Annie: how to screw up a musical movie

Jules 2022-03-25 09:01:15

IMDb: 5.1 Metacritic: 33/4.7 Rottentomatoes: 28% (4.4)/62% (3.6)

The failure of Annie is no surprise.
In fact, after breaking away from the background of the Great Depression, this incomparably Mary Sue and naive and nauseating modern fairy tale, no, the fairy tale itself lacks charm.
Had it not been adapted into a musical in 1977, the dream of a windfall would have been better left to those school-aged children as a bedtime story. In this original story, the intrusion of the national icon, President Roosevelt, unmistakably shows the essence of the story:
the so-called American dream that an effort written for the sake of an unspeakable cult of personality in line with the New Economic Policy can realize the wish. .
Ironically, today, nearly 90 years later, in the face of the global economic crisis and the first black president who has made little economic achievements, Annie, the orphan girl, has just changed her race just right.
On the other side of the ocean, another country with the ambitions of the old Roosevelt era also has a group of so-called literati who have created many inexplicable "dream interpretation works" with the current leaders as the core.
Time flies, each leading the way for hundreds of years.
What remains constant is the same flattering and irrational flattery.

Judging from this movie alone, if you take away the positive energy components and the very sophisticated music structure, this orphan girl who has no charm at all is difficult to be recognized by the market and the audience. .
And history has long proven that the story of "Annie" is not suitable for the big screen.
Since the birth of the musical version in 1977, including this new version, or the black version of "Annie", there are three versions: 82, 99 and 14. 99 of them are TV movies.
The three editions of the film are rated as follows:
82 edition: IMDb: 6.5 Metacritic: 39/6.2 Rottentomatoes: 50%(5)/69%(3.61)
Version 99: IMDb: 6.7 Metacritic: N/N Rottentomatoes: N%(N)/57%(3)
Version 14: IMDb: 5.1 Metacritic: 33/4.7 Rottentomatoes: 28%(4.4)/62%(3.6)
for a Getting worse isn't an inappropriate description for an adaptation of a story that's low on its own.
If the little girl Kuiwen Zhanni Wallis, who was directly recommended to the Oscar altar, did not appear properly in "The Beast of the South", then trampled on the culprit of the story of "Annie" again, there is no suspense. The land was completely spread over the Will Smith family.
After holding the son and the daughter, it is really heartbreaking.
And Quvenzane Wallis isn't much better.
The lack of performance experience is not something that can be covered up by accident in a movie that can amaze the audience by appearing in its true colors.
Thinking back to our side, in order to support a Tong Fei whose facial features are uncomfortable no matter how you look at it, Wang Jing, the fat mantis, spent a lot of money and made as many films as possible without making any progress. The more confused it is, the higher it is, that is, there is never a moment where no one is allowed to play.
Poor godfather in the world.
It is conceivable how difficult it is to professionally train a child who does not know how to perform to become a young actor who can sing and dance.
Then Sony gave up.
What's even more ridiculous is that, except for the bald man Jamie Foxx who has experience in music, the other leading actors are all singing and dancing scumbags.
It's hard enough to find the beat for the little protagonist, and dancing, like a few inexplicable adult casting, is completely unpredictable. So there are these funny scenes in the movie: it is obviously the appearance scene of the protagonist, but his singing voice is inaudible, all of which are the super harmony of the minor supporting characters; there is no serious dance moves, all of which are minor supporting actors. Jump up and down.
This shouldn't be called "Annie", it should be called "The genius friends of the little girl who can't sing and dance".
It's just a child, and the roles of Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrne are even worse to a pitiful level: the 99 version of Miss Hannigan has found a generation of demon Kathy Bates, Diaz can't sing and dance Without it, she's simply acting as a maniac and a maniac; Rose Byrne's role as the big sister next door who can't sing and dance is the most papery image she has had in many years of filming, no one.
Aside from the only flashes between Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhan, the film is horribly shallow and perfunctory.
What if there was the Will Smith family? What if Jay-Z helped?
This has nothing to do with black dominance. "Top 5 in the Industry" directed and acted by Chris Rock is also a black film through and through. It includes almost all black comedians except Eddie Murphy, not to mention the appearance of all the active black Cassie on SNL, and the music is even more so. Jay-Z and Kanye West's double strike is the best pseudo-biographical light comedy movie in recent years.
It's not that black Annie is unacceptable, it's mediocrity and cynicism that don't care at all.
Self-reflection on a social level is not cynicism. And the creators are apparently unaware of the problem.
For a movie that is simply put together to make a famous character, only the editors in the post-production stage suffer.
And if it's for the sake of arranging and composing a few songs to sound good, why go to the cinema and buy an OST?
To be honest, the audience who can fall in love with this movie is afraid that they really lack love for music movies.

This year coincides with the 50th anniversary of the birth of "The Sound of Music", but the music movies in recent years have obviously not identified the problem. Black Annie is just one of the sacrifices.
A serious musical film, strictly speaking, is a film adaptation of a musical, and obviously it will not find a way after the new millennium. After the fire of "Moulin Rouge", "Chicago" and "High School Musical" at the beginning of the century, a group of people sharpened their heads and wanted to drill in. After the exclusion of biographical categories such as "Dream Girl" in 2006 and "Jersey Boy" in 2014, the remaining works are almost full of countless slots. For example, the 2004 version of "The Phantom of the Opera" has bad reviews but good audiences.
And the root of all evil is in the new version of "Hairspray" in 2007.
That's right, it's precisely because "Hairspray" was so successful (IMDb: 6.8 Metacritic: 81/7.6 Rottentomatoes: 91%(7.8)/85%(3.5)) that a series of shoddy musical films rushed off Broadway to Hollywood.
And the success of "Hairspray" was accidental? Obviously not. A series of choices from the front and back of the stage, it is quite clear that this is a down-to-earth, really thoughtful music film: "Dancing Out of My Life" series producer Adam Shankman is at the helm, root is Miaohong Zac Efron, professionally trained Nikki Brownsky, American Gigolo, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, and even the original Daddy Jerry Stiller With the original geek cult director John Waters, the only downside is Christopher Walken. But the old man also played the musical version of "Peter Pan" on NBC last year. It is difficult to say whether he is happy or sad.
And I can still open my mouth to "Good Morning Baltimore". Since then, I have fallen in love with music movies.
The following year, 2008, was Aunt Mei's "Mamma Mia".
It's hard to say how much the buffalo-voiced Pierce Brosnan plus Colin Firth and the old Skarsgard's three daddy detracted from the movie, but ABBA's songs are each extremely catchy. Big eyes, big waves, and big wave girl Amanda Seyfried are not very charming, and their singing skills are simply intoxicating. Dominic Cooper, who is not Daddy Iron Man, has various body shapes.
Although the story is just like that, the beauty of the song is even more explosive, and the old lady is showing her teeth and claws, and it is very pleasant to watch the movie.
It's no surprise to beat "Avatar" in the UK to win the championship (IMDb: 6.4 Metacritic: 51/7.1 Rottentomatoes: 54%(5.5)/66%(3.6)).
Then the next year, Rob Marshall, who filmed "Chicago", was fed shit.
Nine, written by Anthony Minghella, with Daniel Day-Lewis and a bunch of MILFs and a bunch of cougars, IMDb: 5.9 Metacritic: 49/4.2 Rottentomatoes: 37%(5.1)/37%(2.9) ).
The badness of this movie directly led to the emergence of music movies that were not available in the following years.
The dizzying script, the lack of bright singing passages, and the urgency of imposing new words and old sorrows have greatly destroyed the audience's preference for music movies.
This low tide has continued to the 12-year yin and yang double heaven.
In the middle of the year, Adam Shankman made a comeback, and "The Age of Rock" wanted to continue the glorious history of "Hairspray"; at the end of the year, Tom Hopper's "Les Miserables" aimed at Oscar.
Then everyone knew it.
"Rock of Ages" is basically the same as "Hairspray", but with bigger stars and bigger ambitions. But two problems were ignored: rock and roll is always a niche, and it is very noisy when it comes to the big screen; Liangtang's singing is too inconsistent, and it sings for dozens of seconds in "Top Gun", which makes people complain. .
Compared to "Hairspray", this is the biggest Waterloo. Because it proves that even the best people, using the most popular routines, cannot guarantee a balance between market and quality (IMDb: 5.9 Metacritic: 68/6.6 Rottentomatoes: 41%(5.0)/54%( 3.3)), although the wind review is slightly stronger than "Nine", it is far lower than "Hairspray" and "Mamma Mia", and the box office performance is also quite unsatisfactory.
Then came the blockbuster Les Miserables (IMDb: 7.7 Metacritic: 63/7.4 Rottentomatoes: 70%(6.9)/79%(4.0)).
One-stop editing, a superman dad has a slight groove but his singing skills are excellent, the big girl Amanda's comeback, the future actor of Xiao Xianrou joins, and Wolverine, Cinderella and Princess are old-fashioned, the most eye-catching is that in the film Not a single line was recited, and it was recorded live from beginning to end, full of lyrics and scenes that tested editing and scheduling. The stage sense is quite weak, replaced by a shocking live performance.
It's no surprise that the Oscars are in full swing.
I have been playing the terrier for a whole year, and it can be called "alright, alright, alright" of the year.
Turning to 2014, it was another two attempts that made people feel uneasy.
Once with "Annie" and once with "The Enchanted Black Forest".
The former is not worth repeating, and the latter is again played by Comrade Rob Marshall. The well-established adaptations are rarely successful, the tension is obvious before and after, the stage design of the scene is full of sense of the stage, seriously lacking imagination, except for Anna, the singing skills are not high. But the good thing is that it is faithful enough to the original.
It is used almost every scene.
And Disney's biggest enemy is itself. During one year, three films adapted from fairy tales were released in a row. One made Sleeping Beauty into a mother-daughter relationship, and the latter two were dressed in fancy dresses, but they were too honest to dare to move. No matter how they looked, they would be aesthetically tired.
So obviously, even if the media is good enough, the audience is not so easy to fool (IMDb: 6.1 Metacritic: 69/6.1 Rottentomatoes: 71%(6.6)/52%(3.2)).

In the final analysis, it’s still the same sentence:
Be honest and create, don’t think blindly.

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Extended Reading
  • Herta 2022-03-17 09:01:06

    It's so vulgar, the soundtrack of the car chase shows what the hell the dragon trainer theme is. . For Rose Byrne's sake, it's beautiful! ! ! ! <3333333

  • Uriel 2022-04-22 07:01:43

    It was originally a musical adaptation. Blacks are comparable to Indians, they sing whenever they disagree

Annie quotes

  • Hannigan: Like me on Facebook!

    Will Stacks: I don't like you in Harlem; why would I like you on Facebook?

  • Annie: Are you lactose-intolerant?

    Will Stacks: I'm kid-intolerant.