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So I personally love the original Aladdin. Robin Williams was like my hetero soul mate. The new Jungle Book was successful and well done. So not surprisingly I'm very excited for the new Aladdin. This newest trailer looks amazing.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/aladdins-new-trailer-finally-gives-us-something-to-sing-1833227252

Funny thing is many people I talk to about this movie are beyond annoyed with Will Smith as Genie. This gives us a little better look at Smith in the roll. What do you guys think?

I'm kinda torn. I think he's bad for the role, but who is going to out stage Williams? Jack Black I think has the best chance at doing so, but he's white and can't really go shirtless for the role. Discuss.
 
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I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

I was dead set against Heather Ledger as the joker and he stole the movie he was so good.
 
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No way this lives up to the original. Is Hollywood really running out of ideas that they have to live action old animated movies?
 
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While I agree, it's pretty neat to see what CGI has done over the years that was generally only possible in animated movies.
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Agree although I saw the new Mary Poppins with the g/f and something I appreciated was how the 'look' of a lot of it was more similar to the OG including the animation.
 
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madguy30 said:
Sinbad comes to mind but I'm probably bias....saw Necessary Roughness the other day.

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I don't understand why they didn't just keep Williams original performance since it was all voice acting. I love what favreau did with the Jungle Book, and I think Dumbo and Lion King look cool. Not sure about this one just because Williams performance as the genie seems untouchable to me.
 
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cmjh10 said:
No way this lives up to the original. Is Hollywood really running out of ideas that they have to live action old animated movies?
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You realize almost every old Disney movie was itself an old story recycled, right?
 
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BWRhasnoAC said:
So I personally love the original Aladdin. Robin Williams was like my hetero soul mate. The new Jungle Book was successful and well done. So not surprisingly I'm very excited for the new Aladdin. This newest trailer looks amazing.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/aladdins-new-trailer-finally-gives-us-something-to-sing-1833227252

Funny thing is many people I talk to about this movie are beyond annoyed with Will Smith as Genie. This gives us a little better look at Smith in the roll. What do you guys think?

I'm kinda torn. I think he's bad for the role, but who is going to out stage Williams? Jack Black I think has the best chance at doing so, but he's white and can't really go shirtless for the role. Discuss.
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He's not afraid to do it:

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NorthCyd said:
I don't understand why they didn't just keep Williams original performance since it was all voice acting. I love what favreau did with the Jungle Book, and I think Dumbo and Lion King look cool. Not sure about this one just because Williams performance as the genie seems untouchable to me.
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I thought about this too, but having a a reanimated CG Robin Williams would have been fodder for the masses of social justice warriors.
 
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alarson said:
Nor was much of the original Friend Like Me
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It was in the style of Broadway. I agree that style is more spoken than traditional singing, but Will Smith is a musician for crying out loud. He can sing at least average, that wasn't even rap in the trailer.

ps A part of me thinks they are intentionally making him look weak in the trailers, to get that Heath Ledger Joker phenomenon.
 
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