Aladdin: Movie Review

by Pukar Gautam

edited by Nitya Poudel

In the beginning of the movie, there was a man who was singing a song and moving towards a city. When he reached the city he opened a shop. He showed tricks with the items of his shop. The shopkeeper showed a lamp and narrated a story where Jafar is in the desert at the night.

Jafar had a parrot named Eiago. A man ran towards Jafar and connected two pieces of the beetle together. The beetle flew and landed on the desert. A cave with a tiger mouth appeared from the sand where the beetle had landed.  It was the cave of wonders. Jafar knew that there was valuable treasure including the magical lamp inside the cave so he ordered the man to go and get the treasures. If he could bring the treasures, he promised that all the treasure would be his except the lamp. The man tried to go inside but the cave stopped him and said that it will only be opened by the diamond in the rough.

There was a naughty boy with a naughtier monkey running on the roof. He was running from the guards because he stole bread. His name was Aladdin (diamond in the rough) and his monkey’s name was Abu. A fat girl carried Aladdin when he was running away from the guards. It was really funny and I laughed a lot. When they reached their home, they divided the bread into half. There were two hungry children so Aladdin wanted to give his bread to the children. Aladdin gave his bread and after seeing that Abu also gave his bread. The children were happy and they walked towards the street.

When they were going to cross the street, a horse with a prince riding on it came towards them. The prince was angry that the children crossed his way and so he tried to hit the children with a whip. Aladdin came in the way and saved them.

The next day, the prince walked inside the castle very angrily. His clothes were torn by the princess’s pet tiger. Her name was Jashmine. The king went to his daughter and said to get married to prince because it was a law. The princess told that she wanted to get free and not marry with a prince because she wanted to see the world outside the palace too.

 Jafar who was the king’s royal advisor came and hypnotized the king. He asked for the king’s ring from which he could look at the diamond in the rough (Aladdin). That night, the princess ran away from the castle. As she was walking through the street next day, she saw a hungry girl. She gave her an apple from a shop but did not pay because she did not have money. The shopkeeper was going to hit Jashmine, Aladdin came and saved her. Jafar was looking all these through the ring. When they reached Aladdin’s home they guards attacked them. They took the princess back to the castle and Aladdin in the prison. In the night, Abu came and freed Aladdin.

When they were escaping the prison, they saw an old man. The old man told that they could get rich if they go to the cave of wonders and get the magical lamp. Jafar had disguised into the old man. He told that there were many treasures inside the cave of wonders. He would give it all to Aladdin if Aladdin could find the lamp. Aladdin was ready and they went to the cave through a secret way. When they reached, the cave alerted Aladdin and Abu to not touch anything except the lamp. Aladdin and Abu went inside. They reached a place full of gold and found a carpet that was following them. The carpet could fly. The carpet showed them the way towards the lamp. The lamp was placed in the rock which was in the middle of the lake. Aladdin asked Abu and the carpet to stay in the shore while he went to bring the lamp. There was a statue carrying a ruby. Abu touched the ruby and there were explosions inside the cave. Aladdin took the lamp jumped in the carpet which came to save. They made their way to the mouth of the cave. The old man asked for the lamp. Aladdin gave him the lamp but the man took a knife out and tried to attack Aladdin. Abu bit his hand, stole the lamp and jumped.

Abu gave the lamp to Aladdin and when Aladdin rubbed the lamp, Genie came out. Genie could grant any three wishes to Aladdin but he had some rules: 1. Genie could not kill people 2. He could make people fall in love 3. He could make dead people alive. Other than that he could do anything. Aladdin and Abu made a plan to get out of that cave without using any of the three wishes. They kept whispering that Genie could not take them out of that place. Genie heard that and he was angry that Aladdin and Abu underestimated him so he took them to the island. He said that one of Aladdin’s wish is gone after reaching the island but Aladdin told that he not even wished for something and Genie brought them there. Then the Genie told that he was not free. Aladdin asked him how Genie could be free and the Genie told that he could only be free if the master uses one of his wishes to free the Genie. He would use his third to wish to make the Genie free.

After that Aladdin granted his first wish to become a prince. He became a prince and went to his own city. He asked the princess’s hand for marriage. The king was ready but Jafar wanted to marry the princess because after marrying the princess he could become the next king. The princess was not ready to marry anyone as she did not know that the prince was actually Aladdin. At night, Aladdin came to the princess’s room to tell her the truth. He travelled all around the world with her on the magic carpet. After some days, they were kidnapped by the guards of Jafar and were thrown in the water. The Genie came out and saved Aladdin but it was counted as his wish. Then the Genie kept arguing to let him free for the last wish. Aladdin told that he could not let Genie free because he had to marry the princess because he loved her. Genie was angry as Aladdin was going to break his promise. He went inside the lamp. Aladdin also left the lamp in the room and went to the top of the tower. Eiago flew in the room, picked the lamp and flew to Jafar.

Jafar was happy and he granted his first wish that was to be the king of the place. He ordered the people to bow before him. The people did not bow so he granted his second which was to be the world’s strongest magician. He made everybody bow before him. He put Aladdin, the magical carpet and Abu inside a tower and sent them to a snowy place. Aladdin again flew back and fought with Jafar. Jafar kept on saying that he was the strongest person but Aladdin told that Jafar was not the strongest but Genie was the strongest. Jafar got all his powers from Genie and Genie could take it back. Jafar told his last wish was to be a Genie. He became a Genie and was trapped inside a lamp. Genie threw the lamp away. All the magic that Jafar had done was gone. Then Aladdin also gave his final wish which was to set the Genie free. Then the Genie was free and went towards to explore the whole world. Aladdin and the princess fell in love and lived happily ever after.