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Post by Ginger Spice on Oct 2, 2014 20:41:24 GMT -5
I'm impressed by the girl playing Aaliyah's look, but it's hard to watch a trailer having to do with Aaliyah without having her music in the background.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 2, 2014 20:54:38 GMT -5
Only good thing about that trailer... the use of Iggy's Goddess. Without her music this will beyond a travesty.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 22:53:36 GMT -5
That actress is the one that looks the least like Aaliyah of all the ones that were attached to the project. She looks more Asian than Aaliyah did...almost like Jhene.
The movie looks like typical Lifetime trash. It's a shame that Aaliyah's legacy has come to this.
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Oct 3, 2014 13:28:29 GMT -5
Meh.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 8:20:47 GMT -5
The movie looks like typical Lifetime trash.
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Post by George on Oct 5, 2014 19:56:49 GMT -5
The movie looks like typical Lifetime trash.
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Post by allow that on Oct 9, 2014 8:39:02 GMT -5
14:47 "Well, it's cheap to film up in Toronto. I know because that's where we filmed the Aaliyah movie"
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Post by think pink. on Oct 9, 2014 9:12:54 GMT -5
....A fuckin' mess. She plays her with a cocky confidence, that was never like Aaliyah. And the R. Kelly kiss....ugh.
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Post by Rican@ on Oct 9, 2014 9:34:10 GMT -5
She doesn't have "it" to portray Aaliyah and she lacks the "coolness/swag" that Aaliyah had. This girl seen lost in those trailers.
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Oct 9, 2014 9:37:21 GMT -5
I LOVE this tumblr post. I encourage you all to read the book this “movie” is based on FIRST, before you choose to watch this parody.
I can assure you, NOTHING of what this girl is saying is included in the book. The only things that are included are things we as fans, already know. There is more mention of R.Kelly and his rise to fame then there is of Aaliyah & R.Kelly. Anything mentioned in the book is miniscule, not even a full chapter. It’s hearsay. It’s "well maybe this happened and maybe it didn’t".
To sprout this nonsense like it is gospel. Like Aaliyah herself came down from the Heavens and told you all her secrets….is beyond disgusting and pathetic. How are you so sure of yourself? Of what you are saying? As if you spent the last month hanging around Aaliyah personally, to get all the innermost details of her personal life. How can you sit there smugly and say definitively “THIS is what happened. I’m sure of it”. None of this “info” is included in the book and NO ONE who personally knew Aaliyah was on board with this project…where is this “concrete evidence” coming from?
I am sick to my stomach right now. Helpless and infuriated beyond belief. I just hope that this younger generation aren’t gullible enough to take what this movie depicts as factual instead of taking the time to do their own research. There will always be assumptions and allegations. We all know this. But that is ALL there ever can be. That is a part of Aaliyah’s life we may never fully know. Nor is it our business to know. And unless you have Aaliyah herself or her family tell you what happened, you will NEVER know the 100% truth of what went on during that time of her life. No matter what any unauthorised books may say. No matter what Wendy Williams tells the writers to put in her scripts. You will NEVER know the gospel truth unless people who loved and knew Aaliyah personally are willing to share that with you. So to sit there and say such things with certainty, as if you know the 100% truth of the matter, without any input from these people is just….smh.
I honestly can’t with this movie nonsense anymore and wash my hands of all this ridiculousness. aaliyahalways.tumblr.com/post/99447080493/i-encourage-you-all-to-read-the-book-this-movie
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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 9, 2014 10:14:59 GMT -5
Wow, the actress is very obnoxious. And the movie looks terrible.
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Post by allow that on Oct 9, 2014 11:15:26 GMT -5
Wow, the actress is very obnoxious. Seriously. How dare she speak on Aaliyah's behalf as if she actually knew what was inside of Aaliyah's head. So cocky, so full of herself... very much the opposite of how Aaliyah came across in any of her interviews.
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Post by Rican@ on Oct 9, 2014 11:19:01 GMT -5
Wow, the actress is very obnoxious. Seriously. How dare she speak on Aaliyah's behalf as if she actually knew what was inside of Aaliyah's head. So cocky, so full of herself... very much the opposite of how Aaliyah came across in any of her interviews. Right. Aaliyah definitely had confidence when she came on the scene, but it was more so admiring and inspiring (she made it out that anybody could do this). This girl is nothing like that and she is trying to put Aaliyah in an "arrogance" box which she was far from that.
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Post by tae04 on Oct 9, 2014 14:48:02 GMT -5
LoL. It looks a fool, but I'll still be tuning in. They definitely could have at least had an instrumental of one of her songs in the trailer. I don't know why people are so up in arms about this and the Whitney movie. It'll be all type of documentaries and etc made, hell I've watched a few on Youtube. I'm sure big screen movies will be done in the future.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 9, 2014 15:43:02 GMT -5
LMAO. Looks like a Lifetime movie, i.e. TRASH.
People need to calm the f**k down though, getting all worked up over this nonsense... screaming BLASPHEMY at the top of their lungs. This is Aaliyah, it's not Jesus Christ. Lifetime has been making garbage biopics of dead people for years, Aaliyah is no different. These movies are long forgotten and nobody pays ANY attention to them.
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Post by allow that on Oct 9, 2014 20:37:03 GMT -5
This is Aaliyah, it's not Jesus Christ. Thanks for clarifying. We were confused.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Oct 9, 2014 22:03:31 GMT -5
The FACT that they can't use her music....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2014 22:17:57 GMT -5
I don't think we need to rag on the actress too bad (although I still think she looks nothing like Aaliyah). Her tone had some Aaliyah qualities to it, so I can see why they'd want her if she could also record the music.
I will say though I CRINGED at her saying that R. Kelly was Aaliyah's "first real love" and that she "rode hard for that love." Aaliyah was basically a child when R. Kelly and her were shacking up and it makes the actress look very naive and ignorant to act like it was some huge dramatic love affair when it was actually kind of just a creepy situation of a young girl getting caught up way too fast with someone who should have known better. Not to mention, Aaliyah basically refused to address that situation at all once the initial controversy passed...it wasn't like she was heralding him as the love of her life in interviews.
I agree, this movie does not really mean anything in terms of Aaliyah's legacy but part of me feels so uncomfortable knowing how horrified her family must be.
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Post by darko95 on Oct 15, 2014 6:32:59 GMT -5
I'm interested in hearing Alexandra's music. Heard she has something up her sleeve.
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Post by allow that on Oct 15, 2014 9:09:20 GMT -5
Can we like make a different topic for this damn movie? I keep clicking in with hopes that we'll read OTHER Aaliyah-related news. I'm interested in hearing Alexandra's music. Said no one else ever.
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Post by Live Your Life on Nov 13, 2014 20:23:05 GMT -5
The acting...LMFAO!
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Post by SHOOTER on Nov 13, 2014 20:36:52 GMT -5
The acting AND the casting! They look closer to Trick and Trina than Kellz and Aaliyah.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 20:41:36 GMT -5
The acting AND the casting! They look closer to Trick and Trina than Kellz and Aaliyah. My first thought was "When did someone greenlight an Amerie biopic??" And was I the only one who did a lil side-eye at her own TV mother not pronouncing her name as "Ali-yah" and saying "Uhliyah"...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 23:15:43 GMT -5
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Post by inclinations on Nov 13, 2014 23:47:33 GMT -5
That's a lifetime movie for you.
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Nov 14, 2014 0:01:04 GMT -5
This is getting slammed.
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Post by think pink. on Nov 14, 2014 0:43:34 GMT -5
Deadline gave this a scathing review and called it "souless".
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Nov 14, 2014 5:36:32 GMT -5
I cringe everytime the commercial comes on. Definitely won't watch this.
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Nov 15, 2014 22:09:00 GMT -5
Please tell me this tweet is fake. Lol
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Post by tamed09 on Nov 15, 2014 22:38:02 GMT -5
It basically was a spoof
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