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Aladdin (2019) Mr. Bee’s Short Review
Hi This was originally written on May 30 but I've been a little busy and as to tradition i will be taking the Summer “off” but with all that said i am working some new and exciting things coming In the coming weeks so stay tuned Have a wonderful summer and Enjoy
Mr.Bee
Hello. Yesterday I got a chance to see Disney’s new live- action remake, Aladdin, and for the record, Aladdin is very much a part of my childhood and really probably one of my favorite disney and childhood movies. Now, long time readers of my blog may remember that I put Aladdin at number 9 of my top 10 favorite disney movies. Well the order of them has shifted over time, Aladdin is still in my top 10, possibly top 5. Now readers possibly may know that I’m not a huge fan of disney’s live-action remakes. But there have been a few that I have actually enjoyed, like The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin. The marketing for this movie did a terrible job at getting the hype up, like Will Smith looking terrible as the genie. I went in with an open mind and the lights dimmed and the trailers finally ended and the movie started. Here’s what I thought. Let’s start with the good parts. The production design is beautiful. The acting for the most part was pretty good. The editing and cinematography were mostly great. Technical wise period, the movie succeeded with flying colors. The musical numbers are probably the highlight of the movie. Oh they also made a conscious effort not to completely copy the animated movie, but with that said, while some of the changes are not bad, they didn’t change enough of the story to give me a reason why it needed to be made in the first place. They managed to do the unthinkable, and made Iago more annoying even though Gilbert Gottfried did not reprise his role. How they did that was making Iago a normal parrot and making him utterly useless, even more useless than he was in the animated version. While Will Smith didn’t really try to imitate Robin Williams, his jokes were not really all that funny whatsoever. I only chuckled a couple of times. The genie design still looks like crap. The last point is, it all needed to be a lot more menacing. Overall, Aladdin is just okay. If you want to see it and are really serious about it, go right ahead. You will get some enjoyment out of it. For anyone else, I will say stick with the animated, at least until it’s available for streaming. I give it 3 out of 5 stars. Thanks for reading this. If you want to hear a more in-depth review, let me know and I will do it well after it comes out on home media of course. Until next time, Goodnight and Bee Happy!™
Mr.Bee
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