Not Revoloutionary

Rating: 7/10 (25 August 2019)

I think Aladdin did not get the perfect crew. They have not handled this story with care. However, it is still a good movie due to its acting and aesthetic. Mena Massoud was the best in this movie, he was a charming and funny street rat. However, Naomi Scott was not as great as Mena. The problem is that the casting of Jasmine was wrong and I wish they used a more ethnic Arabic actress. The genie ( Will Smith) was actually well casted, he was zany and emotional like in the original. The villain (Jafar) played by Marwan Kenzari is what made the movie not good. Jafar was forgetful in this movie. Marwan did not study Jafar very well and he felt very one-dimensional. The editing was not perfect either. It shows that Guy Ritchie (director) has not studied musicals very well. A whole new world was sung very well but the video was not breathtaking, it was not scenic at all like the one in the original. The additions to the movie was also frivolous and forgetful, like the song solo, which was not memorable.