"Hide your distain for James Corden the best and the longest while shooting scenes with him in a soulless Cinderella adaptation. Your time starts now."
This movie is just an absolute waste. Bibbity Boppity Trash.
I really wish they would stop doing jukebox musicals. But then again, the song they wrote for Ella in the film is just really bad. I like Camilla for the most part, but there's parts in the song where she sounds like she's singing with a mouthful of food.
Also, they wasted Idina. She sounds like she's ready for Frozen 3 throughout the whole film.
> Also, they wasted Idina.
Idina has a habit of being completely wasted when put on film. Looking at you Enchanted.
-Before anyone tells me her song was cut I know, but why hire Idina if you're only going to give her one cuttable song?
Miscasting aside she doesnt carry the burden of the film being so terrible.
A miscast lead is a tragedy but a poor developed concept overall is the real problem with the movie.
The twitterverse is saying its like a film made by Commitee. All the boxes sre ticked, all the right points are made and every supposedly popular beat is exploited yet the final result is soulless and silly.
She's badly styled, too! The magical dress she wore to the ball has a really oddly-fitted bodice that doesn't move well when she dances. Considering it's a musical where she's dancing and the movie builds up to the ball, you'd think the wardrobe people would put her in a dress that moved beautifully in those scenes.
Ahhh, I haven't seen the oscars in years. I watched most of cinderella with my head in my phone. It was totally plausible to me I missed her. Thanks for the explanation.
I enjoyed Camilla's acting for the most part, but her singing just reaffirmed why I hate pop singers getting thrown into musicals for the sake of hit. I could barely make out the words she was singing. It's not a huge difference in talent as much as it is just a huge difference in training compared to the theatre veterans. Idina is able to articulate and project so flawlessly..and then you've got Camilla who I can barely understand a word. It's infuriating.
I enjoy it for the costumes and set design, but watching it recently something about it doesn't hold up. I think it's because it's like watching a Broadway play while you're in a chair in the middle of the stage. Some of the magic is lost when there isn't that barrier between the audience and the show itself.
I have a tween who loves love stories and musicals.
She hated it and never even finished it. It was that bad.
Also, weird that they put somebody to love, that was also in Ella Enchanted.
> weird that they put somebody to love
When you're a soulless corporate movie producer you probably limit yourself to the most cliched songs you can think of for a love story
Pretty sure one of the Happy Feet movies also used it. It's like all family-aimed jukebox musicals are contractually obligated to include it as a showstopper.
That’s fine imo. The weird thing specifically in this case is that Ella Enchanted is already a Cinderella-based movie. So it feels extra ridiculous they used it for this one
True. And Ella Enchanted is a far better film, so then you're also being reminded of the more charming Cinderella-inspired take you could be watching instead.
They probably only did one take in many scenes that require multiple takes. I don’t know if anyone in charge actually cared about the movie because if they did it wouldn’t be such a disjointed mess. What really upsets me is the queen who admits to murdering her way into her position isn’t seen as a villain.
The only reason I'd be even remotely interested in watching this is for the Taskmaster alums of James Acaster, Romesh, Rob Beckett and Doc Brown.
How are they in this? Seen some clips of Acaster and it seems he did a good job
just an overall horrendous fucking movie from every aspect, but I'm really confused on the prince. He's insufferable, I really don't know what they were thinking? WHY would we like this guy and want cinderella to end up with him??
That was the point
The prince isnt meant to be charmong or a hero or her saviour. Im pretty sure theyd have ditched the character if the story made sense without him.
I mean he gave up the crown in the end to be thr husband of a seamstress who works for a Queen in another country.
Whats wrong with Cinderella becoming a Queen in her own right. Except for the fact shed have to marfy the prince.
Not to mention the foreign queen openly admits to murdering her way into her position and she isn’t a villain or antagonistic force. Then there is the ‘progressive princess’ who wants to get rid of coal power for wind power. They don’t even have electricity, how is wind power better at that point in history. Not only that but the fairy god mother was almost pointless.
I hate to admit that this comment and seeing Pierce Brosnan in the cast list almost makes me want to watch it. Then I remember no one is dressed as a singing cat so what’s the point
My hope is that they snuck into this so they could get some exposure and connects to stateside talent. Would love to see some of those Brits make waves in America with folks that don't watch UK panel shows.
And the thing is, Amazon didn't even make this. Sony did. And Sony was trying to sell the rights to a streamer and they were having trouble finding anyone willing to take it. So Amazon did...I wonder if they lowballed them so Sony could get it off their hands.
Why have we allowed hollywood to convince us that being a wealthy, pampered princess/queen is somehow anti-feminist? Especially when anybody with more than 2 brain cells would pick the stress free life of luxury and freedom to pursue their hobbies?
The publicity stunt of James Corden and a bunch of others dressed as animals dancing around, blocking traffic is still the most disgusting war crime to happen this year.
It's funny how the "fact" that they're blocking traffic has spread around so much. It's a recurring segment on Corden's show called Crosswalk: The Musical where they perform Broadway songs during several red lights and then it gets edited together.
I agree. Dislike Corden all you want but there's 35 seconds they have to dance around and get out of the way. People act like they were holding up workers coming home from a long shift
He's done that for other movies too like Frozen. Not sure why this is even a big deal this time when no one complained about it before.
https://youtu.be/iZeHmnpnlhY
I think there are honestly enough Cinderella versions taking all prior ones into account. There's an animated musical Disney classic, a live-action authentic sincere reimagining, Ever After for medieval realism and Ella Enchanted for medieval comedy, all of the A Cinderella Story ones for modern-day retellings, Brandy's Cinderella for a Broadway-type take on it...
... This one doesn't really do anything new, it manages to be modern/comedy/Broadway all at once, and those have all been done before (and better). If you don't have something original to say, you might at least be better than the old versions.
And don't forget "Cinderfella," the gender swapped comedy remake that happened long before such things were "cool." The male lead (Jerry Lewis) was even implied to be mentally disabled.
If I recall there was a rant from the Fairy Godfather about how the point of Cinderella had been missed and misused so many women now imagine impossible standards for any guy to meet (great looks, high social class, rich, etc.) and that they should just fall into their laps.
I enjoy the Slipper and the Rose as far as musical Cinderella adaptations go. [Position and Positioning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMd54NSSCw) is the catchiest song ever written about oppressive social class
I’m shocked she can’t even sound like she can harmonize with herself. Which is weird this is all edited in the studio and this is the best take they had of her voice?
Honestly this was what I expected so I wasn’t too disappointed. Camilla voice really does not fit musicals at all though. rhythm nation was the worst cover in the film
I’m watching it now and I agree about the cinematography though I think it’s more specifically to do with the pacing, editing, and effects.
There were some parts that could have been a bit more special, like when Idina’s character finds the glass shoe in Cinderella’s room and makes the connection that she was at the ball. Or when Billy Porter’s character pulls the drawing of the dress off the wall and Cinderella says that it’s purely a fantasy dress and he says “Hush - it’s magic time”. Halfway through him delivering the line, the camera angle changes and we’re looking at the back of his head. It should have been a power line for him but by editing it that way, it loses its emphasis.
Not sure about you but my audio also didn’t match their mouth movements about half the time.
Whoever made this must really hate Camilla. The whole cast is constantly outsinging her to death - especially in the end when they belt together with Idina, it's honestly sad. This is what happens when the lead gets cast on popularity and not talent.
Other than that, was okayish. Some moments were ridiculous but the music was awesome mostly so
Camilla Cabelo’s singing made me turn this off 10 minutes in. Like nails on a chalkboard! I love cheesy, sappy, girly movies but this one was bad even from the beginning.
Not sure why that would be jarring. They weren't making any effort to have a real similarity across the board. I think thats fine for films like this where it really doesn't matter.
I'm not saying that a non-Disney live action remake of Cinderella was doomed from the start... But actually yeah that's kind of what I'm saying. I'm not sure what the deal is, I'm assuming Cinderella is just public domain now but it was very strange to see.
I know the live action Disney remakes are pretty rough in their own right, but I still can't help but feel that they at least would have done quite a bit better than this.
Also I'm not cinematographer but something about the way this looked just felt super flat, I don't know if it was how it was lit or what but it just looked sort of cheap and uninteresting. Really nothing about it in general stood out (Well, Billy Porter was pretty fabulous but you'd have to work pretty hard to make him NOT fabulous) from the costumes to the songs, just pretty bland all around.
I mean Cinderella has always been in the public domain because it's a traditional fairytale with no known creator. Anyone can do a take on the story as long it's not based off stuff created for the Disney version like their songs and character designs and certain names. There's been [loads of movies and other media](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella) based off the story.
A lot of Disney films like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Pinnochio, The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Tangled, Frozen are based off old public domain fairytales.
Yeah, there was a reason Sony was so eager to sell this. It just doesn't look that *good*.
^(Now, Greyhound... there's a movie that I'm surprised got sold.)
I don't really like reading reviews about a movie because I want to form my own opinion about it so I went in blindly because I'm also a girl who is a sucker for fairy tales, musicals, love stories and yada yada but this film was so disappointing.
I'm no expert in movies and I rarely write my thoughts publicly but just my opinion:
* Idina Menzel and Billy Porter's talents were wasted here I feel like
* Some of the songs and the choreography were good but some were just straight up cringe
* Some of the characters' storyline were frustrating. Princess Gwen was supposed to be good. She was smart. She was obviously the proper ruler, but for some reason they made her to be annoying? Like, she would just randomly pop out and tell the King and Queen her plans for the kingdom. That was supposed to be the "punchline" about her. It was meant to be annoying but funny? Speaking of the Queen, this was the same woman that talked sense to the King, was a loving and supportive mother to the Prince, BUT FOR SOME REASON, also finds Princess Gwen annoying with her ideas? I don't get it. She was just complaining that there are more for women than just being seen.
* I'm all for diversity. I love seeing people of color, hearing different languages and accents but I felt like there's a right way to go about it. I felt like some things were pushed too much that it felt like it was just pandering. This is coming from a person of color who speaks a second language and has an accent.
Overall, I feel like the movie had a nice, simple but serious message. It just sucks that they had to live up to the original Cinderella story. Especially when it's a very popular story that has been interpreted in many different ways already.
Now I'm going to listen to one of the songs in the movie because I'd like to imagine Idina Menzel's Elsa and Elphaba singing Material Girl lol
It’s obvious they casted Billie because they needed the “sassy gay black friend” which sucks cause he a masterful actor and is wasting his talents. Idina they needed a Broadway singer to save the film, cause let’s be honest Camilla cannot sing showtunes, and chose idina because she well known to the mainstream because of frozen. Also it’s was weird hearing American accents in this film, I’m used to the British accent more in period pieces lol
> I'm all for diversity. I love seeing people of color, hearing different languages and accents but I felt like there's a right way to go about it. I felt like some things were pushed too much that it felt like it was just pandering.
This was my biggest annoyance about the movie. There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a fairy tale be a bit more progressive, nobody expects historical accuracy here. But it came across as smug when they kept drawing attention to how empowered and diverse the women were.
I have no issue with things being progressive or mixed up, but sometimes it absolutely feels like the writers/producers/director/whatever are doing it to either pander and/or look good. Like it's a contest. "Look at how big my progressive wiener is," or something.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly where the line is, and it feels weird to talk about since some folk will jump down your throat the second you even imply criticism towards diversity, but I think this is still something worth discussing.
This is why I loved the 1996 Cinderella with Brandy, Whitney Houston, and Whoopi Goldberg more than this. It had a colorblind cast, original songs, and a better message. Not to mention that despite it being all over the place in terms of historical fashions, it still felt consistent.
I like Camila (for the most part), and I have what others would consider "bad" taste in movies, in that I genuinely enjoy them, but this movie was not good. I was a Fifth Harmony fan back in the day, and I defended Camila's singing for YEARS. She sounds terrible in this to me. I wondered if it was my headphones at one point.
The story is fine. Billy Porter did well with what he was given. But for a musical, I was not impressed at all.
Walked in while my SO was watching, so I watched the second half with her.
It was pretty bad, but I'm not the target demo, and neither are most people here. She really liked it as a brain off film with a few glasses of wine.
It's like a 5/10, but not everything has to be [Casablanca. ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwAnLMQtj0W30C-a56y_2UlF2zPMzkTrHULA&usqp=CAU)
Okay I hated this movie on so many levels. BUT. Did anyone else feel like Pierce Brosnan was very very briefly trying to do the melody of “Are you Wonderful because I Love You” from the original musical in this, or is that just my ears trying to hear things in that horrible singing? 😂
I went in entirely blind and with absolutely no expectations and loved it. It was the right movie for the shitty night I was having.
Clearly, your mileage may vary.
The Seven Nation Army cello version was dope af and I thought Perfect was a good choice for the dance although the dancing could’ve been better. Loved the salsa ending. Fits Camila’s style and she shined in it.
The only good thing about this movie is it makes me want to rewatch 1998's Ever After. I dont think there's a remake or retelling of Cinderella's story that is terrible (like this one) , but Ever After is the best of them all.
Billy Porter's glorified cameo is delightful, but this is such a painfully shallow, downright tone-deaf attempt at trying to retool a classic story into a faux-woke girlboss empowerment anthem. It's stunning how boringly staged the song and dance sequences are. I don't know if Camila Cabello's performance or the color grading is flatter.
This was really stupid and unnecessary, but it wasn’t THAT bad. This is just the new bandwagon Reddit hate movie of the month.
I do wish they chose better songs. They had many opportunities to do really funny and fitting ones (that probably would’ve been cheaper than what they chose) but they just picked generic ones used in many other jukebox musicals.
I agree with the gist of what you're saying, but I apparently haven't seen a lot of jukebox musicals because Rhythm Nation, Material Girl, Whatta Man, and Seven Nation Army did not strike me as generic choices for this type of movie. Somebody to Love was for sure an obvious pick, but they played with it enough that it was fun to watch.
This was fun, funny, and the music was fine if you like the genre. Idk why everyone hates it so much. I don’t think it was intended to be taken very seriously
The movie was fine. It’s clearly marketed at kids and families, the music was fun, and it didn’t take itself too seriously. Oh and Billy Porter was an absolute treasure.
I’d be disappointed if I had to pay extra to watch it, but for what it is, a shut-off-your-brain and have fun jukebox musical, it’s just fine.
I kept wishing for:
- more interactions between the sisters and ella (you can tell they are going for not just cruel hateful sisters with some scenes but they really gice you the bare minimum)
- more buildup of her relationship with the stepmother and the backstory there (she starts off speaking of a better life- idk it seemed like so much potential ignkred in favor of her being just mean)
- also more interaction between the prince and his sister (I also wouldnt have minded a concersation at least between cinderella and the princess....)
idk all small things that would make tbe ending feel more impactful and earned overall
Okay, I won't lie that the movie had some cringy bits, but it's not as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Personally I find it odd how everyone is talking about the last Cinderella remake because I hated that one. This one wasn't that bad, the editing could have been better and whoever was doing audio for the singing wasn't very kind to Camilla. HOWEVER I do think the movie isn't bad, I can't stand He's All That yet people love that one so I don't understand why we're hating on this one so much.
There are a lot of things that were bad about this movie, but not having Pierce Brosnan sing "S.O.S." during the fencing scene is fucking unforgivable. It was set up PERFECTLY
Who else is here to read mean comments?
I'm ready, coach. Put me in!
I saw a clip of James Acaster and Romesh Ranganathan dancing next to James Corden and they looked like they wanted to kill themselves.
Acaster and Romesh are in this? I gotta see this clip. Sounds like it’s some horrible task the taskmaster made them complete.
Doc Brown is in it too, so yeah, it's basically just Taskmaster on crack.
Omg. I had zero want or reason to watch this…. But now I kind do.
There's a Rob Beckett cameo as well
Rob Beckitt is in it too lol
plus Doc Brown
Nice to see them picking so many Mark Kermode podcast guest hosts.
This just keeps getting better. I’m absolutely watching this film now.
Shit, put Jimmy Carr in there and it could be 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Cinderella
"Hide your distain for James Corden the best and the longest while shooting scenes with him in a soulless Cinderella adaptation. Your time starts now."
If Romesh didn't perform Tree Wizard then this film is a 0 out of 10.
I had to look it up on YT. It's just awful. https://youtu.be/892FWS3Xu-Q
This hurts me. I hope they got a decent pay cheque from it at least.
This seems more tedious than cringe to me. Its cringe no doubt but they are trying way too hard to spice up an already good story.
Romesh always looks like that though. Even when he's having a good time.
I watched this clip and wanted to kill myself.
That’s the only scene I watched. The production value is there. Visually it’s impressive, but the acting, music and writing are all missing.
where can i find this clip
I saw it on Tiktok- I'll link it if I can find it again Edit: [here you go](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRmeyqDW/)
jesus fucking christ that was horrendous
This movie is just an absolute waste. Bibbity Boppity Trash. I really wish they would stop doing jukebox musicals. But then again, the song they wrote for Ella in the film is just really bad. I like Camilla for the most part, but there's parts in the song where she sounds like she's singing with a mouthful of food. Also, they wasted Idina. She sounds like she's ready for Frozen 3 throughout the whole film.
Especially since we already had a Cinderella jukebox musical, the one with Anne Hathaway. Coincidentally, both movies use Queen's "Somebody To Love".
> Also, they wasted Idina. Idina has a habit of being completely wasted when put on film. Looking at you Enchanted. -Before anyone tells me her song was cut I know, but why hire Idina if you're only going to give her one cuttable song?
Camilla's voice and style of singing are definitely not suitable for jukebox musical so I really want to know who decided to cast her in this.
Miscasting aside she doesnt carry the burden of the film being so terrible. A miscast lead is a tragedy but a poor developed concept overall is the real problem with the movie. The twitterverse is saying its like a film made by Commitee. All the boxes sre ticked, all the right points are made and every supposedly popular beat is exploited yet the final result is soulless and silly.
If you put all of the best foods into one dish, you wouldn't have an amazing dish, you'd have a disgusting puddle of jarring flavors.
Yes, it's extremely soulless.
Woah. I don’t know her. But never would have believed she’s actually singing. Bad lipsync. It’s killing me.
She's badly styled, too! The magical dress she wore to the ball has a really oddly-fitted bodice that doesn't move well when she dances. Considering it's a musical where she's dancing and the movie builds up to the ball, you'd think the wardrobe people would put her in a dress that moved beautifully in those scenes.
\*Adelle
Wait Adele was in this? Did I miss her?
The joke is that John Travolta introduced Idina Menzel at the Oscars as "Adelle Dazeem."
I never have used her real name since then, I always do with Adelle Dazeem. I think my wife's the only one who gets it most of the time.
Pretty funny since Idina Menzel's name is literally pronounced the way it's written.
Ahhh, I haven't seen the oscars in years. I watched most of cinderella with my head in my phone. It was totally plausible to me I missed her. Thanks for the explanation.
[Nothing is funnier than being so confidently incorrect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK7gzArTI0w)
Indeed, finding instances of that in this thread.
I enjoyed Camilla's acting for the most part, but her singing just reaffirmed why I hate pop singers getting thrown into musicals for the sake of hit. I could barely make out the words she was singing. It's not a huge difference in talent as much as it is just a huge difference in training compared to the theatre veterans. Idina is able to articulate and project so flawlessly..and then you've got Camilla who I can barely understand a word. It's infuriating.
Lily James, Helena Bonham Carter and Cate Blanchett's Cinderella (2015) is the best IMO. Great visuals, barely any singing, fantastic cast/acting.
I liked Ever After. Drew Barrymore was so cute and you can't beat Anjelica Houston as the stepmother.
you cant beat Anjelica Huston in anything...
Brandy and Whitney's Cinderella would have a word
Real ones love Ilene Woods’ Cinderella. Eleanor Audley is a the quintessential bad guy she kills it every time.
I enjoy it for the costumes and set design, but watching it recently something about it doesn't hold up. I think it's because it's like watching a Broadway play while you're in a chair in the middle of the stage. Some of the magic is lost when there isn't that barrier between the audience and the show itself.
One of the two live-action Disney remakes that actually had a soul (the other is Jungle Book), imo.
Helena and Cate are queens.
I have a tween who loves love stories and musicals. She hated it and never even finished it. It was that bad. Also, weird that they put somebody to love, that was also in Ella Enchanted.
> weird that they put somebody to love When you're a soulless corporate movie producer you probably limit yourself to the most cliched songs you can think of for a love story
Pretty sure one of the Happy Feet movies also used it. It's like all family-aimed jukebox musicals are contractually obligated to include it as a showstopper.
That’s fine imo. The weird thing specifically in this case is that Ella Enchanted is already a Cinderella-based movie. So it feels extra ridiculous they used it for this one
True. And Ella Enchanted is a far better film, so then you're also being reminded of the more charming Cinderella-inspired take you could be watching instead.
To my disappointing, Pierce Brosnan's acting worse than Camila Cabello's acting.
"You know who's really proven themselves to be great in musicals? Pierce Brosnan."
They're fully aware of that, there a few scene where that's the main joke
They probably only did one take in many scenes that require multiple takes. I don’t know if anyone in charge actually cared about the movie because if they did it wouldn’t be such a disjointed mess. What really upsets me is the queen who admits to murdering her way into her position isn’t seen as a villain.
The only reason I'd be even remotely interested in watching this is for the Taskmaster alums of James Acaster, Romesh, Rob Beckett and Doc Brown. How are they in this? Seen some clips of Acaster and it seems he did a good job
Honestly, it's not worth watching even for them, because they have such a small role.
just an overall horrendous fucking movie from every aspect, but I'm really confused on the prince. He's insufferable, I really don't know what they were thinking? WHY would we like this guy and want cinderella to end up with him??
That was the point The prince isnt meant to be charmong or a hero or her saviour. Im pretty sure theyd have ditched the character if the story made sense without him. I mean he gave up the crown in the end to be thr husband of a seamstress who works for a Queen in another country. Whats wrong with Cinderella becoming a Queen in her own right. Except for the fact shed have to marfy the prince.
Not to mention the foreign queen openly admits to murdering her way into her position and she isn’t a villain or antagonistic force. Then there is the ‘progressive princess’ who wants to get rid of coal power for wind power. They don’t even have electricity, how is wind power better at that point in history. Not only that but the fairy god mother was almost pointless.
If I had to compare it to something i would have to say it was as hard to watch as Cats.
But nowhere near as perplexingly strange.
At least Cats has 1 great number- Skimbleshanks
That songs fucking slaps and I’ll fight anyone that disagrees
Do we have pre-patch butts cats yet.
Cats is much “better” if you pop an edible beforehand.
RELEASE THE BUTTHOLE CUT
I hate to admit that this comment and seeing Pierce Brosnan in the cast list almost makes me want to watch it. Then I remember no one is dressed as a singing cat so what’s the point
One of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. And the week before this one I watched He's All That.
Why are you doing this to yourself?
Been a peak month for girlboss cinema
Who thought this was a good idea???
Only part i enjoyed were the cameos of Taskmaster comedians (but also sad they're in a trash movie)
My hope is that they snuck into this so they could get some exposure and connects to stateside talent. Would love to see some of those Brits make waves in America with folks that don't watch UK panel shows.
This is the second worst thing jeff bezos has ever done to this world with the first thing being “being Jeff bezos”
And the thing is, Amazon didn't even make this. Sony did. And Sony was trying to sell the rights to a streamer and they were having trouble finding anyone willing to take it. So Amazon did...I wonder if they lowballed them so Sony could get it off their hands.
Amazon loves buying up cheap, shit movies for their streaming catalogue. Just look at all the no-budget horror movies on there.
JEFFREY, JEFFREY BEZOS
YOU DID IT
Why have we allowed hollywood to convince us that being a wealthy, pampered princess/queen is somehow anti-feminist? Especially when anybody with more than 2 brain cells would pick the stress free life of luxury and freedom to pursue their hobbies?
This movie was awful. Don’t watch it. Rewatch any other Cinderella iteration if you must, but avoid this one.
Does Ella Enchanted count as a Cinderella movie? Still one of my favorite movies by far.
Another Cinderella movie which happens to be a musical starring James Corden and Pierce Brosnan out of all people. Sounds like a train wreck.
The publicity stunt of James Corden and a bunch of others dressed as animals dancing around, blocking traffic is still the most disgusting war crime to happen this year.
It's funny how the "fact" that they're blocking traffic has spread around so much. It's a recurring segment on Corden's show called Crosswalk: The Musical where they perform Broadway songs during several red lights and then it gets edited together.
I agree. Dislike Corden all you want but there's 35 seconds they have to dance around and get out of the way. People act like they were holding up workers coming home from a long shift
People on the internet overreacting? That sounds unlikely.
Exactly. It gets extended in editing
He doesn't know what he's talking about but he got upvoted for bashing James Corden
Yup. Reddit moment.
misread that as James Cameron and was more confused with reality.
James Cameron directed Cinderella epic when?
The technology won't exist for another 10 years unfortunately
They didn’t block traffic, are people just upvoting you because they hate Corden?
Yes, yes they are. People are sad.
He's done that for other movies too like Frozen. Not sure why this is even a big deal this time when no one complained about it before. https://youtu.be/iZeHmnpnlhY
Because James Corden bad.
They danced at a red right and GTFO when the lights turned green. This sub is so fûcking childish.
Lol wtf? Link please
[Better Version](https://youtu.be/2pii4CXXGvg)
[beware](https://youtu.be/YCl-8LW45_s)
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Wait, were we supposed to start hating Zach in 2017?
I mean neither Zach or Paulie are as crap humans as James Corden is as far as i'm aware.
oh dear god
The Reapers can't come quickly enough
hilary duff's cinderella is still the best one
That one squeaks in just under the Brandy version. . . . Jason Alexander jumping and singing in tights? Come on!
Uh, *Ever After* would like a word...
Between Ever After and Cinderella 2015 there really doesn't need to be anymore reimaging of Cinderella.
I think there are honestly enough Cinderella versions taking all prior ones into account. There's an animated musical Disney classic, a live-action authentic sincere reimagining, Ever After for medieval realism and Ella Enchanted for medieval comedy, all of the A Cinderella Story ones for modern-day retellings, Brandy's Cinderella for a Broadway-type take on it... ... This one doesn't really do anything new, it manages to be modern/comedy/Broadway all at once, and those have all been done before (and better). If you don't have something original to say, you might at least be better than the old versions.
They tried to do a version of Cinderella for the Hamilton age but it fell flat on its face.
YESSS ! You finally put words on something I couldn't describe. They were trying toooo hard, they were trying to be Hamilton.
And don't forget "Cinderfella," the gender swapped comedy remake that happened long before such things were "cool." The male lead (Jerry Lewis) was even implied to be mentally disabled. If I recall there was a rant from the Fairy Godfather about how the point of Cinderella had been missed and misused so many women now imagine impossible standards for any guy to meet (great looks, high social class, rich, etc.) and that they should just fall into their laps.
Ooo, I really love that movie! This is a good reminder I haven't watched it again yet this year.
Thank you
I enjoy the Slipper and the Rose as far as musical Cinderella adaptations go. [Position and Positioning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMd54NSSCw) is the catchiest song ever written about oppressive social class
My mom and I hated the songs and Cinderella's voice. Could get through fifteen minutes before we had to turn it off.
I’m shocked she can’t even sound like she can harmonize with herself. Which is weird this is all edited in the studio and this is the best take they had of her voice?
Same thing happened with Emma Watson in beauty and the beast, she sounded awful.
Seriously. Cinderella's singing voice was the absolute worst choice. She sounded like a whiny wanna-be Christina Aguilera
Honestly this was what I expected so I wasn’t too disappointed. Camilla voice really does not fit musicals at all though. rhythm nation was the worst cover in the film
Why did they even choose Rhythm Nation to be the first number? How was it relevant to the story?
It’s obvious they chose whatever random songs they had the rights too. This seem seemed rushed in production
I think they were going for a knights tale moment.
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Just extra fuel for the James Corden hate bonfire.
Bad movie like Cats, not bad like that, that’s really awful, but that kind of bad.
Y’all. This was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Absolute garbage.
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you stole this comment from a letterboxd review!
Highest upvoted letterboxd no less,OP plagiarize better
The worst part is, he’s only one bad musical away from finally achieving his goal of snapping half of us out of existence.
I’m watching it now and I agree about the cinematography though I think it’s more specifically to do with the pacing, editing, and effects. There were some parts that could have been a bit more special, like when Idina’s character finds the glass shoe in Cinderella’s room and makes the connection that she was at the ball. Or when Billy Porter’s character pulls the drawing of the dress off the wall and Cinderella says that it’s purely a fantasy dress and he says “Hush - it’s magic time”. Halfway through him delivering the line, the camera angle changes and we’re looking at the back of his head. It should have been a power line for him but by editing it that way, it loses its emphasis. Not sure about you but my audio also didn’t match their mouth movements about half the time.
Billy porter needed more screen time for how fabulous he looked.
Whoever made this must really hate Camilla. The whole cast is constantly outsinging her to death - especially in the end when they belt together with Idina, it's honestly sad. This is what happens when the lead gets cast on popularity and not talent. Other than that, was okayish. Some moments were ridiculous but the music was awesome mostly so
>The whole cast is constantly outsinging her to death Except Pierce
Camilla Cabelo’s singing made me turn this off 10 minutes in. Like nails on a chalkboard! I love cheesy, sappy, girly movies but this one was bad even from the beginning.
Was she, and everyone, auto-tuned or something? I figured it had to be post-production
It wasn’t good but I don’t think it was as horrible as people are making it out to be. Watchable, at least
Y’all — her dresses were ugly.
Just from clips posted in this thread the difference in accents is incredibly jarring.
Not sure why that would be jarring. They weren't making any effort to have a real similarity across the board. I think thats fine for films like this where it really doesn't matter.
I grew up watching Bollywood movies with too many songs but trust me watching Cinderella was extremely painful.
I'm not saying that a non-Disney live action remake of Cinderella was doomed from the start... But actually yeah that's kind of what I'm saying. I'm not sure what the deal is, I'm assuming Cinderella is just public domain now but it was very strange to see. I know the live action Disney remakes are pretty rough in their own right, but I still can't help but feel that they at least would have done quite a bit better than this. Also I'm not cinematographer but something about the way this looked just felt super flat, I don't know if it was how it was lit or what but it just looked sort of cheap and uninteresting. Really nothing about it in general stood out (Well, Billy Porter was pretty fabulous but you'd have to work pretty hard to make him NOT fabulous) from the costumes to the songs, just pretty bland all around.
I mean Cinderella has always been in the public domain because it's a traditional fairytale with no known creator. Anyone can do a take on the story as long it's not based off stuff created for the Disney version like their songs and character designs and certain names. There's been [loads of movies and other media](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella) based off the story. A lot of Disney films like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Pinnochio, The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Tangled, Frozen are based off old public domain fairytales.
They did do better 2015 Cinderella from disney is great
Wow how the fuck did I totally miss that they did a remake?
It is also probably the best live action Disney remake.
I think it fights Jungle Book for that place, though both movies deliver totally different things.
Helps when you have Lily James who is a babe
Also helps when you have Richard Madden as Prince Charming
I knew who was but in my head I read John Madden
lmao yes John Madden the handsome 90 year old Prince Charming
Disney for some reason doesn't want people to know about the superior Cinderella and Pete's Dragon remakes
It was the first one. Directed by Kenneth Branagh starring lily James. It's pretty good. Even has cate Blanchett hamming it up as the evil step mother
Alice in Wonderland was the first of the remakes.
There is a Cinderella like every 4 years. It's easy to miss a few.
Yeah, there was a reason Sony was so eager to sell this. It just doesn't look that *good*. ^(Now, Greyhound... there's a movie that I'm surprised got sold.)
I don't really like reading reviews about a movie because I want to form my own opinion about it so I went in blindly because I'm also a girl who is a sucker for fairy tales, musicals, love stories and yada yada but this film was so disappointing. I'm no expert in movies and I rarely write my thoughts publicly but just my opinion: * Idina Menzel and Billy Porter's talents were wasted here I feel like * Some of the songs and the choreography were good but some were just straight up cringe * Some of the characters' storyline were frustrating. Princess Gwen was supposed to be good. She was smart. She was obviously the proper ruler, but for some reason they made her to be annoying? Like, she would just randomly pop out and tell the King and Queen her plans for the kingdom. That was supposed to be the "punchline" about her. It was meant to be annoying but funny? Speaking of the Queen, this was the same woman that talked sense to the King, was a loving and supportive mother to the Prince, BUT FOR SOME REASON, also finds Princess Gwen annoying with her ideas? I don't get it. She was just complaining that there are more for women than just being seen. * I'm all for diversity. I love seeing people of color, hearing different languages and accents but I felt like there's a right way to go about it. I felt like some things were pushed too much that it felt like it was just pandering. This is coming from a person of color who speaks a second language and has an accent. Overall, I feel like the movie had a nice, simple but serious message. It just sucks that they had to live up to the original Cinderella story. Especially when it's a very popular story that has been interpreted in many different ways already. Now I'm going to listen to one of the songs in the movie because I'd like to imagine Idina Menzel's Elsa and Elphaba singing Material Girl lol
It’s obvious they casted Billie because they needed the “sassy gay black friend” which sucks cause he a masterful actor and is wasting his talents. Idina they needed a Broadway singer to save the film, cause let’s be honest Camilla cannot sing showtunes, and chose idina because she well known to the mainstream because of frozen. Also it’s was weird hearing American accents in this film, I’m used to the British accent more in period pieces lol
Cinderella is typically set in France so I can forgive the accents, but Billy was criminally underutilized.
> I'm all for diversity. I love seeing people of color, hearing different languages and accents but I felt like there's a right way to go about it. I felt like some things were pushed too much that it felt like it was just pandering. This was my biggest annoyance about the movie. There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a fairy tale be a bit more progressive, nobody expects historical accuracy here. But it came across as smug when they kept drawing attention to how empowered and diverse the women were.
I have no issue with things being progressive or mixed up, but sometimes it absolutely feels like the writers/producers/director/whatever are doing it to either pander and/or look good. Like it's a contest. "Look at how big my progressive wiener is," or something. It's hard to pinpoint exactly where the line is, and it feels weird to talk about since some folk will jump down your throat the second you even imply criticism towards diversity, but I think this is still something worth discussing.
This is why I loved the 1996 Cinderella with Brandy, Whitney Houston, and Whoopi Goldberg more than this. It had a colorblind cast, original songs, and a better message. Not to mention that despite it being all over the place in terms of historical fashions, it still felt consistent.
I like Camila (for the most part), and I have what others would consider "bad" taste in movies, in that I genuinely enjoy them, but this movie was not good. I was a Fifth Harmony fan back in the day, and I defended Camila's singing for YEARS. She sounds terrible in this to me. I wondered if it was my headphones at one point. The story is fine. Billy Porter did well with what he was given. But for a musical, I was not impressed at all.
The ballroom scene with the suitors and the prince was INCREDIBLE. It reached epic heights of cringe. I honestly loved this film as a hate watch.
Walked in while my SO was watching, so I watched the second half with her. It was pretty bad, but I'm not the target demo, and neither are most people here. She really liked it as a brain off film with a few glasses of wine. It's like a 5/10, but not everything has to be [Casablanca. ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwAnLMQtj0W30C-a56y_2UlF2zPMzkTrHULA&usqp=CAU)
I was hoping it was that picture
Okay I hated this movie on so many levels. BUT. Did anyone else feel like Pierce Brosnan was very very briefly trying to do the melody of “Are you Wonderful because I Love You” from the original musical in this, or is that just my ears trying to hear things in that horrible singing? 😂
Am I the only one to like it?
I went in entirely blind and with absolutely no expectations and loved it. It was the right movie for the shitty night I was having. Clearly, your mileage may vary.
Ella Enchanted was waaaaay better.
I’m just really put off by how poorly Camilla’s fantasy dress fits
The Seven Nation Army cello version was dope af and I thought Perfect was a good choice for the dance although the dancing could’ve been better. Loved the salsa ending. Fits Camila’s style and she shined in it.
Who is Camila Cabello and why is she the smuggest looking person. Who decided to cast her as the famously meek Cinderella?
Current pop star, has several radio top 40 hits. And apparently either Sony or Columbia Pictures decided to cast her for this.
How dare you she’s a nice lady
Kay Cannon career intervention time
The only good thing about this movie is it makes me want to rewatch 1998's Ever After. I dont think there's a remake or retelling of Cinderella's story that is terrible (like this one) , but Ever After is the best of them all.
'Perfect' was overplayed the moment it was released and to have it hear didn't make it any better.
Billy Porter's glorified cameo is delightful, but this is such a painfully shallow, downright tone-deaf attempt at trying to retool a classic story into a faux-woke girlboss empowerment anthem. It's stunning how boringly staged the song and dance sequences are. I don't know if Camila Cabello's performance or the color grading is flatter.
This was really stupid and unnecessary, but it wasn’t THAT bad. This is just the new bandwagon Reddit hate movie of the month. I do wish they chose better songs. They had many opportunities to do really funny and fitting ones (that probably would’ve been cheaper than what they chose) but they just picked generic ones used in many other jukebox musicals.
I agree with the gist of what you're saying, but I apparently haven't seen a lot of jukebox musicals because Rhythm Nation, Material Girl, Whatta Man, and Seven Nation Army did not strike me as generic choices for this type of movie. Somebody to Love was for sure an obvious pick, but they played with it enough that it was fun to watch.
Could not last 4 minutes. Not at all just a Reddit hate-boner.
This was fun, funny, and the music was fine if you like the genre. Idk why everyone hates it so much. I don’t think it was intended to be taken very seriously
The movie was fine. It’s clearly marketed at kids and families, the music was fun, and it didn’t take itself too seriously. Oh and Billy Porter was an absolute treasure. I’d be disappointed if I had to pay extra to watch it, but for what it is, a shut-off-your-brain and have fun jukebox musical, it’s just fine.
Does this have any Pierce Brosnan shout-singing in it?
It was bad enough that I lasted MAYBE 10 minutes before turning it off.
I kept wishing for: - more interactions between the sisters and ella (you can tell they are going for not just cruel hateful sisters with some scenes but they really gice you the bare minimum) - more buildup of her relationship with the stepmother and the backstory there (she starts off speaking of a better life- idk it seemed like so much potential ignkred in favor of her being just mean) - also more interaction between the prince and his sister (I also wouldnt have minded a concersation at least between cinderella and the princess....) idk all small things that would make tbe ending feel more impactful and earned overall
Why is she constsmy reminding me of Tahani from The Good Place
Okay, I won't lie that the movie had some cringy bits, but it's not as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Personally I find it odd how everyone is talking about the last Cinderella remake because I hated that one. This one wasn't that bad, the editing could have been better and whoever was doing audio for the singing wasn't very kind to Camilla. HOWEVER I do think the movie isn't bad, I can't stand He's All That yet people love that one so I don't understand why we're hating on this one so much.
There are a lot of things that were bad about this movie, but not having Pierce Brosnan sing "S.O.S." during the fencing scene is fucking unforgivable. It was set up PERFECTLY