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Summary: you people are stupid...
Review: BRANDY did a magnificent job of protraying cinderella. Her singing was superb, as usual. I loved it. She brought life to this new classic. I love it. Stop dissing on Brandy, she is incredible, so is whitney. The whole cast did a marvelous job! :)
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Summary: We loved this version of Cinderella.
Review: For my kids this Cinderella is five stars. For both my 2 1/2 and 5 year old this is their favorte movie. My younger one sings her heart out with the video. It is the only video she wants to see at the moment. We are a multi racial-cultural family bought together thru living in various countries and adoption. As parents we enjoyed livly humor, the casting and the colorful art nouveau sets.
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Summary: Bad casting (Brandy??) cannot steal this show's magic!
Review: Ok, whose idea was it to cast Brandy as Cinderella? It would not surprise me if she had no musical-theater experience at all. She could not handle the magnificent Rodgers and Hammerstein II songs. However, that one poor decision by the casting director cannot steal the enchantment from this wonderful remake.Many of the best songs from the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein II appear in this musical. The songs are all enchanting and engrossing, sure to get the attention of all. A great job was done on improving the libretto, the one thing that always flawed this show, despite its wonderful score. Most of the performances are great, excluding a few. I've probably made it clear that Brandy did not do a great job as the title character. She seems overly stiff and, though a proven singer, cannot handle the glorious R&H songs. One of the best songs from this show "In My Own Little Corner" is still entertaining, but not nearly as much as it should have been. It surprised me when Whitney Houston popped up as the fairy godmother. When I first realized that she was playing the part, I got sort of frustrated. However, she actually does an excellent job, making the character her own. She, of course, puts a lot of her own personality into the character, but it seems to work. Her intertpretaion of the character was new and fresh, and her rendetion of "Impossible" is super. I'm a fan of Jason Alexander and he does a good job portraying the prince's steward. His theater experience shows in his performance. I must ask though- why the accent? He did not need it at all and it was very distracting! Whoopi Goldberg and Victor Garber are exceptional as the King and Queen, despite their limited screen time. It was nice to have these two veterans show up. The two stepsisters are hysterical. Their rendetion of "Step-sister's Lament" was priceless, it had me howling! However, the performer who steal the show is the great Broadway veteran Bernadette Peters. Her performance and interpretation of the wicked step-mother was fresh and original. She could have easily just made her a typical villan, but gives humane qualities. She is absolutely fabulous, a Broadway legend. I loved her solo "Falling in Love with Love"! A great added Rodgers and Hart song from "The Boys from Syracuse"! It amazed how that song so easily flowed into the score. (The remake also added the Rodgers and, well, Rodgers song "The Sweetest Sounds" as the opening number, to great effect I might add!) The sets and costumes seem a little bit much, but they contribute to the enchanting qualities of this remake. It is a great film that your family will love and fall in love with. A great film! Despite the one poor casting decision! Hope you enjoy it. *******If your family bought and enjoyed this, you might also enjoy the ABC productions of "Annie" and "The Music Man". Also check out the classic musical "Fiddler on the Roof"!
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Summary: FAR superior to the 1965 version...
Review: I strongly disagree with the official Amazon.com review, and I would suggest this challenge: Rent or buy both DVD's, and show them to a group of kids, or even people of any age. Watch as they doze off during the earlier version. Either that, or they'll get all fidgety, and want to watch something else. There is no comparison -- this version does have some minor casting problems, but the production values, the sets, the special effects, are far, far superior to the dated, stagey, (and all-white) 1965 version. I remember watching that as a kid, so I rented it awhile back and could not believe what a low-budget, cheapo production it was. The special effects are just simply embarrassing. And talk about miscasting: Pat Carroll plays one of the step sisters: She had to be in her late 40's -- WAY too old for the part. In fact she looks older than Ginger Rogers. The cast in the 1997 multi-cultural version is far more lively, and entertaining. Brandy may not be Meryl Streep, but her slightly husky voice was perfect for this, and Paolo Montalban far outshines (and outsings) Stuart Damon, who played the prince in the '65 version. Bernadette Peters is hilarious, as is most of the remaining cast. (Jason Alexander is really the only disappointment. The part called for Martin Short.) Nevertheless, a stellar production from beginning to end, produced by the same team that won Oscars for "Chicago".
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Summary: The Best of All
Review: I have seen the 1964 version and then I watched this one. I have to say this by far is the best. The voices of the singers in the 1964 movie, such as Leslie Ann Warren's, are so nasal it's disgusting. This movie has more chemistry and the singers are better.
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Summary: Only to see Whitney Houston!!!
Review: I don't like that movie because it's for kids. And it's so boring,....
The main character (Brandy and the Prince) are always singing....And they are not very gifted. THey sing well, but it's always the same way....
I 've been desapointed by the queen (Whoopy) and her husband. The prince too. But Brandy's step mother and her daughters were amazing. I love them.
But the real sunshine is Whitney Houston! She's incredible.
Beautiful as ever, she acts very well, sing perfectly "Impossible" and "There's music in you". She introduce and conclude the movie with magic! I love that. And she bring so much to the movie. I'm waking up each time whe she appears to Brandy at the first time. Wouaw.....
So i'd say, buy it to see Whitney
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Summary: IT'S A MOVIE
Review: THIS MOVIE IS EXCELLENT,IT'S PERFECT IN ANY WAY.EXCEPT FOR ONE THING .VICTOR GARBER WHO PLAYED THE KING ,HAD A VERY SMALL PART,SO I WHO THINKS HE IS SO SEXY,WISHED HE HAD A BIGGER PART.
BUT ,I WOULD HAVE TO SAY HE PLAYED THAT PART TO THE FULL EXTENT.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG PLAYED ANOTHER UNFORGETABAL ROLE AS THE QUEEN.
AND ALSO WHO COULD PLAYED AND SING A BETTER GODMOTHER ,BETTER THAN WHITNEY HOUSTON,UH..NOONE.
BENADETTE WAS ALSO POTRAYING A VERY GREAT A VICIOUS ROLE AS THE UGLY STEPSISTER.
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Summary: CINDERELLA
Review: its about a girl called cinderella who lives with a awful stepmother.brandi from mohesha plays as cinderella! when the prince throws a ball every girl was invited! but she takes her
stept mothers advice and doesnt go to the ball! but a fairygod
mother takes her to the ball! the prince chose her out of the
girls there but theres one problem she hast to leave before 12
she leavs a glass sliper and it will only fit cinderela!
she finnally lives her dream! OWN CINDERELLA ITS WIRTH IT !
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Summary: The Greatest Live Action Movie Ever
Review: Ithink this is a great movie!. It's about a girl named Cinderella Who meets a guy an attemts to marry him. The man is a prince and she does not know it. She goes over the heads of her evil stepmother and stepsisters to get her man. I think you should buy it today!
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Summary: Excellence in Cinderella, the newest twist on a classic
Review: This movie, which i have viewed several times on the television, was a grand piece of cinametography. The plot was of course the standard in the cinderella series and it was even more complimented by Brandy. Some people believe she doesnt have the voice for Rodgers and Hammerstein, well to them i must say you have no taste. Brandy's musical performance was brilliant and stunning and I hope to see her in future musicals of the same sort.
Whitney Houston was also a wonderful addition to the cast, adding a little more Star image to the film. Cinderella was breathtaking and i would reccomend it to anyone who enjoys music as well as cinematography. Buy it now or you might regret having missed out on this Video/DVD gem.
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