Cinderella (2021) is a Failure of Magical Proportions

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NGL what upsets me the most about people bashing Cinderella, the OG Disney one, is calling her weak. Think about it, from a young age to adulthood, she was abused mentally, emotionally, and physically by her step mother and sisters BUT she never let that break her as a person. She stayed humble, kind, loving, true to herself and in the end SHE WON. She got out of her hellish life, got to marry a good guy, and got to become a princess. How is someone staying strong in the face of abuse a weak person?

One thing I dislike is how much they want a "modern feminist" Cinderella is missing the fact she is an abuse victim. The fact she can be enslaved and abused but still be kind to other take so much strength and I wish they focus more on that aspect then trying to force in a girlboss message.

Fun fact, Cinderella's dream job was actually completely normal in the story's historical setting! In the 1600-1700's, the dressmaking industry was almost exclusively run by women dressmakers, called mantua-makers at the time. So Disney's "bold take" on Cinderella is actually less progressive than the real-life historical time period it's trying to shidd on.

"Disney princesses are bad influences." So heroism, reading, independence, general kindness, and literally overcoming abuse (and racism) are frowned upon? Are they trying to be blackholes with the density?!

Another thing on the writing, Cinderella wants to be a dressmaker. At the supposed time the film is set, women making clothes was not an unusual thing.

The fact that the way they chose to show cinderella being unlike the other girls by having her be low key extra rude and disrespectful by climbing and siting on the former King's statue and then talking back to the current king when she's told to get off the statue and them trying to frame it as strong girl power is the absolute worse. Especially when in reality if you really did do that there would be big consequences.

“Look at this Disney Princess of woman empowerment! Look at how progressive we are!” Oh, but Merida from Brave isn’t empowering to women? A young girl not wanting to be married away and choosing her own fate, but learning to not be reckless about her actions? And, she wasn’t looking for love, and never ends up with a love interest. Or Tiana, a hard-working African American girl in the old south who made her dreams come true, who didn’t seek love but found it within a supporting partner who was actually broke? Or Mulan, who worked hard and outperformed all of the men in the army and was regarded as a national hero for her courage, bravery, and strength? Again didn’t look for love but found it in a supporting and trusting partner. Or Repunzel from Tangled, who was generally physically stronger and more adaptable than Flint, but main weakness was being ignorant and naive from being manipulated her whole life, but broke out of her imprisonment? She would then even change the whole royal guard to use her weapon because she was so effective with it. And once again, she didn’t look for love, but found it with a supportive partner.

I hate when a "strong woman" character is basically just the character hating men or is disrespectful to people and property because "they aren't like other girls". It really infuriates me as a woman myself- tbh I think the only couple things I liked was the butterfly fairy godmother (he was just kinda fun to watch), and that the step mother WANTED Cinderella to be with the prince and live I the kingdom, so she can be happy and live a dream as well as help herself and her daughters in a sense, because I've just never seen it before in the Cinderella story personally, I found it interesting.

I wish Hollywood would just learn the difference between a strong female character and a strong character that happens to be a female. Yes, there's a difference

I wonder how many people unironically think this movie is good, deep, and complex. I've played video games and read fanfictions with better writing than it.

I despise the misconception that Cinderella was always weak. Little lines come where she mutters under her breath about her frustrations about her stepmother or sisters appear, showing humane emotions where you can see that she does have frustrations about how her stepfamily treats her, but she has the patience to continue her work. She works hard, and she's patient. The point is, she's strong in her situation. People now expect "strong" people to be the outgoing people with their voice loud over everyone else's but that's not the case. Emotionally, Cinderalla is strong. I'd definitely say I wouldn't have the strength not to beat my step family to death from the amount of ridiculous bullshit they say.

Anyone else remember that 90s Cinderella musical with Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, a Korean prince and an almost 0-whites cast, but it STILL managed to be utterly charming to all audiences 'cause the songs were original, the choreography passing, and the talent on point? Yeah...I remember that.

Another weird thing is that freaking TIANA from The Princess and the frog did it better from a stand point of an independent woman which is funny due to her being able to run her business AND being married to Naveen in a 1920s timeline. (ALSO PLEASE EXECUTIVES DO NOT REMAKE TIANA’S STORY IM BEGGING YOU)

I know it's ridiculous to do so in a setting that has rap and borrowed pop music, but I will nitpick the costumes all day long. And I'm sorry to tell y'all this but a woman making her own money isn't exactly revolutionary. Seamstresses have existed forever. However I admit it would be impressive if she was able to make a living off of it, considering her designs are awful.

THANK YOU! I hate when people bash the OG princesses, saying they're "just waiting for a man." No, they weren't! Actually watch the movie! Every one of them had a different story, and were kind and pleasant, despite their circumstances. That's admirable!

I HATE when people call the original Cinderella from the 1950’s version a weak woman. How she’s weak because she never stands up to her abusers and never tries to escape her situation. No no no no. She is not weak. She is a victim of years of abuse. She is constantly tormented and belittled by her family in almost every way. And yet, throughout all of that, she somehow manages to retain her kindness and compassion. And even more amazingly, she somehow manages to keep her positive attitude and never tries to give that up until the dress ripping scene. Also in regard to escaping where is she going to go? She also never asked for the prince to fall in love with her but it was a happy coincidence that she met him while just wanting to go to the ball. She’s the one who won. She got a way out of her shitty situation and ended up with the happiness she deserved. We root for her because of these things. That’s why she’s such a great character. Not every character needs to be physically or mentally strong. The strongest people are the weakest ones on the inside because they push through that pain and still get up every day and try to be compassionate for others anyway. This version of her? What exactly is she compassionate about? Who is she compassionate to besides the butterfly for plot? Where is her kindness? What exactly about her makes her strong? Her being turned into a “girl boss” is not what makes someone necessarily strong and it’s very out of character for Cinderella. And between the insistent songs that don’t fit together, the lack of good writing for the female characters, the Prince being insufferable and the dialogue being awful, this film is just a gigantic cringe fest.

The best use of an existing pop-song in movie is still "I need a hero" in Shrek 2. And I doubt that title is going to be taken any time soon (if ever).

The moment I heard Camila Cabello was the lead role for this, I immediately thought it would be bad. Cinderella is a story about a peasant girl becoming a princess. It teaches young girls that no matter their status, they can be important to someone else. The moment they cast a popular musical artist in the role, it undermines the meaning of the original story. It basically makes young girls think they have to have qualities and talents only celebrities have. I just don’t think this works at all in retelling the story nor being modern. It will become dated quickly and eventually forgotten and hated. That’s just how it works. If they casted Cinderella as some unknown actor and used original songs, it would’ve possible been passable

I just thought of a way to make a Cinderella story that doesn’t make romance the most important part of her story, but doesn’t undermine romance like this movie seems to do. Have it focus a lot on Cinderella’s desire to have a family, she wants a family since what she thought could be a family with her stepmother and stepsisters didn’t work out because they are cruel and abusive towards her. Have her go to the ball and have her interact with not just the prince, but also other members of his family too and the royal family represents the type of family she wants not because of their status, but because they care about each other. Also have the royal family impressed with Cinderella because of her kindness and many other positive traits that she had displayed throughout the story and have them be just as invested in finding the girl at the ball as the prince was because they like her and they also want the prince to be with the person he fell in love with. Have it be a triumph for Cinderella that she not only found love in the prince, but got the family she always desired.