Poor Nostalgia

Rating: 7/10 (25 August 2019)

Disney has been making their previous 2D films to live action films and Aladdin is one of them. The live action Aladdin is just a copy of the 2D film, i.e. there is no new themes added to the story, except for some frivolous details. The film's magic is not close at all to the original and shows how some movies cannot be easily adapted to live action. Aladdin had a cast that was very disappointing except for some like Mena Massoud. He was charming and funny in the film, I would also say Will Smith was casted well as genie, he was zany but showed a sensitive side like in the original. Nasim Pedrad was quite a good addition though I feel her potential was not at all used to full extend. Actors like Naomi Scott tried their best but it all felt staged, Naomi does not look at all ethinic and right for the time,but the brunt of the movie was undoubtedly Jafar, played by Marwan Kenzari. The British accent and not at all charming or wicked face just made me want to watch the original. The setting was very well done and the dances was choreographed very well. However, the transitions to the next scenes was so poorly done. I wish Guy Ritchie studied more about the culture because middle eastern culture is very fascination and the movie did not showcase it. history and Now the songs were well sung and I like all of them except speechless it felt like very stupid addition. It felt like the movie was trying to scream that Jasmine was a strong independent woman, also the tune was not memorable for me.My favorite part of the movie is when the genie sings "A friend like me", it was super entertaining. In conclusion, this was successful romantic Disney movie though I would prefer to watch the original movie.