Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella

[VagueSimplicity]

So I guess Disney is solidifying Cinderella's dress IS unequivocally blue with this movie, as opposed to that midpoint color between silver and blue they deemed passable on all further transfers of the classic. I just feel a silver dress would match the glass slippers better. Looks like they passed the rejected silver dress idea on to Fairy Godmother instead.

Things I noticed:

• Little girls running through fields of grass is now a requirement for all future live-action remakes of Disney princess films. (i.e. Maleficent) Isn't that more of a trait of Belle's (I want adventure in the great wide somewhere!...) How ever will they pull that off in Little Mermaid's remake?
• Cheesy dialogue that would've sounded cringe-worthy had less distinguished actors said them
• Cinderella and Prince Charming have switched eyeballs (Cinderella's are now dark; Charming's crystal blue)
• The King of the North has been demoted to Prince Charming.
• Daisy of "Downtown Abbey" has been upgraded from a scullery maid (ironic twist) to a Lady and eligible maiden.
• Agent Carter dies again, but the twist here is she's not just dying in a Disney-affiliated film.
• Helena channels Glinda the Good in her Fairy Godmother role. I honestly predicted they'd make her a haggy Fairy Godmother (as she was shown in her first form) which I was afraid of. Nope, instead POOF she changed into a lovely version of herself that I never get to see in her Burton roles. I'm a fan of the look, because it's so unlike her prior roles and her character is so atypical and bubbly (as the Godmother has always been). Definitely lovable and I approve making the Godmother younger. Now I honestly think she could play ANY part. (Originally I thought she'd make a better Wicked Stepmother).
• Wicked Stepmother wearing animal prints and a 40's 'do? Uhh...