iluvtheatertrash said: "Why, Giants? What did this movie ever do to you? Why do you actively WANT the people involved to have an embarrassing flop? Kinda sad the energy you’re putting into actively wishing people to fail."
To be clear - I don’t want ‘the arts’ to fail. I also do not want people to fail (which doesn’t really pertain to this because, well, look everyone involved - this movie won’t even be a blip on their bio in a year or two and thing has been bought and paid for). I do however want an end to these cheap regurgitations of things that were already done a million times and better (Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Cinderella, etc). How about some real creativity? How about original scores, stories, or at the very least casting that makes sense. Often this board rolls their eyes at jukebox musicals and that’s basically what this will be (half of the soundtrack is just covers of past radio hits).
I really didn’t like The Greatest Showman, but you know what? It was a new project, with decent casting, an entertaining story (despite it being very whitewashed and untrue), and effort. People went nuts for that damn thing - and I’m happy that it did well! I hope they make a sequel!
We don’t need Cinderella to be redone again. Tell a new story. We have the Disney cartoon (and two sequels), three TV movies, a Disney live action remake, Ever After, all the spin-off films, etc. I agree that we need to support movie musicals, but as was just pointed out in this thread, there’s plenty coming this next year. We also need to stop praising Hollywood every single time they take the lazy route, because that’s all we’ll get.
Oh, and I second the desire for Corden to go away for a long time. White mediocrity at it’s finest, and he’s never a natural fit (both in what projects/roles he’s in and his performances).
I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.
