Aladdin Review.. The \’magical\’ movie with \’Game of Thrones\’ and a filmi \’love story\’!!

The 80\’s and 90\’s kids have a special bond for Aladdin, and rightfully so! It has enthralled these generations in the animated format! I even remember playing the Aladdin game on computer to my heart\’s content and then having been beaten by my parents to their heart\’s content!! Just kidding! And now it was some revisiting-the-memories-time! 3-D movie and Will Smith as Genie had already made the choice quite easier for me, although I was kind of spoilt for choice this Friday!!

The movie surprisingly begins with a normal human Will Smith narrating a story to his kiddos, and then unfolds the story of Aladdin and Jasmine. The story line itself is nothing \”out of the BLUE\”, barring \”Genie\”, but many aspects and the emotional connect that the 80s and 90s kids have with the story will make them love it. Not that I know and understand a lot about cinema, but 3D effects has to be one of the most revolutionary things that ever happened to cinema! You feel like you have settled in Agrabah and are moving around with Aladdin aur Jasmine. Mena Masood alias Aladdin makes the petty thief and Prince characters look quite convincing. Not everyone can pull off such contrasting characters equally well. Naomi Scott looks stunning and has played her part with equal poise. She plays \”The caged Princess\”, who wants to live as per her free will and look after our subjects as the next Sultan. Will Smith is his usual par excellence, playing the trapped Genie with the skewed sense of humour and kind heart. Will Smith is probably one of the most emotive actor that I have come across, it\’s all in his facial expressions. Marwan kenzari, the Jafar or Wazir plays a convincing advisor and the sultan\’s favourite to accede the Throne. So, the \”Game of Thrones\” is between Vazir, Sultan, his daughter and Aladdin..! Navid Negahban is the Sultan, kind hearted for his subjects and caring and overprotective for his daughter. This is a sort of a musical movie where the characters break into song, time and again, to kind of think loudly. The film is produced by Dan Lin who was also at the helm of movies like The Terminator series, the Departed, Sherlock Holmes, etc. Screenplay and direction by Guy Ritchie is rich too. Cinematography by Alan Stewart stands tall depicting this city and the events that take place in the desert. The magnanimity, CGI and technological hand make it even more charming!

All in all, definitely worth reliving our childhood \”magic\”!!