Aladdin

Featuring the voice of Robin Williams

If you're ever a homeless boy and you fall in love with a princess, it's ever so handy if you can scrounge up a magic lamp to give you the wealth and power necessary to impress even the snobbiest of royalty. This is the lesson we learn from Aladdin, who willingly gave up his identity to impress the lovely Jasmine, who really isn't a snob. The genie and Aladdin are fast friends, and when Aladdin gets caught up in his own hype, it's the genie and his other two friends, a monkey and a rug, that persuade him that being a street rat has it's own fringe benefits.

I would say that this is one of Disney's newest classics. Having said that, while it's a fun movie, but if you watch it too closely, you find that it's essentially a pool of Disney vomit. Every part of the movie can be equated to an older Disney movie.

The dialogue is fun, and the visuals are great, but that's where my love for Aladdin ends.

I remember being in high school and belting out these songs at the top of my lungs with my friends. "I Can Show You the World" takes on a whole new level of cheese when there are nine people in Toyota Tercel singing out the windows.

I'm not mad for the idea of the whole "princess" culture that little girls are into, but Jasmine is one of my favorites among them. Maybe it's her hair, maybe it's the fact that she doesn't wear a ball gown seven days a week. I don't know. But she thinks for herself, loves her Daddy, and has a pet tiger - what's not to like?

I am amazed anew at how funny Disney movies can be. There are so many moments that just send me into hysterics. Overall, not only a great stroll down memory lane, but also a great movie to sing along to.