Is anyone else concerned at how flat and badly rendered Will smith looks as Genie?
Maybe this is a rose colored glasses situation for me, but this looks absolutely atrocious. Then again- it’s only a 1:20 teaser....
True. I hope there are some improvements that we aren’t seeing yet. It’s just so hard to fill the shoes of Robin Williams. Like I said, rose colored glasses.and you only see Genie for a few seconds, who had just materialized? I think a better clip is needed before I pass judgement.
Noted. However, it seems that the casting is weird and the tone for this particular teaser is off. I hope that that’s not the case but I am underwhelmed.It is now completely normal for visual effects work to continue until right before a movie has its theatrical release. It is also not unusual for the filmmakers to be uninvolved with the marketing, including cutting together trailers.
My thoughts exactly. I surprised they are releasing both in the same year- and if the quality of teaser trailers is any indication (which is isn’t) “The Lion King” looks like a much more competently put together teaser.I continue to find it strange they are blowing through Aladdin and Lion King in the same year. And yeah this looks kind of terrible.
Even if they work up until the night before, it's not going to help. No amount of tweaking is going to change the fact that it's just blue Will Smith in my opinion. "Genie, wishes, lamp, none of dat ringing a bell?" It just doesn't fit.It is now completely normal for visual effects work to continue until right before a movie has its theatrical release. It is also not unusual for the filmmakers to be uninvolved with the marketing, including cutting together trailers.
That’s exactly what I’m worried about. :/ Aladdin was a hit because of Robin williams.... not sure if this will translate at all.Even if they work up until the night before, it's not going to help. No amount of tweaking is going to change the fact that it's just blue Will Smith in my opinion. "Genie, wishes, lamp, none of dat ringing a bell?" It just doesn't fit.
I agree. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be as bad as it looks. Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney flicks. I'm just underwhelmed at this point. Once again, way too early to tell.Aladdin on Broadway seems to be doing fine without Robin Williams, probably because they weren’t trying to make the Genie like him. If it wasn’t for the iffy looking CGI in progress, I don’t think we’d be talking about Will Smith at all right now.
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