Aladdin. The name conjures up images of a quick thief in the streets, an Arabian city from centuries ago, an evil vizier, and a large terrifying blue genie. Some things just don't translate well from the cartoon version to a live film with actual people on the silver screen. It turns out that the genie from Aladdin is one of them. With comments on social media describing 'Will Smith as Genie is straight nightmare fuel' (sic) director Guy Ritchie may have to work some magic of his own to get this whole new world off the ground and into cinemas.
I would like to know if he is cosplaying as a smurf or something from Avatar.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by RandomFactor on Thursday February 14 2019, @09:44PM (9 children)
being Will Smith.
I wouldn't call it terrifying, but it's pretty obvious they went for 'you do you' instead of 'you do Robin'
Not sure I care for it, but the bit showing him is so brief it's hard to say if that won't change. I typically like Will Smith, so I'll withhold judgement until I see more.
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(Score: 5, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:30PM (3 children)
Blueface is offensive to drowning victims and very cold people.
(Score: 5, Touché) by bob_super on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:33PM (2 children)
Do blue lives matter, if it's black people in smurfface ?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Friday February 15 2019, @01:53AM (1 child)
Let's ask the blue man group...
Ah...nothing to say about that, guys?
Fine.
...fine.
See if I care.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @11:25AM
Yo, listen up here's the story
About a little guy that lives in a blue world
And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue
Like him inside and outside
Blue his house
With a blue little window
And a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him
And himself and everybody around
'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen...
I'm blue
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I'm blue
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I have a blue house with a blue window
Blue is the colour of all that I wear
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue
Blue are the people here that walk around
Blue like my corvette its in and outside
Blue are the words I say and what I think
Blue are the feelings that live inside me
I'm blue
Da ba dee, da ba die
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I'm blue
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Snotnose on Thursday February 14 2019, @11:15PM (4 children)
I see him as a modern day Eddie Murphy. Some good movies under his belt, believes his own press, then a boatload of awful movies.
Will Smith died in my eyes with that science fiction thing he did with his son, After Earth or something. He'd had a couple iffy projects before that, the one with his kid was unwatchable, and he's done nothing worthwhile since.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RamiK on Friday February 15 2019, @12:09AM
He was great in Bright. And while Suicide Squad was a lame movie, Smith played well enough there as well.
compiling...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by pipedwho on Friday February 15 2019, @09:25AM (2 children)
He died for me when he tried to reboot 'Karate Kid' with his son in the 'Daniel San' role. Jackie Chan died a little for me at the same time.
Fails:
1) Basically the same story, but Kung Fu instead of Karate, but they called it Karate Kid anyway. (Probably not Jackie's fault since in China it's called 'The Kung Fu Dream').
2) Changed things and/or copied things in the story for no good reason, as per the following items in this shit list
3) 'wax on wax off' turns into 'jacket on jacket off'. The wax thing was about unknowingly working towards actual skills while doing something worthwhile in both senses of the activity. Jacket on jacket off is 'wtf?'
4) Jackie's character's tragedy: "wife and kid dies when hit by drunk driver". Miyagi: "wife and child die during childbirth in the Manzanar internment camp". Every day random tragedy, versus a personal tragedy within a historically significant incident of national shame.
5) A 10 year old kid with a bit of puppy love, versus a coming of age story of a sexually mature teenager finding love.
6) A scene with a fully grown adult besting a bunch of 10 year old kids, versus a tiny old man besting a bunch of muscled young adults most of which were twice his size.
7) If Wil Smith had waited for another 6 or 7 years until his son was old enough to pull off a decent version of the proverbial 'coming of age' story it could have been so much better.
8) Alternatively, it could have been so much better if they didn't call it the same thing, and got rid of the obvious copy cat elements, and went with a story that made sense for a bunch of 10 year old kids. But, no, they had to try and cash in on the original movie's popularity, but were hamstrung with the forced casting of a 10 year old kid in the lead role.
So much more, but I'll stop there. People that had never seen the original probably wouldn't mind so much. But, when you've seen the original, this remake seems like a slap in the face and a swift kick to the crotch.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Friday February 15 2019, @11:36PM (1 child)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Say_Never_(Justin_Bieber_song) [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 2) by pipedwho on Sunday February 17 2019, @09:47AM
Yikes! Just when I thought I covered the worst of it.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday February 14 2019, @09:49PM
That's hot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RteFY4wj6G0 [youtube.com]
Arab Thanos
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @09:51PM (12 children)
Curious(?) factoid that the original script has him born in a Chinese province.
BTW, Will Smith is too skinny for the genie. Someone with Shaq's physique would be better.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday February 14 2019, @09:53PM
Editing potential: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116756/ [imdb.com]
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @09:54PM (4 children)
Or sinbad, but he was already in shazam.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:11PM (3 children)
Berenstein
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:33PM
The main guy from black panthers?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:39PM (1 child)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenstain_Bears [wikipedia.org]
okay, sure, probably an improvement over the referenced nightmare fuel, but, what?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @01:16AM
There was never a Sinbad movie called "Shazaam", only Shaq in "Kazaam".
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/aladdin-will-smiths-genie-why-the-internet-thinks-hes-sinbad-from-shazaam [theguardian.com]
(Score: 4, Informative) by nobu_the_bard on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:30PM (4 children)
The original story was told by a Persian (her name was Scheherazade) to another Persian (her husband that would kill her if she stopped holding his interest). It was common in those days to treat China as some impossibly far away land where magic was real. It was a place they knew existed but had only a vague idea of what it was like. They just assumed magical creatures known to them would exist in China. So you have Persian magical creatures (djinni) and sorcerers hanging out with Chinese people who just treat it like normal.
I find it kind amusing that kind of projection was going on even back then.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:42PM (2 children)
The Europeans Had Prester John [wikipedia.org] a mighty Christian king ruling an Eastern land full of marvels.
He will save us from the Mongols.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday February 15 2019, @10:39PM (1 child)
I recommend Umberto Eco's novel, Baudolino . Even has the White Huns.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:06AM
Oh great! Another one on the list then.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:48PM
I am not certain, but Aladdin was not in the original Arabian Nights. It was added later by some French compiler.
And you are wrong about the Arabs and the Chinese.
Arabs knew of the Chinese in real life - it was the allied Arab-Turk force that put a stop to Tang Chinese incursion into Central Asia. Europeans saw China as some far-away fantasy land, but the Arabs had no such illusion because they faced them in real life in the battlefield.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @09:43PM
I think Sinbad would be a better choice
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @11:31PM
My time was wasted by checking out the link!
Don't do it. They just want you to check out a boring, insignificant, annoying rendition of a blue genie by Will Smith.
Big deal!
(Score: 3, Funny) by DrkShadow on Friday February 15 2019, @12:26AM (2 children)
This article headline is yet more BS about everyone being afraid of everything.
Check out the picture:
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/0782e57894ec0d8f94fe4530df7fafca [newsapi.com.au]
If this picture is anything more than "Ha, hah.." to you.. if there is anything at all resembling fear in you.. you're a sheep. Please go to the slaughter.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @03:30AM (1 child)
I find that picture to be downright creepy.
Scary? Maybe. In the sense of "is it Halloween? What's this drugged up cosplaying stoner doing?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @09:45PM
I can usually spot a 'dud' movie. That looks like a dud.
It will do 'ok' because well curiosity from everyone who liked the 90s cartoon one. But other than that it will dud out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @01:19AM
Gets my vote for all-time worst animation to real life conversation
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @01:25AM
Tom Cruise will be cast as kermit the frog. Oh, wait... They won't need makeup for that.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday February 15 2019, @01:58AM (1 child)
Go with Paul Reubens: he'd be better.
He's a loner....a rebel.
(Best. movie. ever.)
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(Score: 1) by MindEscapes on Friday February 15 2019, @03:10PM
I get a kick out of PeeWee's Big Adventure but I still put The Princess Bride at the top ;)
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