Thoughts on the Aladdin remake?
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So far I think the Disney remakes have been hit and miss, I enjoyed Beauty and the Beast for the most part, and I absolutely loved The Jungle Book. But really disliked Alice in Wonderland and Malificent.
So even though I had somewhat neutral expectations for Aladdin, I was still shocked at how much I disliked it.
None of the actors had any chemistry, and the sets looked like an expensive version of a cheesy high school musical. Plus, I found Will Smith painfully unfunny as Genie, watching him make lame jokes with his head attached to a CGI body with six pack abs was creepy and unsettling.
But most of all, Guy Ritchie was a poor choice to direct a musical in my opinion.
What are your thoughts?
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I have zero interest in seeing it.
Reviews say it is “meh” at best.
I still haven’t even watched the original Jungle Book, Lion King, Beauty & the Beast, that mermaid one, nor Aladdin, let alone the new live-action re-makes.
Given what Disney has done with Star Wars, I have little faith in their ability to make something I’ll like. I did like Moana and Brave, more or less.
I listened to a discussion about it on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, and have zero interest in seeing it. It is now strictly for kids, not at all of interest to anyone older than 10. And, apparently they didn’t let Will Smith be himself, but essentially had him as “not Robin Williams”.
Too much digital fx for me and no Robin Williams. There will be no other. They should have tried a different casting approach for the Genie. A non-comedian one.
Lost interest in Disney and Pixar starting with Up, Brave and most especially Frozen. Would rather watch Disney and Pixar oldies.
I haven’t seen it, I won’t pay to see it (my last time to step food in a movie theater was in 1990). Still I’m looking forward to it coming to one of the streaming services so I can see for myself what I’m missing. I’ve also not heard a lot of chatter on either side of like/dislike so I’m not expecting much. One thing I like about watching on streaming is that I can hit the stop button any time I feel the urge!!!
I don’t have enough free time to watch a movie with the same plot as the previous movie.
Pixar hasn’t seemed quite the same since they merged with Disney. :/
^^Well now it makes more sense why this film seems not very well produced.
Looks terrible, but then i’ve always thought of Aladdin as a piss poor story/character.
Ali Baba & his forty thieves…now there’s something to get your teeth into.
@zenvelo
Funnily enough, it’s too boring for kids. So many kids in my theater were completely bored
Oops, meant to @mazingerz88 for their comment about Pixar. Not specific to Aladdin.
Aladdin was objectively not a great movie. But watchable. My bar has gone down since having kids. Haha
I came for it with a very low expectation, so I wasn’t disappointed much.
The CGI animals suck, especially the parrot. In the cartoon they are supposed to be characters on their own, with distinctive personality. These CGI animals are nothing but moving 3D models with voice acting.
I also find it hilarious that Aladdin and the rest of the citizens look and talk like Indian spammers while the royal crew look and sound like Westerners. Is this some kind of class discrimination?
Oh, and don’t forget the songs between every 15 minutes of the movies!
And I also find some inconsistencies throughout the movie. I haven’t seen the original yet, so these may be errors from the original too. But these remakes have the tendency to change and cut scenes from the originals so…
– So when Aladdin posed as prince Ali no one was able to see through him because of the genie’s magic. But both Jasmine and Jafar seemed to see through him. We need to talk about the genie’s magic again.
– Also from that scene, Jasmine sensed that prince Ali was Aladdin, and asked him whether he was really Aladdin while they were flying the carpet, and Aladdin had to deny it. Also before that the genie told Aladdin that if he and Jasmine loved each other they would both see through the facade. So what’s the big deal with Aladdin insisting on hiding his identity later on? And why was everyone so shocked when Jafar revealed the real prince Ali to Jasmine? I thought Jasmine already knew the truth.
– So the genie was angry with Aladdin because he refused to reveal his real identity to Jasmine. Aladdin was doing that because he wanted the riches in the palace. And then at the end of the movie the genie asked Aladdin to wish for the same riches that almost broke their relationship.
– The genie clearly stated that in the rule he couldn’t bring anyone from the death, and then he saved the dead torn carpet without a blink of the eyes.
– The maid fell in love with the genie for no reason. And Jasmine encouraged the relationship.
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