Sounded alright to me.
Still....most likely going to skip this movie in the theater.
I'm just hoping Lion King is great
Still....most likely going to skip this movie in the theater.
I'm just hoping Lion King is great
Lol people hate on anything
Robin wanted nothing to do with Aladdin at the time so why are people pretending he's some messiah
Honestly I was surprised too. Not like Robin Williams was some great singer but man this dude is Will Smith. It doesn't sound like Smith is even straining his voice at all and they still had to autotune him for some mundane shit. He can't sing at all.
Frankly, Disney should go back to dubbing in real singers over the actors like they used to do in the past. Not sure how, when or why did this stop being a thing.
Instead we're forced to suffer garbage like Emma Watson sounding like a robot
It's not just that this has none of the energy of the animated erosion, but hay the choreography and editing themselves are so. Fucking. Boring.
lolOnly thing fantastical in that one minute snippet were the ostriches, and even those were probably just borrowed assets from The Lion King...
Imo, boring static camera angles. Theres no dynamism to the scene. It just...happens.
This is offensive to the actual handicraft involved in making Bollywood dance sequences.The whole things seems like a bollywood movie or a very expensive stage play. The camera is so static.
Agree. Will Smith singing seems off like he is trying to sing in an r&b joint. "Whoooo!" "Uh huh uh huh" , "hey ladies" ... like this shit doesn't belong in friggin Aladdin no offense to Will. Love Big Will Style album. This though, this ain't it man.So bad. Not feeling any of it and the music sounds bad. It's part men in black with the uh huh uh huh and the feel just doesn't seem Disney ish.
Disclaimer: I adore Aladdin.
I've been trying to think of what it was reminding me of then I I just remembered.
It looks like a Carnival Cruise commercial
The Will Smith genie has no right to reference famous Will Smith rap stylings in the remake of Aladdin where the Robin Williams genie traditionally referenced famous Robin Williams impressions of Jack Nicholson, the Marx Bros, Peter Lorre, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rodney Dangerfield, Cab Calloway, Travis Bickle, Arsenio Hall, Pinocchio, Ed Sullivan and ... Robin Williams.
They are corrupting the integrity and spirit of this film!
Heh rewatching Aladdin just noticed this is probably a reference to that
That's what I'd like to know? It looks good enough me. It just seems like people are looking for excuses to hate on the movie.
Interesting post. The responses I've seen from people of Middle-Eastern and South-Asian heritage seems quite positive so far. Whereas most of the negative responses are from people who aren't from those backgrounds.Really wish there would be some silver lining people keep in mind about a movie like this being made. Good or bad, some of us of middle eastern descent want to see this succeed so we can normalize middle eastern characters on screen in a positive light more often than not and have them be portrayed by Arab actors.
I'm not asking to force themselves to like this or not shit on it, but as an Arab American myself, I just wanted to throw another angle on all of this
Also, many of us are excited for and familiar with the Bollywood productions on display here. This was a ballsy move and one that was really never not going to get made fun of my any American (watch any number of Bollywood movie trailers and just think of how many Era Threads would get created around them much like Aladdin does)
Carry on
Technically, it's a fictional place called Agrabah. But it seems to be mainly inspired by classical Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age. Classical Baghdad was a large, diverse, multicultural city in its heyday, with over a million people, including Arabs, Persians, Turks, Indians, Africans, Greeks, Chinese, etc. They might be trying to capture some of that diversity in the movie.Looks like they threw a bunch of different Asian cultures in the blender and called it Arabia. The original was like that, but this seems a little more bold with actual people. This is like the movie version of when someone guesses where I'm from incorrectly, and then says "Ah, it's all the same" when they find out they're wrong.
Really wish there would be some silver lining people keep in mind about a movie like this being made. Good or bad, some of us of middle eastern descent want to see this succeed so we can normalize middle eastern characters on screen in a positive light more often than not and have them be portrayed by Arab actors.
I'm not asking to force themselves to like this or not shit on it, but as an Arab American myself, I just wanted to throw another angle on all of this
Also, many of us are excited for and familiar with the Bollywood productions on display here. This was a ballsy move and one that was really never not going to get made fun of my any American (watch any number of Bollywood movie trailers and just think of how many Era Threads would get created around them much like Aladdin does)
Carry on
He's not a singer. He's a rapper. But it sounds like he was trying to do some kind of rap-singing in that scene. I actually would've preferred if he just went all-out rapping.I don't have time or bandwidth to be mad about it but I am legit surprised to find out Will Smith can't sing. I guess I just assumed he was a triple threat.
Some of the animated stuff shouldn't be too hard to translate to live action but its like they didn't push at all.That's what I'd like to know? It looks good enough me. It just seems like people are looking for excuses to hate on the movie.
Cinderella actually had decent choreography and camerawork, and excellent costume design, thanks to Kenneth Branagh directing it. It doesnt deserve to be lumped in with the other two.Weak energy
Poor singing
Uninspired costuming
Weak choreography (people just standing around or quick shots showing one movement or person's face)
Looks as boring, milquetoast, and forgettable as the live action versions of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast.
These things play like high school productions with a budget. They lack the personality of the source material.
He's not a singer. He's a rapper. But it sounds like he was trying to do some kind of rap-singing in that scene. I actually would've preferred if he just went all-out rapping.
I don't understand. Isn't this being directed by Guy Richie? He makes kinda bad movies a lot of the time, but they are bad movies with fucking energy. This is just static as hell and nowhere near his style.
Its weird,Yeah, just where are the sweeping shots of the parade, the crane shots showing how grandiose it is. Anything at all besides these shots from the waist up.
Why are they randomly changing arbitrary lyrics? From Sunday to Friday and then also moving around when genuflect is said. To someone who loves the original performance it's like nails on a chalkboard.
It feels all over the place. And I just don't know how it got to this point considering the source material, the amazing cover songs on Disney's own We Love Disney YouTube channel, and the broadway musicals.Its weird,
Friend Like Me actually looks like they are making an expensive movie while Prince Ali looks looks like a cheap musical or something