The One Disney Live Action Remake that actually works!

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2019)

Finally watched Aladdin & I think Disney will find it hard to top that as concerns live action remakes... Thoughts 👇🏾
* Will Smith, Mena Massoud & Naomi Scott killed it with their performances.
* Massoud brought out that innocence & swashbuckling nature of both Aladdin & Prince Ali.
* They really did justice to the music. "Arabian Nights", "A whole new world" & my personal fav in this movie "One Jump Ahead" were 🔥🔥.
* I heard alot of talk about the direction of Jaffar in this and I totally agree. They made him the most generic villain that you could guess. The thing people are not mentioning though is that his role had to suffer like this to fit the narrative/slightly twisted ending.
All in all, really thought this remake did Justice to the original. This is one of those few necessary remakes that work. Mad props to the casting team & Guy Ritchie's direction.
Maybe it's just nostalgia talking but I really enjoyed this movie.
Solid B+