A Fun One Off Summer Movie

Rating: 2/10 (25 September 2019)

2019's Aladdin is by no means a great movie. In my first viewing I saw it as an innocent, fun, childhood crowdpleaser. But upon my second viewing it goes downhill fast. The second time around, the novelty's gone, you realize the songs aren't that good, and the casting of people like Jafar and the Sultan are quite offputting. It really dissapoints me that this movie can't be a remake the way Maleficent is a remake. I'd like to see them do something original and change the script in a way that actually matters. The 'changes' they made are trivial stuff like the Handmaiden that doesn't even have a name, and changing some song lyrics. I'd like to see something done diffirent that makes this stand out as a film. I still reccomend it because it's a crowd pleaser and I just didn't enjoy it because I prefer to judge films by the actual filmmaking instead of how much I enjoy the film. enjoyability's a 7/10 and a 2/10 in rewatches.