505thAirborne Posted October 12, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018 I see Will Smith in the credits. is he going to be the Genie? Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 12, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Negotiator said: is this still by guy richie? Yes. 20 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said: I see Will Smith in the credits. is he going to be the Genie? Jafar? Yes, he's the Genie. Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted October 12, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018 Will Smith is the only person who could do the Genie role justice after Robin Williams. Quote
Kelsain Posted October 12, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018 Yain't never had a friend like me Uh, uh, yeahyeahyeah I'm envisioning a Wild Wild West / MIB style remix that'll play over the end credits, at least. I bet the songs in the movie will be kept fairly close to the original. That being said, I do think Smith could do something fun with the role. It's been a while since I've seen him play something wacky, but he does have a level of manic energy that he can tap into for the Genie's eccentricity. I wonder if Gilbert Godfried will reprise the role of Iago. Quote
TangledThorns Posted October 12, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018 Bah! I was hoping to see the Genie!! Still, I expect Will Smith to knock it out of the park and then some!! Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 18 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Yes, he's the Genie. Cool, always liked Will Smith. I look forward to him voicing the Genie! Quote
seti88 Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 I can’t seem to get the genie to stop singing “in west Philadelphia born and raised”, out of my mind... Dammit will! Quote
no3Ljm Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 9:54 PM, seti88 said: I can’t seem to get the genie to stop singing “in west Philadelphia born and raised”, out of my mind... Dammit will! Hahaha! Now I blame you for making me to think that. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) Miss me with this mess lol Looks 110% cringe worthy and I can’t stop laughing at this quote from the fresh genie of bel air: “I think it’ll stand out as unique [...] There hasn’t been a lot of that hip-hop flavor in Disney history.” ...word Edited February 12, 2019 by spacemanoeuvres wrods Quote
seti88 Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, no3Ljm said: Hahaha! Now I blame you for making me to think that. CGI was too good! 55 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said: Miss me with this mess lol Looks 110% cringe worthy and I can’t stop laughing at this quote from the fresh genie of bel air: “I think it’ll stand out as unique [...] There hasn’t been a lot of that hip-hop flavor in Disney history.” ...word fresh genie of bel-air!! And Aladdin is carlton.. Quote
mechaninac Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 I sit down to watch the trailer and as it plays out I find myself thinking that it actually looks somewhat decent and mildly evocative of the source material: the atmosphere seems good; the color pallet, with the understandable exception of night shots, is mostly vibrant; the SFX/CG is kind of bland and feels somewhat dated, but is serviceable; the costuming is spot-on; beautiful and cute Jasmine even if the actress doesn't quite capture what one would expect a live version of the character to look like; the actor playing Aladdin is an even greater deviation from the established Disney look of the street rat;... then I see Jafar and then he speaks and, granted that it is a VERY short clip, he has little of the looks and none of the timbre in his voice to convey the Machiavellian Vizir's gravitas and lust for power, but fine, it's something that can be overlooked. Then the Genie's reveal... ... ... WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!... HA HA HA HA HA!... NO, just a resounding disbelieving NO!.. There's good bad, there's plain bad, there's bad bad, there's really bad, and then there is 'Will Smith's painfully cringe-tastic bloated smurf with a thyroid condition' 'ridiculous to the point of being impossible to ignore, excuse, or dismiss' BAD. What were they thinking? Will Smith, was the paycheck so juicy that you'd sign on to this monstrosity and completely sell out your dignity? Quote
no3Ljm Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, mechaninac said: Then the Genie's reveal... ... ... WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!... HA HA HA HA HA!... NO, just a resounding disbelieving NO!.. There's good bad, there's plain bad, there's bad bad, there's really bad, and then there is 'Will Smith's painfully cringe-tastic bloated smurf with a thyroid condition' 'ridiculous to the point of being impossible to ignore, excuse, or dismiss' BAD. What were they thinking? Will Smith, was the paycheck so juicy that you'd sign on to this monstrosity and completely sell out your dignity? C'mon now. Let's be forgiving here. It's fun. And they're doing it for the kids. Or better yet, they're doing it for some charity. Quote
seti88 Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 I agree! Have a good chuckle and then accept the genie whole hearteredly! Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 35 minutes ago, mechaninac said: Then the Genie's reveal... ... ... WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!... HA HA HA HA HA!... NO, just a resounding disbelieving NO!.. There's good bad, there's plain bad, there's bad bad, there's really bad, and then there is 'Will Smith's painfully cringe-tastic bloated smurf with a thyroid condition' 'ridiculous to the point of being impossible to ignore, excuse, or dismiss' BAD. What were they thinking? Will Smith, was the paycheck so juicy that you'd sign on to this monstrosity and completely sell out your dignity? Thank you! Seriously WTF hahaha I almost can’t believe this is real. It looks like a trash fire mixed with a larger smellier trash fire. Quote
jvmacross Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 This movie was destined to live or die by the portrayal of Genie. The rest could have probably just been dialed in. Will Smith will either own it in those first few minutes after being released from the lamp (2nd big musical production?) and make us temporarily forget about Robin Williams (only for at least the remainder of the 90 minutes or so run of this film) or it will simply crash and burn. This has got to be the toughest gig Will Smith's ever had. I hope he pulls it off because the rest of the visuals look fantastic. I am also interested in what they did with Iago....Gilbert Gottfried also owned that character. Now where's the Song of the South Live-action remake? Quote
mechaninac Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 What Disney is giving us: What Disney could've (should've) given us... what one guy, Raf Grassetti, in his spare time was able to do in short order to "fix" the Genie: Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Much better than the first trailer but still “meh” squared. I will see this...playing in the waiting room at the pediatrician’s office. Quote
TangledThorns Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 I don't know what to say about this movie... Quote
Mazinger Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 I don't know what to say about this movie... How about : "Prince Ali, crazy is he, Ali Ababwa / Genuflect, show some respect, get down on one knee!" Quote
JB0 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 How about : "Prince Ali, crazy is he, Ali Ababwa / Genuflect, show some respect, get down on one knee!" More like "Prince Ali, yes it is he, but not as you know him/just a con, need I go on, take it from me" Quote
jenius Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 It looks better than Prince of Persia The Sands of Time... Quote
mechaninac Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 It looks better than Prince of Persia The Sands of Time... You really had to dig deep to come up with a "positive" spin on the L A Aladdin, didn't you?... Quote
Thom Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) Is he not going to be blue now, cause in that poster he is natural brown. I will admit, it is looking better. Jafar's voice I still have to get used to. So far the one from the animated movie was far better. Though, damn this girl can sing! She was carrying that duet! Edited March 13, 2019 by Thom Quote
derex3592 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 I agree, the musical talent of the cast AND Will Smith's performance will carry this movie, if the songs work and the genie is good, I'll forgive a lot of other shortcomings more than likely... I have mild hopes it will be decent. Quote
kajnrig Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Jafar doesn't sound or look nearly as old as he should. That whole "The Princess will marry me" ploy probably won't play this time around. I didn't have a problem with Blue Smith, but I did suspect they would have him shifting skin tone throughout the movie, so I'm not surprised to see more of the regular skin tone here. As for the singing, aren't they recycling the animated movie song? I don't think that's the live-action actors... And I thought Prince of Persia was fine. Nothing to write home about, and that whitewashing scandal was icky, but it was about as good a video game movie as a video game movie could have been... Quote
jvmacross Posted March 13, 2019 Author Posted March 13, 2019 As for the singing, aren't they recycling the animated movie song? I don't think that's the live-action actors... Not sure about the duet, but the "Friend Like Me" sequence seems all Will Smith.... I am feeling a bit better about the movie on this new trailer...hope this works out for Disney Quote
Tking22 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Is he not going to be blue now, cause in that poster he is natural brown. I will admit, it is looking better. Jafar's voice I still have to get used to. So far the one from the animated movie was far better. Though, damn this girl can sing! She was carrying that duet! Watch the new trailer, his "true" form, or genie form, is indeed blue, but he has a human disguise form that is essentially just Will Smith kind of cosplaying as genie. Quote
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