Aladdin (Guy Ritchie, 2019)
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- dda1996a
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Another reason might be that none of these live action remakes are doing anything interesting in the first place?
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Will Smith looks like the pinhead twins from Freaks
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Aladdin has Marty McFly's jacket
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When I first saw Will Smith, my initial reaction was simply "Black Charlie Chan".
Also, I've not been following this film, so I'm rather stunned to learn that Disney has entrusted what is surely one of their most important live-action remakes to...Guy Ritchie?!?!?! Not that Ritchie is incompetent or anything, but his recent filmography hasn't exactly set the box office alight, and it would seem he has very limited experience with "family" entertainment or musicals.
I wonder if this is a project most were unwilling to take on, and Disney is simply insisting on railroading it into theaters now, either before the 1992 film potentially becomes "too old", or possibly before the idea of an Western production of an Arabic story becomes too uncomfortable.
Also, I've not been following this film, so I'm rather stunned to learn that Disney has entrusted what is surely one of their most important live-action remakes to...Guy Ritchie?!?!?! Not that Ritchie is incompetent or anything, but his recent filmography hasn't exactly set the box office alight, and it would seem he has very limited experience with "family" entertainment or musicals.
I wonder if this is a project most were unwilling to take on, and Disney is simply insisting on railroading it into theaters now, either before the 1992 film potentially becomes "too old", or possibly before the idea of an Western production of an Arabic story becomes too uncomfortable.
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His only "non-action" film is Swept Away. Here's hoping
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Will Smith's hair beard and earring are borrowed from an old Hanna Barbera cartoon character, the genie Shazzan.
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I dunno, I got a kick out of the live action "Gaston" song and actually preferred it to the animated version. Beauty and the Beast was entertaining enough to merit a watch, even if Watson was a weak lead with a weaker voice.
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Knew they'd cover up Jasmine's midriff. When the inevitable live-action remake of Little Mermaid rolls around, expect her to be buried in a baggy turtleneck sweater for the whole movie.
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Holy chrome.
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You're all welcome. I can't wait to see this Genie sing!
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Between Deepfake Will Smith, CW cinematography, and Jafar sounding about as menacing as a nerd in an 80s beer commercial, this took what was already not a good idea and somehow made it far worse than I expected
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Someone on Reddit said Jafar sounds like Cate Blanchett in Lord of the Rings and wrap it up folks, no one's going to top that
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I can’t wait to see how many hundreds of millions it makes...
- Aunt Peg
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Directed by Guy Ritchie = I'll pass
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Never underestimate Hollywood in this regard.domino harvey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:53 amTurns out it's possible for Hollywood to make a movie worse than Bohemian Rhapsody
As nitin hinted, the real question is if it will turn out to please crowds and make as many $$$ as Bohemian Rhapsody.
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This is getting mercilessly mocked everywhere. That may or may not reflect the average moviegoer's response as well, but you really have to search hard to find anyone thinking this looks good. I think there's a good chance this one bombs, or as much as a movie like this from Disney can bomb
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Lasse Hallström's latest, made for Disney, tanked pretty hard late last year, though it probably wasn't on the same level of promotion as this is
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These pre-existing franchises remain the safest bet in Hollywood, though it could underperform compared to its live action reboot predecessors.
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Although I’m sure the Genie will be the thing everyone discusses here (and it is genuinely jaw-dropping), I’m amazed at how bad the score sounds. I thought those were temporary synth strings at the beginning, but no, I guess this is the actual soundtrack. It sounds like it was auto-arranged by a computer.
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It looks like they're continuing the shoddy CGI from Condon's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
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Wow, that looks spectacular in how horrifically awful it is, can they reshoot/redub jafar? I could probably not be bothered by most of the rest of the aesthetic, but the jafar-fail is pretty colossal.