UGH!

Rating: 3/10 (5 September 2019)

I was actually kind of looking forward to this movie. I like Will Smith and was looking forward to seeing how he handled the role of genie. Sadly I didn't make it that far. I had totally forgotten Disney's drive to add songs to movies so they can sell sound tracks. The telling thing is I have watched the old animated one with Robin Williams many times and the music never bothered me that much, perhaps because it was done so well. This cannot be said of this movie. This show actually reminded me of a stage play, and not a very good one. The actors were adequate, but only barely. I don't know what was wrong with the guy who plays Aladdin, he looked sickly to me. The constant interruption of the plot by the actors bursting into song put me off so much I gave up.. I might have to watch a bit more though just to see Will Smith as a quit before he entered the scene. Perhaps kids will enjoy this though as their expectations are much lower.