You're Gonna Love This Guy

Rating: 9/10 (25 May 2019)

It genuinely makes me mad that this movie has a 54 on Metacritic and a 57 on rotten tomatoes. This is a GREAT movie- one of the better movies Disney has put out recently. And this is by far the best live action adaptation that they have done so far. In my opinion Aladdin beats out Beauty and the Beast (2017), The Jungle Book (2016), and Dumbo (2019). It is a fun movie that moves along and modernizes the classic story told in the 1992 animated version. This film is alive and in so many ways it blew me away. The musical numbers were fantastic. The acting, the cinematography, the special effects, the sets, and the costumes are all superb. I genuinely teared up during the " A Whole New World" scene. Will Smith was the perfect choice to play the Genie- it is crazy to me that people judged his casting before even seeing the film because he does an amazing job. My ONE and only complaint is Jafar, the actor was in no way intimidating and he was easily the weakest link. But over all this is an amazing film that stands on its own and shouldn't be compared to the original film so much. If you truly love Disney and good story telling, you will enjoy this film. It is new and fun and Mena and Naomi are going to be big stars after this. Don't listen to the critics, go see this movie, you'll be glad you saw it on the big screen!