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IGN shows off an atrocious sneak peek of the new Aladdin movie on Twitter (about a minute of the Prince Ali song)
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This looks really cool and I don't get the internet hating it either.
You know... I think if they lean in hard to being self aware with how ridiculous this whole movie is... it just might be decent. I think it was pretty hilarious - like it's trying to be Bollywood but doesn't quite get there. I don't even see any other way they could go about it really if you must have that song scene.
One Jump Ahead by Broadway Aladdin (Adam Jacobs)
The Broadway Genie is amazing. And I also really like the guy that used to play Aladdin on there.
The dude just exudes charisma, and this cover is just fun as hell hah.
Not a fan and don't think this movie needs to exist, but 'atrocious' in the title is a bit much.
As somebody who has been willing to give this movie multiple chances.. And who thinks a lot of the TV spots look fun and promising, I would absolutely characterize this snippet as atrocious.
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.
Exactly what I was thinking. This has movie has no personality or charisma.
So why is Genie simply strolling down the street singing, instead of transforming into random people in the crowd to get people to buy into Prince Ali? He's still singing the parts that are from those sequences! Why is this Genie so non-magical?
Edit: WHY ARE THE GOLDEN CAMELS SO TINY, THAT ISN'T IMPRESSIVE!
Edit: WHY ARE THE GOLDEN CAMELS SO TINY, THAT ISN'T IMPRESSIVE!
damn, this guy is 1000x times better than the actor they chose from the film
That's not just a "live action" thing, they could have made a more stylized movie that would allow for all the crazy & zany things Genie does in the animation. But it's a combination of them deciding all these remake movies need to be more realistic and it's just the pure fact that Will Smith probably could not pull off those breaks in character as well as Robin Williams did.
Now I'm picturing a universe where Edgar Wright directed this movie.
I agree with this.
But I guess gotta right rid of that nuance if you want people to click on that thread...
Everyone saying "eh this is fine, dont get why people say its bad"...just listen to this dude on yt. This is like 100× better and what it should have been like.
Lol people hate on anything
Robin wanted nothing to do with Aladdin at the time so why are people pretending he's some messiah
Robin wanted nothing to do with Aladdin at the time so why are people pretending he's some messiah
The clip looked.. fine. Though it does look like they filmed it in the agraba section of Disneyland. Beauty and the beast looked cheap too though.
This trailer is nice.
I think the clip in the OP encapsulates the original fine, just with a Will Smith twist. The lighting does look off, though I would say that is consistent in everything I've seen.
Will Smith will never look good in CGI in this movie but this TV spot (and others like it) makes things actually look pretty good.
The complete opposite of the vibe in the OT video
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Wasn't that mainly because he'd agreed to do the role at standard rate if Disney didn't use him in advertising? And then they did and he was like FUCK YOU GUYS I'M OUTTA HERE and then Disney was like WELL GUESS WE GOTTA GO TALK TO HOMER SIMPSON
Keep sucking the fun and energy out of your classics Disney, you really found yourself a new talent with that.
God, I'm sorry, I know I'm being hyperbolic here, but I hate this live action trend so much.
God, I'm sorry, I know I'm being hyperbolic here, but I hate this live action trend so much.
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
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
I'm a little surprised by the lack of energy, both in terms of the action happening and how it's been shot. It looks almost like a 90s music video; lots of dull, ground-level shots of the action from the same front-on angle.
It feels like they could've made it a lot more exciting than this, even if they can't match the original.
It feels like they could've made it a lot more exciting than this, even if they can't match the original.
Watched a few of these and they're great, wow. Really highlights what's missing from the clip, I think.
Edit: Oh gosh, it's on Spotify too.
I mean Robin Williams didn't seem like he could sing (judging by his performance in Aladdin) but they made it work in the film
Will Smith sounds super bored singing the song.
The sequence lacks all the energy and extravagance of the original. The point of the Genie transforming into a bunch of different people was to try and make it so Aladdin was more well known and had a lot more general appeal. One, super bored sounding, hype man in the middle of a cheap looking 'parade' with a static camera is just dull.
Compeltely undermines the pompous wealth and showy display that the original goes for. Jesus, I was starting to have a bit of hope but damn that song was just neutered.
The sequence lacks all the energy and extravagance of the original. The point of the Genie transforming into a bunch of different people was to try and make it so Aladdin was more well known and had a lot more general appeal. One, super bored sounding, hype man in the middle of a cheap looking 'parade' with a static camera is just dull.
Compeltely undermines the pompous wealth and showy display that the original goes for. Jesus, I was starting to have a bit of hope but damn that song was just neutered.
Hamming it up? Looks like he's falling asleep. He has to keep himself awake by forcing out a 'Woo'.
What does that have to do with anything? And nobody is doing that.
Proof we as a fallen society did not deserve Paige O'Hara as Belle
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