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Due to recent events, the Disney marathon will temporarily resume with the Aladdin trilogy

Day 5:

Aladdin (1992):


What can I say? I LOVE this movie. The characters are great. The story is great. The songs are great. There is no denying that this movie is one of THE greatest Disney movies ever!

The movie is about a "street-rat" who falls in love with a princess. He finds a lamp and meets the Genie, played by the one and only Robin Williams..... He wishes to become a Prince, but the evil Jafar steals the Genie's lamp and becomes an all powerful sorcerer. Aladdin then tricks Jafar into wishing to become a genie, and then this happens:

Robin Williams was EXCELLENT in this movie. Some of the best scenes in the movie involve his character.

I give this movie a 9 out of 10

Aladdin 2: Return of Jafar (1994)



I like to call this Direct-to-video sequel the "Robin William-less Aladdin", because, well, that's what it is. The film focuses more on the funny, yet sometimes annoying, parrot Iago.

The movie starts out with Aladdin steal some stuff from a group of thieves, then it cuts to Iago getting out of the lamp that Jafar is in. One of the thieves gets the lamp, Homer Simpson.... erm.... I mean the Genie shows up, everyone gets captured, Iago turns good (and gets not one, but TWO overly annoying songs), and then this happens:

Damn.... Talk about an over the top way to die.....

This sequel is.... not the best.... Only one of the songs is memorable (Jafar's own song "You're Only Second Rate"). The story is interesting, but all in all, this is obviously just setting up for the TV series (which I will NOT be reviewing).

I give this movie a 5 out of 10

Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)



You have no idea how difficult is was for me to track down this movie.... Well, here we go.

In Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding is crashed by none other than the 40 Thieves. Aladdin finds out that his father is still alive and is with the 40 Thieves. Aladdin battles one of the members of the thieves, and becomes an honorary member. Aladdin's dad gets arrested, then he gets broken out of jail by Aladdin. The thief that Aladdin beat returns and betrays Aladdin's father. The dad is captured and he and the remaining thieves go after the Hand of Midas. Aladdin, Iago, Abu, Jasmine, and the Genie (voiced once again by the late Robin Williams ) find them, beat up the thieves, find the Hand of Midas, and throw it into the sea. Also the merchant from the first movie returns at the end, bringing this trilogy full circle.

I enjoyed this Aladdin sequel more than the previous one. The songs in King of Thieves is memorable, and the main villain is excellent. The one complaint I have about this movie is the amount of references made by the Genie. I counted about 25 references made by the Genie.... more than the previous movies. There is one scene that shows the full brilliance of Robin Williams in this movie that should be shared, though:

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Genie

Do not attempt to move or we'll be shooting ourselves.

I give this movie a 7 out of 10.

The Disney Marathon will resume on August 16.