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Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2019)

Disney's live action remake of their 1992 classic was fun and entertaining. Will Smith, Naomi Scott, and Mena Massoud were all good in their performances, it had some good funny moments, and the songs were great, with props to the new song Speechless being phenomenal. Smith gave his own spin on Genie and I think he would've made Robin Williams proud with his portrayal. Where the film has issues is in the CGI and the direction. Will Smith's blue genie CGi didn't look great and some of the shots with Abu and the carpet didn't look the best. Guy Ritchie's direction didn't really go well with the film. For example, during the One Jump Ahead scene, his directorial style shines through and it doesn't work well with the song or sequence. Also one major note was Jafar's portrayal. Nothing against Marwan Kenzari's performance, he did fine, but with the way Jafar was written he wasn't menacing and creepy like he was in the original. He was just a guy trying to rule. Also Iago looked fine but I just couldn't get behind Alan Tudyk voicing him. Aladdin was a fairly good remake, but here's hoping that The Lion King beats out The Jungle Book as the best Disney live action remake.