Certified Movie Buff: A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song

Hi guys. I'd just like to share with you another movie, which I secretly love.

I am a Disney kid so I'm pretty much a sucker for real-life ish spin-off movies of Disney's classic fairytales. One of which is Cinderella. This is the third installment of the A Cinderella Story (2004) which had Hilary Duff as the typical Cinderella. The second one, Another Cinderella Story (2008), with Selena Gomez, the dancing Cinderella. I've heard about Lucy Hale taking the part of Cinderella on the third installment a little after the second one was released, so I waited for a loooongg time. I was actually thinking that it'd be titled And Another Cinderella Story, but what do you know, they titled in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song (2011) with Bionic Woman's Lucy Hale as the singing Cinderella.

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It still was your typical Cinderella-ish story. Lucy Hale plays the role of Katie, a step daughter-turned-house worker, who was secretly a diva. The difference is that her glass shoe is her voice. She sang an original song for Prince Charming/Son-of-a-record-company-president, as an answer to his song, with a mask on, and a guitar to boot. And of course, there was the stepsister who supposedly had the "voice." And you know how it goes from there. =)

What made this story a little different from the other two is that I felt like Katie had more guts and the I'd-stand-up-for-myself-if-I-have-to attitude more than what Mary (Gomez) and Sam (Duff) had in the previous installments. She also didn't look like she was about to pass out with every close encounter with the English-accented Prince Charming.

Recommended to: Those who like fairytale-ish and almost cliched movies, with some singing.

But hey, I love this movie. If you want to check this out, local rental stores might have a copy, but I caught this on HBO for about three times. =)

Any fairytale-ish faves? Cheerio!