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Annie Remake

Had a feeling it would be a race discussion and humans will never learn.
 
I have no issues at all with an African American Annie or any other race portraying any of the predominantly white characters. I believe ages ago Nell Carter played Miss Hannigan quite legendarily. I just have an issue with "updating" Annie to modern times and making it urbanized.
 
I have no issues at all with an African American Annie or any other race portraying any of the predominantly white characters. I believe ages ago Nell Carter played Miss Hannigan quite legendarily. I just have an issue with "updating" Annie to modern times and making it urbanized.


It's a valid criticism, but it is not unheard of in musical theatre. It's quite commonly done in opera and Shakespeare as well.
 
It's a valid criticism, but it is not unheard of in musical theatre. It's quite commonly done in opera and Shakespeare as well.

Yup. West Side Story was (at the time) a modern day update of Romeo and Juliet. Rent was (at the time) a modern day update of La Boheme.

The TV show (and later, movie) The Fugitive was an updated version of Les Miserables. Pygmalion became My Fair Lady...which pretty much became Pretty Woman.

And I have yet to see a production of Jesus Christ Superstar that hasn't involved some sort of modern-day update.
 
International trailer...

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I have no issues at all with an African American Annie or any other race portraying any of the predominantly white characters. I believe ages ago Nell Carter played Miss Hannigan quite legendarily. I just have an issue with "updating" Annie to modern times and making it urbanized.
I will say, I am surprised there isn't more controversy about it, never mind the urbanization of it, I'd think just the idea of mistreated orphans in a modern day setting, wouldn't really translate well
 
I will say, I am surprised there isn't more controversy about it, never mind the urbanization of it, I'd think just the idea of mistreated orphans in a modern day setting, wouldn't really translate well

That's nothing...you should see the musical version of Matilda. The Trunchbull makes Miss Hannigan look like Mary Poppins.

And mistreatment of orphans has always been played for laughs in Annie anyway. In the stage version, Miss Hannigan goes to jail at the end, so the kids win.
 
This looks to be all kinds of stupid.

But,the original film will likely never be topped,so this "modern" update can do no harm.Maybe it'll drive some kids to watch the original.
 
Final trailer...

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So...this leaked early online. A screener. Usually screeners leak a lot after the release, but before? That's not good. 2nd 2014 major movie to be leaked before the films release date

Im not gonna watch it unless I hear the movie is really bad. I'd kinda been looking forward to this
 
Set in the present age ... so, who is going to be the President Roosevelt-type character? Certainly hope the it is not pResident Zero!
 
Saw it...it's not bad but I wouldn't say it's really good. For all of you who are hesitant about a black Annie (which I don't know why you would), Quvenzhane Wallis was really great in this. Sadly that was about it, everything around her is pretty silly....entertainingly silly...but silly. Diaz as Miss Hannigan was like a PG Fish Mooney, most will probably hate her performance, but I found it funny.
 
It was cute. It's a family film, but not the kind I think most parents would enjoy.. but kids will love it. I'll most likely take my little sister to see it when it opens. :up:

Will Gluck does an amicable job as director, but I think his humor works better in a PG-13 setting (see: the hilarious Easy A and Friends with Benefits). Look out for some funny cameos by a few actors who have starred in past Will Gluck films.
 
At first, I thought this looked terrible. Then, I thought it looked so terrible that it would just have to be entertaining. Now, I legitimately want to see it, because I think it'll provide perfectly serviceable, family friendly entertainment.

As someone who has seen and been a part of the original production, the changes don't bother me at all. I think they're trying a little too hard to be different, but I don't think anything they're doing is ruining the integrity of the show.

I'm mostly excited for the songs. They'll play a huge part in determining how I feel about the movie.
 
It was that Sony hack, wasn't it?
 
Im not sure. Of course it's possible, but it just seems like a screener leaked. Someone who received a screen for awards purposes just put the movie online.

Happens a lot
 
During November / December / January specifically. Screeners happen all of the time. The studios send in screeners of movies for awards nominations. It is a new thing however being put online before it opens in theaters
 
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I noticed they had a few of the kids from the movie in the parade.What PC lyric change did they make to "Hard knock life"? I couldn't make it out,but obviously they changed the line "No one cares for you a smidge,when you're in an orphanage". Can't malign orphanages these days.:o
 
I noticed they had a few of the kids from the movie in the parade.What PC lyric change did they make to "Hard knock life"? I couldn't make it out,but obviously they changed the line "No one cares for you a smidge,when you're in an orphanage". Can't malign orphanages these days.:o

Technically, there are no "orphanages" anymore. Kids are placed into foster homes in groups like the kids in the movie were. Hence the lyric change.
 
Just saw on Bloomberg that the leak wasn't intentional and that it was actually due to the hack.
 

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