Will Smith was the best part

Rating: 4/10 (23 March 2020)

Seeing the trailer I wasn't excited about this movie coming. I started to watch it on Disney+ then had to turn it off. I couldn't get through it. It looked like a high school production with the sets and the colors. I had to watch it again while babysitting nephew last night, and Will Smith saved the movie. In my opinion anyway. I thought he was going to be too much Mike Lowry but he did a great job! The cgi was terrible. His head/neck was the worst I couldn't stop focusing on it, but that part isn't his fault. He kept Robin Williams spirit alive with his performance. I enjoyed him. I didn't buy into the love interest storyline but it didn't ruin the movie for me. What did was the sets, it didn't properly capture atmosphere like the cartoon did. You can see the painted backgrounds and some sets looked obviously recycled for different scenes and it was too dark. Also, I thought Jafar was too young... I couldn't take him seriously as the bad guy. He came off as a whiny bro to me. See it, don't see it. We're stuck inside for the time being.