Compared with "good or bad", "audience's desires and demands" may be the more important criterion for evaluating a movie , because there are too many movies in the world, and our views and standards for movies have never been unified.
To be honest, before watching "Aladdin", I didn't have high expectations for this film. The theme is a remake of a classic animation, and watching the trailer is relatively "mediocre". There are various signs that this seems to be just a regular operation that is not new for Disney. ,However……
When I watched it with the normal heart of watching an entertainment film , I found that "Aladdin" was much better than I expected. It can even be said that this film was delayed by a poor trailer!
The music, pictures, costumes, movements, and styles of the film are all very pleasing, and there are many surprising highlights. Coupled with the long-lost and familiar performance of "The Emperor" Will Smith, "Aladdin" made me feel See infatuation.
[Friendly reminder: As long as you have watched the 1992 version of the animation "Aladdin", this film can't be said to be "spoiler-proof", and I think it doesn't matter whether the film is spoiled or not... But I still talk a lot. , there are minor spoilers below. 】
There's a lot to be said about Aladdin, but I'll start with the "action" part.
Shortly after the film started, there was a pre-emptive chase scene, where Aladdin and Princess Jasmine joined hands to dodge around the city, escaping the pursuit - the situation where Aladdin jumped up and down easily reminded people of the "Persian Monkey Prince", plus Aladdin's low-level survival philosophy of "little gangster", combined with Guy Ritchie's market perspective, looks quite immersive.
The story background of the film is set in the Middle East Arab world. Through the appropriate movement transitions and focusing on different close-up and long-range perspectives, we have fully experienced the beautiful and unique exotic scenery .
This brings out the next advantage, the colorful and colorful "picture".
Since "Aladdin" itself is a fantasy film/song and dance show/fairy tale focusing on "Arabian style", it adopts quite enthusiastic bright colors in the use of screen colors, such as the yellow of the desert, the blue of the sea, and the clothes of the characters. Most of them are based on bright colors such as white, red, and green. I have watched "Game of Thrones" a lot these days, and suddenly watching such a movie with high color saturation is a kind of refreshing "eyewash".
The scene of "Prince Ali" entering the city can be regarded as a masterpiece of "picture dazzling skills". Colors such as yellow, green, blue and pink are combined with singing and dancing "showing off the city", so they are a little "extremely exaggerated". I mean, but pretty is really pretty.
"Casting" and "music" are the main reasons why the film is loved by the audience, and the reputation of "audio-visual enjoyment" is well deserved. Will's Djinn stayed behind and said, I want to talk a little bit about Naomi Scott's Princess Jasmine.
From 1992 to 2019, the social trend and public opinion environment have undergone great changes in the past 27 years. Princess Jasmine is not only responsible for expressing the wisdom and beauty in the tradition, but also the independence and bravery of the modern style ... Naomi Completing this inheritance and evolution is worthy of appreciation (by comparison, Mena Massoud's Aladdin is a little more ordinary, but only with those eyes and "emotional" expression, it is enough for this role) .
Naomi's singing voice is not to be mentioned. She left several impressive songs in the film. The theme song "A Whole New World" is affectionate and elegant. Needless to say, the solo "Speechless" is resolute and atmospheric. Even more amazing!
Although most of the songs in "Aladdin" are just new compilations of old songs, these adaptations make people feel the possibility of being more popular and more diverse. I feel that many songs can be popular for a while with the relationship of the movie~
Another hidden reason for the good-looking film is the maturity of special effects technology today - after all, the texture of animation and real people is different, the beautiful ancient oriental country, magical magic, humanized flying carpet, unpredictable lamp god... With the help of special effects, Disney has restored the fantasy world of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" in "One Thousand and One Nights" and made it shine on the big screen again.
The film also has some shortcomings, such as the portrayal of the villain Jia Fang is too one-sided , even in such a "light person" film, it is a bit simple, and the whole film does not arrange for him to sing a paragraph, one is not in the song and dance film. The villain who sings is not a good villain!
In addition, monkeys, parrots, tigers, magic carpets (?) and other pets are too much for the show . Most of them are promoting the development of the plot, and sometimes it is unclear who is the master, and it is a bit overwhelming ...
However, watching the live-action version of "Aladdin" gave me an idea that I didn't realize when watching the animated version: Is the magic performed by the lamp god completely real? Or is it just a very clever trick?
When Jia Fang made his first wish to become a sultan, everyone kept their original memories. The captain of the guards, Hazim, once defected, but after Princess Jasmine's warning, he regained his loyalty to the old sultan. Fang made a second wish to become a magician and suppress the "traitors" with mana...
This feeling of true and false, combined with the principle of "I can only change the outside but not the inside" repeatedly emphasized by Deng Shen, it will be more interesting to think about the story of "Aladdin".
Finally, I want to give a special blow to Shi Huang, who injected a lot of energy into "Aladdin" and raised the quality of the film to a higher level.
The role of Deng Shen is under the greatest pressure in the whole film. The "Deng Shen" dubbed by Robin Williams in the 92 version was originally a pearl and jade, and now he has to star in a real person, and in this film, his image is It pays more attention to maintaining "classic" and "novel" than Princess Jasmine , and the difficulty can be imagined...
In the end, the film party chose Will Smith, who is excellent in singing, dancing, rap, and acting, to play the lamp god, which is a magic stroke.
Will debuted as a singer at the beginning, and later became popular because of the filming. The basic skills have nothing to say. A song "Friend Like Me" with rap, singing and boisterous dancing can shut up all doubts. .
In fact, Will's performance in the film is not outstanding compared to his performance in history:
In the "Jedi Boys" series, "Independence Day", "Men in Black" series, "Hancock" and other movies, Will has contributed to his eloquent and witty performances, and now he is playing a witty and grotesque lamp. It won't be too difficult, and more importantly , the traditional "comedy sense" that has been missing for so long in Hollywood blockbusters is too scarce, and Will's performance is a plus ;
The relationship between Aladdin and the lamp god is quite complicated. There are masters and servants, friends, and fathers and sons. Therefore, in addition to the comedy effect, appropriate warmth and warmth are also essential. The performance experience of films such as "Seven Pounds" also allows Will to face the delicateness with ease .
Having said so many good things, it is estimated that some people will suspect that I am writing a soft article... But I tout it so much, purely because it gave me a happy surprise.
"Aladdin" is a fairy tale and a Disney-style entertainment blockbuster. As long as you believe that there is beauty in this world and let go of the burden in your heart, then you will definitely like this movie that brings joy to everyone.
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