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Aladdin (2019)
I hadn't watched any of the Disney animated movie remakes before, but I had heard opinions that they were bad. Combined with the fact that the blue Will Smith became a subject of ridicule even when the trailer was released, I expected that this movie would not be of the best quality either. However, I heard good reviews about it and decided to go to the cinema, and in the end I liked it.
I really like the original Disney animated movie from 1992, and this film looks quite on par with the original. Many moments have even been improved - for example, the beginning has been shortened without losing anything in essence, but gaining time, some logical inconsistencies that I noticed even as a child have been patched up, the logic of the characters' behavior has been slightly (an important word) improved - it's all very good, and overall it's nice that the real flaws were mainly changed. They also added a little of their own, which I treated neutrally - it doesn't interfere, but it wasn't necessary either. Surprisingly, the best song from the original, in my opinion - You had never had friend like me - was transferred to the screen in an absolutely decent way without losing quality. Will Smith is not annoying and looks appropriate, which, given that he plays himself in every film, is a credit to the director. I can also recall Iago, there is not much of him, but in some moments he is magnificent.
Among the drawbacks, I would note that not all moments were as successful as in the cartoon, but I can only remember one now - this is the song Prince Ali. In the cartoon, due to this very cartoonishness, it looked more impressive. The dubbing was also botched - if you are watching in the cinema, please pay attention to what sounds when Aladdin throws coins and the beggars pick them up - you can hear them saying "so generous" in English, and in the Russian version they are completely ignored. At the same time, the original audio track is much quieter and can only be heard if you listen carefully to this moment - I listened carefully because this is the second favorite song in this cartoon and I remembered it almost by heart.
Personally, the actors who played Aladdin and Jasmine seemed unremarkable to me, and this opinion did not change by the end of the film. But some other people say that they are fine. Russian-language problems - in the dubbing of the cartoon, Jafar had a cool voice of a classic villain, and here the voice is just as unremarkable as the above-mentioned actors.
A minus, due to the fact that the original was changed, there is a slight spoiler - at the end, Jafar turns not into a giant snake, but into a giant parrot, and this is as bad as it sounds.
A little autism with the analysis of the improved moments - if you watched the original cartoon, then you still know the plot, and these moments will not be full-fledged spoilers, but, in my opinion, it would be more interesting to observe all these changes myself, rather than read about them in my post.
Patching logical inconsistencies:
1) I didn't understand why Jafar pretended to be a prisoner of the dungeon, escaped from there together with Aladdin, and all in order to lead him to the idea of stealing the lamp. After all, he could just as well promise him freedom as a vizier. In the film, he does exactly that, and also gives Aladdin useful pieces of information, which relate to improving the logic of the characters' behavior.
2) Well, probably everyone was surprised by this - when at the end the Genie gains freedom and clearly retains his powers, but at the same time does not want to help Aladdin as a friend or at least out of simple gratitude. In the film, everything is simpler - if you gain freedom, you become a human and lose all your powers, which is consistent in logic, because Jafar, becoming a genie, becomes a slave of the lamp.
Improving the logic of the characters:
1) The Genie is not deceived as a 4-year-old child by the phrase "prove that you can! Ha-ha-ha, that wasn't a wish!", but is deceived with the help of quibbling and nitpicking, which is still slightly more plausible.
2) Jafar does not control the Sultan absolutely, as in the cartoon, it is clear that he sometimes hypnotizes him and, perhaps, sometimes gets what he wants, but the Sultan is not a brainless puppet as in the cartoon, and Jafar has reasons to want to take his place (well, besides vanity).
3) By the way, about vanity. Throughout the film, there is a thread that Jafar is terribly complexed by the fact that he is not the coolest, and during a conversation with Aladdin, he expresses his philosophy - either you are first, or you are nobody. Therefore, the bait at the end, when Aladdin says that the Genie is stronger than Jafar, looks more justified and is almost like a Chekhov's gun.
I hadn't watched any of the Disney animated movie remakes before, but I had heard opinions that they were bad. Combined with the fact that the blue Will Smith became a subject of ridicule even when the trailer was released, I expected that this movie would not be of the best quality either. However, I heard good reviews about it and decided to go to the cinema, and in the end I liked it.
I really like the original Disney animated movie from 1992, and this film looks quite on par with the original. Many moments have even been improved - for example, the beginning has been shortened without losing anything in essence, but gaining time, some logical inconsistencies that I noticed even as a child have been patched up, the logic of the characters' behavior has been slightly (an important word) improved - it's all very good, and overall it's nice that the real flaws were mainly changed. They also added a little of their own, which I treated neutrally - it doesn't interfere, but it wasn't necessary either. Surprisingly, the best song from the original, in my opinion - You had never had friend like me - was transferred to the screen in an absolutely decent way without losing quality. Will Smith is not annoying and looks appropriate, which, given that he plays himself in every film, is a credit to the director. I can also recall Iago, there is not much of him, but in some moments he is magnificent.
Among the drawbacks, I would note that not all moments were as successful as in the cartoon, but I can only remember one now - this is the song Prince Ali. In the cartoon, due to this very cartoonishness, it looked more impressive. The dubbing was also botched - if you are watching in the cinema, please pay attention to what sounds when Aladdin throws coins and the beggars pick them up - you can hear them saying "so generous" in English, and in the Russian version they are completely ignored. At the same time, the original audio track is much quieter and can only be heard if you listen carefully to this moment - I listened carefully because this is the second favorite song in this cartoon and I remembered it almost by heart.
Personally, the actors who played Aladdin and Jasmine seemed unremarkable to me, and this opinion did not change by the end of the film. But some other people say that they are fine. Russian-language problems - in the dubbing of the cartoon, Jafar had a cool voice of a classic villain, and here the voice is just as unremarkable as the above-mentioned actors.
A minus, due to the fact that the original was changed, there is a slight spoiler - at the end, Jafar turns not into a giant snake, but into a giant parrot, and this is as bad as it sounds.
A little autism with the analysis of the improved moments - if you watched the original cartoon, then you still know the plot, and these moments will not be full-fledged spoilers, but, in my opinion, it would be more interesting to observe all these changes myself, rather than read about them in my post.
Patching logical inconsistencies:
1) I didn't understand why Jafar pretended to be a prisoner of the dungeon, escaped from there together with Aladdin, and all in order to lead him to the idea of stealing the lamp. After all, he could just as well promise him freedom as a vizier. In the film, he does exactly that, and also gives Aladdin useful pieces of information, which relate to improving the logic of the characters' behavior.
2) Well, probably everyone was surprised by this - when at the end the Genie gains freedom and clearly retains his powers, but at the same time does not want to help Aladdin as a friend or at least out of simple gratitude. In the film, everything is simpler - if you gain freedom, you become a human and lose all your powers, which is consistent in logic, because Jafar, becoming a genie, becomes a slave of the lamp.
Improving the logic of the characters:
1) The Genie is not deceived as a 4-year-old child by the phrase "prove that you can! Ha-ha-ha, that wasn't a wish!", but is deceived with the help of quibbling and nitpicking, which is still slightly more plausible.
2) Jafar does not control the Sultan absolutely, as in the cartoon, it is clear that he sometimes hypnotizes him and, perhaps, sometimes gets what he wants, but the Sultan is not a brainless puppet as in the cartoon, and Jafar has reasons to want to take his place (well, besides vanity).
3) By the way, about vanity. Throughout the film, there is a thread that Jafar is terribly complexed by the fact that he is not the coolest, and during a conversation with Aladdin, he expresses his philosophy - either you are first, or you are nobody. Therefore, the bait at the end, when Aladdin says that the Genie is stronger than Jafar, looks more justified and is almost like a Chekhov's gun.
Where do we go?
Where do we end up when we save the world?
Where do we end up when we save the world?