This movie has been sitting in my Amazon watchlist for over a year. I was just never in the mood to watch it, and couldn't bring myself to pay the rental fee to sit through it. When I saw it for free on YouTube, I though "what the heck... why not?"
It wasn't terrible, but I feel like it was a movie that didn't need to be made. The classic tale of Cinderella has been told so many times before, so if you're not able to surpass one of the countless versions that already exist... why even try?
I'm a huge fan of the Disney Versions and Ever After, but this did not live up to any of those. I feel like a lot of corners were cut... for instance, I'm pretty sure Cinderella's glass Slippers were just the Jimmy Choo heels that were created as a promotion for the 2015 Cinderella movie from Disney. Now, that's just lazy! The scenery in this movie was, admittedly, very beautiful. The snow covered mountains, Norwegian landscapes, and Nordic village were breathtaking, but everything else was just sorta... meh!
Maybe there was just something lost in the English dubbing... I'm not sure. It just didn't do it for me!
It wasn't terrible, but I feel like it was a movie that didn't need to be made. The classic tale of Cinderella has been told so many times before, so if you're not able to surpass one of the countless versions that already exist... why even try?
I'm a huge fan of the Disney Versions and Ever After, but this did not live up to any of those. I feel like a lot of corners were cut... for instance, I'm pretty sure Cinderella's glass Slippers were just the Jimmy Choo heels that were created as a promotion for the 2015 Cinderella movie from Disney. Now, that's just lazy! The scenery in this movie was, admittedly, very beautiful. The snow covered mountains, Norwegian landscapes, and Nordic village were breathtaking, but everything else was just sorta... meh!
Maybe there was just something lost in the English dubbing... I'm not sure. It just didn't do it for me!