Blog 8

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6327413/despite-harsh-reviews-lifetimes-aaliyah-movie-locks-up-the-no-2-telepic

http://www.styleite.com/features/a-fashion-review-of-lifetimes-failed-aaliyah-movie/

      The first (good) review was on the new biography movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B. The review states that even though most people did not like the movie, it still was ranked as number two telepic of 2014. The movie received 3.2 million views. The second review was states that the Aaliyah movie was horrible. The characters didn't live up to the viewers expectations and the movie made false accusations. For example, Aaliyah wore sunglasses because she was shy to sing in front of a crowd. Although in the movie, R.Kelly was the reason she started wearing sunglasses because they made her look cute.
       One fact from the first review was that the movie was the most tweeted about tv event of the week. They also said it raised expectations for Lifetime's next musical. There were no opinions in this review. A fact from the second review was that Aaliyah had a tom-boyish style and the fact that she barely wore any make-up. Which is very true. A opinion was that the movie was a "..gruesome trainwreck".
         I agree with the first review because even though not people liked it, Lifetime still got really good ratings. Which is why it was number two telepic of 2014. I also agree with the second review because the characters did not in fact look like the actual people. The creators could've at least choose more realistic characters. Also the actor in the movie was too made up to be Aaliyah. She did resemble her, but they made her something that she was not.