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    Cinderella

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    Cinderella is such a rip-off film! Is this live action film really necessary when Cinderella in every medium has been done to death? I have no thanks for Kenneth Branagh who brought this story back to life. Admittedly, there are some ravishing moments, but the over-all effect of the movie is not for me. Helena Bonham Carter makes for a cooky godmother, but Kate Blanchett as the step-mother totally misses the boat, her costumes not helping in any way. The performance is almost campy! Despite the fairy tale element, I don't think this is a film for very young children. I will not be taking my four and five year olds. They simply don't have the cognitive skills to fully understand the darker elements that inhabit our world or for that matter a fairy tale world that presents negatives. Fairy tales can be mean and ugly presenting a dark side of human nature the young should not witness. Having just seen CINDERELLA ( LA CENERENTOLA ) an opera by Rossini live on stage with sets and costumes that bedazzle, the film felt very anti-climactic. I probably should have seen it months later. The major beef is that this story has been seen or read a hundred times before and Branagh brings absolutely nothing new to it. A bit more vision, even if the story had been somewhat juggled around a bit, would have been a HUGE BONUS! The point of filming or staging something known by all is TO BRING SOME NOVELTY to it without destroying the overall effect of the tale.

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    pietroantoni@  13.3.2015 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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