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Toni Lynn Donald (1997 KP) rated Aladdin (2019) in Movies

Mar 12, 2020 (Updated Mar 12, 2020)  
Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
This was a lot better than I thought it would be. The 2 who played Aladdin and Jasmin were perfect for their parts. Both had amazing voices and great acting. It also was visually beautiful. My only negative is I didn't care for Will Smith as genie. Great movie though!
  
Spies in Disguise (2019)
Spies in Disguise (2019)
2019 | Action, Adventure, Animation
2019 Will Smith and Tom Holland starring animation, with the former one of the world's top secret agent and the latter an inventor who designs the gadgets on which he relies.

However, when Will Smith's character is framed and goes on the run and (for plot reasons) finds himself transformed into a pigeon, inventor must go on the run as well ...

Better than I was expecting, but maybe not top-tier.
  
Suicide Squad (2016)
Suicide Squad (2016)
2016 | Action
Will Smith is the only saving grace for the movie as he does his best to portray Deadshot (0 more)
Every actor (excluding Smith) is awful with their role. Particularly Jared Leto's Joker, who comes off as some weirdo with clown tattoos. (2 more)
Margot Robbie does her best as Harley Quinn, the Joker's no. 2, but in the end, she's over sexualized to the degree of being annoying.
If they didn't give Dr. Harleen Quinzell a back story I would have never known that she was a criminal psychiatrist
Send the Squad home
  
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Chloe (778 KP) rated Aladdin (2019) in Movies

Jul 5, 2019  
Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Exciting (3 more)
Funny
Good
Musical
Fantastic!
When I went to watch this I was a little dubious as I thought Will Smith had a lot to live up to in his role. In my opinion he was on par with Robin Williams but completely different, he had a certain swagger that was really funny.
  
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YellowDancer (8 KP) created a post

Jun 26, 2019  
I've had people (not on Smashbomb) say I talk a lot of nonsense (not this polite) about my review on Aladdin 2019. I tried to explain that I wrote what I thought. It's my opinion and as much as I like Will Smith, he just didn't play a good part as genie.
     
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Erika (17788 KP) rated Independence Day (1996) in Movies

Oct 8, 2019 (Updated Oct 10, 2019)  
Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
1996 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
This film is a lot of fun to watch. Will Smith is hilarious, and the scenes where he drags the alien in the desert, are my favorite out of the film.
The cast is great, and Bill Pullman's Independence Day speech is probably one of the best speeches ever delivered in a film.
  
Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
This verson is similar to the cartoon but it gives it a fresh feel and tbe cast are great will smith at the genie classic (0 more)
I feel it does drag on a little longer than needed (0 more)
Over all fun for all the family, its like the 90s cartoon versipn with the same familiar music but with some slight twists
  
Gemini Man (2019)
Gemini Man (2019)
2019 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Entertaining
Will Smith did it again. This wasn't his greatest performance but it certainly came through. Good acting and cinematography. The storyline was interesting with a few twists and turns-some predictable, some not-and plenty of . Action(with some humor thrown im too). Overall a very fun movie that anyone in the family can enjoy. Worth a watch!
  
Gemini Man (2019)
Gemini Man (2019)
2019 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Innovative and Intriguing, Double The Will Smith Fails To Push The Movie From Good To Great
Contains spoilers, click to show
So before I saw this movie I actually saw Will Smith on The Stephen Colbert Show. They rolled a clip from the motorcycle fight scene from the movie and I was taken aback by how fake some of it looked. And not the action of it but the movements of the younger Will Smith clone. On the show Will Smith said that this is the first film where the entire character of the young clone was completely digital and there was no MOCAP or digital de-aging. I'm not sure if it was this new way of having the character there that caused the movement to look so fake but some of the scenes had parts that were downright laughable. Since I knew this already I tried not to go into the movie with too high of expectations. And because of this and really giving it a chance I think I was more able to enjoy it then others who will definitely be turned off by it. I hate that for some people it will hurt there ability to suspend belief because that's one reason we all go to the theater. To get sucked into another world where anything is possible and forget about the real world for an hour or two. This really was a good movie besides that being it's greatest fault. There are even some scenes where it looks totally fine and really good. Most scenes like that are zoomed into his face during dialogue and the amount of detail they did was really fantastic. I mean Will Smith did a great job as this disillusioned assassin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead did a good job as a rookie agent meant to be surveiling him, and Benedict Wong was cool as Baron his friend and ex-colleague. Even Clive Owen did good as Clay Varris, head of a top-secret black ops unit codenamed "Gemini". The plot wasn't very complicated, Will retires and starts learning that people he killed were innocent and then people start trying to kill him before he can learn the truth. He finds out that a younger clone of himself is trying to kill him and he tries not to kill him as he tries to take down the man responsible for this. Nothing remarkable but there were some pretty good action scenes especially the finale where they fight in the town. As I said I give this movie a 6/10.
  
Gemini Man (2019)
Gemini Man (2019)
2019 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Not even two Will Smiths can save it.
"Gemini Man (2019)" is a blend of action, drama, crime and sci-fi, and tells the story of Henry Brogan (portrayed by Will Smith), the world's most renowned assassin who is looking to retire from the government agency he's been working for.

When he finds out his last job wasn't all it seemed, he starts asking questions, which quickly prompts the agency to try and retire him themselves. We know from the trailers that a younger clone of himself is sent to kill him, and so begins a typical cat-and-mouse gunfight across the globe.

*sigh*

I was really disappointed with this film. It had so much potential - a strong lead with great support from Clive Owen (in fine antagonistic form), Benedict Wong (playing another Wong-esque character) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (in a commanding, if at times a little bland, outing). But even a good turn from Mr. Smith can't stop it from ultimately becoming a victim of its own ambition.

The plot isn't especially original, but has a nice twist to it that sets it apart. However, it loses itself halfway through, becoming convoluted and indecipherable, seemingly even for the cast. Nothing feels like it has any meaning, and the promising start was soon forgotten in favour of one set piece after another.

And speaking of the set pieces, whilst the action and choreography is really good, the scenes with Will Smith vs. Will Smith (both fighting and talking) are ruined by poor CGI. It's too obviously computer-generated. To me, good CGI looks integrated into the real life scenes, but this stands out like a video game. The action scenes in particular are way too fast and unrealistic. It's like they're trying to recreate the gritty, hard-hitting pace and tone of the Bourne films, but end up with The Matrix being playing on fast forward.

Ang Lee is the kind of director who either wins big (see "Life Of Pi (2012)") or loses big (see "Hulk (2003)"). I don't know where the blame lies here. The script wasn't particularly bad. The direction was... okay. But nothing seemed to gel. It had all the right ingredients and should've been great, yet it fails in every aspect.

This could've been one of the year's best blockbusters... sadly, it's a forgettable tale that Will Smith will likely want wiping from his IMDB profile.