Fantasy Guy Ritchie Directing Disney's Aladdin

[Cattywompus]

They can come up with a much better story than Return of Jafar for the sequel.

This requires Disney having any creatively

 

[daddydivine]

This requires Disney having any creatively

They honestly don't have to. There seems a very large group of people that want to see the classic stories written exactly the same with live action elements. The few Disney live action movies that failed tried to change the story.

Just saying...

 

[Cattywompus]

They honestly don't have to. There seems a very large group of people that want to see the classic stories written exactly the same with live action elements. The few Disney live action movies that failed tried to change the story.

Just saying...

Well good thing Disney has the two sequels & cartoon to pull from that will require no thinking

 

[dark_b]

when aladdin is in the frozen wasteland. was there a time jump when he is flying back? I think in the cartoon it was. how did he fly so fast back?

 

[DarkKnight88]

They honestly don't have to. There seems a very large group of people that want to see the classic stories written exactly the same with live action elements. The few Disney live action movies that failed tried to change the story.

Just saying...

Personally, all the DTV Disney is crap so ignoring them as much as possible would be the best way to go.

 

[TheVileOne]

They can come up with a much better story than Return of Jafar for the sequel.

After watching the live-action remake, I'm not so sure.

 

[Silvermoth]

I hear what you’re saying but IMO the return of jafar was the only exception. But maybe I was just at the right age for it at the time

 

[terry78]

 

[Darkness Falls]

really liked "Desert Moon"

 

[Marvolo]

I loved this movie. Surprised the hell out of me because I've been ****ting on this since I saw the first marketing pics. I even think Jafar worked well in the film.

As for the sequel, I want Jafar to be the big bad, but I'd save his return for the third film. Have a new villain in the sequel. Then at the end of the second film have the new villain find Jafar's lamp and set him free. Then in the third film Jafar returns to kill Aladdin, Jasmin, Genie and his family, and Agrabah.

 

[Prison Mike]

really liked "Desert Moon"

Same here! It’s a shame they cut it from the movie but glad we got to see the deleted scene.

 

[Drizzle]

As for the sequel, I want Jafar to be the big bad, but I'd save his return for the third film. Have a new villain in the sequel. Then at the end of the second film have the new villain find Jafar's lamp and set him free. Then in the third film Jafar returns to kill Aladdin, Jasmin, Genie and his family, and Agrabah.

You know, I never thought about a sequel to this but out of the live action Disney remakes of the big renaissance movies (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King), Aladdin is probably the likeliest to get one. After all, it isn't entirely out of the question since Maleficent got one and The Jungle Book is also supposedly getting a sequel. They could take some inspiration from the DTV sequels but just like those, I can't see a sequel reaching the same level of success.

 

[THORin]

Disney execs said they’re considering a sequel already. I think one will be made: maybe not two, but definitely one.

 

[terry78]

I'm sure they are.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I finally saw this the other night. I watched like 6 movies for the first time this weekend. This wasn't the worst, but was the only one that didn't leave an impression. Overall, I thought it was pretty lame, really boring and outside of when Will Smith wasn't trying to be Robin Williams. He can't sing worth a damn, but when he was doing his own thing as Aladdin's wing man, I enjoyed it. Honestly, I would have felt this was a complete waste if not for Jasmine. Who... yeah.

 

[the last son]

Had zero desire to see this, like ever, but my gf wanted to watch it. Boy did I come out impressed. Maybe because my expectations were so low, but other than dragging a little bit in the third act, I thought everything worked. Definitely want to see a sequel. 8/10

 

[X Knight]

I finally got around to watching this. I was getting a little bored at first, but I found myself liking it more and more as it went on.

It was certainly a lot better than the Lion King. And for me, it proved where the Lion King went wrong. Lion King tried to be so ultra-realistic and such a faithful, almost shot-by-shot, line-by-line remake of the animated film, that the movie just felt so lifeless and even "derivative." It was trying to blatantly copy the animated film while sucking all of the life and magic out of it.

At least Aladdin tried to do its own thing while still staying faithful to the original animated version. Now, not all of the new stuff worked totally well ( like Jasmine's new song which felt out of place style-wise ), but for the most part, it did work.

I was especially impressed by Will Smith's Genie. I thought no one can top Robin Williams' iconic role, and Will Smith didn't try to top it. He did his own version while, again, remaining faithful to what came before.

So, all in all, I enjoyed it. I'd say a solid 7/10.

But, more and more, I'm starting to question the need for these live action versions of the beloved animated films. Live action just can't replace the original animated versions, imo. Real humans ( or ultra-realistic CGI animals ) can't capture the same level of wonder and magic that animated characters can do.

 

[terry78]

True but Disney found a new way to rake in revenue on existing properties once Cinderella hit it in 2015.

 

[X Knight]

yeah, and Disney will keep making these until one of them seriously bombs and underperforms. which is not likely to happen for some time.

 

[DarkKnight88]

True but Disney found a new way to rake in revenue on existing properties once Cinderella hit it in 2015.

Earlier than that. Since Alice in Wonderland in 2010.

 

[Drizzle]

Earlier than that. Since Alice in Wonderland in 2010.

I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't consider Alice in Wonderland to be a live action Disney remake. It's a completely different story from the animated film (Alice is much older in the Burton version), it doesn't draw upon much visual influence from the original film at all, and it doesn't reference any of the songs from the original. I just take it as Burton's take on the Alice in Wonderland lore, but not a remake of the original film. They just both happen to be Disney films.

 

[terry78]

It was kind of a sequel to the original story, like from the actual book.

 

[Schlosser85]

Alice in Wonderland was a sequel, not a remake.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Sequel/remake/whatever, the point is it used the iconography of a classic animated Disney film to sell. See also Maleficent. They definitely count.

 

[Drizzle]

Sequel/remake/whatever, the point is it used the iconography of a classic animated Disney film to sell. See also Maleficent. They definitely count.

I'd agree with you on Maleficent. I'd say that was the one to really kickstart the current trend of Disney live action remakes. Not long after that hit it big at the box office, Emma Watson was announced to play Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Then of course came Cinderella and The Jungle Book and the rest is history.