A young man who like this lamp was more than what he seemed: A diamond in the rough." After trying to sell us on his wares, he pulls out an old oil lamp, claiming it "once changed the course of a young man's life. The film starts with a street peddler, guiding us through the streets of the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah, which is based mainly on a medieval city in the Middle East, the home of the 1001 Arabian Nights, and there are some inconsistencies in the time period. In 2019, Walt Disney Pictures released a live-action adaptation of the 1992 animation. In 2014, a stage adaptation premiered on Broadway, which would go on to win a Tony Award.
Additionally, Disney would produce Aladdin, an animated television series which was set between the two sequels and a series of video games for different platforms in 1993. The success of the film led Disney to produce two direct-to-video sequels: The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996). The film was the most successful film of 1992 with over $217 million in domestic revenues and $504 million worldwide.
Unbeknownst to them, Jafar, advisor to the Sultan, plots to use the genie to take over the kingdom.ĭirected by John Musker and Ron Clements, Aladdin was released at the peak stretch of the Disney renaissance era beginning with The Little Mermaid. Inspired by the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, the film is centered on a young "street rat" in the kingdom of Agrabah who uses the power of a shape-shifting genie to win the heart of the beautiful Princess Jasmine. Follow Molly on Twitter and Instagram or contact her directly: molly(at)screenrant(dot)com.Aladdin is the thirty-first animated feature film in the Disney Animated Canon which was released on Novemas the fourth entry of the Disney Renaissance.
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Jasmine always had the potential as one of Disney's best characters, but the Aladdin remake officially makes her the best Disney Princess. She ultimately becomes the best Disney Princess, building off an already incredibly solid character and becoming a more well-developed and modern heroine.
So the ending of 2019's Aladdin sees the right person become Sultan, giving Jasmine the ending she always truly deserved with both her kingdom and the man she loves.Īltogether, the changes made to Jasmine's storyline and the expansion of her character work to effectively develop her character. While Aladdin may know Agrabah well, and may be a kind, generous man, Jasmine is much more qualified to be Sultan. After all, she's the one who's been taught about Agrabah's larger political relationship with other kingdoms of the region. The ending makes more sense for both Jasmine and Aladdin, with Jasmine the Sultan and Aladdin her husband.