As one of the most
beloved animated Disney films in 1950, Cinderella has left a deep impression
for me. I watched the reboot of Cinderella a few years ago and it is hard to
believe the 1950s had such amazing visual designs. The stylings of Cinderella
produced by Mary Blair gave such a magical, dreamlike quality that makes me
engage into the movie.
Although it did not have the most realistic ideology,
"No matter how your
heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come
true",
the story itself is instrumental for children’s development and
being optimistic is helpful in dealing with situations.
As a wonderful and almost flawless tale, Cinderella’s small
characters such as Bruno the dog, Lucifer the Cat and especially Gus the mouse
certainly added an element to the beloved story.
The wonderful music and sounding in the movie helped to evoke
audiences’ emotions and affection to certain characters.
The usage of color contrast between villains(step mother, the
cat) and Cinderella is decisive and can easily create character stereotypes as
the bright and dark side of the story.
I appreciated the brilliant animation, the clever plot
turns and humors. The animation is very well done, and brings me right into the
scene with characters. The animation also does well portraying the styles of
the backgrounds, at Cinderella’s home and the grand ballroom of the kingdom.
The humor from the mice is a fundamental element in the movie that was one of
the spotlight in the film
The movie is not made
for accurate depictions, but to bring audiences into the life of Cinderella and
see her lovely characteristics and cheerful spirit even in miserable
situations.
Something about this movie just evokes the magic of Disney. And
it was the reason behind further successes in Disney’s films.
Although I do not find
Cinderella as my style of movie, I can see why it had been such a popular
children film in the past half a century and continues to be an ever-lasting
tale.
However, Disney’s films might seemed slightly redundant, where female
characters were always saved by male protagonists. Although Cinderella is an
optimistic, hard-working and loving lady, she is not able to escape from her living
condition and continues to be tormented by her step mother until the Magic of
old lady saved her.
The unrealistic side of magic showed the fact that women at that time
period were still not strong enough to make a difference for themselves and
these messages can be viewed as biased; however, it is an accurate description
of women in 1940s where they required the support from men.
As magical as it seemed, Cinderella is still a product of the
decade and cannot escape some of the biases. However, Disney’s magic is
constantly evolving and its movies nowadays have much more dynamic within the
women characters.
Cinderella is
definitely a classic animation that fully represented Disney’s values in its
production: fun, idealistic, and fantasy-like wonderment, its goals are to
attract, inspire, and entertain youngsters while bring them into a fantasy land
where hope and magic are essential parts of the universe. And the magic
remained in many peoples’ hearts.
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