Definetly not a disaster that I worried it might be, but it's also not a whole new world

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2019)

Like Beauty and the Beast, this movie exists for novelty of seeing a Disney classic live action. But I think that this one distinguishes itsfelf a lot more for the simple fact that Will Smith is such a different genie from Robin Williams, but he's also a great genie. When they first announced this project I was just as skeptical as everyone else because I was like "Who can replace Robin Williams?" but then they announced Will Smith and I thought yes........ that's the best person for this role because he has all the energy and charisma of Robin Williams, but in a totally different way and that's what elevates this movie and makes it interesting. Some of the tweaks here and there I think we're actually improvements, especially involving the framing device for this new story. Now I don't want to go too much praising this film too much as at the end of the day, I'm probably just going to rewatch the animated film, but they really did the best that they could if you're going to do a project like this.