Aladdin (2019) - Awful Movies Wiki

Aladdin held its world premiere at the Grand Rex in Paris, France on May 8, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019. Aladdin(2019) FromAwfulMoviesWiki Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Aladdin(2019) Thiswholenewworldisn'twhatitusedtobe. Genre: MusicalFantasy DirectedBy: GuyRitchie ProducedBy: DanLinJonathanEirich WrittenBy: JohnAugustGuyRitchie BasedOn: Disney'sAladdinbyRonClementsJohnMuskerTedElliottTerryRossioAladdinandtheMagicLampfromOneThousandandOneNights Starring: WillSmithMenaMassoudNaomiScottMarwanKenzariNavidNegahbanNasimPedradBillyMagnussen Photography: AlanStewart DistributedBy: WaltDisneyStudiosMotionPictures ReleaseDate: May8,2019(GrandRex)May24,2019(UnitedStates) Runtime: 128minutes Country: UnitedStates Budget: $183million BoxOffice: $1.051billion Sequel: UntitledAladdinsequel Aladdinisa2019Americanlive-actionanimatedmusicalfantasyfilmproducedbyWaltDisneyPictures.DirectedbyGuyRitchie,fromascriptheco-wrotewithJohnAugust,itisalive-actionadaptationofDisney's1992animatedfilmofthesamename,whichitselfisbasedontheeponymoustalefromOneThousandandOneNights.ThefilmstarsWillSmith,MenaMassoud,NaomiScott,MarwanKenzari,NavidNegahban,NasimPedrad,BillyMagnussen,andNumanAcar,aswellasthevoicesofAlanTudykandFrankWelker,thelatterofwhomrepriseshisrolesfromallpreviousmedia.AladdinhelditsworldpremiereattheGrandRexinParis,FranceonMay8,2019andwastheatricallyreleasedintheUnitedStatesonMay24,2019. Contents 1Plot 2BadQualities 3GoodQualities 4Reception 5Videos 6ExternalLinks 7Comments Plot AladdinisalovablestreeturchinwhomeetsPrincessJasmine,thebeautifuldaughterofthesultanofAgrabah.Whilevisitingherexoticpalace,Aladdinstumblesuponamagicoillampthatunleashesapowerful,wisecracking,larger-than-lifegenie.AsAladdinandthegeniestarttobecomefriends,theymustsoonembarkonadangerousmissiontostoptheevilsorcerer,Jafar,fromoverthrowingyoungJasmine'skingdom. BadQualities Themovieisratherpointless,itisn'tverydifferentfromtheoriginal1992filmwhichisstillveryaccessibleandthenewelementsitaddsdon'timprovethestory.Additionally,alargepartofthereasontheoriginalmovieworkedwasduetotheanimationitused,howeverthatfactorislostwhendoneasliveaction. Jafar’sactor,MarwanKenzari,isatrociousintheroleandisprobablyoneoftheworstpartsofthemovie.HisparrotsidekickIagohasbeendownplayedfromasnarkytalkingloudmouthtoanordinaryparrot.NottomentionthatGilbertGottfrieddidn'trepriseforhisroleeventhoughhewasstillalive. MenaMassouddoesnotgiveagoodperformanceasAladdin. ThevisualsareweakandtheCGIisn'tverygood,especiallywiththeWillSmithGeniewhichreceivedbacklashbeforerelease,followingthereleasespecialsneakpeekofthefilmduringthe61stAnnualGrammyAwards,whichlaterbecamealargeamountofmemesandPhotoshopeditsmockingWillSmith'sappearanceinthesneakpeek,severalofwhichcompareditwithTobiasFünke(fromArrestedDevelopment)paintedinblueinanattempttojointheBlueManGroup. PrinceAndersisauselesscharacter,otherthanbeingatoneddownwhitewashedPrinceAchmed. WhileWillSmithdoesagoodjobatplayingtheGenie,heisn'tthatfittoplayhim.Whilehedoeshavethecharisma,hecan'tpulloffthewackyexpressionsorspot-onimpressionsRobinWilliamsdid(Nothelpedbytherestrictionsoflive-action),andhelookslikehe'sdyingonsetwhenonscreen,whichcangetjarring. BlanddirectingofGuyRitchie. Thefilmmontagesthefirst20minuteswhichisbadbecausethesemomentshelpbuildcharacterandJasmineescapesthepalaceandtalkswiththetownspeoplewaytooquickly. Mostofthesongs(exceptone)arenotthatgood,PrinceAliinparticularisanauto-tunedmesswithhardlyanyenergy. Blandcharacters,especiallyJafarwhoisbasicallyasblandasavillaincanget. Thenewcharacterinthefilm,Dalia,isnotonlyunnecessary,butalsoannoying.Sheonlyservesasnothingmorebutafillerloveinterest. Poorattemptsatcomedy,unliketheoriginalfilmwherethehumorisspot-onandhighlyhilarious. PointlesssubplotinwhichtheGeniefallsinlovewithJasmine'shandmaidenthatfeelslikepadding. Lotsofscenesfromtheoriginalfilmlikethesnakescenearecutforsomereason. FalseadvertisingandMisleadingtitle:DespitebeingcalledAladdin,thefilmactuallyfeelslikeit'sJasmineownmovieasshehasmorefocus&screen-timethanthetitularcharacterfornoreasonotherthanwokepandering,makingitfeellikeaDisneyPrincessfilmthanAladdin'sownstory.Forthisreason,thefilmshould'vebeentitledasJasmineinsteadofAladdin. GoodQualities TherenditionsofOneJumpAheadandFriendLikeMearegood. Speakingofthelatter,thatsequenceinparticulardoesprovidewhatmostremakesshouldbe:somethingthatfeelsratherdifferentfromtheoriginal(withWillSmith'ship-hopflare)butstillcapturingthecharmthatmadeitsobeloved. ThesongSpeechlessisanawesomesong,despitebeingoutofplace. Thereferencestotheoriginal1992versionarenostalgia-inducing,likethecameoofRobinWilliams'GenieandtheanimatedAladdinandSultan. NaomiScottgivesagreatperformanceasJasmine. Thecostumedesignslookreallynice. FrankWelkerrepriseshisthreerolesfromtheoriginal:Abu,RajahandtheCaveofWonders. Evensomeofthedubshadreprisedroles.BrazilianPortuguese(TheGenie),German(Iagofromthesequels),Hungarian(Iago),andJapanese(theGenie).TheItalianvoiceofTheGenie(thelateGigiProietti)voicestheSultaninstead. HumanGenieisactuallybetterthantheBlueGenie,asitsbasicallyWillSmithbeinghimself.Additionally,WillSmith'sperformancewaspraisedbycriticsandaudiencesalike. Itfixesabunchofissuestheoriginalhad: TheCaveofWonders'linewaschangedfrom"Touchnothingbutthelamp"to"Takenothingbutthelamp"asintheoriginalAladdintouchedtherocksandCarpet,yetnothingbadhappened(albeitneitherofthemmight'vecounted) Aladdinwasteshisfirstwishvia"greyarea"ratherthantheGeniesavinghimbeinghissecondwish. Jasminegettingmoreappropriateoutfits,ratherthanskimpybikini-likecroptops. TheAWholeNewWorldscenebeingamoreregionalflightthananinternationalone,especiallyfixingtheEgyptscene. JafarwishingtobecomethemostpowerfulBEINGintheuniverse,ratherthanagenie,butTheGenietakesadvantageofthegreyarea,andturnshimintoaGenieanyways. ThedeletedscenewiththeGenie'slastsummonersmakingwisheswithterribleconsequencesmight'vebeenagoodsceneanditwasprettyhilarious. Reception Aladdinwasmetwithmixedreception,withpraiseforitsmusicalscore,costumedesign,humor,andtheperformancesofSmith,MassoudandScott,butcriticismforRitchie'sdirection,theGenie'sCGI,Kenzari'sperformanceasJafarandthescreenplayaswellascomparingthefilmunfavorablytotheoriginalfilm.OnRottenTomatoes,thefilmhasacriticapprovalratingof57%,withanaverageratingof5.91/10.Thesite'scriticalconsensusreads,"Aladdinretellsitsclassicsourcematerial'sstorywithsufficientspectacleandskill,evenifitneverapproachesthedazzlingsplendoroftheanimatedoriginal".OnMetacritic,thefilmhasacriticscoreof53/100indicating"mixedoraveragereviews". Despitethemixedreceptionfromcritics,theaudiencereceptionwasmostlymixed-to-positive.AudiencespolledbyCinemaScoregavethefilmanaveragegradeof"A"onanA+toFscale,whilethoseatPostTrakgaveitanoverallpositivescoreof90%(withanaverage4.5starsoutof5)anda70%"definiterecommend."TheaudienceapprovalratingonRottenTomatoesisa94%,withanaverageratingof4.58/5.OnMetacriticandIMDb,whilestillpositive,theuserscoresarelowerthanthatofRottenTomatoes',withauserscoreof6.7/10and7/10respectively. Videos ExternalLinks Aladdin(2019)attheInternetMovieDatabase Aladdin(2019)onRottenTomatoes Aladdin(2019)onMetacritic Aladdin(2019)onLetterboxd Comments Loadingcomments... 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