#cinderella amazon

Can someone please explain to me why everyone seems to hate this movie (apart from the fact that it's an Amazon original)? Because I've watched it twice now, and I think it's tons of fun. I'm not really a Camilla Cabello fan, but I'll watch this movie a hundred times over the live action Disney one from 2015 that everyone else seems to like for some reason.

It's got humor and camp that feels like it came out of the early 2000s (in a fun way).

Cinderella knows it's ridiculous that she talks to the mice. This movie knows what it is, and I bet everyone had fun making it.

"They made Cinderella into a girl boss!" Shut the fuck up. I'm putting the phrase "girl boss" on the high shelf. Giving Cinderella hobbies and a dream/goal for her future doesn't make her a "girl boss." It makes her more of a real person with an actual personality. She's not just "nice" or "kind" or "sweet." She wants to sell clothes and not be abused by her family. That's all.

Speaking of personalities, I love that the characters actually have personalities that subvert the original story. Even the step sisters! I love that the step mother wants Cinderella to marry the prince when she finds out it was her at the ball, because duh! Why wouldn't she want to have her whole family live in luxury? And I love that the step mother has a backstory that makes us understand more about why she is the way she is without necessarily forgiving her. There's a lot more humanity to her under the bitchiness.

I'm just gonna say it, I like this actor more as Robert than as Henry in the Red White And Royal Blue movie.

I like that Cinderella and Robert actually have fun and meaningful conversations instead of just "they dance at a ball and then get married." This has them act more like a regular couple, and I like that the end goal for them isn't getting married but getting to know each other better.

I like that Robert helps her leave the ball when he sees something is wrong and she's upset.

The songs are fun enough for the most part. We get Idina Menzel singing "Material Girl" and I love the "What A Man/7 Nation Army" mashup at the ball. And I actually listen to the cast version of "Am I wrong" all the time, unironically.

Love Minnie Driver in anything. She's so fucking funny in this movie (I crack up every time I see her measuring the thrones, I will not apologize).

Love Gwen. End of story.

Love the costume design for the other girls at the ball and the variety of styles for their hair and dresses.

Between the two, He's All That seems like a better movie than Cinderella.

Neither are any good, mind you, but He's All That is just your average, mediocre rom-com while Cinderella tried so hard to "girlboss" it ended up being a parody of itself. He's All That delivered what was expected of it while Cinderella failed to meet the hype. And the only reason people are hating so much on He's All That is because of Addison Rae who delivers, again, a very mediocre performance. Does she deserve a Netflix deal? Absolutely not thats privilege at its finest. But for a first movie, she did what was asked.

But Camila... who is a singer... and the lead, was outshone by her supporting cast (not her Costco Shawn Mendes lookalike prince mind you). Whats worse is that this is the umpteenth take on the Cinderella story (not counting musicals, like the Bad Cinderella one set to enter the mix and be equally as cringe) so there's a lot to compare to. I know we all agree that Ella Enchanted did Somebody to Love better than this movie did (tho the choir... was fire!).