No comparison to original - Poor on its own.

Rating: 2/10 (1 March 2020)

This was the third of Disney's "Live Action Remakes" I have seen, catching this on Disney Plus. So far it is atrocious to see what Disney has done to the classic animated films I grew up with.
This Aladdin has additional scenes that have no impact or bearing on the story, and the parts that are adapted due to the constraints of live action over animation fall seriously flat. Even trying hard to forget the brilliant original this movie is exceptionally poor in many ways:
The beginning has absolutely no character development and we are thrown into the main storyline without really knowing how we got there.
While no-one could compare to Robin Williams as the Genie, Will Smith delivers absolutely no magic in this magical role.
The acting for the most part is bland.