Where does humanity hide behind all these special effects?

Rating: 5/10 (14 January 2006)

Middle East -once upon a time. Aladdin and his little monkey friend are having a penniless but fun life, playing seek and hide with the Sultan's Guards. But one day, they give a hand to a lovely young person who happens to be Princess Jasmine. Love at first sight, but with not much hope: Princess Jasmine refused so many potential husbands that her father has decided to marry her to the devilish Jafar, his counselor. And anyway, a Princess cannot marry a commoner. Fortunately, Aladdin finds a magic lamp, in which there is a Genie. That will definitely change the situation. Walt Disney features, mirrors of our times, are losing in humanity what they gain in high tech effects. In the case of this so much revised version of the 1001 nights legends, the result is impressive for sure and Robin Williams is a treat. One just feels a little melancholic when comparing with the great classics of the 50's, so much purer, richer, lovable in a word