![]() Well, I said at the top that this movie wasn’t perfect, and now the time has come to talk about its most glaring flaw. All things considered, these two are an excellent credit to the characters they’re portraying. Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud have great chemistry with one another and get more than one meeting with one another to build their relationship before Prince Ali and The Genie come into play, so that’s cool. I actually like that toward the end when Jafar becomes Sultan, she gets the guards to rally to her side by appealing to their sense of honor, showing true leadership in the process. All that is still there, but with the added dimension of Jasmine wanting to be Sultan, feeling that no foreign prince that she might marry could ever love the people of Agrabah as she does and wants to accept responsibility for her kingdom instead of just being seen and not heard her whole life. She’s not just all about wanting to marry for love and feeling trapped within the palace walls. This time around, they give Jasmine a lot more to do. ![]() Jasmine is still a lovable character and man is Naomi Scott a beautiful and talented actress. Anywho, let’s get into it as we dive into a whole new whole new world with Disney’s remake of Aladdin. (I seriously hope I never end up having to cover the Lion King remake, I don’t have the strength). It’s not a total improvement across the board and this is definitely a movie that has its fair share of issues, but honestly, I’m genuinely impressed by how great this turned out, especially considering the other remake that came out that year. With Aladdin, helmed by one of my favorite Directors, Guy Ritchie, there are aspects of the remake that I feel are genuine improvements over the original. While, the remake of Beauty & The Beast was good, it had to work very hard just to be almost as good as the original. In fact, I actually find myself re-watching this movie far more often than the original. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that this movie is inferior. Nothing will ever take its place in my heart. Don’t forget, the 1992 animated Aladdin was the first film I remember seeing in theaters. I’ll say this though, I absolutely love this movie unironically, and this is coming from someone with a lot of love for the original. ![]() It’s just yet another live action Disney remake that I feel has been judged unfairly. Truth be told, I’ve already spoken at length about Aladdin in the original article and I gave you my whole spiel about how I feel about Disney remakes back when we covered the remake of Beauty & The Beast, so I don’t really have that much of an introduction for this one. Hell, I’m still astounded I didn’t throw in the towel half-way through Peter Pan. There are days where I’m honestly astounded how far I’ve come since this project started way back in February. Well, here we go again, back to the sands of Agrabah for our look at the 2019 remake of Aladdin.
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