Finally I brought myself to watch the classic to understand what others love and hate so much about this movie. And I've seen exactly what I expected: Entertainment, Cheesiness and purposefully stereotypical characters who are fun to watch. It's definitely not a bad movie and fulfills its purpose, perfect if you want uncomplicated entertainment.
Still I don't see a point in setting my standards differently for this movie, just because it's a classic and a fairytale and I assume nostalgia is the main reason why the overall rating here on IMDb is so high. First of all I don't think Cinderella's character is well written. Her actions often don't make any sense and she falls in love in a ridiculously short time. It also seemed like the writers tried to make her sassy and sarcastic, which is fine, but in this case, I didn't buy it. It's also unrealistic that an actual sassy person would put up with their stepfamily's entitlement, but I see this is of course required for the movie, so the plot needs to deliver reasons why a sassy and confident person is in such a situation. Because of that and some other situations her sassiness seemed inconsistent while there weren't any explanations for this inconsistency.
Also, the first time she sees the prince he behaves in a disgusting way and she's still falling for him immediately. He literally calls her a little girl, which somehow implies that he sees her as a child. I found this dynamic at the beginning really problematic. It gets better as the plot moves forward and I see there was not much awareness for such things in the 70s, still I think that this problem needs to be addressed, especially since the movie is still perceived as a completely innocent and pure movie.
That being said, not every movie needs to have deep and complex characters and solve philosophical problems and this movie achieves its own goal. I don't think the haters hate it for the same reasons I criticized the movie, more because of its cheesiness and frequency it is shown in the TV, which is a disadvantageous combination.
Still I don't see a point in setting my standards differently for this movie, just because it's a classic and a fairytale and I assume nostalgia is the main reason why the overall rating here on IMDb is so high. First of all I don't think Cinderella's character is well written. Her actions often don't make any sense and she falls in love in a ridiculously short time. It also seemed like the writers tried to make her sassy and sarcastic, which is fine, but in this case, I didn't buy it. It's also unrealistic that an actual sassy person would put up with their stepfamily's entitlement, but I see this is of course required for the movie, so the plot needs to deliver reasons why a sassy and confident person is in such a situation. Because of that and some other situations her sassiness seemed inconsistent while there weren't any explanations for this inconsistency.
Also, the first time she sees the prince he behaves in a disgusting way and she's still falling for him immediately. He literally calls her a little girl, which somehow implies that he sees her as a child. I found this dynamic at the beginning really problematic. It gets better as the plot moves forward and I see there was not much awareness for such things in the 70s, still I think that this problem needs to be addressed, especially since the movie is still perceived as a completely innocent and pure movie.
That being said, not every movie needs to have deep and complex characters and solve philosophical problems and this movie achieves its own goal. I don't think the haters hate it for the same reasons I criticized the movie, more because of its cheesiness and frequency it is shown in the TV, which is a disadvantageous combination.