I remember watching Aladdin for the first time at an ex boyfriends house in 1993. I love this movie, Robin Williams is great as the voice of the genie, but all his movies are always great, take Jack and What Dreams May Come for instance.
It begins in Agrabah when Jafar, Iago and a peasant are in the desert, when Jafar puts the keys together they are lead to the treasure. When the mouth of the cave of wonders opens the pheasant goes in and is swallowed up as it closes. It is said only the diamond in the rough can go in. So the story goes ahead in time to the story of Aladdin, the diamond in the rough.
Now we see Aladdin, the street smart pheasant in the streets with his pet monkey Abu stealing some bread and running from the street marketers. He then goes to his hide away and looks at the view of the Palace were Jasmine lives, wanting to live their one day.
We now go and see Jasmine and her father the Sultan in the garden at the palace, were Jasmine and her pet tiger Raja scare off all the suitors for her to marry. She tells her father if she marries it should be for love not because the law says she has to be married by her next birthday in 3 days.
Now comes Jafar offering his services to marry her, but only so he can become the Sultan when it is time. In the middle of the night Jasmine runs off to see how it is beyond the palace walls, were she is saved by Aladdin after she gives a hungry boy an apple without paying.
They now go back to his hiding place were he shows her the view of the palace where he hopes to live one day. They are now chased again, that is when Princess Jasmine shows who she is and orders Aladdin released. It is on Jafar's orders he be caught and taken to him at the palace so he can get Jafar's treasure, but he tells Jasmine he has been beheaded.
Jafar then pays Aladdin a visit disguised as an old man telling him where the cave of wonders is, wants him to get him the magic lamp. He does so, he is the only one allowed in since he is the diamond in the rough.
As Aladdin goes to get the magic lamp Abu moves the forbidden treasure and the cave starts to melt all the treasures and starts to close up. The magic carpet flies out with Aladdin and Abu on for the ride. Just before Aladdin is almost out of the cave a rock hits the carpet and they are thrown off. Aladdin grabs on to the side of the cave, gives the old man "Jafar" the lamp and the cave closes before Aladdin, Abu and the carpet get out.
Jafar thinks the lamp is all his, but it fell back into the cave with Aladdin, He rubs the lamp and out pops the genie, granting him 3 wishes. He comes out turning into a whole cast of characters, waiter, boxer, etc..
Aladdin's first wish is to get out of the cave. They end up on an island, were Aladdin asks the genie what he would wish for, the genie's wish is to be free of the lamp, which Aladdin promises to do after he has his 2 wishes done. Aladdin points out he never wished to get out of the cave, so he still has 3 wishes left. His first is to become a prince so Jasmine will want to marry him.
Now Prince Ali makes his big entrance into Agrabah, and makes his way to the palace to marry the Sultan's daughter Princess Jasmine. But Jasmine will have nothing to do with him.
So the carpet flies him up to her balcony to talk to her. Aladdin takes her on a magic carpet ride. Jasmine asks if she knows him, reminds her of Aladdin. They soon fall in love.
When Jasmine says to bad Abu had to miss the carpet ride, he says no he wouldn't have liked it. She is mad because he lied to her. But she forgives him, glad to have him back.
Soon after Jafar gets him and throws him in the water to get rid of him so he can marry the Princess and become the Sultan and take over the palace. Genie is their to save him again.
Jasmine is told by her father, who is under a spell she is to marry Jafar. But Aladdin is back and takes The cane that is putting the Sultan under a spell.
The Sultan is happy Jasmine found a suitor at last, and Aladdin becomes the next Sultan. But Jafar is still trying to get the lamp so he can become the Sultan. Jafar finally gets it from him when pretending to be the Princess and calls him out of the room.
Now that Jafar has the lamp, the genie must grant Jafar his wishes, his first is to become the Sultan. Which he does become.
The Sultan, Jasmine and Aladdin must now stop him, but he now wishes to become a powerful Sorcerer.
Jasmine finds out Ali is Aladdin for sure. Jafar throws the carpet, Abu and Aladdin far away so they cannot mess up his plans to become the ruler of the palace.
Aladdin tells Jafar why not be the most powerful genie in the world, which he does and ends up in the bottle and thrown into the desert.
The Sultan now sees Jasmine and Aladdin together and the wedding is planned.
This movie is great for all ages. Rated G, running time of 90 minutes. No swearing, a little violence when their is fighting in the market place, not to much though.
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