A Slight Rise In Quality

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 2019)

This is about as good as Disney Live Action Remakes get. It's a fairly entertaining almost 2 hours. I thought that Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott were good enough as Aladdin and Jasmine, and Will Smith, though obviously not as good as Robin Williams, does his best, and brings his own spin to the character of the Genie. But Marwan Kenzari as Jafar gives the most underwhelming performance. He just isn't intimidating enough, and isn't that interesting to look at. Everyone else doesn't really go much of interest.
There's only one new song (which is just there for that Oscar nomination), "Speechless". And as far as emotional power ballads go, it's not bad. Most of the covers of hr original songs, are good, but nothing special. Visually, everything is alright, just very bright and a little harsh on the eye.
Overall, Aladdin is good enough, but is just another bland Disney Remake. Is there any hope for "The Lion King"? We'll just have to wait and see.