Cinderella (2005, DVD)

When I was a little girl, I was in love with the Disney s Classic feature, Cinderella. I could have gone to the movies for hours upon end and watch the feature over and over again. During that time as well I had a board game of Cinderella and I would sit and play it for hours by myself because my little brothers thought it was too sissy to play with a girl s toy! I didn t care though. I had a dream in my heart and like the song said, No how matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true. But is it right to have little girls dream like this.

Even though we already own Cinderella on DVD, I couldn t resist adding the Cinderella Special Addition DVD to our collection, since it is a favorite in this house. The Plot In this animated Disney version of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella is orphaned after the death of her father. Her stepmother forces her to work as a servant in her own home. With the help of some animal friends and her fairy godmother Cinderella manages to attend a ball, meet her prince charming and live happily ever after. The Look and Feel For its release to DVD, Cinderella has been remastered and the results are...

In an effort to revive his sagging animation department, Walt Disney turned once again to a fairy tale. This time around, he chose one of the best known and oldest of them all, Cinderella. The tale is familiar. A beautiful girl is abused by her stepmother and stepsisters and forced to work as their slave. When a ball is given for all the eligible maidens in the kingdom, Cinderella dreams of going too, only to have her hopes dashed at the last minute. With a gift of magic, she is able to go, but only until the stroke of midnight. The story is so well known, if fact, that any story about an...

This rags to riches tale has been told in its own way in practically every country around the world. It has been made into many movies as well, and while my favorite will always be the Rodgers and Hammerstein version, Disney s Cinderella is certainly a delight. Cinderella is a sweet teenager who lives with her unfeeling stepmother and two nasty stepsisters. She uncomplainingly does all of their dirty work, finding reprieve as she sings to her friends, the animals. All the farm animals adore her, and the house mice provide comfort and amusement in her darkest hours. Only Lucifer, her...