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maybe kotm needed some kind of name. bryan cranston was riding high off breaking bad when godzilla 14 came out

aladdin is coming for that top spot YOU DONE WOUND ME UP

i'm so mad it's too late to start an "aladdin 2nd weekend > godzilla ow" club

woah, this was spot on bud

wait is that true friday, or also including previews

not if his performance is as dead and monotonous as his voiceover in that trailer

the booksmart vs aladdin discourse on film twitter is so exhausting. you mean an indie comedy with no stars made less than a live action disney remake of one of their most beloved movies starring will smith? shocked.

i’m sure someone like AO scott has legitimate reasons for disliking aladdin, but rt let’s too many randoms with a wordpress blog become rt critics. those are the ones who are most susceptible to following buzz and wanting to feel like they’re part of the ‘in’ crowd by joining in on bashing something that seems to be universally reviled.

i find these reviews kind of unfair. will was really great in the movie imho

i’m here for the chaos if aladdin overperforms and godzilla underperforms and aladdin beats it for the no. 1 spot 😈

disney can make up for its terrible marketing up to this point by making sure the aladdin drop is as minimal as possible. release new tv spots touting its high rt audience score. get radio stations to play the dj khaled remix of ‘friend like me’. the video of naomi scott recording ‘speechless’ got 5m views in three days - they should do the same with ‘a whole new world’ and the genie songs. this can be a super leggy run if they play their cards right.

aladdin’s hold next week is going to be very inch resting to watch. i can see some people who didn’t show up to opening weekend bc of bad buzz/reviews show out next week bc of good WOM.

it was weird how everyone except aladdin and jasmine (and the genie) had heavy accents. even nasim pedrad was putting on some weird atlantic accent, whereas aladdin just sounded straight american

i’m not convinced actual footage of real lions singing disney songs in a hyper-realistic setting won’t look super fucking weird and goofy. it’s not a coincidence they haven’t shown a single second of that yet and all the talking in the trailers are done via voiceover

it’s only a matter of time until disney runs out of renaissance movies to remake and turn to their pixar movies. although i wouldn’t mind a live-action UP

honestly, i didn't mind jafar that much. i was more disappointed the sultan wasn't fat and jolly lol

also her...face? this could be anyone

bill hader as the genie would've been an interesting thought experiment

i'm a big fan of the original and robin williams and didn't think once about him to be honest. i didn't get the impression that will was trying to impersonate robin at all - rather, he was amping all the parts of Will Smith the Movie Star up to 100 great way to put it.

saw it today and i loved it. honestly will is really great? the film drags a bit without him. naomi scott is wonderful and mena massoud is pretty good too, especially at the comic parts. there’s a dancing part where the genie controls him which is a bit of genius physical comedy. and i actually think the love story is much better in this version than in the animated version. they give them a couple more scenes together and it really makes a difference. the two of them are very sweet together. guy ritchie is the one who lets everyone down. he has no idea how to shoot a musical number and there’s so much weird, abrupt cutting and editing.

is the human story good or is it just 95% millie bobby brown screaming shots

i mean, anemic for disney. with the name awareness, aladdin should be doing BATB numbers easy.

maybe this plays like the greatest showman? anemic-ish opening weekend but great legs and word of mouth. altho the greatest showman has the benefit of being a december release

it’s soooo good. they could’ve released this and everyone would’ve forgotten about the blue will smith disaster disney are clowns

a whole new world just made me TEARY