And this week's Friday night movie has been....Aladdin and the King of Thieves!
It is indeed a given that the Disney sequels tend to be wretched and forgettable but for me, it was either this or the remake.
Okay serious now:
So this movie was intended to conclude both the movies and the TV series. And oh look! We have Robin Williams returning to voice the genie.
But for me, the real meat is, of course, the King of Thieves himself Cassim. He's fascinating character, he has the voice of John Rhys-Davies and the scenes where he is interacting, and bonding, with Aladdin were great. I heard Cassim has his fangirls and, it would appear, not without good reason.
Other than that, the animation tends to flip flop between terrible and imaginative, Jasmine gets sidelined, the genie hijacks the movie too often and some of the joke's don't work. I know the genie was based entirely around Williams' stand-up routine but here it comes across as 'too much of a good thing'.
Does this movie come across as soulless as Disney sequels are known for? Sometimes, but there are some good ideas and some interesting plot points. But such potential isn't truly realized.
It's not bad but could have been better
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