Aladdin (DVD)

...The primary characters are Aladdin (of course), who becomes Prince Ali Abawa, the Genie of the Lamp (played by an over-the-top Robin Williams), Princess Jasmine (who is only permitted to marry a prince, on her father's orders), Jafar the Grand Vizer (a villainous official who is driven to capture both the sheikdom and the fair Jasmine), the Sultan, and two animal friends of Aladdin, Iago the Parrot and Abu the Monkey. Aladdin lives a hand-to-mouth ...
...As fate would have it, Aladdin happens onto a discarded lamp, decides to polish it up, and discovers the Genie, who is a very entertaining and humourous types, granting Aladdin three wishes (with certain restrictions, like 'ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes'!). Aladdin as Prince Ali starts to court the fair Princess Jasmine, whom he had met prior to this as himself, when she was hiding from her father the Sultan, who had arranged a marriage for ...

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...offerings. The story behind Aladdin centres around the title character - a homeless street urchin living in the city of Agrabah. Whilst on he run from a city guard Aladdin bumps into a girl who also seems to e another of the cities many homeless children, but instead turns out to be the princess who is in hiding from her father after hearing of his plans for her arranged marriage. Aladdin promises to hide her and shows her the best place he knows ...
...an old man he tells Aladdin of the mysterious Cave of Wonders where he will find untold wealth if he can get in and out successfully. Of course Aladdin is interested and enters the Cave where by rubbing an ornate bottle he unleashes Robin William’s insane wise-cracking genie who grants him three wishes...and the rest is an comic adventure where Aladdin tries to win the favour of the sultan, his daughter’s hand in marriage and to stop ...

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...of course the Jasmine and Aladdin dolls complete with prince and princess outfits, Abu and a heat reactive lamp which looked clean when you touched it. My mum always makes special cakes and that year my birthday cake was a magic lamp with three wish cup cakes. Each contained a silver charm to add to my charm bracelet. Thats a special memory. Needless to say I wouldn't have got all that as presents and seen it three times if I didn't think it was ...
...my favourite parts is when Aladdin meets the genie for the first time. He's stuck in the depths of the cave of wonders with nothing but the lamp unknowing of what it can do when he wipes it to read the writing and hey presto the genie. He sings 'Friend Like Me'. A good fun, colourful song. I guess I like that song and this film in particular because it allows you to escape from reality and dream. The idea that there could be a world where your wishes ...

L.Yeomans 08.07.2003 (09.07.2003) · Read full review
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...you want?!! PLOT: Aladdin is a street rat, befriended only by his constant companion Abu, a very cute little monkey. Together they roam the streets searching for food they can steal to survive and constantly evading the palace guards. At night, they sleep in a rundown room not really fit for anyone but with a wonderful view of the city of Agrabah and the enormous palace that dominates the skyline. Aladdin feels trapped in this existence. He knows ...
...way to advance himself. Aladdin is not the only one who feels trapped. Jasmine is a Princess, the only daughter of the Sultan, and as such has spent her entire life inside the castle walls. Her constant companion is Raja, a suprisingly well-tempered tiger who chases away the multitude of princely suitors that come to claim Jasmine as their bride. By law, she must be married off before her fast approaching birthday. Knowing this, the Sultan is becoming ...

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...the genre of the film Aladdin help it appeal to a wide audiences and not just children. Walt Disney, one of the best companies in family entertainment produced Aladdin. It has produced lots animated films , including Bambi (1942), The Jungle Book (1967), and The Lion King (1994). Also produced or co produced a lot of live-action films, ranging from Mary Poppins (1964) to Pulp Fiction (1994) which was made by Miramax (their subsidiary company). I ...
...genre do this in Aladdin? Aladdin is the archetypal battle between good and evil with a twist, the genie and this is one of the reasons I love Aladdin. Aladdin meets the narrative theory of Propp, as it is a fairy tale, that there are 8 character roles and 31 functions that move the story on. You can see some of this in the sequence I have chosen in my sequence there is the 'princess' (Jasmine) the 'hero' (Aladdin) and The 'helper' (Genie and the ...

jamiemazza 15.05.2007 (23.05.2007) · Read full review
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...films. The story of Aladdin is brought to life with the fantasitc vocal talents of Robin Williams as the Genie. The Story Aladdin is a street kid, who finds a magic lamp that when rubbed, a genie will grant you any three wishes you want. The one wish Aladdin wants is for the Princess to love him, but that' a wish the Genie is forbidden to grant. So, Aladdin must find a way to get near hear and win her heart... The Graphics Absolutely fantasitc. ...
...The relationship between him and Aladdin starts off shacky as he's tricked into giving away a freebie, but soon becomes very fond of the luck struck lad. With the power to do anything, - with three exceptions!, - he gives Aladdin his best chance of winning the Princess's heart by turning him into a Prince. This is the funniest character of the film and I think the one with the most depth. Jafar The evil advisor to the Sultan. Along with his parrot, ...

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...of there light hearted stories, Aladdin is one of the ones which stand out above the rest. PLOT Aladdin in a street rat, who steals alongside his faithful monkey Abu, meets and falls in love with Princess Jasmine, who is tired of living in the Palace and needs to marry before her next birthday. By order of Jafar (sultans advisor) Aladdin is thrown in jail, once inside he meets a frail old man (jafar in disguise) who will tell Aladdin how to escape ...
...is full of riches, but Aladdin is only allowed to get the lamp. He stumbles upon a magic carpet that takes him to the lamp, but thanks to Abu touches some gold the cave starts to collapse. Aladdin rubs the lamp and a big, blue, loud genie appears and gets them out of the cave just in time. Once outside the Genie says that Aladdin has 3 wishes, so Aladdin of course wishes to be a prince and the genie turns Abu into an elephant. After a spectaculor ...

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...not get too downhearted because Aladdin does have plenty of things to commend it – great action and animation, well realised characters, lots of reasonable humour and the huge vocal talents of the master performer Robin Williams, as the hippest genie ever. In fact, so huge is Williams’ mark on this film that at times it becomes the Genie Show. None of that is to the story’s detriment, however, and Williams’ off the wall playing ...
...second. The story is based, as you well know, on the old tales from Arabian Nights and has been worn precious thin by a thousand pantomimes and a hundred thousand childish cries of ‘He’s behind you,’ but all that is set aside by a masterpiece of an animated feature, which simply sets its own rules and delivers time and time again in the Disney tradition. You get lovable animal sidekicks, and badder than bad villains, with Jafar ...

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The Classic tale of Aladdin the street rat is your standerd rag to riches story yet it is so much more than that. The preformance of Robin Williams is a particular highlight with his whacky and sidespilliting humor. The disney version of Aladdin may not have been in keeping with the original but this way just seems to work. It is a film children love yet wont make the parents cringe at the thought of sitting down and watching it with them. To sum up Aladdin in one word it would have to be Classic. ...

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This is a very enjoyable cartoon movie. My children, their cousins and friends (3-12 years old) have watched this dozens and dozens of times without them getting tired of it and without me getting tired of it. The story is a little different to the original 40 thieves, as most Disney films are, but the story told is full of great characters, a scary baddie, a little romance, plenty of jokes and a tense ending. Well as tense as any Disney endings ...
...voice of Genie. There are lots of visual jokes and a number of subtle references just for the grown ups. The only thing I would say is that many of these as period related and so the film will date more quickly than other Disney releases. If you or the children don't know that Genie is pretending to be Jack Nicolson half the joke is lost. As a bonus the songs are excellent too with the Academy award winning 'A Whole New World' and a host of others ...

steve_frazer 15.06.2000 · Read full review
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I thouroughly enjoyed aladdin its a fantastic childrens dvd( and even for adults too) it is a disney classic. Robin williams as the genie is fantastic throught the whole film. It also won an academy award for best original song ( a ehole new world) in 1992. In the film Aladdin, eighteen-year old Aladdin is first shown to be on the run from the Sultan's guards, especially Razoul, after he and his monkey, Abu, steal a loaf of bread. Once they escape ...

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...comedic gem full of adventure. Aladdin is a street urchin who gets by on what little he can steal. One day he runs into the Princess, who is in disguise, and falls hard for her. He discovers an old lamp and to his surprise, a genie voiced by Robin Williams pops out. Williams is in rare form as Disney seems to have let him do whatever he wants, which fits since it is a genie who has been bottled up for so long. He is in rare form as his genie seems ...

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...fooled by its commonplace appearence...". Aladdin get fooled into getting the lamp for an evil sorcerer and, when Aladdin is almost certain to die, his pet monkey, Abu, helps him out and steals back the lamp. You'll have to watch it to find out the rest but the morals of the story are clear. Again, i quote from the introduction "it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts" This 2 disk special edition set contains many special features ...

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...sequels to everything? I think Aladdin is fairly recent, maybe not even as much as five years old, but I think it holds some of the old Disney class. Based on an old story, it tells the tale of a young street boy called Aladdin, who finds a lamp. He rubs it, and lo and behold, a genie appears in front of him! The genie can grant him three wishes, and the story begins to unfold of Aladdin being in love with the Princess, but how he is not a Prince ...
...Disney's, it has a nice happy ending, and with Robin Williams for the voice of the Genie, it's pure Disney magic. The songs are among some of the best from Disney's, including "One Jump Ahead" and "Prince Ali". The only thing I will say is that there are some pretty scary bits with Jafar, so maybe not for the very young! ...

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...humour, and when he changes Aladdin into a prince to try to impress Jasmine. There are also the baddies, as usual, in the form of a sorcorer, and his bad-mouthed parrot. The flying carpet has his share of the fun too, being the genie’s friend and all. I recommend this film to people who like Disney films, and also like Disney’s catchy songs. ...

Groovygal2_99 13.07.2000 · Read full review
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