I simply cannot wait for this movie to come out. Hopefully it bombs at the box office and it:
A) Forces Disney to reconsider re-making their entire fucking catalogue.
B) Forces Will Smith to take a multi-year vacation from making movies and seriously re-evaluating what bullshit film projects he signs on to.
Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx:
You know who is the right guy to cast in a movie that has a shit ton of classic Disney songs? A natural singer that can act or a natural actor that can sing well enough to not need auto-tune.. Will Smith is neither of those.
I had reservations about Will taking on this role because I've heard the dude try to sing... I had his albums when I was a teen. He can't. I haven't seen the movie so I cannot comment on his non-singing role but his version of "Prince Ali" was very bad.
Wait, so you must have thought Robin Williams was a great singer in the first one? [Reply]
Old/New Aladdin: They both sound decent and they are very, very similar to me. They both have young sounding voices and that's appropriate for the role they are playing.
Old Jasmine: I like her voice. Very sweet but has some power to it. Nice tone.
New Jasmine: Holy shit. Somehow sounds just like the old one but better. Better tone and more power.
Robin Williams: Nice tone, very playful, shows his personality well. Not much power or skill but makes up for it with the delivery.
Will Smith: Horrible tone. Not much power. When he sings an extended note it's like nails on a chalkboard. Not enough of his personality comes through to make up for his poor singing. He's a crappy singer.
Of course that's just from the snippets I've heard and that's only considering the musical numbers. Maybe Will Smith does a great job in the role of the genie aside from the musical parts. But...I have no urge to see this. For me this was a cartoon that I watched with my kids. There were other cartoon movies from around this time that I thought were much better. The fact that Will Smith is in this remake does nothing for me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx:
I don't need to watch the movie to comment on a song that I did watch and provided a clip for.
Start over at step 1, bitch.
lol what point are you trying to prove here? Your right to be a YouTube commenter? Congrats, you qualify.
Will Smith's limited singing ability doesn't change the fact that he really pulled off this role and the movie is actually a lot of fun. In fact, in context, the prince Ali scene is really fun to watch and Will Smith is a big reason why, in spite of his singing voice. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kysirsoze:
lol what point are you trying to prove here? Your right to be a YouTube commenter? Congrats, you qualify.
I qualify to comment on that clip as much as anyone else that has watched the clip.
Originally Posted by :
Will Smith's limited singing ability doesn't change the fact that he really pulled off this role and the movie is actually a lot of fun. In fact, in context, the prince Ali scene is really fun to watch and Will Smith is a big reason why, in spite of his singing voice.
Fantastic! Super glad to hear that his limited singing ability didn't change that him pulling off the role. That doesn't at all take away from my original statement... he sounded like shit in that song. [Reply]
I don't know of one movie ever where it was ruined by one part of one song. If that dictates whether you like a movie or not then I pity the friends and family in that person's life. [Reply]
