Kapardin
New Member
It was excellent. The only reason it isn't getting overwhelmingly positive reviews is because of everyone banging on about how nobody can replace Robin Williams. Actually Will Smith was fantastic as the Genie, and if we didn't have a predecessor, we would be saying he nailed the role. The girl playing as Dalia was pretty amusing and had good comic timing in the few scenes she had.
Only a couple of weak points - the Sultan was a wooden plank as opposed to the exuberant old guy in the cartoon. I thought the lead actor did not have the cockiness or confidence that the cartoon Aladdin had, and played the part of an insecure guy instead, but that's ok since it doesn't have to be exactly the same. And I really didn't like the whole feminism angle and the sub-commentary about how women are fit to rule. Feminism is well and good (I agree with the general sentiment), but there is no need to promote it in each and every movie, and it would be better if they didn't touch the classics. Olden days were patriarchal, we need to accept that.
Jafar was underplayed, but that didn't matter due to the strength of the leads.
Songs were great and the soundtrack for the scene where Aladdin does a crazy dance was quite catchy. Overall, solid movie. Funny I had reservations about going since it was a story I already knew, and live action films aren't my cup of tea usually. But Will Smith really did a good job.
Only a couple of weak points - the Sultan was a wooden plank as opposed to the exuberant old guy in the cartoon. I thought the lead actor did not have the cockiness or confidence that the cartoon Aladdin had, and played the part of an insecure guy instead, but that's ok since it doesn't have to be exactly the same. And I really didn't like the whole feminism angle and the sub-commentary about how women are fit to rule. Feminism is well and good (I agree with the general sentiment), but there is no need to promote it in each and every movie, and it would be better if they didn't touch the classics. Olden days were patriarchal, we need to accept that.
Jafar was underplayed, but that didn't matter due to the strength of the leads.
Songs were great and the soundtrack for the scene where Aladdin does a crazy dance was quite catchy. Overall, solid movie. Funny I had reservations about going since it was a story I already knew, and live action films aren't my cup of tea usually. But Will Smith really did a good job.