It's a kid's movie...

Rating: 6/10 (7 June 2019)

The story was a bit too fast. It's really obvious that the director is trying to impress the viewers, mainly the kids, with a lot of actions scenes. Though i did not see the point of the many slow-motions.
I was surprised to see one of the actors was actually good, and that's Naomi Scott, even though she did not feel like the old Jasmine from the original movie. Despite that, the new Jasmine felt a bit forced to be this independent woman, but that's not Naomi's fault. The writer forgot to put a likable trait other than her being independent, so it felt a bit stiff. The speechless part was also kind of unnecessary, for it to play twice.
Mena (Aladdin) has ups and downs, some scenes he's good, some looked like he's just acting. Will Smith was actually not that bad, I can see kids will remember him as their Genie. He did not try to be Robin Williams, and Instead put his own personality into the character.
This movie is targeted at kids, so I will see it as a kids movie. It was because of that fact that maybe the director decided that it should be less serious, and more entertaining for kids. And it did achieve just that. Let's face it, the kids will be the one re watching it, not adults.