quite enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2019)

I takes some getting used to, but it certainly brings some nostalgia. Will Smith did a good job with the genie character, he is funny in his own way, not trying to copy Robin Williams, and I liked the fact that they embellished the story a little bit by adding the maid character that marries the genie. I thought the CGI was going to be bad and slow, not capturing how quickly the genie moves and does his magic but they actually pulled it off and it looks cool. Jasmine becoming Sultan broke my suspension of disbelief, because I thought it never happened in real life, but I googled it and I was wrong, there were women Sultans, so that just made my day! I actually learned something awesome because of this movie.
The one thing that could have been better is Jaffar's character, he is not that scary. Maybe that's part of his personality, he's just a creepy frustrated dude that doesn't look like he could rule anything, but I think it would have worked if they made him a bit more confident on the outside, like he exudes power but actually his biggest hidden weakness is he's afraid to be number 2.
And the song "Never had a friend" is so catchy!