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DVD Cinderella II - Dreams Come True
Disney continues to "sequelize" its classic features. With smart foresight, the filmmakers choose to go with three snappy short films to comprise this 73-minute feature with the Fairy Godmother granting wishes to various characters. In the opening short, Cinderella must pursue life as queen. Several feathers are ruffled as she brings her down-home ways to the castle (bring the commoners in and open those darn curtains). In the other tales, one of Cinderella's animal pals receives a chance to see the world quite differently, and finally, Anastasia, Cinderella's formerly evil stepsister, finds love with a little help. As with the other sequels, the look of the film helps bridge the distance between the original and the sequel (here over 50 years) and it comes together seamlessly. Little ones from ages 4 to 9 should be entertained while purists may be a bit aghast. --Doug Thomas
This is the WORST Disney sequel on earth!!! Instead of a FULL movie, it turned into being THREE different stories, written by Cinderella's stupid little rat-friends.
I thought it was very annoying how they got sarcastic sometimes... (Like when Gus gasps in fright when he sees a can of Prunes.) Like I said: "STOP MESSING UP THE CLASSICS!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP MESSING UP THE CLASSICS!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP MESSING UP THE CLASSICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
WHY??
Why? This is a total waste of time and money on Disney's part. They just don't have that "magic" that they had in the 90's. I hope something happens because some of the animated movies are losing credibility. JMHO
Plus & Minus.
+ It's one of those "I don't know why I like it because I know most of it is horrible but I do like it somehow anyway!" movies.
+ The simplistic, light, peaches-and-cream storylines are enjoyable to watch and allow for the use of imagination to add to them.
+ The music is admittedly catchy. The tunes can't touch the songs of Disney classics, but this *is* more of a series of after-the-fact Cinderella cartoons; wouldn't it have been slightly embarrassing to waste outstanding music?
+ Pom Pom the white cat attacking `Sir Hugh' is very funny when seen in slo-mo.
+ So is the bit with the King and the elephant.
+ In the previous film, the prince had wanted to have as many choices as possible at the ball, so of course everyone--including commoners--had been invited. In the first story (and the best story) of this movie, you see what life is like in the castle & the strict royal rules that must be enforced until Cinderella gets away with shaking things up. Luckily for her, the King is easily persuaded (just dump some chocolate pudding on his head), and basically says, "S'alright, this ish is acceptable." Yo.
+ It gets laughs at parts that I think were intended for laughing. `Hyah!'
+ Rather interesting characters for a sequel. Beatrice, Daphne, Prudence, Pom Pom, Sir Hugh, and yes, that Countess LeGrande.
+ The Grand Duke gets a girl! He and Prudence--a perfect pair.
+ So Anastasia is redeemed in this movie! How nice. Though when they took up the task of doing the ugly stepsisters, they really took the ugly part seriously. Even Drusilla seems to be enlightening toward the end. Only thing is, her change into a romantic person who falls very suddenly in love with a random village baker doesn't seem totally genuine. He doesn't have much reason to just hook up with her, but he does.
+ There are a number of couples in the movie--Cinderella and the Prince, Jacques and Mary, Lucifer and Pom Pom, Prudence and the Grand Duke, the Countess and Hugh, & Anastasia and the Baker. Great if you like that sort of thing. Only problem with that is, you end up feeling much more for other couples than for the one that was supposed to be the focus of the movie in the first place, which was Cinderella and her `true love' prince.
- It isn't so much a sequel as a string of cartoons à la the Jasmine and Ariel videos.
- It doesn't attempt to be very profound, like "The Lion King II," but at least it isn't a complete disaster like the sequels to Tarzan, Lady and the Tramp, the Little Mermaid, and so many others.
- The lack of Prince. Cinderella apparently has her happy-ever-after without him. It might be "Into the Woods" ringing in my head but I'd bet he's offscreen for almost the entire film probably messing around with someone else. 'Sorry I have to rush off on important matters of state' my foot. Not only is his relationship with Cinderella made out to be superficial, but his flat personality is too.
- The movie builds up to an ending where all Cinderella does is read a poorly crafted book of stories that happened to them all in the castle, made by her rodent and avian friends with some help from the Fairy Godmother.
- For the most part the animation and writing are decent, at least, but there are instances where this quality drops and it's pretty laughable (ie, some of the mice dialogue, Cinderella's two-pinprick nose in the beginning, Gus's quip about a `big chair' for Princess Cinderelly, the `at least I can stay up past midnight,' and the whole Anastasia/Baker thing.)
- The second story is about the Fairy Godmother transforming Jacques the dissatisfied mouse into a human (Sir Hugh--in his attempt to say, "I'm human," he's cut off and thought to be called Hugh) to prove to him that he won't be more useful just because he's bigger. (He's doomed to a life of uselessness regardless of his species.) This plot kind of screams Saturday morning cartoon instead of the Cinderella sequel most were probably hoping for, no matter how amusing it is.
- The lack of babies. (Probably not for long, but still, you might not be able to tell if there are any in the movie.)
- What's with that baker? Seriously.
- Lucifer's relationship with Pom Pom is over much too quickly.
Ariel and her husband, Prince Eric, have a little problem with their daughter, Melody, in the sequel to Disney's landmark The Little Mermaid. Melody is threatened by Morgana, the evil sister of the sea witch Ursula (both voiced by Pat Carroll). Before you can say "Briar Rose," Melody's parents decide to keep their daughter's roots a secret, forbidding her to learn about the ocean while Morgana is around. Now the budding teenager secretly frolics in the sea with Ariel's old friends, Sebastian and Scuttle. When she learns the truth from Morgana, Melody becomes an unknowing pawn in her scheme--and Mom has to take to the sea again to help.
As with Disney's other made-for-video sequels, The Little Mermaid II looks and sounds wonderful (and reunites much of the same vocal... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jodi Benson - Tara Strong - Pat Carroll Director(s): Jim Kammerud - Brian Smith (XV) DVD Release Date: Released the 19 September 2000 This item is currently not available.
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From the moment that Prince Eric's ship emerged from the fog in the opening credits it was apparent that Disney had somehow, suddenly recaptured that "magic" that had been dormant for thirty years. In the tale of a headstrong young mermaid who yearns to "spend a day, warm on the sand," Ariel trades her voice to Ursula, the Sea Witch (classically voiced by Pat Carroll), for a pair of legs. Ariel can only succeed if she receives true love's kiss in a few day's time and she needs all the help she can from a singing crab named Sebastian, a loudmouth seagull, and a flounder. The lyrics and music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken are top form: witty and relevant, and they advance the story (go on, hum a few bars of "Under the Sea"). Mermaid put animation back on the studio's "to do" list... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jodi Benson - Samuel E. Wright Director(s): John Musker - Ron Clements DVD Release Date: Released the 07 December 1999 This item is currently not available.
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Worry not, Disney fans--this special edition DVD of the beloved Cinderella won't turn into a pumpkin at the strike of midnight. One of the most enduring animated films of all time, the Disney-fied adaptation of the gory Brothers Grimm fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief.
Disney's 1959 animated effort was the studio's most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Things almost but not quite turn out that way, thanks to the assistance of some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. It's not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 09 September 2003 This item is currently not available.
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One of the brightest nuggets from Disney's golden age, this 1937 film is almost dizzying in its meticulous construction of an enchanted world, with scores of major and minor characters (including fauna and fowl), each with a distinct identity. When you watch Snow White's intricate, graceful movements of fingers, arms, and head all in one shot, it is not the technical brilliance of Disney's artists that leaps out at you, but the very spirit of her engaging, girl-woman character. When the wicked queen's poisoned apple turns from killer green to rose red, the effect of knowing something so beautiful can be so terrible is absolutely elemental, so pure it forces one to surrender to the horror of it. Based on the Grimm fairy tale, Snow White is probably the best family film ever to deal, in... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 09 October 2001 This item is currently not available.
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