My favorite Disney movie ever! The first movie I ever saw... so did it hold up... Absolutely!
This isn't that big of a Throwback... I feel like this is a movie I've managed to catch just about every year or every few years. ABC Family AKA Free Form usually plays this around the holidays and they played it right after I came home from Disney World the last time I went... which was in High School and that was the first time I really remembered it all in all and I loved the way that Aladdin and Jasmine fell in love. Its just such a sweet story filled with adventure and of corse its really funny too.
I think the last time I watched it though was after Robin Williams passed away The Disney Channel showed it commercial free, which was awesome and I had it on Tivo and we saved it for quite a while, but I don't think I ever watched it after that. I got the Blu Ray a few months ago because as I've said... it is my favorite Disney Movie... so that is how I watched it this time.
The Blu Ray Quality didn't seem all that different from the quality of the original... but I'm sure the colors were a lot brighter and the sound was really good... a little too good maybe my parents were asleep when I watched this and we have thin walls in my house... lol.
Anyway on to the real review now... lets talk about some stuff that stood out to me. First off The Sultan's joke about Jasmine picking out a suitor. He said "Her mother wasn't nearly that picky." I thought that was really funny. The Sultan is a great character. Very underrated.
Also Abu and The Carpet are pretty underrated. This is like THE movie for sidekicks because of Genie, Carpet, Abu, Iago, The Sultan, Rajah... there were kind of a lot and I think that's pretty cool!
And Jafars wishes are really just to give him power... and I think that's because he feels quite powerless in his job. He feels he's smarter than the Sultan and could run the kingdom a lot better... he gets orders from Jasmine even who is a teenage girl... and even Iago is smarter than Jafar... so really he's pretty powerless so he's just going to do whatever gives him the most power, and that leads to his defeat ultimately.
I liked Abu a lot more than I usually do too. I just think its funny that he's so protective of Aladdin and he's known Aladdin the longest... and of corse he's not Aladdin's only friend by the end of the movie, but he is at the beginning... and that is worth noting.
I love all the costume changes in this movie too... there aren't that many... but really there aren't many in any disney movie, so I thought this one was pretty special. Especially since both Aladdin and Jasmine have multiple costume changes.
And as much as I like Iago... especially from The Tiki Room Under New Management... I thought really he is too evil in this to forgive in the second movie... so yeah. I don't know if I'd give him a second chance... but then again, Aladdin is a nice guy... so yeah.
I think this really has the perfect blend of action and romance in it... so if you feel like watching something more romantic from disney like Beauty and The Beast vs. something more action-y like The Sword and The Stone Maybe... this is kind of a great hybrid! I always think "wow this is a really great love story" when I see the first part of the movie but this is always one of the most exciting movies to watch also. So it really is a great great blend of both, which is pretty cool!
The only thing in this was that I know there are some songs and storylines that were cut from this movie... and I had never really noticed that they were missing before... but now I feel like there were some missed opportunities there. Here is one of the songs that Jafar would have sang, but instead the reprise of Prince Ali was used... I think either version would be just as good. I usually don't think deleted scenes or songs are that great in the story... but I think this one could work with either versions and it would have been just as good. A little missed opportunity there... but I don't think its anything that was too unnoticed. Pretty interesting!
Ohhh and I loved the Carpet ride even more now. All Jasmine wants to do is get out of the castle... and Aladdin shows her the whole world! I always get goosebumps when he says "Don't you dare close your eyes! So sweet!
So that is everything I wanted to say about Aladdin! Still one of my favorites!
Byeee!
-Shannon
This isn't that big of a Throwback... I feel like this is a movie I've managed to catch just about every year or every few years. ABC Family AKA Free Form usually plays this around the holidays and they played it right after I came home from Disney World the last time I went... which was in High School and that was the first time I really remembered it all in all and I loved the way that Aladdin and Jasmine fell in love. Its just such a sweet story filled with adventure and of corse its really funny too.
I think the last time I watched it though was after Robin Williams passed away The Disney Channel showed it commercial free, which was awesome and I had it on Tivo and we saved it for quite a while, but I don't think I ever watched it after that. I got the Blu Ray a few months ago because as I've said... it is my favorite Disney Movie... so that is how I watched it this time.
The Blu Ray Quality didn't seem all that different from the quality of the original... but I'm sure the colors were a lot brighter and the sound was really good... a little too good maybe my parents were asleep when I watched this and we have thin walls in my house... lol.
Anyway on to the real review now... lets talk about some stuff that stood out to me. First off The Sultan's joke about Jasmine picking out a suitor. He said "Her mother wasn't nearly that picky." I thought that was really funny. The Sultan is a great character. Very underrated.
Also Abu and The Carpet are pretty underrated. This is like THE movie for sidekicks because of Genie, Carpet, Abu, Iago, The Sultan, Rajah... there were kind of a lot and I think that's pretty cool!
And Jafars wishes are really just to give him power... and I think that's because he feels quite powerless in his job. He feels he's smarter than the Sultan and could run the kingdom a lot better... he gets orders from Jasmine even who is a teenage girl... and even Iago is smarter than Jafar... so really he's pretty powerless so he's just going to do whatever gives him the most power, and that leads to his defeat ultimately.
I liked Abu a lot more than I usually do too. I just think its funny that he's so protective of Aladdin and he's known Aladdin the longest... and of corse he's not Aladdin's only friend by the end of the movie, but he is at the beginning... and that is worth noting.
I love all the costume changes in this movie too... there aren't that many... but really there aren't many in any disney movie, so I thought this one was pretty special. Especially since both Aladdin and Jasmine have multiple costume changes.
And as much as I like Iago... especially from The Tiki Room Under New Management... I thought really he is too evil in this to forgive in the second movie... so yeah. I don't know if I'd give him a second chance... but then again, Aladdin is a nice guy... so yeah.
I think this really has the perfect blend of action and romance in it... so if you feel like watching something more romantic from disney like Beauty and The Beast vs. something more action-y like The Sword and The Stone Maybe... this is kind of a great hybrid! I always think "wow this is a really great love story" when I see the first part of the movie but this is always one of the most exciting movies to watch also. So it really is a great great blend of both, which is pretty cool!
The only thing in this was that I know there are some songs and storylines that were cut from this movie... and I had never really noticed that they were missing before... but now I feel like there were some missed opportunities there. Here is one of the songs that Jafar would have sang, but instead the reprise of Prince Ali was used... I think either version would be just as good. I usually don't think deleted scenes or songs are that great in the story... but I think this one could work with either versions and it would have been just as good. A little missed opportunity there... but I don't think its anything that was too unnoticed. Pretty interesting!
Ohhh and I loved the Carpet ride even more now. All Jasmine wants to do is get out of the castle... and Aladdin shows her the whole world! I always get goosebumps when he says "Don't you dare close your eyes! So sweet!
So that is everything I wanted to say about Aladdin! Still one of my favorites!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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