10 Worst Times Movie Actors Were Combined With CGI
3. Will Smith - Aladdin
It seems like Will Smith and Disney forgot that golden mantra: you never get a second chance at a first impression.
When the newest trailer for Aladdin dropped during the 2019 Grammys, it instantly began trending on Twitter, and the majority of the feedback wasn't good: a mixture of confusion, horror, and shock, the general consensus was that this thing did not look good at all.
It's hard to know where to begin: the weird look of Smith's face, which appears as though it can't decide whether it wants to be real, or a special effect; his oddly chunky muscles, which make him look less like a friendly Genie, and more like a bruiser down the local pub; the way his forehead wrinkles suddenly stop to give way to a smooth bald head, almost like the crew forgot to blend the two together. It looks amateurish, almost like a jokey fan-edit, which is not something to expect from a Disney movie.
Some people have speculated that this might not be the final look, and that Disney may still be polishing the effects, but that stance doesn't hold water. We're three months out from this movie, and at this stage, most of the visual effects work will be completed. At the very least, the filmmakers will have a handful of fully-polished Genie shots. So why wouldn't they use one here? Why give us an unfinished shot that makes the movie look bad?
The disappointing explanation is that they have used a finished shot, and this is what we're going to see in the film. On the plus side, if that is the case, then Aladdin is going to be a meme goldmine.