For a youthful, glamorous idol movie, you really can't ask for too much. There are handsome guys and beauties in this movie, strong singing and dancing, these are enough. Compared with the classical fairy tales full of romance, this film is really not faithful to the original. No castles, no magic, no talking animals, and most importantly, no lost crystal slippers. Everything has been replaced by modern things. Perhaps this proves from another aspect that today's society is full of magic enough. What seemed unattainable in the past can now be solved—not necessarily requiring a witch godmother like a housewife.
The modern atmosphere in the film is obvious, and now the adaptation of traditional themes is highlighting the characteristics of modernization. For example, in Hilary Duff's "A Cinderella Story" a few years ago, cars, telephones and emails have already appeared in the film. . However, Hilary Duff, who was the only one at that time, rarely showed his dancing skills. At that time, Chad Michael Murray's career in Hollywood was just starting, and "One Tree Hill" just aired its second season. Coincidentally, the basic configuration of this "Another Cinderella Story" is unusually similar. First of all, the heroines are all Disney TV series heroines. Hilary Duff was selected by WB four years ago because of her appearance in the "Lizzie McGuire" TV series to play "A Cinderella Story". Chad Michael Murray, who played the leading role, was born in WB's episode "One Tree Hill" at the time. Now four years on, Selena Gomez played the female lead in Disney's magical sitcom "Wizards Of Waverly Place," and Andrew Seeley also made a cameo appearance in "One Tree Hill." It seems that WB likes to use Disney's chicken to lay golden eggs. Disney's youth musical "High School Musical" has already filmed the third part, and it has persistently put the song and dance theme on the big screen. This summer, it also filmed "Rock and Roll Camp" and invited the Jonas brothers to join. Strengthened its leading position in youth musicals. This film deliberately uses dance as the main content of the plot, which has a great meaning of competing in the Central Plains.
A long, long time ago, people were so obsessed with appearance that a change of attire would make a prince unrecognizable from Cinderella. In today's era of mobile phone photography, almost all Cinderella stories have changed the original royal ball into a masquerade ball. One can avoid the loophole of "even if we meet without knowing each other", and the other can restore the scene with classical beauty. When faces cannot be identified, communion is the only way to express true love. Two people don't look at appearance, but through behavior, or voice, or any details that other people don't care about, make them fall in love. In this situation, what better way to do it than dance? Selena Gomez is far more versatile than Hilary Duff was back in the day. Not only is the person playful, the voice is clear, and the dancing skills are extraordinary. It was the crucial dance that made the prince remember Cinderella, and the tango steps of the two people in the middle of the dance floor can be said to be amazing. Of course, the task of escape must be completed at midnight, leaving MP3 at the end, which can make Prince Charming clear the suspicion of "foot fetish". As for when the two met again, the story had already said goodbye to Cinderella, and it was presented in another way.
Whether it's the final MTV production selection or the Dance Academy scholarship selection, it's actually a variation of the Cinderella story. Both the film's protagonist and the audience find a unique temperament in the film's storyline that convinces themselves that there's a reason for the miracle. Not that love got Cinderella on stage and won the final game. It is Cinderella who has won the love of Prince Charming through her unique expression - amazing performance on the dance floor. In fact, from the beginning of the film, the audience and the director have already looked for and recognized this "trait" in the plot. It's like a crystal slipper complex. Because in Cinderella's story, only she wears that shoe, so in the world where Prince Charming exists, there must be something that belongs to Cinderella. Under this premise, the love on the screen is only possible, and the miracle in the story is the basis for it to happen. We repeatedly ask ourselves, why are those two people destined to be together? Why do so many beautiful and talented women surround Prince Charming, but he chooses Cinderella? Compared with the fairy tales of the past, the answer to this question is much clearer. Because the prince was surprised at Cinderella's beauty and fell in love at first sight, but this explanation is too superficial and even a little frivolous. In fact, it is normal for the beauty that belongs to Cinderella to conquer the prince. The prince also conquered Cinderella with the same good looks. However, modern society no longer buys this account. Countless facts have proved that appearance alone cannot explain the problem. People have to find answers to the question of "fate", so this search for traits materializes into a shoe, a phone, an experience. All in all, people must have an answer to this question, or they will not believe in such miracles. Thus, we have seen countless possibilities and opportunities for self-expression at the ball, which can make the prince and Cinderella share the same heart, let them understand without contact, and become acquainted without understanding. Make people believe that Mary's dance skills and Joey Parker's fit made them meet and fall in love. Because only in this way, only when God tailors a pair of attractive qualities for couples will they be "Happy ever after".
Cinderella, but a hint of fate, an excuse to believe in love.
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