Twitter was not happy with Lifetime's Aaliyah biopic

Lifetime premiered their Aaliyah biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B,Saturday night and Twitter responded with disappointment.

The film is based on Christopher John Farleys Aaliyah: More than a Woman,a biography ofthe singer who died in 2001 at age 22. Lifetimes project has been the subject of controversy since the beginning: Aaliyahs parents, vocal about their disapproval of the film, prevented Lifetime from acquiring the rights to Aaliyahs musicso none of the late singers songs are included in the movie.

Then Zendaya Coleman, who was set to play Aaliyah, dropped out in June amid criticism that herbiracialheritage was not right for the role of a black woman. (Alexandra Shipp later took on the part.)

Between production holds and rights issues, the films existence is itself an accomplishment but not exactly a quality one, according to watchers who took to Twitter to post their reactions.

Timbaland, Aaliyahs producer and friend, also had some comments about the film: He posted one of the movies ads on his Instagram with the captionHope yall not watching this!!!!!!!! Judging from the AaliyahMovie hashtag on Twitter, people didnt take his orders too seriously but he can rest assured that even if they watched it, they didnt seem to enjoy it.

Source: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/16/lifetime-aaliyah-movie-twitter/