Why, Guy Ritchie?

Rating: 4/10 (13 June 2019)

I did not ever see the old Aladdin, to clear the table first. But i did see almast all of Ritchie's films. This one is very similar to his last flick "King Arthur-Legend of the Sword", just in a Disney-version. We have the guy from the streets, who has to overcome the royalty that is oppressing the people and can ultimately do so by having an outsidal object (lamp/sword), while going through several scenes inside the royal habitat, that in both movies look very much alike. I had some moments where i almost thought i was watching King Arthur, e.g. the jam scene or others that where located in the hall where the throne is. Also do we have the theme "serpents", that is distinct in both movies (Fountain in the cavern that Jude Law is visitig/Jaffar's scepter, the spring in the final scene, where also a cgi-fight with a smouldering person (the guy with the horns/Jaffar as he is elongated) takes place, like so in King Arthur only shorter, but visually much alike.
Furthermore, the distinct trademarks of Ritchie have almost completly vanished, only in very rare occasions a connaiseur can tell a ritchie handwriting (e.g. slow down at the Aladdin-falling-into-the-water-scene). So the Disney-buying-the-remaining-(relative)mainstream-directors that produced somewhat different movies with their own style from the market continues (also: Tim Burton and many more that are not that known), so that also the cultural oatmeal is to be continued. I can only imagine up some reasons for Ritchie having done this:
-Flopped King Arthur, needed a money-ritch job and prestige
-Done this for his kids or wife
-Travel to Jordan, can play chess there
The costumes are colorful and therefore beautiful, although a bit repetetive (e.g. Jasmine, same tailoring but with other colors, Will Smiths blue dress, but the blue is that mesmerizing that it can carry it), the design of the city is also beautiful but difficult to be really seen through the cgi-mist. I have the feeling that the cgi was even better 10 years ago, for example in the third Raimi-Spiderman, which is from 2006(?). Nowadays everything cgi is equipped with, like said, a mist that prevents one from seeing anything really and not just look at it. And even the real on-set scenes, like in the desert are made to bee looking like it is cgi. ,,The best cgi is one that one can not see as such", they maybe subsequently make that what is filmed real also in this look so that the spectator can't tell anymore what is cgi and what not and gets used to this rubbish-look (Same goes for the majority of Disney triple-A Blockbusters).
The opening is apart from the ridiculous boat scene, that is later on continued, promisingly and realtively good, we have an long one-cut opening shot while the only good song of the movie is played, all the others are really pop-ish, and production names are showed. From then on it is okay, we have a cave-scene that looks as cgi-ish as the one in Perter Jackson's Hobbit, the following peak is the desert scene with the first appearance of Will Smith after a felt half hour. It is really funny, if you're trying not to, you can't help yourself but alt least be smirking. The entry into the city is really pompous and you get the feeling that this is where all the money went. After that, it is practically over and out with Will Smith and he is slowly fading out of the movie, although of course he has some following scenes but he isn't really notable caracterwise. It ends with an, like said, King Arthurish finale where you ask yourself several times if this is now the finale or not, because in the past time, the sceenplay has not been leading up to a certain goal, but rather sailed without a real destination, and you get, in the midst of the headache-causing songs, the cgi-greenscreen-uncanny-world, with, as it is already indicated in the cave-song-scene, marionettesque actors in it, the feeling of lostness.
I do find the cgi looks today really horrible and I am totally against it! Has everybody already been brainwashed by this so noone starts a turmoil?