Cinderella

Last night our choice of movie was between Mama Mia and Cinderella, and Diksha chose Cinderella because she wanted me to watch. While I started reluctantly, I very quickly got drawn into it. It's an authentic retelling of a beloved classic...... where goodness and niceness works.

            

It was like getting to know Cinderella afresh. While she's not new age or anything, she is also no meek, walk over me girl...she knows her stuff, wants what she wants....has a lot of spunk and spirit..... and I guess that's also why I liked it. 

Also loved the detail of the fairy godmother sequence .......turning  pumpkin into chariot, mice into horses, lizards into footmen, her mothers old wedding dress into the beautiful ball gown and..... of course creating the glass slippers....they still hold so much charm. And it's almost strange how much, because the moments when she leaves that one slipper on the staircase, the moment when the single slipper fits only her perfectly, are so gripping (moments etched in the mind I guess) that you still sit with bated breath and unblinking eyes, so you don't miss them.

And Lily James plays the part to perfection, as she's not just all beauty, but has the niceness and charm that manifest her values of courage and kindness. 

Couple of lines from the movie which just stayed:

"Just because it's what's done, doesn't mean it's what should be done!"

"When there is kindness, there is goodness. When there is goodness, there is magic. And Ella continued to see the world not as it is, but as it could be if only you believe in courage and kindness and occasionally just a little bit... of magic."