New Annie Movie Colossal Blunder- Page 4

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 8:40am

Did she just stop in front of a duaneREADE while singing the last notes to the song?

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 9:19am

She sounds so bored and lifeless.

[wonkit]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 9:25am

That song is set so low anyone could sing it, which really takes the excitement out of the song. And was the pink paint on the sidewalk her mark to hit? She is such a sweet girl but this doesn't seem to have much genuine feeling - she is too busy handling the singing.

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 9:26am

She probably had to sing it multiple times that day. The recording she is singing to sounds pretty nice.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 10:30am

^ Stop.

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 10:39am

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 10:42am

She sounds totally ordinary, the clip gives absolutely nothing to be excited about.

I'm admittedly no fan of Annie, but that couldn't be more boring -- not even a glimmer of hope to change my mind.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 12:16pm

That was very lifeless compared to Alicia Morton.

[NOB88]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 12:17pm

I thought that clip was pretty blah. That can't possibly be something they are using in the movie?

The little girl is adorable, very charismatic and probably a gifted actress (considering her history). But I remember seeing an interview during which they asked her to sing something from Annie (she had just been cast). I thought she really wasn't much of a singer and figured they would have to do their 'tricks' in the movie for her singing. They could make that work?

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 12:22pm

"That can't possibly be something they are using in the movie?"

Oh But it definitely is. Yep, they have a year to figure out the sound mixing but they clearly decided on using that clip as the final product. That whole 30 second piece is what we will be hearing for months to come...absolutely no changes.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 6:29pm

^ Move on.

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 6:53pm

^ Move out.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 7:05pm

Not until I get to see that revival of SEUSSICAL set in the circus... How is that going for you, broadway guy? Updated On: 11/3/13 at 07:05 PM

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 7:18pm

http://youtu.be/Re72di5phM0

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 8:03pm

That can't be the clip they're using in the movie. The show's signature song has a bunch of extras blocking the title character?

[evic]

Posted: 11/3/13 at 9:48pm

That was truly awful. Are those Depends in the window?....Maybe Willow Smith can dub her in the final edit. I believe that is Harlem...if not, then Bedford Stuyvesant. Did they hire only 10 extras for the scene? Yikes!

[finebydesign]

Posted: 11/14/13 at 2:41pm

Scroll down to here Diaz singing Updated On: 11/14/13 at 02:41 PM

[smallvillefan16]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 3:40pm

Ew. Trying to make Miss Hannigan just misunderstood? Why?

Here's a ballad that seems to be sung between Hannigan and 'Stacks'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg30lEBaDy0

and the finale 'tomorrow' <--- so Annie get's a red coat instead of a red dress [and no red curls lol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtzCV-HTYBU

Posted: 12/7/13 at 3:58pm

That ending coreography looks absurdly cheesy!

Also, I agree that an "I'm Misunderstood" ballad is totally pointless for Miss Hannigan. Just let her be the villain!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 4:09pm

So... is this going to end with Miss Hannigan getting sober?

[MikeInTheDistrict]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 8:48pm

I still don't understand what this film even is. And the more I see of it, the more confused I become. It doesn't seem to be an adaptation of the musical, but they're using some of the character concepts (radically changed) from the show and at least "Tomorrow" will be featured. And it definitely doesn't seem to bear any sort of relationship to the original Harold Gray comic strip.

How will this be marketed? Are they banking on the cachet/popularity of the musical/film version/s, and selling this as a new adaptation of ANNIE... or as something almost completely unrelated that just happens to have a familiar song in it (which is closest to the truth)? How did they describe this thing to Martin Charnin when they pitched this to him? (At least, I believe he would have had to approve of this adaptation.)



Updated On: 12/7/13 at 08:48 PM

Posted: 12/7/13 at 9:58pm

It's a mess of an adaptation, that's for sure. And I think I've seen enough of it to know that.

It will likely bear little resemblance to the original, except for the previously mentioned radically changed character concepts and song, but will try to capitalize on the name recognition of the Broadway classic. it will also likely use the changes to draw in a larger audience that a true adaption of ANNIE would never attract.

Of all the musicals out there, ANNIE was a terrible choice for an update as the themes and plot devices are firmly set in the Depression era.

They could have done a story similar to ANNIE but original and unique in its own way, but they have used too many aspects of the musical (especially its most iconic song and original villain) for it to stand apart and on its own.

[MikeInTheDistrict]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 10:28pm

Exactly. I don't understand why they would go to the trouble of buying the rights to the ANNIE franchise when they weren't going to use 99% of it. They've thrown out the script, the time period, any relationship with the original comic strip character/source material, creating a new score and storyline... what's left that makes this ANNIE?

They probably could have named the main character "Charline", altered the few elements that are derivative of the musical, and it would have been enough that they weren't at risk of a lawsuit.



Updated On: 12/7/13 at 10:28 PM

[trentsketch]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 11:39pm

I have a feeling that the Tomorrow with Miss Hannigan is going to be a pop up scene in the closing credits. Otherwise, they've really lost the plot more than I thought.

[smallvillefan16]

Posted: 12/8/13 at 12:37am

It seems like the only similarity between this and the musical is that they use several of the songs from it. However, everything else [including who knows how many new songs] is very different.