Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Jill Rosenblum Post #5: Aladdin (1992)


One of Walt Disney's best movies by far is Aladdin (1992) directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.
Although I saw this movie when I was younger I had forgot a lot of the details and major parts of this movie. Once I watched this movie my mind was able to recall the songs and I was able to really get into the movie.

Aladdin is a bout a poor street falling in love with a Princess, Princess Jasmine. Princess Jasmine likes Aladdin for who is he at first but Princess Jasmine isn't concerned about him at first. Her father is making her marry a prince and she must pick a prince and fall in love fast. The main piece in this movie is the magic lamp with a genie inside that will grant 3 wishes. Jafar who works for the royal family is found to really be evil and plot against the royal family to become more powerful than them. However, to obtain the lamp from the jaguar cave, a "diamond in the rough" is the only person allowed in the cave. This is when Aladdin comes along. Jafar tricks Aladdin to go into the cave and find the lamp and once Aladdin obtains the lamp, he accidentally rubs it and the genie comes out. Jafar ends up stealing the lamp from Aladdin through a series of tricks and we find out that Jafar is nothing without the genie. Towards the end of the movie we find out that Aladdin outsmarts Jafar and Aladdin is the true hero. This movie is a typical story and Aladdin and Jasmine fall in love and the genie is set free with Aladdin's help.

Even though this movie is animated, there are a lot of different shots. Medium close up, close up, over the shoulder and full body shots and more. Pretty much every scene shows the place of where the scene will be filmed which is cool that they still incorporate all the different shots in an animated film.

This movie is one of my all time favorites, it's a disney classic and will never be forgotten.

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