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Did the ending upset anyone else?

posted 16 years ago by bballchick-4
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I actually kind of liked this movie, which surprised me because I usually don't care so much for Disney sequals. But it bothered me that Cinderella goes through all of that in the original "Cinderella" (like getting downstairs in time, marrying the prince, etc.). And in the Cinderella III, we find out that it was all for nothing! They just turned back time and had to do everyhing over. It totally replaced the original story! And at the end the fairy Godmother didn't change them back into the future. It kind of ruined the story for me. Did anyone else feel this way?

[–] luiz4200 16 years ago

Yes. The Fairy Godmother should have changed them back into the future. And she should have made it so only Cinderella, The Prince, The King, The Duke, the mice, the birds, and Anastasia would remember it.

[–] LostRomanovPrincess 16 years ago

i liked the ending

[–] pooka5472 14 years ago

Indeed, if I was Richard Cook (chairman of The Walt Disney Studios), I would have forced the writers into making the Fairy Godmother restore the original timline, and if they refused to comply, I would not have just had them fired but I would also have blacklisted them as well, with no severance package, whatsoever.

[–] blondiebear_17 16 years ago

No not really........I usually don't like too many Disney direct to dvd sequels but I can honestly say that I liked this one a lot better than the original Cinderella. I just loved how the prince gets a bit of a personality and how Cinderella actually has to do a little in order to get her man.

Your no bunny till some bunny loves you

[–] kinglabramon 15 years ago

The ending was a rip off of SHrek 2

[–] kinglabramon 15 years ago

Plus the fairy godmother asked them if they wanted to return back to the future because they were already married but they ignored her.

[–] luiz4200 15 years ago

She should have returned them back to the future anyway. Just like I had previously mentioned.

[–] jenjk128 15 years ago

The reason she didn't return them to the future, was because it didn't matter. The point was that they were meant to be together and their love was the same no matter how the story went.

[–] schoolqueen12 12 years ago

I liked this as well to be honest. To me, it made it seem more reasonable that their love would last. In the original, the reasoning given for happily ever after was that they just thought they had true love and nothing could break them apart. But once the Evil Stepmother tried to interfere, it tested their relationship and really showed that even when things are tough, they will find their way back to each other. That's how relationships should be because two people should both work to keep it going no matter how in love they are with each other. It's more realistic.

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[–] madder-den-a-hatter 15 years ago

i hated the ending, for that point and also i was expecting Anastsia to find her true love or see someone who she likes but she doesn't. It really annoys me

Maybe it was ment to be :)

[–] luiz4200 15 years ago

That's why she's been portrayed with the baker at the end.

[–] aleusong 15 years ago

I was dissappointed in the fact that the baker wasn't involved in the actual story in some sort of fashion (since he was a major character and his romance with Anastasia was acknowledge in C2) but they were willing to bring back Prudence from the second film in a more prominent role? They should've done more than just made it an implied thing in the end credits.

[–] luiz4200 11 years ago

You think Prudence had a prominent role? She just had a small appearance. I kinda liked seeing her Interact with a Cinderella who (still) wasn't a princess.

[–] butterfly_babek 14 years ago

If you carry on watching into the credits there are pictures of what happened next and Anistasia falls inlove with the cook which is also suggested in cinderella 2 (which was terrible)

[–] elisedfr 11 years ago

Just what I thought ! I did not enjoy the film so much but found it ok, as sequels go, until that leftdown ending. It just dismisses the original film as if it had never taken place, and all the story we know was in vain. When the Godmother notices Cinderella and the Prince are puzzled in the end, she says sth like "Oh, well, don't think about it anymore, it's like nothing had happened, just enjoy your life..." I wished she could have put them back to the future at the moment Cinderella has her original story. Otherwise it was fun comparing it to the Back to the Future movies !

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[–] Sweet_T0209 9 years ago

Not really. It would have brought Lady Tremaine back and Anastasia would not have the courage and reassurance she gained at the end.

Besides the ending left room for several discussions including true love and a woman's self worth. The ending proves to a maturing preteen that true love is real and no matter what happens two people who are meant to be together will always stay together despite external factors. The prince genuinely loved Cinderella to the point he remembered the touch of her hand. This is how he knew Anastasia was not the one. Lady Tremaine changed a lot of things but she could not change that which was the inevitable.

I say the ending opens up a discussion on a woman's self worth because Anastasia thought enough of herself to know she did not want to live a lie and be with a man who did not love her in which she took the outward appearance after. I am not saying the prince's love was limited to the exterior but he genuinely loved Cinderella and Anastasia knew this. Yes she wanted to be Cinderella but realized the prince would never love her.

Parents could use the ending as a teachable moment and facilitate a discussion in their homes about female self-esteem, their boys loving women for who they are, and defining what true love really is and what it is not.