It has its moments

Rating: 7/10 (4 June 2019)

It's a great movie - beautiful visuals and wonderful music. Some of the moments that stood out for me are:
-the view from Aladdin's place. You can see all of Agrabah instead of just the palace, unlike in the animated version
-the dance number with Princess Jasmine and Aladdin was really well done
-Naomi Scott nailed "A Whole New World." Great rendition
-the genie's ending was more fleshed out than in the animated version. It made sense that he became human after he was set free and it works better in a live action setting, and as a way to frame the story
-I think Will Smith was at his best, humor-wise, as the genie during the parts where he was giving Aladdin relationship advice
Some of my critiques, which did not really ruin the movie for me, but I just thought these could've been done better:
-Jafar's wish to become the sultan I thought was pretty weak. He could've just wished to become a powerful sorcerer right away without wasting a wish on a title
-the ending, I thought, could've been better. They could've done more with the "grey area" thing that the genie hinted at, like maybe having the genie sabotage Jafar by misinterpreting his wishes
-this is just a nitpick, but I felt in some sequences, they were using visual effects to match the animated version instead of just generating original visual effects that look great in live action. What looks great in animation might not necessarily look great in live action - like the genie's hand making a walking figure in the "Friend Like Me" sequence, and Aladdin being treated like a puppet on a string.
Overall, the movie was pretty good. I give it a 7.5 but it could very easily be an 8.