Recently, I went to watch the old Aladdin and here is what I thought about it.

When the movie just starts we get introduced to a song called “Arabian Nights” , sang by the Peddler ( Bruce Adler but the voice was Robin Williams ). Even at the start, this movie was already funny, his impression of a Tupperware box opening is hilarious and he also breaks the fourth wall. The directors actually conformed that the Peddler was actually the Genie and that that the plan all along was him to reveal himself at the end but I guess it didn’t make the final cut.

At the start, the movie establishes it’s villains which is Jafar and his simple motive of getting the lamp. Right from the start we get an impression of how evil he is when he sacrificed a person in an attempt to get the lamp.

Iago, the parrot, was also a star of his own in this film, as his impression of other characters and his need to act like a non-talking parrot in front of the Sultan is comical. I think part of this is because of how cartoony he was animated to be. His eyes were popping off his eye socket and his wings weren’t connected when he was shown to be in pain.

We got to see how witty Aladdin is with his one liners to the guards chasing him and then we got introduced to Jasmine with her problem only being able to marry a prince.

Abu and the carpet also had great personality despite not being able to talk and this is of course partly due to them being well animated or drawn?

Aladdin is not a perfect character, sure he is kind but he and Abu is also greedy and being greedy is what led to the cave collapsing. Despite his flaw, this also made him meet the Genie

And the Genie appeared in the 30 minute mark. Again, being brilliantly animated, he was able to convey this fourth wall-breaking character with jokes that surprisingly till this day is still relatable. And of course, he has his Disney references.

The colour palette for this movie is vibrant, colourful and beautiful. The songs were great and catchy . One of my favourite songs are “Friend Like Me” and Jafar’s clever version of “Prince Ali”. When Jafar is winning, you can also hear this low bass version of “Friend Like Me” in the background.

Everything in this movie is well thought out. When Jafar is a sorcerer, he said “Stop toying with me” before turning Abu to a toy. He also said “Things are unravelling faster” before unravelling the carpet and said “Im just getting warmed up” before breathing fire.

The animation did a great job in mixing 2D with 3D, mostly the gigantic tiger cave. Aladdin and the Genie also had great chemistry and play off each other throughout the movie.

Now the bad things about this movie is mostly how the final act of the movie was rushed. Jafar’s moment was very short and I feel that they could have made the movie 2 hours. Mostly so we can see more of Robin Williams Genie.

Ratings: 9/10