Aschenputtel

Yes, i did watch this because of Adventures of Prince Ahmad. I was taken aback by prince ahmad. There was a continuity and smoothness to some of the sequences that was genuinely unexpected and it served the story exceptionally well like how creepy the introduction of the villain is. Way more creepy in fact than expressionist films of the time with characters that desperately try to look creepy but end up looking like scooby-doo villains.

Unfortunately, that smoothness and continuity isn't here. There are actually too many cuts during the runtime. Everything is segmented and bite sized segments at that which is likely due to the short runtime since the Dr Dolittle shorts are a lot more continuous even if they also don't have the "smoothness". Maybe my expectation isn't fair but to me that's what elevated prince ahmad beyond a bunch of silhouettes.

That's not to say i didn't enjoy watching Cinderella. I'm sure everyone knows the story and the film even starts by summarizing it. Stories are boring when there's no element of surprise to them. This one did have a couple of surprises though and the style is still pretty effective in capturing the imagination.

And you know, its short enough that you might as well just watch it instead of reading this.