A meh missed opportunity

Rating: 5/10 (18 August 2019)

I will start by saying that I love Will Smith but if you are going to do a near identical copy of Aladdin, as great as he is he will always be compared to the late great Robin Williams... Who was bloody well animated. Will Smith did as well as anybody could in a direct remake.
When I saw that Guy Richie was the director I thought they might be the on to something however, alas, they missed the opportunity. Guy you should have cast Jason Stateham, reprising his role as the transporter, as a Cockney speaking Aladdin. Really leave your stamp on it. Or even Ricky Gervais' camp genie would have been an interesting take.
But as a stock standard, unoriginal remake I found myself comparing every scene to the original... And being disappointed at every turn.
Last time Guy made something this bad he was married to Madonna... Are they back together again?