Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)

Although this is one of the 3 Cinderella films I rarley watch, i can honestly say i LOVED IT!!! This shows Cinderella is a real heroine and an inspiration to others. What I LOVED: Jaq and Gus' Song "At the Ball." An AMAZING duo song with these two lovable mice. Rob Paulsen and Corey Burton performed those roles brilliantly!Prince Charming jumping out the window. Has me DYING with laughter every time!Anastasia redeeming herself. I really liked how they decided to fully redeem Anastasia like in Cinderella II: Dreams Come True.Wand Battle at the Wedding. Still has me tensed every time I watch it.What I disliked: Absence of the rest of the mice. I know there was a tight budget, but it still would've been nice. I REALLY ship Jaq and Mary, and it would've been nice if she was included as well. I know some of you may disagree, but I would NOT feel as if her appearance was forced.All in all, GREAT movie. And like the other two, I give it a 10/10.

It's actually kind of interesting when old animated films have sequels that come out decades later like Cinderella or The Jungle Book or The Fox and the Hound because it's interesting to see what the world is like with improved animation technology and a new generation of voice actors who are talented enough to copy the earlier generation's voice. I guess the only reason why most of Disney's sequels are direct to video/DVD is because they don't want them to overtake new non-sequel films or the other way around. I must say that there really wasn't a lot of things going on in Cinderella, the original film from 1950. Most of the time was spent on the mice and the live action Cinderella remake from 2015 had a lot more of what the Cinderella fairytale being adapted was really about with more scenes of Cinderella meeting the prince before the ball and having a lot less time with the mice. However, I was really a lot more interested in both Cinderella sequels than the original Cinderella and its live action reboot.I get that a lot of people will be disappointed with the 2nd Cinderella because they actually wrote 3 different 22-minute stories. I don't have anything against this. I actually thought each of them were okay because it's cool to see different characters have their own new storyline, like Jaq worrying that Cinderella wouldn't need him or the other mice after marrying the prince. Both sequels actually did a good job with showing more of the prince that Cinderella married and Anastasia and giving them more depth to their personality. Before these 2 Cinderella sequels, Anastasia was the exact same character as Drizella. Now we know she actually feels lonely and wants to find true love, fearing that she may not be loved because of her background with her evil sister and mother and their mistreatment of Cinderella. Things must have not worked out between her and the baker from Cinderella 2 because they're no longer together at the start of Cinderella 3.Maybe the 1st sequel wasn't interesting enough for theaters, but I really think this film, the 2nd sequel, would have been very interesting to watch there. Unlike the sequels to The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire, this sequel did not cheap out on the animation at all. Neither did Mulan 2 from what I've seen, but the big difference is that Cinderella knew how to make something good come from having its characters act out of character from what they originally were and Mulan didn't. The basic plot is that Anastasia steals Fairy Godmother's wand for Drizzella and Lady Tremaine so they can use it to go back to the past and make Cinderella's glass slipper larger for it to fit Anastasia's foot. Lady Tremaine also uses Fairy Godmother's wand to alter the prince's memory so he thinks he danced with Anastasia instead of Cinderella, but he then starts to suspect something is wrong after he touches Anastasia's hand and it feels different from Cinderella's hand.What makes this sequel very admirable is not only challenging Cinderella with working to get back the prince to make her dream come true after her evil stepmother Lady Tremaine stole Fairy Godmother's magic, but once again, that it redeems Anastasia and makes her as sympathetic and human as Cinderella. While Anastasia wants to find true love, she still doesn't want to steal it from Cinderella and lets Cinderella marry the prince at the end. Best of all, the paintings in the end credits show she was able to find and get with the baker from Cinderella 2 again. The film also managed to integrate the mice and Lucifer (the cat) into the plot without taking too much time away from Cinderella and Anastasia. This is truly a sequel masterpiece for the ages that shows just how much our storytelling for animated films has improved over the course of 5 decades. No, I'm still not going to pretend Cinderella 2 doesn't exist. It happened before the beginning of this 3rd film where they go back in time to change the ending of Cinderella.

I might not have been around too long, but i've learned that when you're with a girl (In this case it's my best female friend) watching kid flicks or chick flicks is a whole lot easier. In this case I spent just a little over an hour of my time watching the 3rd Cinderella installment. And I can't believe i'm about to write this...it was worth it.The evil stepmother is sick of seeing her former slave enjoying life with the prince. Every day she wishes for vengeance. She finally gets it in the form of the fairy godmother's wand. What leads is a real hard effort from Disney to fill the void between the first and second Cinderella movies.First off, No sequel nor prequel can beat an original. But Cinderella 3 came pretty darned close. I usually don't say that about Disney movies, since most of the sequels are simply trying to cash in on whatever they can get. But Cinderella 3 had something special. I don't know what, it just did. Maybe a lot of young people can relate to Anastacia, for example. They just want to find the love of their life. Maybe we just wanted to see injury added to insult to the evil stepmother. Or maybe we need to see why Cinderella was so nice to Anastasia in Cinderella II. There's so many reasons why this 3rd installment isn't in the 3 out of 10 star rank with multiple negative comments.I give it 7 out of 10. If your best friend wants you to watch it with her, go for it.

I will say that when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I was impressed. The idea of the stepmother getting a hold of the wand and turning back time is pretty neat! I've not seen the second movie, nor do I plan to.The animation for this film is decent, though sometimes Cinderella looks like a man and her head is too big. The jokes are cheesy and the majority of the plot is see-through, but what can I do? I'm an adult and may have lost some of my child-like innocence. The music is unmemorable...sort of.Good film for children as a sequel but is much too reminiscent of The Little Mermaid in places and other Disney films to be unique. Watch if you're intrigued by the plot setup but don't bother buying this one unless it's for your kids.