So much wasted potential

Rating: 4/10 (9 January 2020)

I don't mind the idea of doing live action retellings of our favorite childhood movies if they retell them in a new and interesting way, but I don't need to see the exact same movie, just live action-ized.
This could have been amazing. The colors were beautiful. The sets, costumes, etc. were great. I would have loved to see a version where everyone has the correct kind of accent and the music was more middle-eastern. I would have preferred that they left out the singing altogether and just did some cool dances. The genie could still be funny, but a funny middle-eastern guy. Don't get me wrong, Will Smith was pretty much the only enjoyable thing about this movie. But mixing middle eastern music with hip hop was an odd choice, even though the dancing was fun. And the whole added character arc with Jasmine was so forced and predictable. I could go on, but I'll just leave it at that.
Three stars for Will Smith and one bonus star because Aladdin was hot.