How do you ruin a bad movie?

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2020)

I was never a fan of the original 'Aladdin'. Maybe because I was a girly girl and it felt like a movie more for the boys, but I was never attached to it like I was 'beauty and the beast' and 'the lion king'. That being said, it had great qualities. Robin Williams couldn't be replaced and the music was amazing. Well after seeing the live action, I'm appreciating the cartoon more now. Was there a rule they had to suck all the humor out? I don't think I laughed once. Will smith surprisingly was a terrible genie. He was just so ghetto, and he wasn't funny. The only person I was impressed with was Naomi Scott who did the best she could with the character she was given. Trying to 'feminize' the film and make jasmine want to be sultan Just made her come off overly ambitious which wasn't attractive. They didn't even realize the strength they had in the original jasmine like the scene in the cartoon where she seduces jafar to distract him from Aladdin. Speaking of jafar, is there a Less anti climatic villain out there? HE WAS SO LAME. I would have given this film a four but the music like I said (and the addition of 'speechless' brought tears to my eyes. Benj and Justin are kings of the anthem) and naomi Scott's performance gave extra points to a solid six.