ANIMATOR REACTS: Cinderella...what a CLASSIC!! 

A lot of people misunderstand Cinderella as a Gold Digger who went to the ball to get a Prince but the big misunderstanding is she just wanted ONE PERFECT NIGHT where she wasn't a servant or a step daughter. She wanted one sparkling beautiful night away from her home. She wasn't even looking for the Prince when she arrived at the Ball she was just in awe of everything and when she leaves she says "Oh I- I haven't met the Prince!" meaning she had no idea she was with the Prince the entire night! And the fact that she was so thankful for that one night and the Glass Slipper was proof of her happiness was all that she needed. Just one beautiful memory that could never be tarnished to continue her life with.

Considering that it was the 50's, it was all done by hand. No computers around that time could do more than act as a calculator :)

The dress transformation scene is Walt Disney’s favorite animated moment.

I hate that people think that Cinderella's dream was to marry a prince. What she actually wished for was a night to go to the castle. And she didn't even recognize the prince at the ball.

Once I think about it, Cinderella is an educated young lady who probably waltzed as a child with her father.

That dress ripping scene makes me tear up a bit from the horror.

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985, Disney's Snow White was created in 1937. Miyazaki was inspired by the Disney classics, but he wasn't really into the whole romantic princess thing and wanted to focus on the blooming independence of a child growing up as a regular kid. Regular folk in an irregular world.

Fact that I kinda cried over when I first found out was there was a song written and recorded for the film (but was cut) called “The Dress That My Mother Wore” which basically told us that her mother’s dress that she was planning on wearing to the ball (before her stepsisters destroyed it) was actually her mother’s wedding dress.

I heard that the transformation scene of Cinderella is walt Disney's most favorite scene in animation ever at that time

“The Emperors New Groove”is the funniest, most underrated Disney movie, give that one a try.

Another great reaction. I look forward to every time James says, "So yeah." 😂 I really really love this film. I love all of the characters. This Cinderella gets a really bad rap nowadays but she is one of my favorites. She had a very abusive upbringing but remains hopeful and kind to others. Despite popular belief she wasn't "waiting around" for a prince. She wanted a night out and took the initiative ro even tell her stepmother she should go. She didn't even know the man she danced with was the prince until the next day. I enjoy how much the sound and music enhances the movements within the film.

Take it into account, it's Disney,. The man who gave us the animated features. He used innovation. He is the MAN

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 :) I do adore the classic Disney films; there is a soothing and sweet quality to them. Not to mention that as you mentioned this is old school animation and there's this sense of awe and respect just from knowing how old these films are and what they were able to accomplish without our technical advances of today.

I'd highly recommend Fantasia. They pulled out all the stops and experimented with a ton of new techniques and styles.

One thing I love about the animation is the scene where the sisters rip up the dress. The colours progressively get both darker and change to red tints, before promptly snapping back when Tremaine speaks. Probably why it's so intense despite the action itself being so simple! Also someone had to draw and animate the sister's butts when they walk in their own dresses :p

You should really try watching the Making of a Masterpiece documentary on Cinderella. It's got tons of info on animation, voice acting, musical score, and lots more. There's a couple of them here on RU-vid. The early Disney movies ' making of ' features are pretty fascinating. Glad you guys had fun with this one. It deserves it's place in animation history.

I really enjoy watching old disney cartoons. They’re so magical and charming. Cinderella is my comfort movie since childhood💕

I love how you guys delve into classic animation. I know the modern Disney movies look more realistic and feature a wider variety of characters but for me the classic Disney is the best Disney. I remember having all the classic films on VHS as a kid in the 90s and I honestly never knew they were made so much earlier than that until I was older. Keep it up analyzing these iconic films!

Cinderella 3 is my favorite

"That dress on the left is so ugly. What is that color combination?" Seattle Seahawks want a word with you.

The Narrator at the beginning is Betty Lou Gerson who would later do Cruella de Vil (and Mrs. Birdwell) in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Such a contrast between her two voice roles (though Cruella does possess some eccentric charms in a couple of scenes, especially the beginning, she is mean and cruel).

If they liked the animation in this movie then they will be blown away with the animation in Sleeping Beauty lol!

The score confuses me sometimes with its perfection. I can’t decipher between nostalgia and brilliance except when I haven’t seen or heard the movies in years and then it comes on whilst playing movies for my child and I’m transported through time and space and I’m an innocent child with no worries or biases or political opinions. I’m convinced the score is brilliant and happy that it intertwined with my memory so magically! 😍😍😍

Loved this!! One of my favourite classics! If you guys have seen Sleeping Beauty i highly highly recommend watching Maleficent with Angelina Jolie, they're both great!

To save time and money (this was another big gamble after Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi failed at the box office, World War II happened and Disney studio had to make package films, shorts and live action films such as The Song of the South and So Dear To My Heart to recover from the losses, if Cinderella failed that could be the end of the studio, thankfully it was a success) the human characters were mostly rotoscoped while the animals were animated without any aid of rotoscoping.

When i was young, Cinderella was my favorite Disney princess 😍 Watching this movie help me to feel young again 😄 Great reaction, as always guys! I really appreciate your old Disney movies réactions and analysis; merci pour votre enthousiasme et votre travail 👍😊

The transformation of Cinderella's dress was Walt Disney's favorite animation.

I believe Cinderella's dress change was Walts favourite piece of animation. Another thing I heard is the song bit "sweet nightingale" with Cinderella, the singer harmonized with herself to achieve the layered effect. As for you question of Disney and ghibli. Disney was first and I heard once that I think it was studio ghibli was inspired by western animation.

I think you guys should watch Bambi ☺️ he actually brought animals into the studio for that and lion king or basically whenever he needed to animate the animal form... And Bambi is a great example of that!!

While I can't speak for Miyazaki inspiration, Disney did inspire tezuka the creator of astro boy and Kimball the white lion which would be the founding basis of anime. So in a lot turn of events Disney's influence on animation ironically inspired anime

They would paint on clear sheets and layer them on top of each other to help their characters pop

Versions where she's more passive aren't usually my favorite but in this version, if she wasn't more passive to begin with, the scene where she pulls out the slipper and has that smug look on her face (which is my favorite part) wouldn't be as impactful, so it works for me.

2:52 hi! Film student here! They used to color most older films by hand! It’s a special coloring ink from what I remember

Cinderella It's one of my favorite animations and brings me a lot of nostalgia. I watched a lot when I was a child with my sister, I watched until I knew the lines and got sick. Cinderella It's a classic, everyone who likes animation or art should watch it💙

A lot of the background would actually be matte paintings on glass panels and mounted on a rig in layers. they would them move the camera down through the rig while sliding the paintings out of the way to give the scene a sense of depth and movement. Walt Disney was always looking into new techniques and technology to give his projects as much life as possible. He and his animators would use the Micky Mouse and Silly Symphony shorts to try new ideas for later use on his feature length films.

Im pretty sure the "layers" 3:40 are cel animation its hand painted clear sheets layered on top of each other. I have one from the movie peter pan!

Now you can watch the third movie!!🤩 Cinderella, a twist in time!!

The king is EXACTLY like my mother 🤦‍♀️ she said "I want grandbabies! I don't care who, heck I'll pick one for you!!!" And then there is me 21 and not wanting kids😅😆

The voices for Jaques and Gus (and Bruno the dog) are done by Disney Sound man Jimmy MacDonald who did a lot of voices including taking over Mickey Mouse from Walt Disney because of he got too busy (plus his voice was destroyed by smoking, he did smoke a lot even if he didn't do it in front of his staff, it also caused the lung cancer that killed him in 1966), The Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland, Lumpjaw in Fun and Fancyfree, Humprey the Bear in several cartoons, some of the howling dogs in Lady and the Tramp (along with The Mellomen), some vocal effects for Dopey including hiccuping and sobbing in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Wolf in The Sword in the Stone and the hyena in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, as well as Evenrude in The Rescuers (you can also see him as a timpani player in Fantasia and in The Releuctant Dragon, doing the boat horn effects during the recording session of the Casey Jr. scene).

My son as a 3-4 y.o watched this at least once a day. He LOVED it, obviously

For shots with camera moves and background layers, they had a technique called The Multiplane Camera, where a camera is hung over several panels with different foreground elements and a background, and you moved the different foreground/background elements in different speeds (best examples are the town in the morning sequence in Pinocchio or when you go through the forest at the start of Bambi) or when you want to zoom in the camera on a moon in the sky and you pass trees, hills and a farmhouse to make it look more real instead of zooming in on a painting, demonstrated in a behind the scenes documentary presented by Walt Disney for Disneyland/World of Color TV programs of the 50s and 60s.

People don't seem to realise the villain of the piece is Cinderella's father who had very bad taste in women. My favourite is the recent live action Branagh version with Lilly James & Richard Madden.

My favorite character is the king 👑😂

They really need to watch Cinderella 3 now!

Please do more classic Disney! And while you're at it, you definitely need to watch Cinderella 3, A Twist in Time. The prince has all the sass and I love it! It's a really well done sequel imho.

Honestly advise you to watch saving mr banks which is about how Mary poppins got made. Shows you actual pictures at the end, in Florida magical kingdom they have people just drawing randomly I saw them and filmed it it’s awesome. Very clever. The full Disney crew are amazing.

Eleanor Audley, the voice of Lady Tremaine, also voiced Maleficent in the original Sleeping Beauty, and Madame Leota for the Haunted Mansion.

anyone who hates cinderella probably doesn't have any dreams

Ya'll should watch Cinderella 3! A beatiful sequel!

Love your guy's reaction ! You would definitely enjoy Cinderella 3: A twist in time literally one of the best, if not the best Disney animated sequel ever made. It is truly incredible and it expands on every characters personality perfectly.

You guys are gonna LOVE Cinderella 3. It actually fix all the damsel traits of Cinderella and actually showcase her independent skills and always shows some really relatable sides of Prince Charming. Also please guys react to Brother Bear (best animation, moral, brotherhood), Treasure Planet (best space voyage and great mix of 2D/3D graphics), Legend of the guardians: owls of Ga'Hoole (the action and tales sequences are equivalent to Troy, Gladiator and other great action packs), The Adventures of TinTin (great mystery).

Cinderella's my second most favorite Disney Princess movie second to The Sleeping Beauty. Thank you for the reaction! ❤

I know this isn't about the movie, but the one version of this story from the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales was much bloodier. The stepsisters had parts of their feet cut off to try to fit into the slipper, and after Cinderella was identified, her bird friends pecked out the stepsisters' eyes. Also, that willow tree that she cries at before Fairy Godmother appears grew from the remains of her mother.

my favorite thing about this movie is how they use musical effects to match movement

Cinderella is a very beautiful movie!!!!!!! I prefer Cinderella's pink dress over the dress that the fairy godmother transforms her into. Maybe, instead of creating that silver dress, the fairy godmother may have decided to restore the pink dress ad it was before or modify it a bit.

Again, you guys nailed it! So many insights and appreciations and nuances. Thanks!

Even Cinderella has her limit.

22:53 that particular transformation was Walt Disney's favorite piece of animation. I think there is a video on youtube that expleains how they did it. Those effects are cllaed (by the animators) Pixie dust, and yes, it was animated individually. EDIT: Here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mP7lop_zBaQ.html

Every other eligible maiden in the kingdom wanted to be the one to marry the prince. All Cinderella wanted was a new dress & a night off from work.

Fun fact; Chickens eat mice. Straight up swallow them whole. They’re feathered killing machines 🙃

You thought this would look worse?...Disney animation even back then is the best in the world. As far as how realistic the motion is, remember, most of these old movies were done with Rotoscoping, where the animation was traced over live action frame by frame giving the true to life fluid motion for the human characters.

the classic Sleeping Beauty has the same beginning and ending book sequence.

Disney was founded in 1923, Studio Ghibli in 1958.

Reminded me a little of the cartoons back then like Tom and Jerry or loony tunes cartoons.

Love your reactions as always lmaoo! it would be amazing if y'all can react to Sleeping Beauty! It was my favorite growing up

You guys should watch the Enchanted and Mirror Mirror

Cinderella came out in 1945. Grandma likes to say that she's older than her. And Snow White was the first Disney movie.

please see Cinderella 3 and not 2, it is the best disney sequel made.

I loved this reaction. Are you gonna do part two and three as well? Or only the third? It's so good

I really want you guys to watch Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella from 1997. It has Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother, Brady as Cinderella, and fantastic music!

I love both of your reaction

13:04 I've always been confused by something here: How was Prince Henry blond as a baby/toddler and then his hair was jet-black in all the other paintings and in person?

Now time to watch the 2015 live action which is brilliant!

If you plan on doing more disney, you should definitly watch Lilo and Stitch

You should react to Cinderella 3. Ignore 2, just 3. It's actually really solid

I just gotta say - as an Adoptee, I hate the use of the word Step "Mom", or Step "Parent" to describe a relationship like the one Cinderella has with the woman her father married. It disguises the fact that there's no biological relationship, & that Cinderella was orphaned. Not talking about Disney, or the reactors watching, or holding any one entity responsible. I'm just talking about a concept, that I view as harmful. I was adopted into a very abusive family after losing my mother, & being legally separated from my Twin Brother, & 4 other siblings. I was brainwashed into viewing perfect strangers as family. I was 4 years old when I was adopted by them. I would get scared & cry every time they told me it was bath time, & time to get ready for bed. I got harshly shamed & punished for it, instead of recognizing, I was a highly traumatized child. Years later as an adult, I realized that they expected me to be comfortable around them naked, because they were my "legal" family now. But in reality, they were absolute strangers. Things need to change. Adoption & Guardianships need to be ethical, & take trauma into account, & provide counseling. And "fake" relationships, need to not be encouraged or forced on unsuspecting children. I don't know exactly what changes need to be made, or exactly what needs to happen, for those changes to be made, but it's high time for it to happen. Sorry for the rant. But that's my perspective on the dynamics of the Cinderella story....Other than that, I love the story, & among other things, it helped give me strength to endure, until I was free.

Yes please more classic Disney!! I don’t like the story of Cinderella but I respect the work that went in to it. I prefer Cinderella 2 and i know that’s quite unpopular to say haha.

you guys should watch the second and thirt movie of cinderella! they're great

I would love to see your reaction to Sleeping Beauty(1959) next, there's one scene that is haunting and i would love to hear your thoughts on the parts with Maleficent.

Nah, Ghibli isn't as old as Disney XD What is usually counted as Ghiblis first movie, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, came out in 1984. Of course, both Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata (who founded Ghibli) did make and work on some movies before they founded Ghibli, but they came way later than Disney, and was never really as big as Disney either. I believe I heard somewhere that Miyazaki apparently admired Disneys technical aspects with their animation, but found their stories too lacking, which is why Ghibli movies usually don't have as clear-cut endings, because we as humans aren't that easy to understand. Also, I adore this movie and feel like it gets way too much of a bad rap, so I'm glad you guys enjoyed it! :D

i also love the live-action cinderella (2015)

The best part of the Cinderella movie that these guys cut out is when Cinderella says " Oh I understand but, it's more than I ever hoped for!" Then the fairy godmother says "Bless you my child." That exchange is the ABSOLUTE best part of the whole movie and parallels perfectly when the spell is broken. Cinderella just looks up and says "Thank You, thank you for everything." A sweet girl deserving of one night, one 1/2 of a night really where having courage and being kind really pays off and matters.

Snow white is the first known full length animated film. So i think Disney may have been doing it longer than Studio Ghibli. I don't know for sure though.

I love this movie. It's sweet. Weird, because what was she on? Lol. Ninetailbrush I would love to get your take on the animated movie Anastasia. What they do with the jewelry in that movie is crazy. It sparkles like real jewelry would sparkle. Plus it's a damned-good movie.🙂👍

I like watching you guys do the princess movies it's so nice 🙂

I know you’ve mentioned Snow White on your Princess reaction but will you ever react to it. Being the iconic 1st princess in all. I like your reactions

You should check out the movie "Ever After" from 1998. It's a live action Cinderella w Drew Barrymore. Beautifully done IMO.

I think you would love Disney's Fantasia. It's amazing.

If you want more of the prince to have more of a character I say watch the straight to DVD Cinderella 3 a twist of time

If you want to check out older animation and a bunch of different styles all-in-one movie you should watch the original Fantasia. It's just a bunch of little shorts by different creators.

Yes, watch Snow White. And Sleeping Beauty. And Bambi. And Pinnochio. And Ichabod and Mr Toad (so far only 2 reactors have done that movie - and it's one of the adaptions of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' that keeps the characterisations of the original story, ie Katrina van Tassel is a rich coquette, Brom Bones is arrogant and a show off but is basically ok personality wise (thoughtless at times with his pranks but generally more mischievous rather than malicious), and Ichabod Crane is seen as a well-travelled, educated and cultured man but is also a vain and selfish gold-digger with a massive ego. And 101 Dalmations (animated version as well as the 2 Glenn Close movies), The Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, the Rescuers, Alice In Wonderland, Peter Pan, Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone. Anyone have any other ideas?

My child persona literally lit up when I saw the title! 🪄🤩

The Little Mermaid is a classic

Well, now I know where Hercules got their IF from.😅

A lot of the backgrounds were painted on glass that moved with the animation.

Omg pleeeeease watch cinderella 2 and 3😭💙💙

A classic thanks guys ❤

Another great 1950s animation would be Peter Pan and if you want to you can watch it sequel in 2000 Peter Pan Return to Neverland to compare the animation styles. But another great movie is Pete’s Dragon the original 1950s I believe. One of the characters is played by the same guy who played Kenickie in Grease. And there’s some animation involved in a live action setting. In a weird way it reminds me of the BBC adaption of the Chronicles of Narnia because they do something similar where it’s all live action yet you see some animation be done in it.

I always sing Disney sons to my pets and feel like Cinderella; poor pets… a literal captive audience. 😅 Fortunately, I’m a good singer, like Cinderella; unlike her stepsisters during their uh… “music” lesson. 😏

Please watch Sleeping Beauty next if you can. I really think it's the best from the classic Disney era.