Such a heartwarming, beautiful film!

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2019)

Aladdin is truly charming! The chemistry between leading actors, especially Aladdin and Jasmine was amazing, not romantically overdone but on the right dose. Genie and Aladdin's relationship was of a father and son, it made me tear up a bit at the end of the movie. Now I understand why they make Jafar this way, because he is a real human, not a sort of a over the top villain with obvious evil grin everywhere he goes, he would look crazy, and a crazy person could not be a vizier. In real life, cartoon Jafar would absolutely be put into a mental health facility rigt away, but this Jafar, just a right dose of evilness or must I say ambition while being a believable vizier. And the subtle hint of him sharing same background as Aladdin? Marvelous details.
The set is amazingly well done, Agrabah is beautiful. While I saw some criticizing it for being too colourful, I do not understand why they want an ancient middle eastern-south asian mix kingdom to be dull in colour? The perception of Agrabah as something dull is a white orientalism at its best, perceiving them as barbaric, dull society. Have you ever seen morocco, Iran, and their work of art like the tapestries? Yes they are super colourful.No reason for Agrabah as a flourishing port city to be dull.
About the music, wonderfully done, except that A whole new world that sounds a bit too pop-ish, and 'speechless'. Speechless is wonderful but the sequence was just a bit rigid and not as strong as expected. I expect her to do some actions while singing tho. The rest? Beautiful and truly fit the movie. Naomi has golden pipes, Mena Massoud sounds truly Aladdin-ish, and Genie own the song . Prince Ali was amazing, the snippet makes it look bad because they take it out of context, you have to hear the beginning and the climax to understand what kind of nuances the song trying to deliver. Prince Ali song is as narrative as in the aniamation, while avoiding from being over the top. And the dances? I could not forget the harvest festival dance, it was beautifully choreographed!
Extra characters like Dalia was truly outstanding, such a spot on comedic relief, and Sultan? Not a clown anymore, he is a real Sultan(thank God). I always hated how the animation portray Agrabah as a Kingdom have a clown for a Sultan, that is condescending and orientalistic at its best.
Abu was cute and fun, thankfully Rajah act like an actual tiger pet, and Iago, he can be a bit more naughty.
Overall, this is a beautiful, heartwarming film and truly entertaining!