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"The film has the *disadvantage* of not being animated." PLEASE SAY THAT LOUDER FOR THE DISNEY EMPLOYEES IN THE BACK!

the reason why they didn't make the whole movie bollywood is simple. It was too big a risk. and disney doesn't make remakes to experiment or explore new possibilities.

"How did you get through the guards?" "I snuck past." "All 48 of them? Even the ones that eat fire?" Okay, I can't be the only one who wants to see the guards that eat fire

Disney: we are making another remake of another movie!! Viewers: How about my foot?!

"CAN BE IMITATED BUT NEVER DUPLICATED!" -robin willams genie

Dr. Strange’s cape from the MCU was more like the magic carpet then the live action magic carpet!

I actually think Will Smith did fine as the genie when he’s allow to be Will Smith, not Will Smith pretending to be Robin Williams. Friend Like Me is a great example. The genie is a character that needs to be a big personality and both Robin Williams and Will Smith are big personalities in very different ways.

In my opinion I thought Dalia was useless because the whole point was that Jasmine was lonely and that she didn't have anybody so that made her want to get out the palace more and jasmine had no friends except the tiger

"The disadvantage of not being animated." Thank you! It's frustrating how many people equate live action as superior to animation in every way when it's not. They're different and some movies are better suited to one or the other.

Was hoping Critic was going to point out that the Cave of “Wonders” was incredibly underwhelming. The animated version was literally glowing yellow due to the amount of treasure.

Missed Opportunities! A Disney Tradition!

Ah yes. Jasmine, the Disney princess who in the animated version had absolutely no trouble constantly saying exactly what she thought about people and her general situation; who would tell off her father, her father's right-hand man and (as far as she was concerned) a total stranger for objectifying her *multiple times* ; who thought absolutely nothing of going after whatever she wanted regardless of what anyone said or told her what she should be doing... Yes, she *really* needed "fixing" and given a song about not being silenced. God knows she was just *so* passive before... 🙄

is Aladdin Indian, Egyptian, or middle eastern? disney: "yes"

“The film assumes you’ve seen the original so it doesn’t have to try as hard to make an impact” Best quote to describe why these movies are so stupid! Screw the new generation that maybe saw this before the original, to Disney, you are out of the loop!

When I was little I barely understood half the things said to me. I have an auditory processing disorder, and most things people said sounded garbled. When Jafar in the animated version pulled out the knife, I had no idea what he said, but I saw his the lighting in the scene, how Jafar suddenly looked really menacing (well...even more menacing), and of course the knife. That helped me still understand what was going on. The live action, I’d just have seen a really bored dude standing there.

Critic: “Save me, gin!!” Me: “Heh. I see what you did there. Djinn🧞‍♂️ → gin. I’m onto you.”

Should renamed this movie "How I met your Mother in Agrabah"

"Which leads to... ...Me getting booze, I'm sorry, I'm too sober for this!" He's still got it.

Starkid’s “Twisted” is a much better “Aladdin” remake than the “Aladdin” remake. Amen, please?

I appreciate how Will Smith really tries to make his genie his own, but this movie panders way too much to our nostalgia.

Honestly Jasmine's song had me SO DAMN CONFUSED in the theater. "Wh- What, is SHE magic now? Thanosing everybody away? What the heck??"

The problem is with Jasmine’s song is that the movie shoved it in with no real reason. It feels forced

My problem with this new Aladdin that the Critic should've criticized was that this Aladdin was not only selfish of not wanting to free the Genie, he was clumsy and scared. The original one was more caring and brave, he was tough himself to find a way to win Jasmine's heart, he fought Jafar as a giant snake and when he was helpless and powerless he still wasn't afraid and came up with another way to defeat Jafar.

That moment at 8:20 is some of the greatest animation ever. In one single shot, without a single word by Aladdin, you get so many complex emotions in a row, you can even see him doubting himself for a moment.

“What’s NC going to review for his 1st nostalgiaween video?” “It.” “What movie?” “It.” “No, what’s the name of the movie?” “It is the name of the movie!” “So It is it?” “Yes.” “And is he going to show it to us?” “No, Us is another movie altogether!” “Get out.” “Leave Jordan Peele out of this.” “Well what is it?” “It is this.” “So, this is it?” “No that’s Michael Jackson!” “Are you some kind of joker or something?” “No, Joker is a completely different clown! Pennywise is the clown!” “What’s Pennywise?” “It is Pennywise!” “So the movie is Pennywise?” “No the movie is It!” “But isn’t Pennywise it?” “It is Pennywise!” “So the movie is Pennywise?” “No, the movie is it!” “This is confusing!” “Because you’re not getting it!” “We’re not getting a review?” “No we are getting a review!” “Why you little-“ “What is it?” “THATS WHAT I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT!!!!”

Considering how much Jafar hated the country Jasmine's mom came from, he totally killed her

“What are you doing?!” “How about my foot?” It just looks so funny when animated beggar-Jaffar, with his exaggerated facial expressions, says something so casual.

“She’s a princess” “They all are” “Treat your woman like a queen” MmMmmmMmmmmhmmMmm

“WHO DISTURBS MY SLUMBER-Eh we don’t have time” **parrot noise** “HoW iS tHiS MoViE lOngEr?!” “I’m jafar...”

That whole Jasmine was the Genie twist. I'm going to say right now, that could have worked. Maybe genies originated in Sherabot, and Jasmine's mother was a genie, maybe her mothers bracelet was the manacle from when she was a Genie and Jafar killed her when he learned she was free and couldn't grant his wishes. That's why he's so focused on Sherabot, if the mother came from there, then there must be other magical artifacts or knowledge. And all the years of repression stopped Jasmine from tapping into her powers, but when Jafar takes over and she sees the Genie, she realizes her mother was a genie and Jasmine, by that lineage gives her the ability to become a Genie, so Jafar uses his sorcery to try and force her to give up her humanity and become his wife, giving up not only her freedom as a woman, but as a human. It acts as a way to show how the repression from things like stereotypes or gender roles can harm a person and puts Jasmine's desire for freedom in a much more literal battle, not to mention it provides an interesting story about how Genies come to be. But more importantly it provides an interesting moral that I don't know how to quantify, so I'll explain. Jasmine wants to be treated equally to a man (in that she wants the right to rule). In becoming a Genie, she would have to power to change things, but she would be at the mercy of anybody's whim. She could have ultimate power and in doing so the right to rule, but she chooses not to because if she can't rule on her own terms, she won't do it. Even as I type this I can't fully explain my thought process, so I'll just leave it here.

You guys remember the actor who played Karkaroff from the 4th Harry Potter movie? He would be a pretty good Jafar.

Am I the only one who had a problem with how Jasmine lied to Aladdin saying she was someone else when they met and then being mad at him for lying about his identity?

Just a mild note on one thing he didn't touch on-- We first meet Jasmine unintentionally stealing from a merchant to feed a kid. In the animated it's believable because she's sheltered and it's obviously her first time out. But in this one... this Jasmine wants to be FUCKING SULTAN. Her straight-up taking it from the table and then being surprised when the merchant gets angry that she has no money makes no sense. This Jasmine is well-read and can read maps and should know all about money and rules of society. Why would she casually take a product and think it'd be okay??? I get they'd want to keep the intro of both Jasmines the same, but they're different characters, and it just seemed so incredibly off for this one. I also thought that she'd mention improving the state of the poor once she's in charge, since Aladdin and poor kids and shit. But it wasn't focused on.

Its sad how much she out-sings him in A Whole New World.

Imagine if some KZfaqrs got together, and made their own version of the live action remakes, but with passion instead of greed as their main motivation, to show how Disney SHOULD have done it

My sister's high school's play of Aladdin was a better live-action version.

Disney should’ve hired the cloak from Dr. Strange to play the rug

AGREED ON THE WORD PLAY FOR ONE JUMP! “He’s got a sword!” “You idiots! We’ve all got swords!!” 😂😂😂😂

The Aladdin remake done in a Bollywood style would have been amazing!

Honestly, this may be the most enjoyable remake out of all of them Will Smith was pretty funny and yea Jafar is terrible in this but after that There are differences unlike the lion king remake and so enjoyable things in it P.S don’t yell at me for sharing my opinion you can hate it but I sorta enjoyed it

"I can show you the world!" Except for your mother's home country. We don't have the creativ- I mean, time for that.

Tim curry would have been great as a live action jafar

Something no one brings up: *in the live action remake, the genie doesn’t actually turn Aladdin into a prince! HE JUST MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE A PRINCE*

This is the first time when the ending credits are ACTUALLY the best part of the movie!

*Coming in 2030 Disney live action remake of Frozen*

We’ve had the Disney Renaissance, now with the live action remakes I say, “Welcome to the Disney Dark Ages.”

15:06 even if they cheat on you and if they insult her you slap the shit out of them at an award show

I'm suprised not a lot of many people talk about the 2017 Aladdin Stage-Play. *It's Astounding!*

I can't wait for the live action remake of Aladdin 4: Jafar May Need Glasses. That is going to be epic.

21:05 "How come he don't want me man" you thought you could sneak that in and we wouldn't notice??? You monster!

12:02 Doctor Strange’s cloak has more personality than the live action carpet

Can I just point out that with the Cave of Wonders, no one ever says “Don’t touch anything but the lamp”, instead, Jafar asks Aladdin _only bring him the lamp_ which is very different from being asked to avoid touching anything but the lamp.

3:20 Little boy: "Maybe if you rap." Little girl: "It's better when you rap."

Aladdin 1992 : scimitar fighting with a giant snake Aladdin 2019 : running away from giant parrot... and we have jam...

That “Tell Me More” Grease reference got me 😂 thanks so much for making these man consider yourself subbed

I see a pattern in the Disney remakes. All of them lack build up and character development.

Missed opportunity on the ending: "This was an Arabian Nightmare."

"Oh my God she was the genie all along, now that's a twist this movies needs!"

Doug: Will Smith looks scary! Cypher Raige: DENIED! SIT DOWN!

I ain't gonna lie: in my opinion, I think Will Smith did a great job with the opening song.

Why did a thoroughly Arab story suddenly get injected with all this Bollywood stuff? Did Disney seriously just go "Ahh its all foreign, who cares"

"what the hell what we smoking when we made this?" This is exactly what Disney said whenever they made a live action reboot

"How come he don't want me man?" It almost feels wrong to sound clip from that heartwrenching scene in Fresh Prince....

Love the girl power song that immediately ends with her begging a man to solve the problem...

This was tolerable but inoffensive. The Lion King is insufferable

"What, does becoming the Sultan just get you a new hat?" Yeah, it kind of does. Like, the Sultan isn't shown to be a dictator running on fear and oppression. His guards aren't automatons, forced to obey his orders, they can choose not to obey. It's actually a very nice example of how Jafar's short-sighted lust for power betrays him: he wastes a wish claiming a title he didn't need. Once he's the most powerful sorcerer in the world, he could just MAKE the Sultan abdicate to him. But no, he demands someone bestow the title on him...without earning it, so it doesn't get him anything: "Cool, you're the Sultan, me and the rest of the guards are going to rebel."

I'd imagine Robin Williams is rolling in his grave he is the Best Genie from the original Aladdin Will Smith's Genie in the 2019 Aladdin remake is Okay But NOT That Great

Critic: "Link pulled it off better" Me: *laughing* "Yeah Will Smith, sorry but Link was a more convincing Arabian woman than you!"

During Jasmine’s song I figured she was Thanosing everyone away. Shows how Aladdin is connected to the MCU.

Idk why the quiet “I’m Jafar!” Made me laugh so hard...

Jonathan Freeman (the original movie’s Ja’far) has been playing the role on Broadway since it opened about 6 years ago...he’s still got it! Despite being, at this point, 70 years old, it was a pleasure seeing him play the role live with the same booming voice. This Ja’far is just.....just.....overall bad. His mouth movements and his voice and his not being creepy is just....I don’t even know....

10:39 Jafar didn't make a lucky guess, he followed what Iago said. Iago is the one who alerted him that Aladdin was in the palace and Iago believed he was the diamond in the rough

Pitching Jafar in the 90s: Oh he's a diabolical, evil mastermind. He's ugly, dark and so snakelike that he actually turns into a giant snake at the end! Pitching Jafar in the 10s: Well he's... there.

"SAVE ME, GIN!" Save me, Djinn? Coincidence, or clever word play?

To be fair, I think the cave can differentiate between simply coming in contact while someone tries to get through its disorganized vault and actually taking the treasure.

Movie: "Gems" "Gems" "Gems" Me: "Did someone say Saitoon?"

I was very disappointed how they handled my scene in the remake. Still, I think he's RATHER TASTY!

you know he kinda sounds like iago when he's mad and yelling

Aladdin: What are you doing?! Jafar: hOw bOuT mY fOoT

Fact: In the Arabian Nights anime called “Magi” (pronounced MAH-Hoh), Aladdin is literally a little pervert. Let that sink in, Folks!

At least when digimon had a giant parrot, they had it fighting a fire breathing dinosaur.

“Save me, gin!” Don’t you mean djinn?

23:34 Actually Jafar did make kissy faces at Aladdin during his own song and it was hilarious, but they cut his song for the pointless Jasmine one in the end. While I understand that giving that block of wood cast as Jafar would have been atrocious I really liked the song from the original.

Watching a Nostalgia Critic video instead of the actual movie is tight

12:40 “Save me gin.” As in Djin? Underrated joke.

"The Aladdin Remake movie. Do you know what is in the Aladdin Remake movie?" "Delicious Jams and Jellies?"

Man... Aladdin was one of my favourites movies as a kid. Even the Finnish cast was fantastic. Vesa-Matti Loiri did a fantastic job as an "ADHD-genie" like my mother used to call him. This... this just feels like an insult. The movie could have done so many things differently yet decided not to do none of them. They just took the shortcut to the box office. Bravo. It might work as a modern family movie, but as an older Disney fan this is a pass for me.

1. There is a Tommy Wiseu-ish quality to how Jafar speaks. 2. "How come he don't want me man?" 😁

Will Smith’s genie taking over for Robin Williams is like a good stepfather taking over for a greater father. Can’t exactly replace what ya had but he does his best and you can appreciate it

"The remake is taking advantage of the original's focus so they don't have to try as hard." The MO of ever Disney remake past and future.

Oh boy did that treat your woman like a queen line from Smith sure aged well lmfao

24:00 I got to actually correct this it's actually not a Parrot Iago was transformed into a Roc they Mythical Bird That is actually from the Arabian Nights stories the Aladdin in that had to Battle so by technical means and standards they are taking a Lore/researched approach to the Climax

Heres the wishes Alladin should of made. 1 The ability to sing 2 The ability to emote 3 Wish the Genie free

The one thing that had everyone worried, Will Smith Genie, soon became one of the better parts of the movie. But of course, we all still miss Robin Williams

“Keep Jasmine’s name out yo f’ing mouth!!!” -The Genie

Princess Jasmine didn't need any added depth. She was perfect the way she was in the original.

Every time Jafar opened his mouth in this movie all I heard was "daddy issues."

"She's a princess." "Aren't they all?" 👏👏👏

In this one Aladdin WISHES HIS WAY OUT IF THE CAVE! He gets A FOURTH WISH in the end