Will Smith In 'Aladdin' Recalls Worst Makeup & CGI In Cinema History

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During the Grammys, Disney finally revealed more of a substantial teaser trailer for the upcoming Aladdin remake.

We got a first glimpse of the movie back in October 2018, but the teaser only showed some mundane desert sands leading up to the Cave of Wonders. However, on Sunday, we not only got to see Aladdin (played by Mena Massoud) in the flesh, but we also got a glimpse of Jafar (played by rising sex symbol Marwan Kenzari) and the blue genie.

Now you might remember, back in December, we were granted first-look pics of the cast by Entertainment Weekly, and it didn’t necessarily bring about strong excitement, especially for Will Smith‘s genie.

As a matter of fact, people straight clowned Will’s interpretation and his one trick ponytail.

Like…people really couldn’t deal…

A lot of the criticism was also aimed at Will Smith’s color.

Some people demanded the look of the blue-colored genie famously voiced by Robin Williams in 1992’s animated Aladdin. But in the words of the genie himself, be careful what you wish for.

Will Smith made his first appearance as the full-on blue genie in the Sunday trailer and well…

You’ll just have to watch for yourself…

The Internet was just plain upset…

Some were even shook with horror…

https://twitter.com/heffahound/status/1094946749167284224

A few people couldn’t help but make the comparison to other blue people in movies and T.V., such as Paul Giamatti in Big Fat Liar, Raven-Symone in that one episode of That’s So Raven, and David Cross in Arrested Development.

One person even thought Will’s genie brought back Shrek feels.

Unfortunately, this seems like another case of a bad make-up job or CGI, or both.

The flick definitely recalls some bad make-up and CGI moments in movie history. Hit the next pages for a few notorious ones, and let us know if you think Will Smith‘s genie is a slam dunk or if it needs to go back to the editing room.

The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns

We’re just going to assume that CGI wasn’t up to par for some studios in 2001.

Two-Face in Batman Forever

Director Joel Schumacher definitely had his own style when it came to the Batman franchise. But Two-Face’s acid-damaged face was a little two clean to be believable.

I mean…

It literally looks like he got an acid shape-up from the hottest barber in Gotham.

Green Lantern’s suit in The Green Lantern

The Movie That Shall Not Be Named in any discussions about DC Comics.

Deacon Frost/La Magra in Blade 

Yes to Black anti-heroes! No to Stephen Dorff‘s character looking like disintegrated bubble gum in the final Blade scenes.

The Hulk in Hulk (2003)

Some things really just don’t age well.

White chicks in White Chicks

Granted…by ridiculous, over-the-top Wayans bros. standards, the  make-up in this movie works.

But in reality, they’re not fooling anybody with their stiff-as-stone prosthetics.

Which brings us to Little Man…

Again, the Wayans bros. ain’t fooling noooobooody.

The Mr. Smiths in The Matrix Reloaded

Whereas the first Matrix was groundbreaking for its natural, well-planned visual effects, the second Matrix in the trilogy went a little overboard with the CGI.

Like…at one point it’s hard to tell if you’re watching a movie or playing the Enter the Matrix video game.