BORING! All of the magic is gone *pun intended*

Rating: 2/10 (12 August 2019)

I'm literally writing this review as I'm watching Aladdin because I'm so bored I'd rather do this. Within the first 5 minutes I knew I was going to be disappointed, it's slow, lacks any energy & somehow is dull. Not a single line is delivered with any passion or emotion, it feels like the table read when the cast first meets. Aladdin has no charm at all, he's generic at best.
Jafar isn't intimidating at all, why is he so short? The costume overpowers the actor & seems to weigh him down. In the animated version Jafar was much taller than any of the other characters, he had a long, lanky & almost snake like appearance which made him a menacing character from the first moment he's seen. This version has zero draw as a villain, he blends in with the background actors & is very bland. His portrayal comes off like a stepdad who's trying to act like a parent but has no idea how to be an actual authority figure.
The marketplace scene when Aladdin "sings" one jump is basically a shot for shot remake but with very small but odd changes, the choreography is stiff & unexciting. In the animated version when we first see jasmine she comes off as strong & independent despite being a bit naive about how things really are. She surprises Aladdin with her courage & strength from the get go, but in the live action she comes off as weak & lost. The biggest example of this is when they jump across the rooftops to avoid the guards, in the cartoon she grabs the pole & jumps across all on her own to the surprise of Aladdin, but in the live action she has to be coached & assured by Aladdin she can actually make the jump & will be ok - why this pointless change?
They include cgi versions of Abu & Iago but strip away any resemblance of a personality or character. These two were fantastic comic relief characters in the cartoon & could have translated to live much better. You don't have to have an animal talk to give it a personality or humor, Disney should have just used real animals if that's how they wanted them to act.
The Genie is just as boring & uninspired as everything else in this movie. During friend like me he tries far too hard to be different than the original & "make it his own" but comes off with no emotion or anything unique in the performance. I turned the movie off after this song so maybe it gets better, but from what I saw they took everything that was special about the original & drained the life from it. It truly takes skill to turn the most colorful, over the top & magical Disney movie into a dull shell of a story. After seeing this I am now absolutely terrified of the mess Disney is going to make of my personal favorite movie the Little Mermaid, please for the love of god stop making these live action remakes Disney!!!! They are ruining everything that makes these stories & their characters special & beloved by all.
Ps - this doesn't have much to do with the story or acting why did Aladdin have so many clothes on? Cartoon version aside he's running, jumping & climbing around the literal dessert in the middle of the day. Also was he wearing fake hair of some sort? Something was off & it distracted me