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Disney forcing me to watch *checks notes* a sequel to The Descendants in order to see Brandy as Cinderella again.



Also Rita continuing to get these high profile gigs is wild to me.

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Need Disney to get Brandy & Rita on a bop of this level:

 

Mvnl

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So I lowkey wanna thank Belle's Horrific Christmas Movie for leading me to this thread discussing every straight to VHS/DVD sequel ever and I'm having a blast reading all of it:


 
Partly cause of the discussion here and partly cause I had never seen it even though the first one is one of my favorites and Belle is my favorite princess, I watched Beauty & The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas last night and honestly it was unhinged but...it was a fun time? And I really enjoyed it?
 

Mvnl

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Partly cause of the discussion here and partly cause I had never seen it even though the first one is one of my favorites and Belle is my favorite princess, I watched Beauty & The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas last night and honestly it was unhinged but...it was a fun time? And I really enjoyed it?

Well I'm glad someone did!
It does seem to be fondly remembered by a lot of people.. I guess growing up with it might make all the difference?
 
I just watched the first two episodes of the Willow series.

Disappointed would be an understatement.
Weird isn’t it? There are some great ideas but… it just looks and feels a bit crap.

There’s no way the princess’ girlfriend/ side kick isn’t the real chosen one.
 

Mvnl

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Yeah my husband and I put it on the other day and I gave up after 15 mins. It was so boring. I ended up just scrolling on my iPad with it on in the background.

I did finish it (probably thanks to watching with a friend and needing any form of distraction right now) but half of the time I wasn't even completely sure what was going on but didn't feel like I missed out on anything either. It left me as cold as Lightyear.
 
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I watched Disenchanted over Christmas and I thought it was fine. Not a patch on the original, but it was enjoyable enough. I didn't find any of the songs particularly memorable. I enjoyed Badder when it was on, but forgot it as soon as it was over. Idina always gives a nice dramatic vocal, so I also liked her song towards the end of the film, but again once it was over I'd forgotten it.

The film itself just felt too long, a good half hour could have been shaved off. The Evil Stepmother storyline felt like it had potential, but it was executed in such a strange way that I didn't care for it.

I also watched the Aladdin remake on Christmas Day. It's the first time I've seen it since I saw it at the cinema and it really is a whole mess. Guy Richie was the wrong director for something like this. It required a grand vision for the spectacle, and I just think he lacked this. I'll also always be annoyed that:

They removed Jafar turning into a snake. Iago growing in size just wasn't the same. The casting choice for Jafar also didn't work.
 
I just rewatched Old Yeller man that film is a tough watch.

Going to rewatch Swiss Family Robinson next. Most of the same cast are in both which is amusing.
 
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I love Swiss Family, the Anaconda scene terrified me as a kid. Dorothy McGuire is wonderful on it and Old Yellar (and also in the great thriller The Spiral Staircase from 1945)
 
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