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It's hard to write about the remake of an animated film that was at the center of your childhood without letting emotion take over you. There are memories at play here, and anything of less quality is known to be both disappointed and angry. Aladdin the latest flavored syrup for live action scenes appearing in the giant menu of the Disney show cafe, will of course never be as good as the original, but the question was how much. The answer is unfortunately a lot.
Mena Mbadoud in a photo of Aladdin. YouTube
Guy Ritchie makes a strangely vivid and unambitious film that does not capture the energy and wonders of the original and, by updating it in 2019, loses both its charm and its thrills. From the outset, note that the biggest void is naturally the absence of Robin Williams, whose comic film was built in its entirety. Will Smith is an unworthy substitute who has neither the muscles of singing nor comedy to recreate magic.
The story remains the same – the Aladdin street rat (Mena Mbadoud) cracks up for a young palace woman who turns out to be Princess Jasmine (Naomi Scott) and stumbles upon a magic lamp whose genie l & # 39; 39, help to woo the princess. The ugly Jafar (Marwan Kenzari), meanwhile, plans to steal the lamp and use it to usurp power. Songs and dances ensue, good battles against evil and lessons learned.
This is not a terrible film, but a painfully disappointing film. If you are interested in a light comedy and you have no idea of the original movie story, you and your kids may enjoy the movie. Scott is actually very strong here, and although the movie does not do it well, the acting and singing performances will definitely turn it into a star. Some story beats are pbaded over because the film knows that 90% of its audience would have already seen the original.
The problems of this remake begin however at the very beginning. The film introduces Smith's character into the opening scene, removes the sense of discovery from Aladdin and makes his lamp discovery journey useless. Will Smith does things to Will Smith, but that's where the problem is: the genius of the original was supposed to feature many characters, thanks to the vast repertoire of people inside Robin Williams, but Smith plays Smith's unique note, as usual. The fact that he can not sing is the real shock because of his musical experience and his ability to make us discover the worst karaoke version of the beginning of the song – Arabian Nights & # 39; which automatically brings the palm of your face. When Williams had the heart and energy of fast fire, the version of Smith's genius tries to emphasize the relaxation and "freshness" when the freshness in question is an obsolete attitude of the 90s.
Damsel in distress of the original film was one of his weaknesses, and the new version tries to show Jasmine as a strong character defying the evil Jafar, but it is performed in an atrociously melodramatic and utterly inconsequential musical issue. , considering what happens right after. Speaking of Jafar, I know children who were terrified of the character while watching the original movie. In this version, Kenzari makes the Jafar as non-threatening as possible, with a weak voice and an even weaker body language, and even during the "evil" moments, it will occur several times.
Ritchie was not the best choice here. Someone like Baz Luhrmann, experienced in sumptuous musicals, would probably have given Aladdin to remake that greatness and the heart she deserved. The "big" moments are simply not radical and, apart from the message " A whole new world " on the magic carpet, the musical numbers are obviously falling flat. The film wants to amaze you all the time, but eventually stumbles on itself. On the live action The Lion King then, what should not be a failure.
Rating: **
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Publication date: May 24, 2019 09:44 AM
| Last Updated: May 24, 2019 09h44
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Date Updated: May 24, 2019 at 09:44:33 IST
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