Hello! welcome to Movieroom 🙂 I think that people all over the world know Aladdin which is based on the One Thousand and One Nights. In 1992, Aladdin was released by Walt Disney Pictures and became the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earn $504 million in worldwide box office revenue.

On may in 2019, New Aladdin has been released. It was remade by Guy Ritchie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated film of the same name. Mena Massoud played the role of Aladdin, Will Smith played the role of Genie and Naomi Scott played the role of Jasmine.

As of June 16, 2019, Aladdin has grossed $264 million in the United States and Canada, and $463 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $727 million, against a production budget of $183 million.

I watched Aladdin with my friend who is really big fan of it so she already knew it’s story and all the songs. On the contrary, all I knew about Aladdin was that rubbing a magic lamp would grant Aladdin a wish. Anyway, both I, who didn’t know Aladdin well, and the friend who is a big fan of Aladdin, were really satisfied with it!

So, I’m going to list 4 reasons why many people, including myself fell in love with this live- action movie. And I am positive that you will too.

#1. Perfect Computer-Graphic and lots of things to see

From the vast desert embodied in sophisticated CG to mysterious caves filled with plenty of treasures, and the colorful costumes of characters, there is a lot of things to see. It immerses us in the movie.

Also, it was a movie full of songs and dances, I enjoyed watching the exciting songs, dances and CG scenes that made them more colorful. Especially, I was impressed with the song “Friend Like Me,” a song about Genie appears out of the lamp. It’s really fancy. The characters’ last partying scenes after the film was over also were scenes of joy like musical films.

#2. Will Smith, who did a good job playing Genie.

When Disney announced that will smith had been cast for Genie, some people were unsure of Will Smith as Genie. They criticized everything from his blue coloration to his style is not fitting what Robin Williams did in 1992. Will Smith has admitted he “started off fearful” taking on the role of the Genie after Robin Williams.

But, Contrary to people’s concerns, he succeeded in creating a perfectly Will Smith-style genie.

Will Smith adds his own humor to the role and makes it distinctly his style, appealing to audience. Will Smith Genie has the same songs Robin Williams’ Genie had, “Friend Like Me” and “Prince Ali”. Each of those songs is full of the verbally dexterous lyrics. But Smith’s take on each song is more rap-infused. It is more modernized, and it gives people greater enjoyment. “I started playing with the hip-hop flavor and then the Genie was really born in my mind from the music” he said.

#3. Not that Jasmine in 1992

Some people who watched Aladdin in 2019 say the name of the movie should change to Jasmine. It means Jasmine might provide huge impression to audience than Aladdin. Actually, Jasmine in the original animated film was of course, smart and possessed a strong sense of self-worth princess who did not want to be a prize to be won by other princes.

2019 Jasmine is portrayed as a stronger, more pivotal female character who focused on her achievement and goals. She doesn’t want to marry a Sultan but be the Sultan herself. She is a progressively minded person who longs to steer her country in the right direction and vies to be Agrabah’s first female Sultan, a feat she eventually achieves, not Aladdin.

Disney has long been criticized for putting together conservative values that claim to be “saved by the prince” in its works. Jasmine in 2019 Aladdin shows their efforts toward keeping pace with the trend of the times in recent years, presenting works featuring self-reliance princess.

#4. Soundtrack remakes and additions

The classic songs that you are looking forward to (“A Whole New World,” “Friend Like Me,” etc.) are all here. But these songs are not just a copy of the original but something different with original version. Some lyrics have been changed, and the arrangements are modernized with the occasional hip-hop influence. This little change not only brings back memories of the original Aladdin, but also gives the audience freshness.

There is also an entirely new song “Speechless” written by Pasek and Paul, who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “City of Stars” in La La Land. It is loved as much as the existing songs. I think this song played the most important role in showing Jasmine, who changed from the original.

“Written in stone/ Every rule every word/ Centuries old and unbending/ Stay in your place/ Better seen and not heard/ But now that story is ending/ Cause I/ I cannot start to crumble/ So come on and try/ Try to shut me and cut me down”
“I won’t be silenced/ You can’t keep me quiet/ Won’t tremble when you try it/ All I know is I won’t go speechless”

As you can see by the lyrics, speechless is written with lyrics that are necessary to show the changed Jasmine.

So far, I introduced 4 reasons why people love the new Aladdin live-action remake. If you have not watched new Aladdin yet, I hope this posting makes you go to the cinema and watch Aladdin. I’m sure you can experience to watch great combination of animation, film and musical by watching Aladdin. Thank you for reading our blog and we’re always waiting to your comments:) Have a nice day!

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