2019 | PG | 2 Hr 8 Min | Family | Disney
Writers:
John August
Guy Ritchie
Stars:
Stars:
Will Smith
Mena Massoud
Naomi Scott
Synopsis:
A kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin vies for the love of the beautiful princess Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah. When he finds a magic lamp, he uses a genie's magic power to make himself a prince to marry her. He is also on a mission to stop the powerful Jafar who plots to steal the magic lamp that could make his deepest wishes come true.
The Monkey In The Room.
Ok, let's talk about the monkey in the room for a second, shall we? When Aladdin was teased everybody was up in arms about Will Smith and his role-playing the Genie. Look he is no Robbin Williams but was he really that bad? I think not, in fact, I thought he did a great job when he was being himself its when he tried to channel in the cartoon Genie that he failed. And to be honest you would think he could sing just a tad better then he did. Honestly, I did like him 90% of the time. So with that, the rest of the movie should make everybody happy right? With the right blend of action and romance, Aladdin is a perfect family movie that just happens to run over 2 hours. Yep, my kids were growing bored rather quickly.
It's so beautiful!
My kids also took notice of the strangely placed camera angles from time to time and trying to explain to them this was a Guy Ritchie flick did not help. Ritchie must have had the Disney blessing to stick to his style action movie formula and for the most part, it paid off. Aladdin is stunning to look at from the sets to the costumes and how the color really splashed off the screen. Pepper in dazzling sound effects that had the whole house shaking and the family belting out the familiar tunes making this one heck of a fun ride.
Choose Wisely
And they did Naomi Scott is a breath a fresh air playing Jasmin and Mena Massoud although rough around the edges did pull off Aladdin. But the one you will remember the most has to be Marwan Kenzari playing Jaffar. Kenzari plays one wicked bad guy hell-bent on ruling the world. Also if I may SNL alum Nasim Pedrad is really cute playing Dalia, yeah just putting that out there.
A Whole New World
This is Guy Ritchie's first PG-rated film and it worked well for me. Take is directorial style add-in Disney Magic and a cute princess exquisite music you can sing along to you are bound to have a $1,050,693,953 dollar hit on your hands. Disney dominated this year's box office and its no secret. I'm just glad people got past the negativity and went out and enjoyed Aladdin. Fire up Disney Plus and take this magic carpet ride I promise you will not be disappointed! |
| 4 Stars out of 5 |
After watching Avengers and Toy Story 4 in the theatre we look forward to watching The Lion King coming to Disney+ at the end of January. I see another family movie night coming up soon.
You know, I've never seen the original animated movie nor this recent life-action remake. I would like to see both, though. Someday! Maybe once I subscribe to the Disney streaming service, which I plan to do in a year or so in order to watch all their new Marvel superhero content.
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