The Monkey is excellent

Rating: 3/10 (28 August 2019)

I was a big fan of Alladin when I was a kid. There I have said it. Liked the movie, had the video game. It was a window to another culture, filled with fantasy and magic. So I was quite excited to see this movie and had my mind open to what would come.
There are several words that now come to mind when thinking about the movie. I promise to avoid most of them not to hurt the sensitive ones.
I do not understand how with such a huge budget most outfits look like they came out of a dollar tree store with a weird mix of Indian looks... Where is this magic land of poliester and autotune located?
Then let's talk about Jafar, that turned from an impressive character in the animated version to a normal bloke that passes the whole movie trying to look mean (and I don't think the issue is the actor). I would say he looks like a moderate leader in our current political panorama.
I was quite touched by the appearance of Elsa from Frozen. The sweet, charming and charismatic Jasmine was now turned into a women with a power goal, looking to become sultan and she has her frozen empowerment song. I have seen frozen, I like frozen, I singalong with frozen. Please, leave Jasmine alone!
With all the special effects I found the images of the movie utterly dull and lacking any fantasy.
The new script additions are just trash, Alladin has become a cheap pimp and the humour of the original movie toned down, as the mystery, magic or sensitivity. Most characters seemed to have lost quite a lot of their character and the star for me is the monkey. Doesn't sing, doesn't talk and resembles the original.
And well, I forgot to talk about Will Smith. I thought it was the best episode yet of the fresh Prince of bel air!
For me, the worst film of the year so far. Picking a great original movie, spending a fortune and presenting this outcome is just sad.