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Cyrano (2021)
Writers
Seems like the writers had never read the play. Felt like they missed the soul of the source material. Actors were beautifully cast but the dialogue and lyrics felt clunky and misguided. Felt like a love story when it absolutely is a story about failed truth. Joe Wright had done a beautiful job as always but again overall it feels like the point is missed. Still an enjoyable watch but the musical bits felt jarring and out of nowhere. Captured none of the humor and cavalier attitude. De Guiche also came across as very r*pey which felt very odd and uncomfortable since it was not in any other the other adaption.
Aladdin (2019)
Aladon't
The only redeeming thing about this movie is the cute new love story between the genie and Dalia (Jasmine's handmaids). Without them the cast is filled with actors who are whitewashed (yes I know they did make efforts to choose actors from varying indian and middle eastern descent but it's still pretty white)
And Disney ruined any chance of interesting characters by refusing to be controversial. The main characters have no chemistry and they forgot to give jasmine a personality because they were too concerned about her being "an independent woman." I'm also peeved at the fact that Aladdin didn't have any of the originals charm or spunk. Everyone was flatter than the original animated version which was literally 2d