Cinderella Platinum Edition
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By: The Dweeb
October 2005
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About twice a year roughly the DVD folks at the Disney company walk into the far corners of the vault and dust off another classic to trot out on DVD. Cinderella is another one of the crown jewels from Disney’s heyday as master animation studio that makes its appearance on DVD. Cinderella boasts one of the finest examples of hand drawn animation ever. Who hasn’t heard of this story before? This fable is so ingrained and familiar with people who wouldn’t be familiar with it? If you happen to not have ever heard of this film, now is your chance to catch up to the rest of us.
Cinderella is the classic tale from rags to riches story, that persistence and patience will lead to bigger and better things. The main thrust of the story is that one should never give up on your dreams, they may come true (even without the help of some mice and a Fairy God Mother). Its typically billed as a love story, but that really doesn’t come into play until the end, and it almost feels like only in passing.
For most of the film we see poor Cinderella dealing with her wicked step mother (who has an uncanny resemblance to Cruella De Ville) and wretched step sisters. They know that Cinderella is the hottie of the family, and try as they might, they cannot stop this flower from eventually blooming. As for Cinderella’s step mother and her kids, karma works both ways. A lot of times I wanted to reach through the screen and punch out that beyotch, but since this is children’s film I will refrain from doing so. Don’t want to traumatize the kiddies you know. Too bad we never see what happens to them afterwards.
The transfer and subsequent remaster of the film is excellent. The picture color is vibrant and clear, and any dust and scratching is minimal just as with Bambi which came out earlier this year. Like its animated cousins in the Platinum line of DVD’s, the second disc on here is crammed with all things Cinderella. There are extensive interviews and documentaries on the behind the scenes stuff, deleted scenes and other assorted tidbits. If your kid is crazy for this kind of stuff, included are a couple ‘interactive’ games in the set as well. In a sly attempt at marketing additional products from Disney, they tend to sneak in some of the other films every once in a while to remind you. They even managed to fit something on from ESPN on there, making the connection between an animated princess and sports.
Being a movie about a Princess, naturally Disney is marketing this for little girls. If you have a little princess of your own this is a definite must have.
Reviewer’s Opinion: BUY IT!!
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