Aladdin (Live-Action)

[Disney's Divinity]

Why can't Disney just submit all of their films in all of the eligible categories and call it a day? Why do they need to play this weird little game every year?

Disney will never stop their games. They like to control the outcomes as much as possible. It devalues the process--and it was already skewed--because people don't get to judge everything anymore. Better songs get overlooked because Disney decides to focus only on one in particular, perhaps one that is not the highlight according to the viewers.

[D82]

Really odd Disney's only campaigning for Best Song. You'd think they'd at least do so for Costume Design, Production Design, and Score as well. Hopefully, they'll submit the film in more categories despite not listing them in their FYC website.

I hope so too. It would be unfair not to give the people who worked in those departments a chance.

[JeanGreyForever]

Yeah, they could have easily scored a nomination for Best Costume Design like Cinderella and BATB both did. Especially since Black Panther's win showed that the Academy is willing to vote for films that have costumes that are not the typical European fare seen in most Hollywood costume dramas.

[Farerb]

Well... I hated Beauty and the Beast, but I'll say this in its favor - it had really good production values. Aladdin did not. And I think Disney knows it and couldn't be bothered.

[Disney Duster]

I personally didn't like the costumes and production design of Aladdin either. But I felt the same about Maleficent and that got nominated for costumes.

[Sotiris]

Aladdin has won the People's Choice Award for Best Family Movie of 2019! It beat Toy Story 4 and The Lion King.

Family Movie of 2019

Toy Story 4
The Lion King
Aladdin
The Secret Life of Pets 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
The Angry Birds Movie 2

Source: https://www.eonline.com/shows/peoples_c ... plete-list

[Disney Duster]

Aladdin has won the People's Choice Award for Best Family Movie of 2019! It beat Toy Story 4 and The Lion King.

[Sotiris]

"A Whole New World" has been nominated for Best Adapted Song at the Online Film & Television Association Awards 2019.

Best Adapted Song

Aladdin — "A Whole New World"
The Last Black Man in San Francisco — "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"
Marriage Story — "Being Alive"
Rocketman — "Rocket Man"
Rocketman — "I'm Still Standing"

Source: http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2 ... ards-2019/

[JeanGreyForever]

Wow, congrats to Aladdin! I'm glad it beat The Lion King and pleasantly surprised that it won out over Toy Story 4.

[Disney's Divinity]

Aladdin has won the People's Choice Award for Best Family Movie of 2019! It beat Toy Story 4 and The Lion King.

Not surprising, it's near B&tB in my eyes as far as being the next-best re-make after The Jungle Book. I hope it wins more to make the egg on the critics' faces even greater; the stark difference between them and the audience reactions was an embarrassment.

I am glad that I never doubted this film. I remember so many thought this wouldn't hit a billion for a long time, even though I pretty much assumed it would from the first. I'm certain the same will happen for Mulan, off the back of love for the animated film despite how badly Disney's bungled the re-make itself.

[D82]

Aladdin has won the People's Choice Award for Best Family Movie of 2019! It beat Toy Story 4 and The Lion King.

I'm surprised as well. It's clear audiences loved it.

[Sotiris]

Aladdin got snubbed at this year's Grammys. Not a single nomination whereas The Lion King got five and Toy Story 4 one.

[Disney Duster]

What the...? "Speechless" is better than any of those other film's newly written songs!

[Disney's Divinity]

I got the Aladdin soundtrack this weekend. It was down to $6.99, which is why. I really only bought it because it's Alan Menken + Naomi Scott's performances; it wasn't an urgent purchase for me otherwise. I like Zayn's part of the end credit song, but too bad they didn't get a better girl for that. I really hope there's music in the sequel. No, it won't be as good as the original soundtrack from the animated film, but Scott's voice is really pretty. I've had "Speechless" on repeat all day.

The TLK re-make's soundtrack was the same price, but I already bought the two songs worth having from that (Spirit and CYFtLT); I only really plan to get TLK: The Gift at some point whenever it's at a low price.

[Sotiris]

Aladdin has been shortlisted for Best VFX at the Oscars.

Best Visual Effects

Ad Astra
The Aeronauts
Aladdin
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
Cats
Dumbo
Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Ford v Ferrari
Gemini Man
The Irishman
Jumanji: The Next Level
The Lion King
Men in Black: International
Midway
1917
Spider-Man: Far from Home
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Terminator: Dark Fate

Source: https://www.oscars.org/news/20-contende ... arr-race-0

[D82]

^I'm glad Disney apparently submitted the movie for more categories and not just for Best Song.

By the way, this is not about Aladdin, but it's related to it:

Mena Massoud Says He Hasn't Had a "Single Audition" Since 'Aladdin'
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... in-1259259

[Disney's Divinity]

It's a shame, because I think he would be a great love interest or action hero for other movies. Hopefully Aladdin becomes a trilogy at least, and he gets big paychecks for doing those.

[JeanGreyForever]

Mena Massoud Says He Hasn't Had a "Single Audition" Since 'Aladdin'
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... in-1259259

I saw that news on Twitter. Naomi has done a lot of movies since then and really gained traction so it's a same that Mena's career hasn't taken off the same way since.

[Disney's Divinity]

"Speechless" is such an addictive song to sing along to. It's been my theme song the past three days because of something going on in my personal life right now. They should've got someone like Kelly Clarkson, P!nk, or Christina to sing an end credit version of the song. It would've been amazing. Such a shame it didn't get an Oscar nom.

And I have to just say that, while the re-make's songwriters aren't perfect, I would be fine with a whole new soundtrack by them + Alan Menken for an Aladdin sequel. It'll never compare to the original soundtrack, but I'm here for it. And from the way they talked together in interviews, I think Menken would at least enjoy working with them. I don't think he had that positive an experience with B&tB... Who knows about how he really feels in regards to Miranda on TLM, we'll see. And getting more of the re-make’s iteration of Jasmine will be a delight.

[Sotiris]

"Speechless" has been nominated for Best Original Song in a Feature Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2019.

Original Song (Feature Film)

Aladdin — "Speechless"
Breakthrough — "I'm Standing With You"
Harriet — "Stand Up"
Hobbs and Shaw — "Getting Started"
The Lion King — "Spirit"
Motherless Brooklyn — "Daily Battles"
Rocketman — "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"

Source: https://www.hmmawards.com/2019-music-in ... minations/


"Speechless" has been nominated for Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media at the Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards 2019.

Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media

Aladdin — "Speechless"
Breakthrough — "I'm Standing With You"
Frozen II — "Into the Unknown"
Harriet — "Stand Up"
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am — "High Above the Water"

Source: https://thescl.com/news/scl-awards-nominations/


"Speechless" has been nominated for Best Original Song at the Chicago Indie Critics Awards 2019.

Best Original Song

Aladdin — "Speechless"
Always Be My Maybe — "I Punched Keanu Reeves"
Harriet — "Stand Up"
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — "Catchy Song"
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — "Not Evil"
Wild Rose — "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)"

Source: https://chicagoindiecritics.org/cic-awards/2019-awards/


"Speechless" has been nominated for Best Original Song at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2019.

Best Original Song

Aladdin — "Speechless"
Frozen II — "Into the Unknown"
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — "Catchy Song"
Rocketman — "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
Wild Rose — "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)"

Source: https://hollywoodcriticsassociation.com ... minations/


"Speechless" has been nominated for Best Song at the Latino Entertainment Film Awards 2019.

Best Song

Aladdin — "Speechless"
La Flor — "Yo Soy el Fuego"
Frozen II — "Into the Unknown"
Harriet — "Stand Up"
Rocketman — "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
Wild Rose — "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)"

Source: http://www.latinojournalists.com/2020/0 ... ent-award/


"Speechless" has been nominated for Best Song at the Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards 2019.

Best Song

Aladdin — "Speechless"
Frozen II — "Into the Unknown"
Harriet — "Stand Up"
The Lion King — ''Spirit''
Rocketman — "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"

Source: http://hifilmcriticssociety.org/hawaii- ... inees-list


"Speechless" has been nominated for Best Achievement in Music: Original or Adapted Song at the Film Art Awards 2019.

Best Achievement in Music (Original or Adapted Song)

Aladdin — "Speechless"
Cats — ''Beautiful Ghosts''
Frozen II — "Into the Unknown"
The Lion King — ''Spirit''
Rocketman — "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"

Source: https://tfa-awards.wixsite.com/the-film ... vie-awards


"Speechless" has been nominated for Outstanding Original Song for a Film at the Family Film Awards 2019.

Outstanding Original Song for a Film

Aladdin — "Speechless"
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
Overcomer — "Enough"

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/family-film-awa ... n-to-host/