I think video game was better.

Rating: 5/10 (8 January 2010)

I become familiar with "Alladin" because of Video Game and TV series - I saw the game first, then I saw the TV series, and many years later I finally decided to watch original movie. Honestly, expected much more from this movie, and I still think that overall video game was more interesting (it was my childhood's favorite). Anyway...
Pros:
1) Has 2 or 3 REALLY great songs and musical performances associated with them. "Prince ALI" song was spectacular. "Arabian nights" was also pretty good, everything else wasn't really interesting.
Cons:
1) The movie heavily uses 3D graphic and CGs. "Cave of Wonders" was definitely a 3D animation, same goes for the magic carpet in certain scenes, lava wave, etc. Also it looks like many character were digitally shaded - the shade gradient is way too smooth and just doesn't look right. This looks very bad and out of place. I would prefer hand-drawn animations. For example, modern "Hellsing" OVA (the one that is made in 2006) has superior drawing quality, even though it still uses CG from time to time.
2) Very naive, weak plot. Once again, there is a "power of love that overcomes everything", couple of banal morality lessons, and a lot of dancing and singing for no reason. Sure, there is a one or two good musical scenes, but other than that overall it looks pretty silly. No real character development, no deep questions, no philosophy, etc. In "Wonderful Days", "Tonami no Totoro" plot was deeper.
3) Quality of animation wasn't really impressive. Sure, characters have fluid movements, there are some nice backgrounds, but there are not enough details on them.
4) Voices aren't really great and feel a bit out of place. For example, in "Corpse Bride" voices were much more fitting.
Bottom line: Probably good movie for young kids, or for the people that value musical scenes in the movies (because some music is really nice).
Not the best pick if you go for animation quality. If you want cool animation, you would probably have to pick something way older. The very first episode of tom and jerry ("Puss gets the boot") is superior to this movie.
Bad choice if you want something with a deep story.