I watched old movie at the movie theater② "Cinderella" Disney100 Film Festival in Japan

I am Japanese. I write this blog not only in Japanese but also in English. But I'm not good at English very much, so I think that there are many mistakes in my English. I appropriate your understanding.

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In 2023 the year of Disney's 100th anniversary, also in Japan, we could experience various celebrate Disney projects.

For example, Disney's digital stamp rally, the 100th anniversary movie "Wish", and a short film called "Once Upon a Studio" in which appear various characters from previous Disney movies.

One of such projects was "Disney 100 Film Festival".

This is an event where classic Disney animations that are loved by everyone were released in movie theaters on weekend in October.

I heard that the lineup of movies differs depending on the country.

In Japan, the lineup was like this.

1.Frozen (played 1st October)

2.Big Hero 6 (played 8th October)

3.Cinderella (played 14th October)

4.Moana (played 15th October)

5.The Little Mermaid (played 21st October)

6.Zootopia (played 22nd October)

7.Tangled (played 28th October)

8.Fantasia (played 29th October)

I went to watch two movies. "Cinderella" and "Fantasia".

In this article, I would like to write about my experience watching "Cinderella (Japanese dubbed version)".

Cinderella is a famous movie. Almost all people know its song, "Bibbidi Bobbidi-Boo". But actually, I had never watch it before.

If I can watch a masterpiece which I hadn't watched yet on a movie theater screen, that is fantastic!  So, I decided to buy a ticket.

Tickets have been available for reservation online for about a week, but when I checked as soon as reservations started, there were two or three people who had already confirmed their reservations!

Even though this movie theater is in rural area in Japan, I was surprised that some people quickly made a reservation. And it was almost full on the day of the movie.

It's impossible for a rural movie theater to be full in usual. Disney is incredibly popular!

The screening started with full expectations. I am going straight to the point; Cinderella was just too good!

As you know, I like musical movies, and many Disney movies are musical movies with many songs sung during the movie.

Cinderella is also musical. The movie includes many famous songs, like "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Make", which is sung many times in this movie!

↓ A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Make (I watched the Japanese dubbed version, but this video is the English version from Disney's official channel.)

Even though I knew the story is a happy ending, I felt really sad when I watched meanness of the stepmother and her daughter, and I was really nerves when I watched the scene that Cinderella is in trouble. 

And because I knew the story is a happy ending, I was able to watch it with the hope convincing a happy ending in my heart, no matter what tragedies or hardships occurred around Cinderella.

When the Disney 100 Film Festival was held, only brochure of only two movies, "Cinderella" and "Fantasia" were sold at movie theaters. 

Before the screening, I thought that "I don't need the brochure".

But, after I watched this movie, I felt that the song was good, the story was good, others like pictures were all good, this is a masterpiece! And I started to feel like "I want a brochure!!!"

It seems that many people felt the same way, and there was a long line at the brochure counter after the screening!!

I lined up in line to get it. On the train to home, I read the brochure, and I reminded the wonderfulness of Cinderella.

I'm really glad that I was able to experience Cinderella for the first time in a movie theater.

See you again!