An Aladdin (2019) Review
This being a remake of one of Disney’s greatest movies means this won’t be a traditional review. Mostly because the story and songs are the same so if you don’t know the tale by now I think we have bigger problems.
I want to start off by saying that I was pleasantly surprised by everyone in this film. It’s a case of this only not being better because the original was so great. If this was completely original by Disney this would be talked about for years as one of the best Disney movies.
Will Smith did a great job as Genie being as showy as you’d thing he be. Prince Ali and Friend Like Me were so insanely busy, but they should be, it was exactly how I wanted it to be. Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott actually pulled at my heart some as Aladdin and Jasmin. I actually felt anger to Marwan Kenzari’s Jafar since he played it so well.
The only problem is that they played this movie so safe, nothing really changed much from the original. This is good and bad, good because if they changed too much, so many people would be outraged, but also bad since they didn’t take any new risks. It was just safe, and sometimes safe is alright.
Overall I’d give Disney’s 2019 live action remake of Aladdin a 7.5/10. I’d recommend it to any Disney fan however if you decide to wait until Disney+ to add it after release you wouldn’t be missing anything.
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