Funny thing about Cinderella, it's easy to forget that she never wanted to marry a prince. With all the 5 star weddings where the bride insists on being in a reproduction of Cinderella's carriage, to all the snotty brats who want to dress as Cinderella and have everything their way, I seemed to forget just how much it sucked to actually be Cinderella.
Your father dies, then your step-mom wastes all your family money, and then you become an indentured servant in your own home. Take a moment and let that sink in. The place where you have Happy Childhood memories with your father who loved you, is now the place where you are emotionally abused and forced to work all day, everyday to the point where you are talking with mice. This is not a good thing. Through all this, she somehow stays a nice person. Her big dream: one night at a ball. Not bagging a husband, she just wanted one good day. She didn't even know she met the prince, did you know that? The whole appeal of Cinderella is that she didn't need the whole carriage and the happily ever after, she just needed one new happy memory to keep her going. The whole future Queen thing was a happy by product. I think that's pretty cool. Oh, and the movie really holds up. And the mice: awesome! That's right world, I'm a 26 year-old married man, and I love Cinderella.
9/10
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