Just Not a Guy Ritchie Film

Rating: 4/10 (2 June 2019)

I'll deal with the main part of this film first, and that is that if you are looking at seeing Guy Ritchie's take on the story of Aladdin, then this is definitely not the film you should be going to see - it is basically a live action version of the Disney film from 1992 with Will Smith as the Genie. What this film isn't is a Guy Ritchie film - there is absolutely nothing in this film that shows Ritchie's unique style in filmmaking, and simply goes to prove that if you are directing a Disney Film, then, well, you have absolutely no creative control over it whatsover.
This, as such, is why I was really disappointed with it. Look, I should have known that this was the case, and if I had paid a little more attention beyond the fact that it was a Guy Ritchie film, then I probably wouldn't have bothered going to see it. In fact, I wasn't planning on seeing it, and now that I have, I am fully convinced that there is no way that I will expect to see a director's flare when it comes to Disney films (though there was a bit of Edgar Wright in Antman, but he and Disney ended up parting company).
So, this film is basically a live action remake of the 1992 classic (not that I have actually seen it), and to be honestly, it is as painful and watching any of those typical Disney films. Jafar is, well, just a pain in the neck, and simply has no life whatsoever beyond being some power hungry guy that just irritates you all the way through. Jasmine is, well, she's a Disney princess, but the thing with Disney princesses is that they annoy me, which is why the whole idea of Klinger and Frankenfurter becoming Disney princesses with the Fox buyout is just so cool.
Look, I understand that it is a kid's film, and I guess in that way it works. However, it has been ages since I have seen a Disney animated piece - well not quite because there was Wreck it Ralph - but I generally try to avoid them like the plague. This movie has basically given me another reason to do so. In all honesty, I would have preferred Ritchie to actually go back to the original story and build it up from there - it would have been so much better - but then again, after the spectacular crash that was King Arthur, I guess he really had no choice.