Nostalgic in all the right ways while remaining fun

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2019)

Go see this movie 👏👏👏👏
So the live action Aladdin is super fun. They do a phenomenal job of hitting all the big plot points of and paying hommage to the original animated movie while adding their own flair and injecting new material.
Naomi Scott pulls of a strong independent Jasmine wonderfully and has a beautiful voice through some amazing solos and scenes, Mena Massoud completely embodies the role of Aladdin and hits every beat as the wonderful street rat prince of thieves we all know and love, I had my doubts but Marwan Kenzari is the epitome of evil and power hungry as Jafar and really fills his role well, and to top it all off Will Smith plays a perfect Genie by making the role his own but still making it completely nostalgic with more than enough nods to our beloved Robin. Will takes the role in stride at his own pace so well that I loved every minute of his on screen time. The movie was fantastic and will definitely go onto my rewatch list.