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Aladdin (2019) - Grammys Teaser Trailer
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I'm having the same reaction to this as I had to the Beauty and the Beast trailers past the teaser. It looks flat, and way too beholden to the design of the cartoon in the worst ways possible and not beholden enough to the original in ways that would have worked. Jafar is laughably bad, the costume may as well be a cast member at one of the theme parks.
I mean, these obviously are NOT for me (aside from the fact that I'm not a huge fan of Aladdin to begin with), since they're essentially retreads in the worst possible way rather than trying to do something interesting either thematically or visually with the material.
It would have never happened under the approach they're taking to these things, but with Robin Williams gone, they should have just taken a totally different, non-comedic, non-referential angle with the Genie.
I mean, these obviously are NOT for me (aside from the fact that I'm not a huge fan of Aladdin to begin with), since they're essentially retreads in the worst possible way rather than trying to do something interesting either thematically or visually with the material.
It would have never happened under the approach they're taking to these things, but with Robin Williams gone, they should have just taken a totally different, non-comedic, non-referential angle with the Genie.
This just confirms that problem was never Will Smith being blue or not. Latter day Will Smith just has no energy, and the Genie needs energy. Doesn't even need to be Robin Williams energy, just energy. See the Broadway show- James Monroe Inglehart's Genie is his take on the Genie, markedly not Williams's Genie, but he's, well, still the Genie. Same with his successors.
Being generous to Will, maybe this was just the moment of the lowest energy he gets and he'll reach the highs of his earlier career in the film... but such a moment seems an awkward thing to show off in a teaser. Who is teased into wanting to see more???
Also lol handsome Jaffar, flat as expected. Not at all villainously charming or scary. Just. Meh.
Jasmine and Aladdin look okay though. Parade scene was neat.
Being generous to Will, maybe this was just the moment of the lowest energy he gets and he'll reach the highs of his earlier career in the film... but such a moment seems an awkward thing to show off in a teaser. Who is teased into wanting to see more???
Also lol handsome Jaffar, flat as expected. Not at all villainously charming or scary. Just. Meh.
Jasmine and Aladdin look okay though. Parade scene was neat.
indeed no bueno
Something I haven't said in awhile...
A Star Wars Prequel from a decade ago looks MUCH better...
Heh, The Lion King is no different in that regard.
Everything looks very...brown.
If I had to use a descriptor to describe Disney's remakes, I would say most of them just look lame. They lack the energy and pizzazz (and yahoo and how) that animation brings to the table.
The Cave of Wonders is the most perfect example.
A magical, sentient being that forms out of nowhere in the middle of the desert.
Literally a static face carved on a mountain, that kinda lights up.
These movies are an absolute dearth of creativity and ambition in any aspect that matters.
This makes me sad.
Jafar also makes me sad.
Why would you take cool things and intentionally make them less cool?
I'm not as down on Genie as everyone else, it doesn't really bother me, but I'm not going to shower it with praise either.
I would not be upset if Disney delayed this to Fall so that they could fix this up. That dislike ratio is bad.
Likely because that's real footage of volcanic eruptions they captured to composite into the background.Something I haven't said in awhile...
A Star Wars Prequel from a decade ago looks MUCH better...
Same. I bursted out with a laugh. That says enough, right? Fucking terrible looking.
Haven't liked any of these Disney remakes. Doesn't look like that's going to change any time soon.
People only pay attention to the last battle inside of the subway station. They completely miss the fact that almost the entirety of Wakanda was CGI. The beautiful sunset at the end? CGI. The astral plane? CGI. All of it was gorgeous.
They definitely were clowning Thanos that hard. We just don't realize it because it was a year ago and we've seen the final product. Trust me, I google just googled all the articles and memes that came out when the IW trailers dropped.
I think the most damning criticism about Disney's Live-Action "remakes" is how little they add to the source material, and what is added is so inconsequential that it doesn't even seem worth it.
Holy crap I just realized the 26K likes vs the 30K dislikes.
Man everyone is loud over the Genie and I'm over here with my small "Fix Jafar!" sign.
Man everyone is loud over the Genie and I'm over here with my small "Fix Jafar!" sign.
Either the budget is really small or the effects are far from finished right now because it looks surprisingly cheap.
Looks like the entire thing was filmed in front of a green screen which doesn't help
lol
Let me introduce you to the director's previous movie.
King Arthur cost 175 million dollars.
Literally a static face carved on a mountain, that kinda lights up.
These movies are an absolute dearth of creativity and ambition in any aspect that matters.
"Yo, anyone know where the Cave of Wonders is?"
Original Aladdin: "Nah, that's a myth and doesn't actually exist. Nobody's ever seen it."
New Aladdin: "You mean that cave with a glowing lion's head? It's just beyond that arch. Everyone knows where it is. Shit's not a secret."
Best shot and yet you can still see the baldcap. This movie is going to be hilarious.
I strongly disagree, Black Panther has a lot of really spotty CGI throughout the entire movie. Sure, the very obvious low points are the battle at the end and the ridiculous pan over the mountainside at the coronation ceremony with the very obvious digital doubles, but it's there in the entire movie.
For instance, at multiple points during the movie you can clearly see a green outline around the characters where the background was put in.
damn, king Arthur was HYPE
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Nothing weird about it. The cave doesn't even move or talk. It's fucking bad lol.
Remeber when it emerges out of the sand in the original? Yeah...
pretty much, we've all been wondering about what the genie was going to look like, will smith painted blue probably didn't come up for to many people
Yeah that did suck but you would think (hope) with Disney being involved, it would look somewhat better though. Non of the other live action Disney movies have looked this cheap, something isn't right with this one.
Maybe Guy should go back to making gritty gangster movies, if this is what the final product is going to look like......
This stuff could never be done well in live-action and is the reason why these movies are pointless cash-grabs to begin with.Guy Ritchie is just so...counter to the spirit of the original movie, plus his last two movies were total bombs. It makes no sense.
I'm fed up of the "serious" tone shown in the last two teasers (Genie aside), with the really dumb take on Friend Like Me. They need to show Aladdin actually enjoying life.
Or having literally any semblance of personality or charisma.
It's okay to be interested, you don't have to explain yourself for being in the minority. I was excited for Venom even though everybody here hated it before it was even out
Okay, they're not 'green outlines', but you can very clearly see the soft edges which makes it super obvious that Chadwick Boseman was acting in front of a green/blue screen.
Black Panther has its nice effects (it would be dire if there wasn't anything alvagable in a film more than 20 different VFX studios worked on), but for a 200 million dollar movie it contains a shocking amount of bad/seemingly very quickly put together VFX shots and compositions.
