It Doesn't Get Any Better

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2015)

I cannot make it any plainer than this: Aladdin is not just a great film, it is one of the top 5 Disney films EVER. Most everyone knows the story: Aladdin, who is a peasant meets and falls in love with Princess Jasmine, who by law can only marry a royal. Jafar, the evil sorceror, uses Aladdin's trusting nature against him to try and steal the magic lamp hidden in the cave, but it doesn't work. Aladdin brings forth the genie and uses the wishes to make him a prince. However, the Genie cannot make Jasmine love him.
Jafar eventually gains control of the lamp and exposes Aladdin as a peasant and it looks like he is going to win and crush everyone. However, his greed destroys him at the last second and Jasmine proclaims her love for Aladdin and chooses him as her husband-to-be.
While that alone would make a great movie, the surrounding characters and nuances are what make it so fantastic. The animation is stunning, made even more so by the fact that it is before current CGI-technology. Second, the supporting characters of Abu, Raja and Iago are hilarious. And, third, the song "Whole New World" is simply perfect, one of Disney's crowning greats (both the movie and soundtrack versions are great!) In the end, Aladdin is quite simply the perfect movie, animated or otherwise. It can make adults and kids alike feel joy and happiness and that's what a movie is meant to do. This is a film that I have and will continue to love for as long as I possibly can. Quite simply, this is Disney's crown jewel!!!