They Did Good On This One

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 2019)

I saw "Aladdin", starring Will Smith-the Bad Boys movies, Suicide Squad; Mena Massoud-Strange But True, Tom Clacy's Jack Ryan_tv; Naomi Scott-Power Rangers_2017, The 33 and Marwan Kenzari-Murder on the Orient Express_2017, Ben_Hur_2016.
This is another of Disney's live action remakes of one of their classic animated movies. It's been a while since I've seen the original 1992 movie but they did good on this one. Mena plays Aladdin, an extraordinary street thief that falls in love with Naomi/Jasmine, the princess. Will plays the genie that grants 3 wishes to whomever rubs the lamp. Marwan is the king's chief advisor, who has plans to take over the kingdom for his own-that's the way villains think-by getting Mena to steal the magic lamp. Things change when Mena decides to keep it and use it to win the beautiful Naomi. Will does not just impersonate the great performance of the late great Robin Williams. He puts his own spin on it just enough so that it is different but it also reminds you of Robin Williams, too. FYI: Just in case you did not know it, this movie is a musical with lots of singing and dancing. I did recognize a few of the songs so they did use at least some from the earlier incarnation. This movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, who directed the new Sherlock Holmes movies and RocknRolla.
It's rated "PG" for some action/peril and has a running time of 2 hours & 6 minutes.
I enjoyed it and would probably buy it on DVD.