Truly Disney at their finest.

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2012)

Like most kids, I also grew up with Disney films, and Aladdin came out the year I was born. However, that did not stop me from watching this film many times during my life. Ever since I was little, this was my favorite Disney movie. This is an excellent film. It teaches great morals, and executes them very well. The story is about Aladdin falling in love with Princess Jasmine, but finds out she can only marry a prince, due to the law. He acquires a lamp with the Genie inside, and he wishes to become a prince, or should I say, look like one. This is my only problem with the film, but this can be overlooked. Why can't he wish he WAS a prince instead of looking like one? But it moves very well into the moral, so I can excuse this. After finding out he would become Sultan after marrying Jasmine, he decides to try and tell her the truth that he's not actually a prince. It's actually before the villain fight and not at the exact end where we have a moral. I like that. He learns that he needs to be truthful, and was trying to tell Jasmine before Jafar exposes him for who he really is. He also learns to keep promises. Before his first wish with the Genie, he promises him he would use his 3rd wish to free him, and even at the end, the Genie tries to talk him into wishing into a prince again, but Aladdin still frees him, despite unlikely being able to marry Jasmine. Nice guy. That is a fantastic way of telling your morals.
Not only are the morals amazing, but so are the characters, especially Aladdin himself. He starts off as a homeless person on the streets of Agrabah, but he has very impressive smarts. Not only for thievery, but anything in general. I mainly say this because when he defeats Jafar, he says that the Genie has more power than he does, and he can take away his powers. This convinces Jafar to use his third wish to become a genie himself, but gets stuck in his own lamp. I love this guy. He is the textbook definition of genius.
Speaking of smart characters, we also have Jasmine. Her father, the sultan of Agrabah, is trying to rush her into getting married, and tries to bring in many princes to marry her. She hates every single one of them. She doesn't care about the law. If she is to marry, she wants it to be for love. She won't marry anyone. She has to actually care for them. I wouldn't marry someone who attempts to whip little kids either. She also nearly figures out Aladdin not being a prince after the Whole New World song, and Aladdin figures out a good excuse. She's another smart and enjoyable character. I also think she's very hot, but I digress.
The most important part of this love story is that the two have great chemistry. They have things in common, and want to help each other out. Not only that, but when Aladdin is Prince Ali, Jasmine actually hates him at first. However, Aladdin builds up the relationship again, and gets Jasmine to fall in love with him again. This may not be on quite the level Beauty and the Beast was with building up a relationship, but it works fine here. Jasmine does suspect that it's actually Aladdin and not a prince before the carpet ride, and she already cared for him, so this is not rushed. It does well for its own love story, but the film is not just that. It's also an adventure, especially since Jafar tries to kill Aladdin a lot. He tries to in the Cave of Wonders when Aladdin is hanging off a cliff and he gets the lamp, he tries to when Aladdin is with Jasmine, and he does after he becomes a sorcerer, along with after Aladdin returns to the palace.
In conclusion, the film has many things to like about it. It has many great elements in it, and focuses on them in a very coherent manner. It has a great love story, great adventure, great characters, amazing comic relief, and wonderful animation and colors. This is something you can truly call a masterpiece.