Here is My Movie Review of Aladdin 2019

 

Here is My Movie Review of Aladdin 2019

So basically what happens is that you have this guy Aladdin who lives in the village and he meets this girl named Jasmine who he starts to fall in love with but then You have this guy named Jafar who wants the lamp so he can acquire all the power in the world and the rule Agrabah. So it's up to Aladdin to take down Jafar and Save the kingdom and that's basically what the story is for the film. The storyline of this movie is just a rehash of the original online from 1992. The same story is just not interesting as it was in the original film. 

The acting in this movie is just not that interesting. There are a few decent performances but most of them are just cheap imitations of the original performances from the original film. 

Mena Massoud plays Aladdin in the film and his performance is just not that interesting. It doesn't feel like he is playing the character of Aladdin, it feels like he's just playing himself. But the character of Aladdin is just so boring compared to his original Am and apart because in the original film Aladdin did go through a character ark Because he had to learn what's going to be a Prince he fell in love with Princess Jasmine and had to take down Jafar. But in this film he doesn't really go through much of an ark because he's just not that interesting of a character. The scene where Aladdin breaks Jafar's staff just wasn't that interesting as it was in the original film because in the original film it had meaning to it. While in this film it just feels like filler. The chemistry between him and Naomi Scott, Will Smith, and Marwen Kansari Is okay.

However the best performance in this entire film is Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine. Now the character of Princess Jasmine is relatively the same as she was in the original film because she fell in love with Aladdin. But there are some differences to the character that she becomes the Sultan at the end of the film which I didn't really mind that change. The thing where she sings the song speechless is probably the most memorable scene of the entire film because it is actually an entertaining moment of the film. The chemistry between her and Mena Massoud  Is okay. 

Will Smith plays the Genie in the film. I have to say he did a good job as the character but I don't think he holds a candle to Robin William´s performance from the original film because Robin Williams gave a lot more effort in playing the character well. It feels like Will Smith is playing himself in the film. He's not bad but he doesn't hold a candle to Robin Williams. Now the character of the genie is relatively the same because he does help Aladdin Take down Jafar. But the thing is he's not as funny and the original one because the original one made a lot more funny jokes well this interpretation of the genie is just not that funny. The scene where Aladdin and him discuss him wanting to be free it just didn't work as well as it did in the original film. The chemistry between him and Mena Massoud Is decent.

However the worst performance in this entire film is Marwan Kanzari as Jafar Because his performance is so dull and uninspired that it just feels like he's just playing himself rather than the character. But the character of Jafar is terrible because unlike Jafar from the original film this one is not even scary because he doesn't even do anything that's even remotely creepy or terrifying in the original film Jafar had a big presents in the film and he actually became an evil sorcerer and he became the sultan He also turned himself into a giant snake during the final battle of the film. But this film Jafar doesn't really do anything in fact I will say that he is the worst Disney Live Action movie villain because even if you didn't like the Lion King 2019 You could say Scar was accurate to his original counterpart I mean yes they didn't make him funny like how he was in the original But his motivation of wanting to kill Mufasa and roll the pride land with all there. But in this movie they just get everything wrong about the character. Also the Rivalry between him and Aladdin just wasn't that interesting because then the original film right from the start he knows that Jafar is evil and this one he doesn't even know that Jafar and evil until halfway through the film so that kind ruined their relationship in the film. I think Jafar is up there with Yon Rugg from Captain Marvel as one of the worst villains of 2019. The chemistry between him and Mena Massoud Is okay.

However the worst thing about this movie is Guy Richie's directing. Now, Richie is a really Talented director Because he directed the two Sherlock Holmes movies and The Covenant with Jake Gyllenhaal. But with this film he does not do a great job directing this movie because it feels like he doesn't even know what Aladdin is it felt like he was doing more of a parody of Aladdin rather than an actual Aladdin film and also he gets everything in this movie wrong because He makes Jafar a really boring and uninterested villain and that's not what Jafar is supposed  be one of the most scariest Disney villains of all time. But in this film he essentially turned him into a big loser with no intimidating presence or fear factor. He also just makes Aladdin a really dull and very uninteresting character because in the original movie Aladdin had a much more confident and more interesting character and he actually went through a character Arc. But in this film he doesn't really go through anything. So overall I don't think he did a great job directing the film. 

So in conclusion I did not like the film because it just took everything about the original alarm movie and just warned it down because the original one is a lot darker because Jafar is a lot more intimidating and scary. The steaks are a lot higher. Also The Genie does repression of Jack Nicholson, someone who is not In a kids movie. Also the songs are a lot more memorable because the songs in this one with the exception of won their own just rehashes of the originals. To be honest Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine was the highlight of the film but not even she was enough to redeem this film. I think this movie is up there with Cats as one of the worst films of 2019. I think Jafar is up there with Ultron as well the worst villains of the 2010s. I think this movie is also up there with Polar i'd want the worst film of the 2010s. I say just skip this movie and go watch Lion King 2019 is a lot better and Scar is a lot more menacing than Jafar. The songs are a lot better. The characters are actually likable and they are accurate to their animated counterparts. I give this a 2/10.