A pale imitation

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2019)

This movie didn't need to exist, when its not doing a poor job imitating the original, it's just plane bland. The design is a step up on the cartoon, I'll give it that. Will Smith was nowhere near as bad as we feared. But other than that this movie improves of the source in no way. It feels like they were just making it to address 20 years worth of people pointing out plot holes. It also, despite the leaps and bounds increase in technology over the decades, doesn't improve on the spectacle of the original, nothing feel as big or grand, it's all more down to earth. Less entertaining, less magical, just less. And the addition of the third act chase scene is indicative of the formulaic pushing of all cookie cutter movies Disney pushes. You can practically hear the board meeting where they decided they needed me action, forgettable songs and an attempt at additional characterisation. Over all a poor showing, just show your kids the original movie.