33 Thoughts I Had While Watching "Cinderella"
I haven't seen Cinderella in a long time, so I'm really excited to watch this. It's never been one of my favorite Disney movies, but I promise I'm still a huge classic Disney movie fan even though I may criticize this one heavily.
- So it begins with the really long opening credit scene that seems like Disney's way of making sure you actually watch the credits.
- Every old Disney movie seems to begin with a voiceover, which has always been something that's kind of bothered me.
- "Jealous of Cinderella's charm and beauty" seems a little sexist to me—are Cinderella's only redeeming qualities her charm and beauty?
- The little birds in this movie are a better alarm clock than I'll ever have.
- "They can't order me to stop dreaming." People overlook this positive message in Cinderella and decide to drag its anti-feminism instead.
- Just a thought: how did Cinderella learn to understand what the mice are saying? And why can't she understand what the other animals are saying?
- Why does Cinderella walk like she's always floating on a cloud?
- "You'd better get rid of those dreams." Cinderella's telling Bruno to forget about his dreams, but she's so adamant about hers? Poor Bruno, even if his dreams are just about chasing cats.
- Jaq being selected to distract Lucifer is me during midterm week.
- Cinderella carrying the tea tray on her head is just like when princesses practice walking with books on their heads in other Disney movies to improve posture—indicating she is worthy of being a princess.
- She just lost her slipper on the stairs—foreshadowing!
- Why does Anastasia not care that the mouse in her teacup was wearing a shirt and shoes?
- Lady Tremaine's entrance is filled with purple, black, and green—indications of evil in Disney movies. Lucifer and Lady Tremaine also have green eyes.
- Marriage for the sake of marriage goes both ways in this movie: the prince is being encouraged to marry just to have kids, just like women in that time period were usually pressured.
- The fact that Cinderella can sing well while her stepsisters can't implies that villains are unappealing in every way (ugly, unable to sing, unintelligent), while the heroine has no flaws (beautiful, optimistic, good singing voice). Also note that the stepsisters' stupidity is highlighted, but nowhere does the movie imply that Cinderella is smart in any way.
- "Every eligible maiden is to attend." What qualifies as eligible? Why is the stepmother not arguing that Cinderella may be ineligible?
- "Leave the sewing to the women!" Well all right, Miss Sexist Mouse. At least all the mice end up helping with the dress.
- The clock is ticking to indicate the time—more foreshadowing.
- Lady Tremaine's room is lit with a green color, again signifying her villainy.
- The Fairy Godmother part of this movie is my favorite part. I'm going to have this song in my head for days.
- "There must be one that would make a suitable mother!" The King is getting ahead of himself with this marriage thing, but after all, this was the only reason he hosted the ball.
- That was sort of rude of the prince to just cut everyone else off to dance with Cinderella.
- How do the stepsisters and stepmother not recognize Cinderella?
- I hate this song. They literally met five minutes ago and they're already convinced this is true love.
- Cinderella, you can wait one minute to tell him your name—or maybe you should have introduced yourself before you professed your love to him?
- The soldiers following Cinderella are in red and black—typical colors of evil—and even though they're not technically villains, they are portrayed as the bad guys in this scene (that is, they have a motive that is different than Cinderella's).
- "Here, have a cigar." A great indication of the time and place of the film. Disney these days would never advocate smoking.
- "You clumsy little fool!" In every Disney movie ever, the villain calls someone a fool.
- Why can't Cinderella be less idiotic and pretend for all of ten minutes that she wasn't at the ball?
- Yes, just stand there and gasp while your stepmother locks the door. Don't try to stop her or anything.
- Those poor dedicated little mice. I love them.
- "But you see...I have the other slipper." What's stopping any girl from recreating the slipper and pretending it was the match?
- What an abrupt wedding and "happy ever after." Surprise.
I really do like this movie, even if it isn't one of my favorites. Cinderella's helplessness gets on my nerves a little bit, but I can't deny that it's a classic. The songs are catchy, and it was one of the first Disney movies I ever watched. I have a soft spot for it despite its sexist messaging.
- So it begins with the really long opening credit scene that seems like Disney's way of making sure you actually watch the credits.
- Every old Disney movie seems to begin with a voiceover, which has always been something that's kind of bothered me.
- "Jealous of Cinderella's charm and beauty" seems a little sexist to me—are Cinderella's only redeeming qualities her charm and beauty?
- The little birds in this movie are a better alarm clock than I'll ever have.
- "They can't order me to stop dreaming." People overlook this positive message in Cinderella and decide to drag its anti-feminism instead.
- Just a thought: how did Cinderella learn to understand what the mice are saying? And why can't she understand what the other animals are saying?
- Why does Cinderella walk like she's always floating on a cloud?
- "You'd better get rid of those dreams." Cinderella's telling Bruno to forget about his dreams, but she's so adamant about hers? Poor Bruno, even if his dreams are just about chasing cats.
- Jaq being selected to distract Lucifer is me during midterm week.
- Cinderella carrying the tea tray on her head is just like when princesses practice walking with books on their heads in other Disney movies to improve posture—indicating she is worthy of being a princess.
- She just lost her slipper on the stairs—foreshadowing!
- Why does Anastasia not care that the mouse in her teacup was wearing a shirt and shoes?
- Lady Tremaine's entrance is filled with purple, black, and green—indications of evil in Disney movies. Lucifer and Lady Tremaine also have green eyes.
- Marriage for the sake of marriage goes both ways in this movie: the prince is being encouraged to marry just to have kids, just like women in that time period were usually pressured.
- The fact that Cinderella can sing well while her stepsisters can't implies that villains are unappealing in every way (ugly, unable to sing, unintelligent), while the heroine has no flaws (beautiful, optimistic, good singing voice). Also note that the stepsisters' stupidity is highlighted, but nowhere does the movie imply that Cinderella is smart in any way.
- "Every eligible maiden is to attend." What qualifies as eligible? Why is the stepmother not arguing that Cinderella may be ineligible?
- "Leave the sewing to the women!" Well all right, Miss Sexist Mouse. At least all the mice end up helping with the dress.
- The clock is ticking to indicate the time—more foreshadowing.
- Lady Tremaine's room is lit with a green color, again signifying her villainy.
- The Fairy Godmother part of this movie is my favorite part. I'm going to have this song in my head for days.
- "There must be one that would make a suitable mother!" The King is getting ahead of himself with this marriage thing, but after all, this was the only reason he hosted the ball.
- That was sort of rude of the prince to just cut everyone else off to dance with Cinderella.
- How do the stepsisters and stepmother not recognize Cinderella?
- I hate this song. They literally met five minutes ago and they're already convinced this is true love.
- Cinderella, you can wait one minute to tell him your name—or maybe you should have introduced yourself before you professed your love to him?
- The soldiers following Cinderella are in red and black—typical colors of evil—and even though they're not technically villains, they are portrayed as the bad guys in this scene (that is, they have a motive that is different than Cinderella's).
- "Here, have a cigar." A great indication of the time and place of the film. Disney these days would never advocate smoking.
- "You clumsy little fool!" In every Disney movie ever, the villain calls someone a fool.
- Why can't Cinderella be less idiotic and pretend for all of ten minutes that she wasn't at the ball?
- Yes, just stand there and gasp while your stepmother locks the door. Don't try to stop her or anything.
- Those poor dedicated little mice. I love them.
- "But you see...I have the other slipper." What's stopping any girl from recreating the slipper and pretending it was the match?
- What an abrupt wedding and "happy ever after." Surprise.
I really do like this movie, even if it isn't one of my favorites. Cinderella's helplessness gets on my nerves a little bit, but I can't deny that it's a classic. The songs are catchy, and it was one of the first Disney movies I ever watched. I have a soft spot for it despite its sexist messaging.
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