The live-action Aladdin film is one of the very best of Disney’s latest live-action remakes I had ever seen. Will Smith literally killed it as the Genie, the songs were fun, and Guy Ritchie’s take on the film as a whole was absolutely amazing. It’s a film that I can’t help but favorably compare to the live-action Beauty and the Beast film, if I may add, which didn’t seem as creatively inspired and lacked a sense of fun, despite having its positives to hold it up.
My only gripe is that, while I can see that Marwan Kenzari was trying his best, I can’t help but constantly find him to be too miscast in the role of Jafar. I feel that the character should’ve been played by someone much older compared to Aladdin and Jasmine, and it seemed like no matter how hard he tried, Kenzari wasn’t able to get his performance to click with the character. He seemed to be making Jafar more of a wimp than an intimidating threat, especially compared to Jonathan Freeman and the animated version of the character.
Is there anyone besides me who thinks this? Or has similar feelings?