Reviews

Having become a fan of Parks and Rec since July 2019, almost a year before this, I really was excited to hear about this. The humor is great like always and I really wish an 8th season happens. I like how they tie in all of the major and minor characters in this special and I also do admire that they chose to make this to raise a fundraiser.

The acting, singing dancing and backgrounds are really good. Yes the visuals for the genie aren't perfect, but if you compare the first shot we saw of him to what the final shot looks like, it is an improvement. Jafar was ok, but the acting was all right for me, I think he was just miscast. Will Smith made a solid Genie that was different from Robin Williams. He isn't as good, but that was expected. There were shots that slowed down and sped up that were annoying, but they rarely happen and that is more on the director. For me, the main problem was that some scenes relied on having watched the original to maybe feel an impact. The introduction to the Cave of Wonders and Aladdin giving food to kids are two examples. I overall liked it, but I can understand why people didn't like this.

First I want to start off by mentioning the good things in the movie. David Harbour did a great job as Hellboy and the makeup was really solid. The rest of the cast did ok. Wasn't terrible, but nothing good or memorable either. All the bad things however The story is jumbled, and the tone is inconsistent. It doesn't know if it wants to be a horror movie or a superhero movie. The script is also pretty bad, with numerous unnecessary swearing. For an example, read the first line of the film. Finally, there's the gore. Goodness, the amount of gore in this film. For me, the biggest problem with the story is that it uses gore continuously to tell it, and it's constantly in your face. One of the deleted scenes explained Nimue's origins, but looking at the runtime, the filmmakers clearly thought, "Nah, we can't have this. We need more jaws getting ripped off and people getting skinned alive and having their corpses sliced in half vertically." There was so much gore, that 3 times, I looked away from the TV and waited for the screaming to stop. If you hate gore, or only like it if there's not too much, skip this film.

Yeah I'm only saying this because it's Star Wars. The acting is bad, the story is downright terrible and even boring at times. The animated segment is OK. The character designs are weird, but it introduces Boba Fett which is surprising. Oh also a person wears blackface 15 minutes in.