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By Kate Fowler
Internet Culture & Trends Reporter
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The latest retelling of Cinderella might not be getting the best reviews online but neither did 2004's Ella Enchanted, and yet almost 17 years on, fans are still re-watching and noticing new details about the movie.
Ella Enchanted saw Anne Hathaway portray the classic fairytale during medieval times, with a lot of twists. In the 2004 movie, Ella was blessed cursed with the gift of obedience at birth by her fairy godmother Lucinda.
It becomes an issue, however, when her evil step sisters find out about it and intend to use it to make her life hell. Ella then embarks on a mission to find Lucinda at a wedding in Giantville to reverse her gift, but it's not as easy sailing as that.
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Along the way she finds love with a prince, becomes part of a royal murder plot and sings a few songs, naturally.
One fan of the movie has shared a small detail from one scene in the journey that for many has previously gone unnoticed. During the movie, Ella visits a medieval mall, but there's one aspect of it which especially isn't so medieval—the escalator.
"I always noticed the Renaissance type escalator, but just noticed this guy doing the work for it," wrote TikTok user @jackiechann94.
The clip showed Ella, among other characters, making their way down a wooden escalator. Ella Enchanted doesn't specify an exact date it's set in, but all clues hint to it being medieval times. Escalators were not introduced to the world until the late 1800s, so how did that happen? Eagle-eyed viewers may have already noticed it, but two men can actually be seen to the side of the screen turning a wheel by hand to make it move.
The video can also be seen in full here.
Fans of the film shouldn't be surprised by the mixture of modern and old-times—the film also features taxi cabs, teen magazines and fan clubs for the prince.
With over 200,000 likes, the clip has taken aback some viewers who had always wondered about the escalator's place in the movie.
"THat makes this scene even better," wrote one TikTok viewer.
"I rewatched this last night and I saw the same thing. Never realized that either!" added another.
"When I see details like that, I always wonder, 'Did I miss this because I wasn't paying attention, or because I saw it in the old TV format?'" commented one user.
Others, however, pointed out another detail—that logistically, the wheel doesn't actually work anyway. "They cut away right before the handle hits a beam because there is no way for him to make a full rotation," noted one user.
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