Epic but what happened to Jafar?

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2019)

I loved this movie! Everything was amazing! The visuals were stunning and beautiful. A Whole New World had some of the most beautiful shots. The cast was also well picked. Mena Massoud was so charming and reminded me of the original Aladdin. Naomi Scott as Jasmine was gorgeous and brought a lot to the character. she was really relatable and had an amazing voice. I also enjoyed the Sultan and the handmaid Dahlia. She was hilarious and her relationship with Genie was cool to watch. Will Smith was the perfect choice to play Genie. He wasn't trying to replace Robin Williams but instead made the character special in his own way. Robin would be proud. Carpet, Abu and Rajah were also really cute. The songs were also really well done. Jasmine's song was really powerful and I felt nostalgia with the others. I actually sang along with the movie.
Now, we must talk about Jafar. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM??? WHAT HAPPENED TO IAGO???? Jafar is my favorite Disney villain of all time and they RUINED him. Not-Jafar (what I'm calling the live-action version) is so boring and monotone. He has this actually pretty relatable backstory that's similar to Aladdin but they do nothing with it. Remember how Jafar had some really funny lines in the original movie? Remember how he turned into this huge snake and was literally insane? Remember how he and Iago kept going back and worth with each other? Well, Not-Jafar is none of that. He's not even that sinister. And Iago? Well screw him because he only speaks when it's convenient to the plot. Where's the Iago who kept complaining all the time? Not-Iago is so dull. And Not-Jafar's "genie" form, if you could call it that, is hideous. It reminded me of all the times a movie just enlarged a person who's character was supposed to be a giant or a god from the Percy Jackson books. I was visibly angry during the movie. I yelled at the screen because Not-Jafar was so awful.
conclusion: love the movie but Non-Jafar and Not-Iago suck.