense, she did not have nice clothes to wear to a ball, and she lived in a small room in the attic. At the end of the movie, Cinderella’s life changes completely. Once she meets and marries the prince she becomes royalty, she is treated well by others and she becomes somewhat of a wealthier class on the economic scale, by giving up her room in the attic to living in a palace. I think the notion of change in the main character’s life is the strongest point in the movie, because it teaches us as audience members that our lives have potential to evolve for the better.
The characters in the movie bring the story together. Two of the characters that stood out the most to me were Cinderella and Lucifer. These characters are complete opposites, which makes the film comparison more interesting. Cinderella symbolizes hope. She is the good character who shows the audience that life has tough moments but if we do not let it get us down then we can find a better life. Lucifer, the stepmother’s cat, symbolizes evil and rudeness. I looked up the term Lucifer in the dictionary, and it means devil or Satan. I would have never caught this name as being something so symbolic when I watched it as a child but now it brings a whole new meaning to the movie. The cat is literally perceived as evil, with his facial expressions and the way he treats Cinderella like dirt. He even draws clear signs of Satan, I do not know how I never noticed this before. Throughout the movie the step family and even the cat think they are above Cinderella.
Cinderella’s life changes the most in the garden scene when the Fairy Godmother uses her magic and recreates Cinderella and changes her life forever. Then ironically she ends up being above the other characters who thought little of her. The shoe was an important element in this movie, and I think it is interesting to say now the shoe is on the other foot, once Cinderella becomes royalty the step family are still living their old lives, minus their servant they had in Cinderella. Now that Cinderella is gone they have to step into her shoes and take on the roles of the chores, which I think is funny, because now they can feel how she felt all her life.
As an audience member I thought Cinderella was well written but there were a few items that I did not like. What I did not like about the movie was the lack of realism at the ball, how did the stepsisters not recognize Cinderella, I never caught this as a child but now watching it as an adult, I wonder how they could not recognize her, she is the same person just dressed differently. Is the way we dressed the only way we are identified by people? I feel this is the message the writers send in this scene and I think they should be teaching children that we are more than what we wear.
There were other parts of the movie I did like; I liked how the music throughout the movie was catchy and relatable. I also liked some of the life lessons taught throughout the movie, about how we can go through tough parts in our lives, but if we believe and try hard then the good will eventually find its way into our lives as well. Cinderella helped me throughout my life, not necessarily through finding a prince charming but through the lesson of changing our lives for the better. This lesson can relate to all audience members on a large continuum, so I encourage others to watch this movie and learn from it as well.
There is good and evil in the world, but if we believe, then good things will find us. Cinderella is a movie filled with life lessons; it teaches children to not give up, that everyone has rough points in their lives but if we try hard and believe life can turn around for the better. There is also the lesson that not all people are good in the world. This message relates personally to me based on a level of bullying. The step sisters throughout the movie are perceived as bullies to Cinderella, but she eventually changes her life when she meets the prince and leaves the bullies behind her. When I was younger I was bullied in school by other students that were similar to how Cinderella’s step sisters were bullies to her, I would sometimes start to find myself believing in the terrible things they were saying about me. I took Cinderella’s advice and changed my life, I found a new group of friends that were kind to me and I learned to accept myself.
When I was a child I loved watching Cinderella, I always believed in love and happiness and Cinderella taught me that prince charming is out there somewhere. Even though I have seen Cinderella a million times as a child, but as an adult I found new elements I never noted before, which made the story unfold in a different way. For example, when Cinderella lost her shoe on the stairs at home in the beginning of the movie, it foreshadowed the later event of losing her shoe again at the ball. I also really liked the sound elements; the background sounds had me feeling the emotions that the character was feeling. For example, the ringing of the bells and the step sisters were yelling “Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella” as she was getting the breakfast ready I could feel the rush and the pressure she was being put under by her stepsisters.
Cinderella shows good and evil forces. At the beginning of the movie Cinderella is happy with her father and new family, then her father dies and her life turns for the worse and she feels like nothing good can come from her life. One day a fairy godmother appears and turns her life around. Since this is a Disney movie and all Disney movies teach a lesson, Cinderella teaches the audience a lesson. The notion of good and evil in Cinderella’s life teaches the audience that life can have tough moments, but if one believes and tries to put their best self forward then their life can change for the better.
The characters in Cinderella relate to people in real life. Not everyone is kind in real life, sometimes we encounter people who are mean. There is a set of characters throughout the movie who are seen as good, and others not so much. The good characters preserved in the movie are the Fairy Godmother, Cinderella, and the mice. These characters are seen as kind human beings, because they put other people’s needs before their own. For example, the mice risk their lives of being attacked by the cat to get the beads and other supplies to make Cinderella a dress for the ball. The cat is seen as a bully to the mice in the movie, and it is similar to the way Cinderella is treated by her step family as well.
This movie shows a great change in a character’s life. Our main character, Cinderella had a terrible life at the beginning. She was treated as a servant by her step family after her father passed away, and she was treated as poor in an economic sense, she did not have nice clothes to wear to a ball, and she lived in a small room in the attic. At the end of the movie, Cinderella’s life changes completely. Once she meets and marries the prince she becomes royalty, she is treated well by others and she becomes somewhat of a wealthier class on the economic scale, by giving up her room in the attic to living in a palace. I think the notion of change in the main character’s life is the strongest point in the movie, because it teaches us as audience members that our lives have potential to evolve for the better.
The characters in the movie bring the story together. Two of the characters that stood out the most to me were Cinderella and Lucifer. These characters are complete opposites, which makes the film comparison more interesting. Cinderella symbolizes hope. She is the good character who shows the audience that life has tough moments but if we do not let it get us down then we can find a better life. Lucifer, the stepmother’s cat, symbolizes evil and rudeness. I looked up the term Lucifer in the dictionary, and it means devil or Satan. I would have never caught this name as being something so symbolic when I watched it as a child but now it brings a whole new meaning to the movie. The cat is literally perceived as evil, with his facial expressions and the way he treats Cinderella like dirt. He even draws clear signs of Satan, I do not know how I never noticed this before. Throughout the movie the step family and even the cat think they are above Cinderella.
Cinderella’s life changes the most in the garden scene when the Fairy Godmother uses her magic and recreates Cinderella and changes her life forever. Then ironically she ends up being above the other characters who thought little of her. The shoe was an important element in this movie, and I think it is interesting to say now the shoe is on the other foot, once Cinderella becomes royalty the step family are still living their old lives, minus their servant they had in Cinderella. Now that Cinderella is gone they have to step into her shoes and take on the roles of the chores, which I think is funny, because now they can feel how she felt all her life.
As an audience member I thought Cinderella was well written but there were a few items that I did not like. What I did not like about the movie was the lack of realism at the ball, how did the stepsisters not recognize Cinderella, I never caught this as a child but now watching it as an adult, I wonder how they could not recognize her, she is the same person just dressed differently. Is the way we dressed the only way we are identified by people? I feel this is the message the writers send in this scene and I think they should be teaching children that we are more than what we wear.
There were other parts of the movie I did like; I liked how the music throughout the movie was catchy and relatable. I also liked some of the life lessons taught throughout the movie, about how we can go through tough parts in our lives, but if we believe and try hard then the good will eventually find its way into our lives as well. Cinderella helped me throughout my life, not necessarily through finding a prince charming but through the lesson of changing our lives for the better. This lesson can relate to all audience members on a large continuum, so I encourage others to watch this movie and learn from it as well.
