Ella Enchanted

This weekend before starting to read Ella Enchanted I went and rented it at Blockbuster. I actually read half of the book before I started watching the movie. And as always, the movie is different from the book. However, the movie seemed very different from the book. In the movie Ella doesn't go to finishing school like she does in the book. She also seems to be a little closer to her dad in the movie when she hugs him as he leaves sincerely saying she will miss him. Also, in the movie Prince Char stays with Ella at the giant wedding, but he drops her off in the book. I haven't finished the book yet, but I'm sure there are many more differences between the two. And so far, I'm enjoying the book more than I did with the movie. I love Anne Hathaway, and the prince in the movie was cute, but I thought the movie was rather silly and weird. Its crazy how many different versions of Cinderella tales there are today and from the past; whether they are books, movies, tv shows, short stories, poems, songs, etc. Who knows what type of Cinderella story we will come up with next, .... maybe I could write the next best hit. :)