A good fun recreation of a classic

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2019)

Disney has started recently of remaking their animated classics into live action films and the newest one of these is Aladdin. The premise of the film sees a kind hearted street kid attempt to win the affections of a proncess with the help of a magical genie. Mena Massoud plays Aladdin in this film and honestly I have never seen him in anything before, he was okay in this film, he sold the nervy awkward guy well and fit the role well. owever, I just felt like he was a bit dull and bland which made it difficult for me to really care about his character. Lets just get to the biggest part in this film, Will Smith as the genie, he really is the life of the film. I know Robin Williams is iconic as the genie but Smith does a great job giving his own version of the character, he is so charismatic and charming really owning the screen. Kristen Scott plays Jasmine in the film and she does a good job in the role, she is a strong character and fits the chsaracter very well and gives young girls somebody to root for. Though we come to Marwan Kenzari's performance as Jafar which is just so generic. he is a boring villain and isn't menacing at all. He doesn't seem like an imposing threat and really weakened the film for me. Also none of the other characters are given enough to work with to make anybody care about their characters. The story is good, its a classic tale and honestly not much is changed from the classic animated film. Though this is an issue like all of these live action remakes is that they are very predictable and it does hurt the overall experience of the film. The script is great, the drama and humour is used very well especially for the family audience that this film is clearly geared for. The style is also fanatastic, all the colours used are so vibrant and really gives this film life. The CGI is top notch and makes this film feel like a large scale film. Overall this is a good film that plenty of kids will grow up watching and that is not a problem.