Aladdin

The story of Aladdin  is well known because of the popularity of the cartoon and this movie is the reaction of the cartoon.  Aladdin (Mena Massoud)  is a young orphan boy that lives on the streets in the town of Agrabah and he is know for his mischievous acts. One  day he meets the princess (Naomi Scott)  who disguises herself as a maid and he falls in love with her. While trying to leave the palace without been found he met Jafar (Marwan Kenzari)  an adviser to the king but he had bad intentions unknowingly to the people of Agrabah. Jafar told Aladdin that who he came to meet was the princess and he will have him arrested unless he gets a lamp from the Cave of Wonders.
      Aladdin went there and he was given an instruction not to take anything else but the lamp. He got the lamp but as he was about to leave his monkey, Abu picked up a jewel and this made the cave to collapse. Instead of Jafar to help Aladdin he collected the lamp from him and left him to die but Aladdin survived with the help of a magic flying carpet and gets the lamp back and unlocks the power of the lamp releasing a Genie (Will Smith) .
 

The genie explained to Aladdin that he has three wishes and  Aladdin wished them out  of the cave. While they were out, he and the genie become very good friends and he told the genie about Princess Jasmine and the genie granted him his wish of becoming a prince (Prince Ali of Ababua) so that he would be able to marry the princess.  Jafar recognises him as Aladdin and in order to prevent him from winning the heart of the Princess and the Sultan he attacked them. He got the lamp back and used it to cause harm but Aladdin with help from Abu,  the magic carpet and the genie defeats Jafar and he ends up freeing the genie and marryi6the princess.
     What's so Special about Aladdin?
 When I watched this movie,  the things that stood out to me includes
 1: The friendship between Aladdin and the genie.  Although I have seen the cartoon I was still surprised by their friendship.
 2: Honesty and Integrity : The importance of integrity was shown in this movie through Aladdin.  He thought he could get the princess by pretending but he learnt that pretending does not take one anywhere.

 This movie beats the expectations of the viewers.  The cast were great and they  played their role perfectly. The songs which were also present in the original cartoon were performed so well and the new original song "speechless" by Princess Jasmine adds a bit of female empowerment.  The movie was released on May 24th 2019 and was directed by Guy Ritchie.  It runs for 128 minutes and is rated PG for some peril and action.