Trapped in the cave, Aladdin rubs the lamp, unwittingly summoning the omnipotent Genie inside, who has the power to grant Aladdin three wishes.
Aladdin gives the lamp to Jafar, who double-crosses him and kicks him and Abu into the cave, but Abu steals the lamp back. Once there, Aladdin frees a magic carpet and finds the lamp. He offers to make Aladdin rich enough to impress Jasmine in exchange for retrieving the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. While sneaking into the royal palace to visit Jasmine, Aladdin and Abu are captured by Jafar. Jafar, the Grand Vizier, schemes to overthrow the Sultan and seeks a magic lamp that only "the diamond in the rough" can retrieve. She wishes to succeed her father as Sultan, but is instead expected to marry one of her royal suitors. Plot Īladdin, an orphaned street urchin in the Arabian city of Agrabah, and his monkey Abu meet Princess Jasmine, who has snuck away from her sheltered life in the palace. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its music, costume design, and the performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott but criticism for Ritchie's direction, the CGI, and Kenzari's characterization of Jafar.
It grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 2019. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018.Īladdin was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdin remake. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting genie, and battles the wicked sorcerer Jafar. The film stars Will Smith with Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen in supporting roles. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film of the same name, itself based on Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, a French addition to the Middle Eastern folk tale One Thousand and One Nights. I liked it fine, but it mostly just made me want to watch the original again.Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie from a screenplay he co-wrote with John August.
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The result is a movie that's not bad, but never truly great either. And that feels like a lot of the movie, they try to meet in the middle. I'd say either go all in, or cut the songs entirely, but instead they try to meet in the middle. There are exceptions, like "Friend Like Me", but for the most part this is the standard. The Prince Ali segment desperately wants to be a big Bollywood number, but just looks like someone filmed a pretty good parade. It's not as fun/funny as the animated film, and it doesn't have the flair or energy of a Bollywood film. In the "One Jump" sequence, a lot of stuff is happening, but it sort of feels like they're all going through the motions. It's sort of doing a Bollywood thing, and while it's got all the flair it just lacks the energy and passion. Then there's the things the movie tried that just didn't quite work, namely its music. Did every beat hit for him? Will he ever replace Williams? No to both, but he was good enough for what the movie needed. I was ready to hate him, but he was charming and funny. It's different than Robin Williams, but it has to be. The movie really comes alive when he shows up. As for Will Smith's genie, honestly he surprised the hell out of me. I don't know how much of this was a real set and how much was CGI, but it really feels like a living breathing world that you could walk around in. I also like the look and set design of Agrabah. I like that Jasmine is a little more fleshed out, and Naomi Scott is absolutely bringing everything she can to this role. Still, there were some things I liked, even some changes I liked. A lot's been said about him, so I won't pile on, but holy god talk about miscasting, he was awful. They make some weird changes for the worse here (especially in the climax) that just don't help the story, and despite being longer it weirdly rushes through some classic moments in a Cliff Notes fashion. It's not bad, it's enjoyable for what it is, but at the end of the day if I want Aladdin I'll probably just go back to the original. It's still an interesting experiment in itself. It's a bit up-and-down, but often it feels like, at best, a pretty good stage production of the classic film where I'd usually rather be watching that film.
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