Don't bother

Rating: 3/10 (13 January 2020)

Words cannot begin to express my dissatisfaction for this movie. I was not able to finish, so I will simply state this is a review on the first hour and my input of the revamped franchise as a whole. I was initially excited that Disney was recreating the classic tales with the the hope that there were twists that added to the quality of the movie not remove the quality. Unfortunately, I have not appreciated any of the movies as a whole. There were great moments in each such as for this movie, I thought it was an interesting take to have Jasmine think Aladdin had stolen something. However, the last thing I say was Aladdin and Genie who, in my opinion, are good at off the cuff commentary were hemming and hawing about where the location of Ababwa was "North South." Trying to come across as or being a prince you have or should have a grasp on what you are involved in. It seemed that this movie's objective was to make men look stupid, and I must say if I didn't know any better, I don't care what kingdom you are, if a prince is trying to marry your daughter and is perceived as bad you aren't going to let your daughter marry that person: "Ali" and especially Anders. In addition the altering of the music, the obvious cgi for genie, and the way that they handled Aladdin and the Genie was lacking for me. Lady and the Tramp so far is the only half way decent remake. I am unsure as to how the rest of the film was, but after seeing them butcher much of the original storyline so that they could bring something different to the table infuriates me. I do believe that the original Aladdin could be better, but this was a letdown for me. I don't know if the blame goes to Guy Ritchie, the producers, or Disney but one or all of them dropped the ball with this one.