That's what I was gonna say. I remember going to a skating arena where they would play these songs and the opening rif raf song all the time. Definitely classics.
As for the A Whole New World in the 2019 version, it lacks what made the 1992 version work *phenomenally* well, which is the characters quickly flying on the Magic Carpet to many perfectly animated (even by Disney Renaissance standards) locations around the world where the remake, on the other hand, only has Aladdin, Jasmine and the carpet fly on top of Agrabah, and it depends on Your view whether it can be considered a decent thing or not.
I LOVE Aladdin’s color palette. The colors are basically vibrating in every frame. The blue and orange - no Disney movie has such a stylistic color palette
Siskel often seemed to have a problem imagining that the songs from then-contemporary musicals would eventually BECOME classics. As Ebert responded on another review to such a criticism, sometimes you have to listen to a song 2 or 3 times before you know if it's memorable or not.
The songs from Aladdin are some of the best of any animated film Disney has ever produced. The film itself rivals The Lion King as the best of the Disney Renaissance. As for Robin Williams, I am in complete agreement. He was the first celebrity casting in an animated role, and, totally unsurprisingly, considering it is Robin Williams, still the best. I don't think any of the countless celebrity castings in the last 30 years has ever equalled him in Aladdin. What an extraordinary accomplishment. Well done, sir. Well done, wherever your are. You are missed more than you can know.
yeah re-watching these reviews about disney movies and their criticism on the music "OH THIS SONG WILL NEVER CATCH ON!" they have NO idea how these songs will turn out. Just think of Frozen! No one would have guessed that song would be so popular haha!
Yeah i liked Aladdin as a movie, but i couldnt care much for music stuff haha. But i`ve always been more fan of Prince of Persia 1989 DOS game or Sands of Time on PC. Aladdin is ok but its not my favorite
They're saying the songs are not as good as the previous movies songs is the only thing I strongly disagree with. "A Whole New World" might be one of the best Disney songs of all time, and if you don't feel any emotion while hearing it. You have no soul.
Siskel says it’s aimed at boys like that’s really a reason it wasn’t as good as the previous animated features, haha! I think he was dead wrong (no pun intended) about the songs, too.
It's ironic that Siskel said that the songs aren't classics because they are classic Disney songs, especially "A Whole New World." That song is one of the most iconic Disney songs ever.
thats like a staple review tagline in all their reviews (was the disney songs in this one memorable or not) and to me that's always a throwaway point for a review because no one....NO ONE...can predict the next disney song hit.
It kinda feels like they never really gave any of the Disney films after Beauty and the Beast that much credit. TLM and B&tB set the standard for them, and they're good films, but Aladdin is probably just as good if not better than one or the other.
As far as an overall movie goes, it's not up to Beauty and the Beast and perhaps even Little Mermaid. However, Aladdin is a very good movie and it's by far the funniest of those three movies. I like all three but Aladdin would be my favorite of the three even if it's not technically the best.
@@1981lashlarue and respectfully for me I think Aladdin suffers more than a bit because of an over-reliance on humor. Aladdin is naturally a strange mature story that Disney glosses over to give it ‘The Disney Brand.’
@@nickperkins8477 To each his own. However, I think the same could be said for a lot of the stories or fairy tales that Disney adapted into animated films. A lot of those fairy tales are actually pretty dark, even in the whitewashed Disney versions.
The things they like best about the film really date it and keep it from becoming a classic. This was enjoyable, but there will be much better versions of Aladdin in the future.
Caught that too, but the culture was so different back then. Prior to Aladdin, there was The Little Mermaid and Beauty & The Beast, which ushered in the new Disney princess renaissance. Disney was at a lucrative point where they were making brilliant movies for little girls that made a fortune. Aladdin was suddenly the first "new" Disney movie that really focused on prince charming instead of the princess (even though the Genie stole the show). I don't know if it was just a shock to the system for Siskel in light of the last two movies or if he was just being a beta wimp. I also don't understand why The Rescuers Down Under is always somehow forgotten with this period, which was an equally great movie that's never mentioned alongside Mermaid/Beauty/Aladdin/Lion King.
@Bold One I despised the remakes, almost every single remake of the original ones, I hate, the remake of Ghostbusters, I totally hated it, it wasn't original and the humor wasn't good... as soon as I saw the movie, I didn't like it... I gave it 👎👎👎.
so Beauty and the Beast and the little mermaid is more girls than boys but no negative but Aladdin is penalized because Siskel says it more for boys? hmmmm
Lion King made the most money of all the Disney films at that time. It outgrossed Aladdin, which outgrossed Beauty and the Beast, which outgrossed The Little Mermaid.
My biggest issue with it was the Robin Williams part. Too many impersonations and references that would (and did) become dated. Aladdin in clearly a film from the early 90s, while TLM and BatB are timeless, like Disney movies should be in my mind.
While I understand what you mean, I disagree about Robin's so called 'out dated' impressions. He impersonates people from multiple generations and if there is anything current generations need now is some sort of knowledge of who and what existed before them
I had mixed feelings about Robin Williams's impersonations when I first saw the movie. On one hand, I was laughing right along with everyone else in the theater. On the other hand, I was asking myself, "Aren't Disney movies supposed to be timeless? This will get outdated someday." Even back then it was predictable. I like the movie but I always blamed it as the starting point for all the lame pop culture reference jokes in animated movies in the early to mid 2000's.
God, I wish that those two were still alive, I would've loved them do review other movies, like, 1. Aladdin. - 2019. 2. Pete's Dragon. - 2016. 3. The Jungle Book. - 2016. 4. Alice in Wonderland. - 2010. 5. Alice through the looking glass. - 2016. 6. Snow White and the Huntsmen. - 2012. 7. The Huntsmen a winter's tale. - 2016. 8. Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. - 2016. 9. Fantastic Beasts the crimes of Grindelwald. 2018. 10. Fantastic Beasts the secrets of Dumbledore. - 2022. 11. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 1. 12. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2. 13. The Hobbit an unexpected journey. (and the sequel). 14. The Little Mermaid 2 return to the sea. 15. the little mermaid 3 Ariel's beginning. 16. Cinderella. - 2015. 17. Mulan. - 2020. 18. Maleficent. - 2014. 19. Maleficent Mistress of evil. - 2019. 20. Pokémon Detective Pikachu. - 2019. 21. The Croods. - 2013. 22. The Croods a new age. - 2020. 23. The Boss Baby. - 2017. 24. the boss baby family business. - 2021. 25. How to train your dragon the hidden world. - 2019. 26. Call of the wild. - 2020. 27. Solo a Star Wars story. 28. Rogue one a Star Wars story. 29. Star Wars the force awakens. 30. Star Wars the last Jedi. 31. Star Wars the rise of Skywalker. 32. Despicable Me. 33. Despicable Me 2. 34. Despicable Me 3. 35. Minions. 36. Minions the rise of gru. 37. Zootopia. 38. The secret life of Pets. 39. The secret life of Pets 2. 40. Lady and the tramp. - 2019. 41. Dumbo. - 2019. 42. Cats. - 2019. 43. West Side Story. - 2021. 44. Child's Play. - 2019. 45. Poltergeist. - 2015. 46. Paranormal Activity. - 2007. 47. Paranormal Activity 2. - 2010. 48. Paranormal Activity 3. - 2011 49. Paranormal Activity 4. - 2012. 50. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. - 2021. 51. It. - 2017. 52. It chapter 2. - 2019. 53. The Grinch. - 2018. 54. The Polar Express. - 2004. 55. Ghostbusters answer the call. - 2016. 56. Ghostbusters afterlife. - 2021. 57. Thor. - 2011. 58. Thor the dark world. 2013. 59. Wonder Woman. - 2017. 60. Wonder Woman 1984. - 2020. 61. Black Panther. - 2018. 62. Guardians of the Galaxy. 63. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2. 64. The Simpsons Movie. 65. The Bob's Burgers movie. 66. Jurassic World. 67. Jurassic World fallen kingdom. 68. Jurassic World Dominion. etc. etc.
An absolutely dreadful animated movie! Not a big Robin Williams fan, and found the animation and songs to be awful. Did not like the characters either.
The music... definitely hits. A Whole New World, Prince Ali, and Friend Like Me are up there with the best Disney has ever put out.
That's what I was gonna say. I remember going to a skating arena where they would play these songs and the opening rif raf song all the time. Definitely classics.
A whole new world became a HUGE hit.
As for the A Whole New World in the 2019 version, it lacks what made the 1992 version work *phenomenally* well, which is the characters quickly flying on the Magic Carpet to many perfectly animated (even by Disney Renaissance standards) locations around the world where the remake, on the other hand, only has Aladdin, Jasmine and the carpet fly on top of Agrabah, and it depends on Your view whether it can be considered a decent thing or not.
I LOVE Aladdin’s color palette. The colors are basically vibrating in every frame. The blue and orange - no Disney movie has such a stylistic color palette
The REDS
Siskel often seemed to have a problem imagining that the songs from then-contemporary musicals would eventually BECOME classics. As Ebert responded on another review to such a criticism, sometimes you have to listen to a song 2 or 3 times before you know if it's memorable or not.
Aladdin is a masterpiece, I Love that movie
I actually think if this was today's Oscars he would have been nominated for an Oscar. There was that talk back in 1992 but it was just not heard of.
Absolutely
I'm so glad to have this as one of my favorite movies of all time. Every time I watch this, I have no regrets.
Robin Williams comic talent really lent itself to the animated medium. The genie was his greatest performance.
As a dad, I agree! My two best Disney animation films by far are Aladdin and Hunch Back of Notre Dame. Amazing vocals in Hunchback on those songs
I think I prefer Aladdin to The Little Mermaid but Beauty and the Beast is the best of the three. For me at least.
I love all three of those movies, but I like "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid" more.
They are the three top Disney films from the 80's thru today.
I'd say Beauty and the Beast> The Little Mermaid> Hunchback of Notre Dame> The Lion King > Aladdin> Mulan> Tarzan> Hercules> Pocahontas
The reason Aladdin is my favorite of these classics is because It appealed to adults because of Robin Williams.
Robin Williams as the Genie is better than anything from TLM or BATB.
The songs from Aladdin are some of the best of any animated film Disney has ever produced. The film itself rivals The Lion King as the best of the Disney Renaissance.
As for Robin Williams, I am in complete agreement. He was the first celebrity casting in an animated role, and, totally unsurprisingly, considering it is Robin Williams, still the best. I don't think any of the countless celebrity castings in the last 30 years has ever equalled him in Aladdin. What an extraordinary accomplishment. Well done, sir. Well done, wherever your are. You are missed more than you can know.
Two great comics in this film-Robin Williams and Gilbert Gottfried.
Both now gone
"The story is rougher, more oriented toward boys than girls". Siskel frames this as a criticism and I can't imagine why.
he had two girls.
Did he just say the songs are not classics? :O
Williams IS the film and Oscar worthy!
RIP Robin Williams
He was the greatest.
This didn’t age well “these songs are not classics”
They once said Tom Hanks lacked screen charisma (during their review of "Splash").
yeah re-watching these reviews about disney movies and their criticism on the music "OH THIS SONG WILL NEVER CATCH ON!" they have NO idea how these songs will turn out. Just think of Frozen! No one would have guessed that song would be so popular haha!
They were consistently clueless about music and musicals.
Yeah i liked Aladdin as a movie, but i couldnt care much for music stuff haha. But i`ve always been more fan of Prince of Persia 1989 DOS game or Sands of Time on PC. Aladdin is ok but its not my favorite
Yes. The songs are the only things in the movie that are flawless.
I miss Gene and Roger! :-(
Me too.
I thought for a second you said "Genie and Roger". Both versions work sadly.
saw this when i was nine in 1993 on vhs with my parents and little sister my dad rented it from a pharmacy at the time
I miss Robin Williams I loved him as genie
They're saying the songs are not as good as the previous movies songs is the only thing I strongly disagree with. "A Whole New World" might be one of the best Disney songs of all time, and if you don't feel any emotion while hearing it. You have no soul.
Siskel says it’s aimed at boys like that’s really a reason it wasn’t as good as the previous animated features, haha! I think he was dead wrong (no pun intended) about the songs, too.
The previous two movies was Beauty and the Beast and The Rescuers Down Under.
"Appeals more to boys"
And that's a bad thing???
I disagree. Songs were great, story was more adventurous than previous two. This is my favorite of the three.
It's ironic that Siskel said that the songs aren't classics because they are classic Disney songs, especially "A Whole New World." That song is one of the most iconic Disney songs ever.
thats like a staple review tagline in all their reviews (was the disney songs in this one memorable or not) and to me that's always a throwaway point for a review because no one....NO ONE...can predict the next disney song hit.
My fav Disney movie!
I liked the songs
It kinda feels like they never really gave any of the Disney films after Beauty and the Beast that much credit. TLM and B&tB set the standard for them, and they're good films, but Aladdin is probably just as good if not better than one or the other.
Roger: Yeah I don't think it's as good as the last two Disney films
Rescuers Down Under: am I a joke to you?
"The movie isn't quite up there with Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast"
Well, everyone's entitled to an opinion...but you're wrong.
As far as an overall movie goes, it's not up to Beauty and the Beast and perhaps even Little Mermaid. However, Aladdin is a very good movie and it's by far the funniest of those three movies. I like all three but Aladdin would be my favorite of the three even if it's not technically the best.
@@1981lashlarue and respectfully for me I think Aladdin suffers more than a bit because of an over-reliance on humor. Aladdin is naturally a strange mature story that Disney glosses over to give it ‘The Disney Brand.’
@@nickperkins8477 To each his own. However, I think the same could be said for a lot of the stories or fairy tales that Disney adapted into animated films. A lot of those fairy tales are actually pretty dark, even in the whitewashed Disney versions.
@@1981lashlarue absolutely.
The things they like best about the film really date it and keep it from becoming a classic. This was enjoyable, but there will be much better versions of Aladdin in the future.
Did he imply that the movie being more targeted towards boys is a bad thing?
Caught that too, but the culture was so different back then. Prior to Aladdin, there was The Little Mermaid and Beauty & The Beast, which ushered in the new Disney princess renaissance. Disney was at a lucrative point where they were making brilliant movies for little girls that made a fortune. Aladdin was suddenly the first "new" Disney movie that really focused on prince charming instead of the princess (even though the Genie stole the show).
I don't know if it was just a shock to the system for Siskel in light of the last two movies or if he was just being a beta wimp. I also don't understand why The Rescuers Down Under is always somehow forgotten with this period, which was an equally great movie that's never mentioned alongside Mermaid/Beauty/Aladdin/Lion King.
The only answer you need which is it cuts out a big chunk of your potential audience. From a business standpoint that’s not good
@@kobeanderson6718 of course men are half the population and I doubt they were lining up to watch Little Mermaid.
Girls would like Jasmine and Aladdin. Dude was out of touch.
I think they would have hated the live action one.
I liked the live action version.
@Bold One I despised the remakes, almost every single remake of the original ones, I hate, the remake of Ghostbusters, I totally hated it, it wasn't original and the humor wasn't good... as soon as I saw the movie, I didn't like it... I gave it 👎👎👎.
Dang , i miss robin williams.
I think in some ways it's best Disney movie it's silly and weird and really uses the medium
so Beauty and the Beast and the little mermaid is more girls than boys but no negative but Aladdin is penalized because Siskel says it more for boys?
hmmmm
If it was called Rubbed, it would be more truthful labeling
0:55 Did anybody catch the subliminal ass shot? Look quickly and carefully.
As much as I adore the visual style of this movie, I didn't find the story or the characters that deep or entertaining.
3/5 from me.
It helps if you grew up with it.
cool story bro
aladdin is ace but the lion king kicks everyones ass
Lion King made the most money of all the Disney films at that time. It outgrossed Aladdin, which outgrossed Beauty and the Beast, which outgrossed The Little Mermaid.
My biggest issue with it was the Robin Williams part. Too many impersonations and references that would (and did) become dated. Aladdin in clearly a film from the early 90s, while TLM and BatB are timeless, like Disney movies should be in my mind.
While I understand what you mean, I disagree about Robin's so called 'out dated' impressions. He impersonates people from multiple generations and if there is anything current generations need now is some sort of knowledge of who and what existed before them
What's TLM and BatB?
@@tims.2717 Sorry, was just short-forming The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
I had mixed feelings about Robin Williams's impersonations when I first saw the movie. On one hand, I was laughing right along with everyone else in the theater. On the other hand, I was asking myself, "Aren't Disney movies supposed to be timeless? This will get outdated someday." Even back then it was predictable. I like the movie but I always blamed it as the starting point for all the lame pop culture reference jokes in animated movies in the early to mid 2000's.
There will be a remake and 2019
And I wonder if both Gene and Roger would of liked it.
Aladdin is better than Little Mermaid.
God, I wish that those two were still alive, I would've loved them do review other movies, like,
1. Aladdin. - 2019.
2. Pete's Dragon. - 2016.
3. The Jungle Book. - 2016.
4. Alice in Wonderland. - 2010.
5. Alice through the looking glass. - 2016.
6. Snow White and the Huntsmen. - 2012.
7. The Huntsmen a winter's tale. - 2016.
8. Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. - 2016.
9. Fantastic Beasts the crimes of Grindelwald. 2018.
10. Fantastic Beasts the secrets of Dumbledore. - 2022.
11. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 1.
12. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2.
13. The Hobbit an unexpected journey. (and the sequel).
14. The Little Mermaid 2 return to the sea.
15. the little mermaid 3 Ariel's beginning.
16. Cinderella. - 2015.
17. Mulan. - 2020.
18. Maleficent. - 2014.
19. Maleficent Mistress of evil. - 2019.
20. Pokémon Detective Pikachu. - 2019.
21. The Croods. - 2013.
22. The Croods a new age. - 2020.
23. The Boss Baby. - 2017.
24. the boss baby family business. - 2021.
25. How to train your dragon the hidden world. - 2019.
26. Call of the wild. - 2020.
27. Solo a Star Wars story.
28. Rogue one a Star Wars story.
29. Star Wars the force awakens.
30. Star Wars the last Jedi.
31. Star Wars the rise of Skywalker.
32. Despicable Me.
33. Despicable Me 2.
34. Despicable Me 3.
35. Minions.
36. Minions the rise of gru.
37. Zootopia.
38. The secret life of Pets.
39. The secret life of Pets 2.
40. Lady and the tramp. - 2019.
41. Dumbo. - 2019.
42. Cats. - 2019.
43. West Side Story. - 2021.
44. Child's Play. - 2019.
45. Poltergeist. - 2015.
46. Paranormal Activity. - 2007.
47. Paranormal Activity 2. - 2010.
48. Paranormal Activity 3. - 2011
49. Paranormal Activity 4. - 2012.
50. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. - 2021.
51. It. - 2017.
52. It chapter 2. - 2019.
53. The Grinch. - 2018.
54. The Polar Express. - 2004.
55. Ghostbusters answer the call. - 2016.
56. Ghostbusters afterlife. - 2021.
57. Thor. - 2011.
58. Thor the dark world. 2013.
59. Wonder Woman. - 2017.
60. Wonder Woman 1984. - 2020.
61. Black Panther. - 2018.
62. Guardians of the Galaxy.
63. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2.
64. The Simpsons Movie.
65. The Bob's Burgers movie.
66. Jurassic World.
67. Jurassic World fallen kingdom.
68. Jurassic World Dominion.
etc. etc.
Siskel doesn’t know much movies. The songs are classic. Siskel learn to watch movies either your alive
So what's the verdict? Two thumbs down? That would be a huge disappointment...
trojandarkhorse It better not be two thumbs down.
Aladdin >>>>>> Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
Aladdin > The Little Mermaid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s original animated Aladdin is overrated.
An absolutely dreadful animated movie! Not a big Robin Williams fan, and found the animation and songs to be awful. Did not like the characters either.
A Whole New World is an absolute classic