1. "How does Guy Ritchie get so many chances?" In response to Reply # 0
I'm glad the live-action version is coming but still....I'd be way more excited if someone like Mira Nair or the guy that directed the Baahubali movies got to do this.
Guy Ritchie's films look good but tend to have narrative problems. ---------------------------------------
9. "he looks like a generic party city halloween costume model" In response to Reply # 7
i think aladdins expressions in the animated film were so pivotal. to be fair this was a very quick scene with not much opportunity for dude to show anything.
hopefully the first full trailer has some good aladdin and genie scenes.
22. "Because the upside is huge. " In response to Reply # 21
He hasn’t had a lot of successes as of late. In the past 10 years, he’s had two hits. And one of them is considered to be universally horrible.
These Disney live action remakes have been money printing machines. Beauty of the Beast and Jungle Book were both MONSTER global hits. This film takes off like either of those and all of a sudden he’s a huge bankable star again.
24. "choosing to be the genie has a lot of cache'..like the Joker" In response to Reply # 23
>I dunno fam. Even Disney isn’t undefeated. > > >I could be wrong, but I imagine he could still >have his pick. And he picked...this? > >It’s decisions like this that are questionable IMO. > > >He’s getting dragged in my timeline. I know that isn’t >statistically significant or anything, but still...
26. "It certainly has a decent chance" In response to Reply # 23
>I dunno fam. Even Disney isn’t undefeated.
Indeed. But there's really no telling what hit and what doesn't when it comes to these type of movies. And these days Disney hits a lot more than it doesn't. Shoot, even Wreck It Ralph 2 made a mint.
>I could be wrong, but I imagine he could still >have his pick. And he picked...this?
His name doesn't exactly hold weight like it used to. However, IF this hits, he's probably back to doing what he wants. And he's a bankable family film star.
>It’s decisions like this that are questionable IMO.
Taking this was a smaller risk than, say, taking After Earth instead of Django.
>He’s getting dragged in my timeline. I know that isn’t >statistically significant or anything, but still...
Eh, this thing isn't made for people on your or my timeline. It's made mostly for people like my 8 and 10 year old nephews. That's who they're playing for.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
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20. "Disney is about to learn." In response to Reply # 0
They got Bill Condon for Beauty and the Beast who understands musicals better than most filmmakers today... but there's a catch-22 for most other filmmakers. You can't just recreate all animated iconography but you also can't really change it. It's the finest of lines. And Ritchie is about to fall on the wrong side of that line.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Tue Mar-12-19 01:28 PM
30. "Much better than the teaser... but it looks flat imo." In response to Reply # 27
The entire success of the thing will hinge upon how Ritchie shoots the musical numbers. And those tiny flashes we got didn't exactly imbue me with confidence. Then again, it's just a trailer.
I used a free pass and caught this after work last night.
It could have been worse. Can't believe Will was the best thing.
Guy Richtie was surprisingly restrained. There was only two parts where he let himself loose.
Outside of The Jungle Book and Cinderella, I keep asking myself why. I know these things generate money, but cotdamn man try to do it in a fresh way. And sorry, but a couple of new songs don't count.
Also, I guess DJ Khalid has to do a song for a Disney movie once a year now.
41. "yeah. fuck these in general." In response to Reply # 36
>Outside of The Jungle Book and Cinderella, I keep asking >myself why. I know these things generate money, but cotdamn >man try to do it in a fresh way. And sorry, but a couple of >new songs don't count.
but then again a lot of people never saw the first Disney versions. my daughter prefers the live-action Beauty and the Beast.
39. "Already on track to make more than $100 million over the weekend" In response to Reply # 0
Like I said in #21 and #26, this what Will Smith was counting on. I can't even say it was a "high risk, high reward" situation, because the risk wasn't that big. These Disney live-action remakes are just going to be guaranteed bank.
And now Will Smith is a bankable star again. The marketing of this movie certainly centered on him by the end. And that's with the serious CGI backlash, which doesn't look like it's going to move the needle in this case.
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