#ALADDIN OLD MAN IN PRISON MOVIE#

Mena MassoudвЂ™s Aladdin is a thief and вЂњstreet ratвЂќ who works the bazaars of Agrabah, purloining goods and exchanging them for food (which heвЂ™ll give away to those even poorer than he, because heвЂ™s just that kind of guy). Very good performance by the flying carpet.Дirector Guy Ritchie, who made his bones some 20 years ago with badass films such as вЂњLock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsвЂќ and вЂњSnatch,вЂќ does a solid job of blending big set pieces, practical effects and the CGI wizardry that allows an enormous genie to emerge from a brass lamp, a monkey to be turned into an elephant, and a magic carpet to take Aladdin and Jasmine across the continent as they sing вЂњA Whole New WorldвЂќ and donвЂ™t seem to be the least bit worried about the rug getting tired or caught in a rainstorm. And the strikingly handsome Mena Massoud as Aladdin and the strikingly beautiful Naomi Scott as Jasmine are a winning team.ДЄbu the monkey was pretty great too. When the Genie sees his buddy Aladdin making some bad decisions and says, вЂњYouвЂ™re breaking my heart,вЂќ dang but the big blue guy didnвЂ™t get to me.Д«esides, even though the Genie is a plum part, ripe for scene-stealing (as the great Robin Williams demonstrated in the 1992 animated film), вЂњAladdinвЂќ is primarily about the romance between the title character, a lowly street thief, and the noble and lovely Princess Jasmine.

Crazy.)ДЄnd even though I was cringing at SmithвЂ™s initial, not-all-that funny appearance as the Genie, his performance grew on me as the story progressed and the Genie became friends with a вЂњmasterвЂќ for the first time in all the thousands of years heвЂ™s been summoned from inside that lamp.

#ALADDIN OLD MAN IN PRISON MOVIE#

Opens Thursday at local theaters.ДЄnd that clip of Smith singing вЂњPrince AliвЂќ - well, letвЂ™s just say the onetime Fresh Prince sounded a little вЂ¦ flat singing about that particular prince.ДЄh, but we here at Review Central will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever EVER pre-judge a movie by its trailers or its teasers or still photos or any of that pre-release jazz. Disney presents a film directed byВ Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie and John August.

Aladdin old man in prison