Ella Enchanted Comparison

Once upon a time there was a movie that stole hearts around the country, and that movie was named Cinderella. Whether you were a child of the eighty’s or the two-thousands this movie has been around remade, remastered and often retitled by countless directors and loved by children and adults alike. The movies have been mastered into classics such as Ella Enchanted, the Tommy O’Haver 2004 version stars Anne Hathaway as Ella a young girl given the curse of obedience by a very unwise fairy named Lucinda. The movie takes a comedic turn with an old classic making Ella an obediently rebellious girl with a moral streak. In the beginning we see Lucinda thinking of a blessing for Ella, but as Ella is crying in her arms Lucinda decides that obedience was the best blessing for her. We see how

Another version of this classic would be Ever after a 1998 movie starring Drew Barrymore as Danielle and directed by Andy Tennant. This version of Cinderella set in a French renaissance background shows Danielle as a stubborn very smart girl who uses not only her brains but her kind heart which gets her into sticky situations. Although both of these movies are amazing the movies give you glimpses into the director’s version of a classic. Though my love for Ever After is strong, I don’t dislike Ella Enchanted. Ella Enchanted was a comedy induced romance that bordered heavily on fantasy. The movie involved both fairies and giants along with talking snakes while Ever After kept to a more realistic story line. Like any good romance movie, the both of these were filled with cute scenes, good story lines and drama to spark your interest something both of these movies had. While Ella Enchanted was good on sites like Rotten Tomatoes, it sadly receives on a fifty-seven percent rating while Ever After received a score of eighty-four