What are some better films that you can recommend, Indian or otherwise?
That's good about Abu and Carpet, fingers crossed they don't change Lion king too much, I would be totally ok with the same Audio laid over the new CGI
I don't think saying people that enjoy aladin don't know any better necessarily mean you're calling them idiots, there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. While the disconnect is not as big man of steel and batman v superman have positive audience scores and negative critic reviews, that doesn't mean those movies are good. The first time i watched man of steel I thought it was a decently fun movie but as time has gone on i've become more aware of the problems with that movie and my opinion changed.
I'm saying that the movie is not that great and just because people liked it doesn't make it good
Damn, was he at least better than the guy in the movie? He already looks way better in this still.Already been done.
I thought the same thing, honestly shows the hypocrisy of some of these critics, it's also something my dad thought about the original movie, that it gave Middle Eastern kids someone they could admire and play pretend of their own in Aladdin and Jasmine. What happened to "representation matters" for Aladdin and Disney properties?
On the one hand, critics praise Black Panther for strong African and African-American representation, Crazy Rich Asians for strong East-Asian and Southeast-Asian representation, and Frozen and Captain Marvel for strong female representation.
Good post. I hadn't considered it through those lenses.
I know this post is super old but I have to point out that those movies in the latter group got bashed because they were bad movies...
Worst part of the film, for sure. Jafar is the best & most important character in the original and he completely drags the remake down.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a bad argument to make, as the movie did its best to villify all the gay characters in the movie, even Freddie Mercury himself, with zero basis in reality.
Except for the fact that the movies in the latter group all got high audience ratings. And one of them won the most Oscars this year.
In hindsight, representation depends on how well it connects with the people being represented. Bohemian Rhapsody connected more with straight, white and East-Asian audiences than it did with the gay, South-Asian or Middle-Eastern demographics being represented. Alita connected more with white, Asian and male audiences than it did with the Latin and female demographics being represented.
Well, I tend to find my own opinions line up with critics more often than audiences. Audience ratings don't really mean much to me and I doubt they mean much to most people.
You can't really make a judgement of what "most people" think based on critics, social media, or social circles. Critics and social media usually represent a loud minority, rather than the silent majority. When a movie like Aladdin makes more than $1 billion at the box office, then that's the silent majority speaking with their wallets. That's not to say blockbusters can't be "bad" movies, but it indicates that a ton of people clearly enjoyed the movie.
I don't know if I'd say it was a pop song, but it definitely felt like it was from a different kind of musical than Aladdin or Lion King or any of the others you think of from the golden age. Thats what I meant at least. perhaps you're right though.
What's interesting is they got rid of timon and pumbu in lion king wearing the hula skirts and stuff.
First off, criticizing a flawed movie does not equate to "trying to tear the move down, trying to destroy whatever little positive representation". As someone else said, it still needs to be a good movie. Now, if you can name specific people or at least platforms/websites that called for increased diversity and then didn't comment at all on Aladdin's diversity, then I'd agree that's at least a bit hypocritical. But all you've done is generalize a lot of individuals with diverse opinions.
I'm not saying I necessarily endorse these opinions -- it's complicated, particularly considering the history of the Aladdin tale. But there has absolutely been a big conversation about it in other forums. It just isn't always noted in reviews.
I thought it was a very good movie. And it seems that so did most audiences. But critics have differing tastes and/or standards compared to general audiences.
