![]() What's worst of all is that Aladdin decides that he wants to marry this woman when he's shared almost no playful banter with her or even seen some of her likable qualities. They both have dead mothers that taught them the same song, which isn't expanded upon at all. Throughout most of the movie Mena Massoud's acting is fine, but in this scene in particular his performance feels very wooden and dampens the chemistry they have. They go back to Aladdin's place and share somewhat awkward dialogue. In the remake Aladdin saves Jasmine from nothing more than an argument with a merchant. They share playful banter while at the same time confiding in each other over their life problems. ![]() Aladdin is thoroughly impressed when Jasmine demonstrates her intelligence. ![]() In the original, Aladdin saves Jasmine from being horribly mutilated, instantly setting up a level of trust and closeness between them. For a movie centered around romance, this is a huge flaw. The Romance.Īladdin and Jasmine have almost no chemistry in the remake. because she is by no means a better written character. You should change the statement "Jasmine is a better character in the remake" to "I like the fact that she was a queen in the remake". They should have been expanded on, or cut out entirely. In the remake, her not wanting to have a forced marriage and wanting to have experiences outside of the palace are still present, but they all feel like footnotes rather than actual plot points. Aladdin eventually gives her the life experiences she has been so strongly craving in the "A Whole New World" sequence. She is initially attracted to Aladdin's inner worth, and un-attracted to his false prince persona. She also is not impressed by the outward pomp of selfish princes trying to court her. She refuses to be forced into marriage (a problem that was prevalent in that historical period and in some areas of the world today) and hasn't had any true friends or genuine life experiences. In the original Jasmine's character is incredibly well developed. What's even worse is that in order to showcase this aspect of her character, other important aspects of her character are rushed. beyond that there is little development towards her being queenly besides her constantly saying she wants to be queen. What gets shown to us that would make us think Jasmine is a good queen? We know she reads books on ruling, and she gave that empowering speech to the guards. Instead, this aspect of her character was seriously underdeveloped. It was different from the original and would be an interesting angle for a princess movie. When I heard that Jasmine was going to strive to be sultan, I actually encouraged the change. I've seen numerous people say that Jasmine is better in the remake than she is in the original, but I would argue that Jasmine in the original is much more fleshed out. There is one character in particular which wasn't developed enough that I've dedicated an entire point to, and that is the character of Jasmine. In the original Jafar's motive was simple. It may have made his character more interesting beyond "bad guy wants to do bad things" if we knew why he wanted to invade the country. We know that Jafar wants to invade the country where Jasmine's mother was born, but we never really get a reason why. This entire subplot feels very rushed, especially in a movie with a 2+ hour runtime. A major change in his character feels surgically removed from the film. We don't even see what causes him to change his mind. What's even worse is that when he realizes he has been acting wrong, he has his epiphany OFF CAMERA. There are numerous aspects of character development that are rushed or flat out skipped.Īladdin turns into a vain selfish prince almost at the drop of a hat. There are numerous flaws with the movie IMO, and i'm going to separate them in parts. ![]() The scene were Jasmine convinces the guards to not follow Jafar had great dialogue and felt very powerful. She was a pretty funny addition to the film as well. He brought his own charisma and didn't rely on copying the energy of Robin Williams. He got multiple chuckles out of me, and was responsible for most of the successful humor in the film. I, like many people, was very surprised by Will Smith's portrayal of the Genie. I would argue that it executes the things it copies from the original significantly worse, and the changes it does make don't add anything to the story.īefore I tear apart this movie, I want to state the things that I like. I see a lot of people on Reddit and in real life propping up Aladdin as a remake done right.
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