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Feb 12, 2019 - 9:26 AM
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jackfu
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I'm looking forward to Menken's score as well; new music, favorites from the animated version, great stuff!
OT, but I'm somewhat surprised by the flack the 2019 live action version is catching. Don't know how much is just hyped, but there's some pretty visceral stuff out there, especially that directed at Will Smith (Genie). First they hated it because he wasn't blue enough, now he's too blue.
I'm not a fan of Smith, I liked him in Ali, but give the guy a chance!
Robin Williams certainly set the high-water mark for Genie, but Smith might be able to pull it off.
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I am really excited about the live action version, especially since they do have actors of middle eastern descent playing the characters, which I love.
Yeah, that is pretty great, though they're fudging it here and there (Jasmine is half Indian, not strictly speaking middle eastern). Since I'm half middle eastern it's nice to see some representation in Hollywood beyond terrorists on 24, ya know? That said...is that *really* the best actor they could find for Jafar? He seems terribly miscast, like they were doing it based on his looks rather than vocal quality. I mean, Jafar doesn't need to be a good looking guy. And Aladdin looks waaaay too clean cut to be a street urchin; he doesn't really look remotely like a poor person in the marketing. And this is without even bringing up the Will Smith Shrek genie...yikes.
Aside from the CGI, from a production standpoint this looks beautiful and impressive. I like some of the casting (Jasmine and the Sultan look okay, and Nasim Pedrad as a new character looks interesting; been a fan of hers since her SNL days.) But there may be too many red flags for me to bother seeing this in theater after I was totally burned by the horrific live action Beauty and the Beast.
Curious about the new music, I thought they'd just add the numbers from the broadway musical, but I hear they are coming up with all new songs.
I will remain cautiously optimistic.
Yavar
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The soundtrack comes out digitally on May 22 and physically on May 24 according to Film Music Reporter.
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I went to a screening of this and was not a fan. It has its bright spots, but to me was mostly a dud.
So at least it's already better than the Beauty and the Beast remake, at least. 
The new Jasmine is very good (though I thought her new song was bad), the new Aladdin isn't great, but the new Jafar is truly awful, the worst interpretation of a character I've seen in any of these remakes. Will Smith is fine, but his CGI never stops being distractingly creepy.
All the impressions I got from the trailer (well, aside from Will Smith being "fine"). Jasmine seems like she's in a much better movie.
Yavar
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My only hope for this film has always been that its promotional muscle pushes a Legacy Collection out the door for the original.
That release really needs to happen.
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If Thor hates it, then there's at least a chance it doesn't suck that bad.
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