ENJOYABLE

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2019)

Before beginning I would just like to say that I quite enjoyed the movie.
As a big fan of the original, I was nervous going into it but it was actually very good. Will Smith as Genie was easily the best part about the movie. He was charismatic, energetic, fun and had great comic timing. Sir Robin Williams would definitely be proud.
The Chemistry between Jasmine and Aladdin was great. The songs were good although the were not that well filmed ( except friend like me that seemed grand and probably i like it better than the late Sir robin Williams take on that song).
Jasmine's character was better showcased here.( also Naomi Scott played the role beautifully)
Aladdin was alright though not as confident as in the original( specially in the song prince Ali but it was better he was a bit nervous as he just became a prince) Also he and Abu were very good friends just like the original.
There are many things that i don't like in this like the love story of Genie with the maid of jasmine.
The Sultan( cause I loved the original much more, not saying the acting was bad or anything but he was not written the way I wanted) was a bit dull for me.
But Jafar was by far the worst part for me, Original Jafar was much more intimidating and dangerous but here I just didn't like him.
Also the leaving out of scenes like Jafar turning to a snake( though Iago being turned to a big bird and chasing Aladdin and Jasmine on the magic carpet was still good) and jasmine being stuck in the hour glass was a big bummer for me.
Iago the bird also had no real personality as oppose to the original.
The sets did not not look as grand as the original.(though they were still salvageable).
All in all the movie was quite funny and don't really deserves the hate being shown. One can definitely watch it for the performance of Will Smith