DT: Aladdin and the King of Thieves ~ 1996

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Hello, my friends, and welcome to my latest Duckyworth’s Thoughts review – my second review in the Disney Sequel Summer! :aww:

 

Since my last review was for Return of Jafar, and I’m doing these sequel reviews in chronological order, I feel that the next film I’ll review should be the next one, and actually one of my favourite of the Disney sequels – and one that some of you may have noticed inspired my Pokemon Tales comic ‘Like Father Like Son’ in more ways than one…. Aladdin and the King of Thieves. :evileye:

 

Some of you may remember Like Father Like Son, the Pokemon Tales comic where my Typhlosion character Kindle was reunited with his parents – and I definitely took some inspiration from The King of Thieves. :D  In fact, part of that comic was actually a TRIBUTE to this film, as I feel that this is a very underrated sequel to Aladdin. In fact, on Pokemon Tales’ TV Tropes page (yes, someone made a TV Tropes page for my comic series – I was NOT expecting that to happen :wow: ), someone said that the villain in that comic had a death a la Sa’luk. :lol: I think I had just watched this film for the first time a short while before I started writing Like Father Like Son, and I think it shows. :lol: So, you’ve heard that I got some inspiration from this film for a Pokemon comic of mine, but enough delaying here, let’s get to the film now. :)

 

As Aladdin (Scott Weinger) and Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin) prepare for their marriage, Aladdin recovers a dagger, his only memento of his lost father, who had abandoned his family when Aladdin had been a small child. During the ceremony, they and the assembled guests find themselves the targets of a raid by the infamous Forty Thieves, led by a man named Cassim (John Rhys-Davies), who is after a particular piece of treasure: a staff which is the receptacle of a powerful oracle. Aladdin, Abu, Jasmine and the Genie discover the Oracle, who has the power to answer a single question about absolutely anything to any individual. When Iago accidentally asks her why the thieves want the staff so badly, she says that they were looking for the "ultimate treasure". Learning of the Oracle's power, Aladdin become curious about his past. She hints to him that those questions can be answered by his father, who is still alive much to Aladdin's shock. After some encouragement from Jasmine, Aladdin asks the oracle about his father; the oracle reveals that his father is with the Forty Thieves, "trapped within their world". It soon turns out that Aladdin’s father, is none other than Cassim, the leader of the 40 Thieves! :wow: Cassim reveals that he and the 40 Thieves are searching for a treasure that can turn anything it touches into solid gold – the Hand of Midas. However, as Aladdin spends more time with his father, they search for the ultimate treasure, fight with Cassim’s rival Sa’luk, and recall what Aladdin’s childhood was like and why Cassim left in the first place… Cassim soon begins to realise what the REAL treasure in his life is….. :aww:

 

Now, one thing that some people criticise this film for is that there isn’t much of a sense of ‘magic’ to it as the other Aladdin films – let me explain. First of all, Genie, while present and as funny as ever, is surprisingly underplayed. He does help out against the villains, but he doesn’t really use his magic as much as he did in the other two films – for example, remember in Return of Jafar when he was attacking Jafar with his powers? Well, while I am a tad bit bothered by this fact, here’s how I see it – remember the first rule of being a genie? A genie can’t kill anyone? Well – that excuses this toning down of Genie’s powers – he probably isn’t his powers THAT much because of the danger of killing anyone…. And he still does help out in the film – by rebuilding the palace and keeping the Vanishing Isle distracted while Aladdin helps his son from Sa’luk’s clutches.

The second point in the ‘not as magical’ criticism I’ve heard is that the villains are simply thieves, and not Jafar. In comparison with Jafar, I will admit that the 40 Thieves are nowhere NEAR as memorable or effective, but I personally don’t mind them as villains overall. :aww: I personally like the inspiration from 1001 Nights for these villains, and again, you can probably see the inspiration I took from them for my Pokemon comic I mentioned – they even have the same name. :XD: I also really like the designs of some of them – the knife wielder, the snake charmer, the triplets, the fat one I based Spaghetti the Tangrowth off of (considering the fact Spaghetti is dumb as a post, I think that fact was a bit obvious :lol: ) and of course – the leader of the 40 Thieves Sa’luk.

Voiced by Jerry Orbach, the same guy who voiced LUMIERE from Beauty and the Beast (that’s an interesting little bit of trivia for you :meow: ), Sa’luk is, as I said, the rival of Cassim, and again, part of the inspiration for (SPOILERS for those who haven’t read the comic yet ^^; )Balthasar the Alakazam, the villain of the comic Mind Over Matter, and while he is a little bit of a one-note villain, he does the job rather well, in my opinion – kind of like how I feel about Lawrence III from Pokemon 2000. I also LOVE that awesome claw weapon he has. :wow: He kind of LOOKS like is Mushu from Mulan got mixed together with Razoul from Aladdin, in my opinion. Razoul has always been Cassim’s rival – Cassim believes that just because you’re a thief, you shouldn’t harm the innocent, while Razoul is a more brutal thief, who wouldn’t hesitate to harm someone to get what he wants. I also give him credit for being surprisingly intimidating – not as intimidating as Shan Yu from Mulan, but certainly a better villain than Lyle T. Rourke from Atlantis, that’s for sure. :lol: When Aladdin breaks into the 40 Thieves hideout, when Sa’luk is about to attack Cassim, he says that Aladdin has seen the secrets of the 40 Thieves, and must be put to death – but Cassim, being a more hospitable man, allows Aladdin a chance to take part in ‘The Challenge’ – the guilty party of trespassing will fight to the death against one of the thieves – and in this case, Sa’luk agrees to challenge Aladdin. Okay, I will admit that with the lower-budget animation that they wouldn’t be able to make the fight scene anywhere NEAR as grand as the fight between Jafar and Aladdin from the first film, but I will admit that for what it’s worth, it’s…. pretty cool. And Sa’luk IS considered dead after he is thrown off the cliff – again this is an example of the trope Faking the Dead which I DO consider to work – it can be believe that this COULD kill him – but he does survive when he manages to… BEAT UP a few SHARKS. :wow: Okay, to be fair, I found that pretty awesome… Why couldn’t he beat Aladdin? Well, I believe it was because it was a case of mind over matter – Sa’luk was blindly trying to kill the son of Cassim, but Aladdin was a cleverer sort in the fight. Making his way back to Agrabah, Sa’luk comes up with a very cunning plan to rally up his fellow thieves to return back to their days when they stole for fun, without following Cassim’s rules of being honourable and not harming the innocent… Hmm, honourable thieves – sounds like Sly Cooper, doesn’t it? :XD: He reveals himself to Razoul, the Captain of the Guard, and sells out his fellow thieves by telling Razoul the password to their hideout in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Speaking of the password – I’ll get to THAT later – another reason why I think this film IS as magical as Return of Jafar. After 31 of the thieves are captured, Sa'luk tells them that Aladdin is one of the forty, and his father Cassim is the King himself. Sa’luk then returns back to the remaining 7 thieves, and makes it seem like that Cassim was the one who ratted them out to the authorities, so to rally them up to return to their evil ways before Cassim brought in rules and regulations.

And before you ask – YES, I do really like Sal’uk’s song – ‘Are You In Or Out?’ While I do prefer Jafar’s reprise of Prince Ali and ‘You’re Only Second Rate’, I think Sal’uk gets a pretty cool song here – and for the record, for a direct to video sequel, the song is pretty impressive. Even though it IS a bit odd how it ends on Sal’uk’s teeth and eyes. ^^; Is he imitating the Cheshire Cat here?

When Cassim and Aladdin return to the Den of Thieves, Sal’uk and the remaining thieves spring their trap on him, and force him to take them to the Vanishing Isle, where the ultimate treasure is located. I’ll talk more about this ultimate treasure when I talk about Cassim, but once again, the next part about Sal’uk will probably remind you about my Pokemon Tales comics – again, I gained quite a bit of inspiration from it. :) They arrive at the Vanishing Isle, and Sal’uk then confronts Aladdin and Cassim, who have just retrieved the Hand of Midas, the ultimate treasure, an artefact which, as the Greek myths tell, has the power to turn anything it touches into solid gold. Sal’uk catches up to Cassim and Aladdin, and threatens Cassim that if he doesn’t hand over the Hand, he’ll kill his son. In a… kind of cheesy, yet kind of cool slow motion sequence, Cassim throws the hand to Sal’uk, and in his over-zealous greed, he grabs the Hand…. Not the handle that he was meant to touch it by to prevent himself being turned into gold….. :o Wow, talk about being killed by your own greed – yep, you’ve probably figured out another bit I got inspiration from here – the death of the villain. ^^; But to be fair, I HAD to pay this underappreciated villain homage somehow – his death is one of my favourites from Disney, and it reminds me quite a bit of how Rourke was killed – turned into crystal. Well, then chopped up by whirring blades, but you get my point. :wow: So, in short, this villain isn’t the… BEST villain – but kind of like the Iron Masked Marauder from Pokemon 4Ever, even if he is a one-note villain, he is entertaining for what he’s worth – at least in my opinion. :) By the way, when he gets the Hand off Cassim – and he plans to kill Aladdin anyway it reminds me a little bit of in Rise of the Guardians when Pitch takes Jack Frost’s staff, and yet he still holds onto Baby Tooth…. These villains seem to love faking out the heroes in shady deals like this, don’t they? Hey, who’s to say a villain will stay by their word? :lol:

I’ll now get onto the third point of my argument against people complaining that this film isn’t as magical as the other Aladdin films – the mythological content in this film is GREAT, in my opinion – and I really give the makers credit for putting these kinds of things in to retain the wonder and magic in this series. True, being a lower budget project, they couldn’t have put as much effort into it as say, Aladdin, I feel that there’s good evidence that they really tried. :aww: First of all, we have the Oracle – and let me just say right now that I LOVE the design and the voice of the Oracle. Residing inside a staff that was given to Aladdin and Jasmine as a wedding present (or did they have it before the wedding, I can’t really remember… ^^; If it was a present, who gave to them? Nicodemus? :XD: ), the Oracle has the power to answer any question that someone asks – but only ONE question. As Iago unfortunately figures out too late in a pretty funny moment. :XD: Aladdin uses the Oracle’s power to figure out that his father is alive, and later in the film, Sal’uk forces Cassim to use the Oracle to find the next place the Vanishing Isle will pop up – the voice of the Oracle actually reminds me a little bit of Azura from Elder Scrolls III: Oblivion. I think it’s Azura – I haven’t played that game for quite a while, so please correct me if I’m wrong. :)

Also, I love the design of the Vanishing Isle – a huge temple housed on the back of a giant turtle. The turtle never appears in the same place twice, and it is the hiding place of the Hand of Midas – a mythological artefact which has the power to turn anything it touches into gold… Once again, I like how they worked this mythological artefact in. :) Actually – seen as the Hand of Midas was in the hands of Kratos the last I checked (God of War – Ghost of Sparta), has Kratos been to the Vanishing Isle? :lol: I also really enjoy the design of the chamber that the Hand of Midas is kept in, and the idea that the hand was actually given a handle so it could be used safely (haha – HAND – HANDLE? Get it? ……………… ^^; Yeah, sorry, that was weak… JOKE ABORTED). But for the record – there is one scene in particular that CONFUSES me when I saw this film – Genie is told to distract the Vanishing Isle by Aladdin….. er, distract it? I, think that they mean so that Cassim can steal the Hand of Midas from it – the isle is a sentient being after all (on the back of a giant turtle) but…. When Genie tries to distract the isle, the isle starts…. Sinking…. Er, good going, Genie? ^^;

Maybe I missed something when I was watching the film on TV, I don’t know….. But still, the whole idea of finding a lost undersea fortress for a treasure is an aspect in films that I find myself enjoying quite often – two of my favourite films, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea also involve similar sets, and…. I don’t know, I guess I really have a liking for nautical adventures to find treasure and knowledge. Am I part pirate? :pirate: :lol:

And on another note – I like that bit when they open the way to Mount Sesame, the hideout of the Forty Thieves. Is it me, or has Cassim been taking lessons from Moses from Prince of Egypt in parting water? :lol: If he’s not careful, all of the unicorns that King Haggard stole would start swarming them… Haha, sorry, two references in a row… :lol:

So…. For people who say that this film isn’t AS magical as the previous two Aladdin films, to your credit, I can see where you’re coming from – mainly in how the Genie doesn’t do as much in this film that’s magical. By the way, Robin Williams is back at his best, folks. :clap: Well – here’s MY idea on why the Genie can’t use his magic as much against the 40 Thieves because of the first rule about being a Genie – a Genie can’t kill anyone…. That’s at least my personal opinion on it, anyway. :aww: It may not be the… best explanation, but I feel it makes some sense as to why Genie doesn’t personally fight the thieves himself. And on the other hand, Genie does get some legitimately funny moments in this film – referencing Mrs Doubtfire, Forrest Gump, other Disney films – by the way, I like the way they were talking about possible dresses for Jasmine, and a JESSICA RABBIT one came up. :XD: Wow… Genie, is there a certain side to you we’re unaware of? ^^;

 

So, hopefully, my arguments as to why I don’t feel the complaints about the film being ‘magical’ make sense to you. :aww: I can see why some people feel this way, but this is a case where understand=/=agree. And with that out of the way, back to the review. :)

 

Cassim is voiced by John Rhys-Davies, who you may remember as Gimli and Treebeard from the Lord of the Rings films, Woolie Mammoth from Cats Don’t Dance and Manray from Spongebob. :D The leader of the Forty Thieves, known as the King of Thieves. And let me just say, I think John Rhys-Davies is at his best here – I mean, given the fact that it’s a direct to video sequel, some actors tend to just…. Give half baked performances, but John actually does a really good job here as Aladdin’s father. :clap: Speaking of great performances, I LOVE the way that he says his lines in the following exchange:

Sal’uk: ‘Give me the Hand of Midas, Cassim… or your son dies.’

Cassim: ‘Sal’uk! Your battle is with ME!’

Aladdin: ‘Don’t worry dad, I can take him alone….’

Cassim: ‘But you’re not alone…. Not anymore… You hand the Hand of Midas, Sal’uk?! TAKE IT! *throws the Hand to Sal’uk*’

Yep, once again, you may be able to see some inspiration for my Pokemon Tales comic here. I can actually imagine Volc the Typhlosion having the same voice as Cassim. :D

I also feel pretty sorry for him in this film – when I first saw the film, and heard that he had left his son, I was thinking – ‘right, here comes the ‘Parental Neglect’ cliché – I always hate this kind of character – the abusive/neglecting parent, and I’m BOUND to hate him for it…’. But…. No, actually – I feel his reason for leaving shows his heart was in the right place – leaving Aladdin with his mother, who unfortunately died from the…. Off-camera disease ^^; while Aladdin was still a young boy, Cassim was searching for the ultimate treasure – the Hand of Midas. He was hoping that this would save his family from the poverty they were born into, as like Aladdin, he was sick and tired of being called ‘street rat’ by the aristocracy. Sadly, his search took much longer than he anticipated, and he had to return home empty handed years later…. Finding that he could not find his family anywhere… :( See, unlike that douchebag Prancer from Flight Before Christmas (along with some… OTHER abusive parents I’ve encountered, like Jim Hawkin’s dad from Treasure Planet :x ), I feel that the reason Cassim left was JUSTIFIED… if you’re going to write a parent leaving his child alone, GIVE THEM A GOOD REASON FOR IT, not just as a half-baked plot device. And in my opinion, this is how you do this kind of plot-point right. :aww: And I also really like the scenes where Aladdin and Cassim rekindle their father-son bond – that funny little song with the Genie being an example of that.

Iago: ‘Meet Cassim…’

Cassim: ‘The King of Thieves.’

Genie: *goes crazy, yelling Code Red, manning huge forces against Cassim (by the way, the Robocop reference with the ED-209 was HILARIOUS :lol:, as well as when he started yelling Code Red, said Pocahontas when diving off the aeroplane, started playing the bagpipes, and said ‘Do not attempt to move, or we will be shooting ourselves!’ :lol: All we need now is Batty Koda coming in saying ‘We’re going to WAR!’ :rofl: )

Aladdin: ‘Genie…. Meet my DAD.’ :XD:

That scene made me laugh out loud, by the way. :giggle:

True, Aladdin and his dad have some unfortunate arguments throughout the film, including a scene where Cassim is convinced by Iago to go through his original plan of capturing the Staff of the Oracle. . :lol: Speaking of Iago – I find it rather interesting that out of the main cast, IAGO is the one who gets the most development… :lol: In Return of Jafar, Iago reformed and joined the good guys, and here, he’s starting to enjoy the idea of becoming a treasure hunter, and he actually joins Cassim when he travels the world at the end. :aww: While attempting to steal the Oracle from the palace treasure chamber, Cassim and Iago are captured by the royal guards and Razoul reveals to the Sultan that Cassim is the King of Thieves. The Sultan has Razoul detain Cassim and Iago in the dungeon for life. Aladdin frees Cassim, but is discovered by Razoul. Despite being a criminal, Aladdin returns to the palace to take responsibility for his actions. The Sultan prepares to punish Aladdin, but Genie and Jasmine come to his defense, stating that all he wanted was to give his father a second chance. The Sultan accepts his apology, much to Razoul's dismay. Speaking of Cassim, while the scene at the end where he says that the real treasure is his son is a scene that has been done quite a few times in films, it is ALWAYS a scene that touches my heartstrings. And unlike that forced manipulative scene in Little Brother Big Trouble where they try to make it seem like the family bond between Niko, Oona and Lenni is genuine with that rubbish forced ‘every family has its ups and downs’ speech at the end, even though all they’ve been doing throughout the whole thing is argue and there was sign that they could EVER work as a family, I feel that the moment when Cassim hugs his son is genuine…. And he comes to realise how deadly the Hand of Midas truly is, as in reality, the fact that something can turn ANYTHING it touches into gold can actually cause more HARM than good, whether it’s in the wrong hands or not. Realizing that his obsession with the Hand can cause destruction and his son is actually his ultimate treasure, Cassim throws the Hand. Tossing it into the sea (and sinking the ship of the remaining Six Thieves :lol: ), he leaves the Vanishing Isle before it sinks with his son, and he finally gets to attend his son’s wedding. :aww: As a guy who HATES the ‘Abusive Parent/Parental Neglect ‘ trope, and has been plagued with bad parent characters like Peter Griffin, Perry Babcock, Prancer and Buck Cluck, it’s EXTREMELY refreshing that they wrote Cassim the way he did. :phew:

 

Speaking of the wedding, even though I’m sad to say that I’m not thinking of anything much to say about Aladdin in this film – again, he’s still a good character, but it just goes that I’ve not much to say about him here – I feel that JASMINE, of all characters, gets a chance to shine in this. While Aladdin is away finding his father, Jasmine takes part in some pretty funny scenes with Genie, and she actually gets to FIGHT some of the thieves later on in the film. It’s not much, she’s got nothing on Zoroark, San or Eowyn, but hey, I’ll take what I can get. No more ‘damsel in distressing’ for her, she’s fighting back here! :w00t:

 

To be brutally honest….. I’m feeling a little bit low on steam in this review, so if there’s not been much to say about the characters, hopefully the animation, the sets and the songs will give me some more things to fill up the review on. This is what happens when you leave a review in the works for ages, you lose motivation…. ^^;

 

The animation first – to be honest, I still don’t think it’s too bad for direct to video. Trust me, I’ve seen much WORSE animation (I’m looking at you, Whatever Happened to Robot Jones. :iconthatsgreatplz: ), and I think that the animation has actually improved from Return of Jafar, personally. :aww: Now onto the sets – I’ve already talked about the Vanishing Isle, but I do like the set of the Forty Thieves – some of you may have noticed, AGAIN, some inspiration for my Pokemon comics -  when I drew the Ruins of Alph, I felt like drawing them similar to the Forty Thieves’ hideout, for some reason. :lol: I’ve talked a bit about the other sets before, so hopefully, I’ve explained enough. If you’d like me to tell you how I thought about any sets that I neglected to mention, feel free to ask in the comments below. :aww:

Okay, here are the songs in the film, and my personal thoughts on them. There's a Party Here in Agrabah: Sung mostly by Genie, this one tells about what Genie does during the beginning of the wedding, complete with his trademark sight-gags. This is my…… least favourite of the songs in the film – mainly because I’m not a big fan of the sound mixing in it… I have to put subtitles on to hear most of the lyrics… ^^; But hey, not EVERY song can be successful. So, how are the others? :aww:

Out of Thin Air: Sung by Aladdin and Jasmine. Aladdin reminisces about his childhood and Jasmine urges him to find his father, saying their wedding can wait until he returns. This one is…. Beautiful, for lack of a better word. I really felt sorry for Aladdin as he recounted his lonely childhood, and I think this is another nice little bit of development for Aladdin’s backstory – it makes it much more tragic, imagining that he’s been dodging the law trying to survive like in the start of Aladdin for most of his life….. Strangely enough, not that ‘One Jump’ song isn’t quite as upbeat as it used to be… Imagining he’s been doing that for at least a decade… But still, this song probably has the best ‘choreography’ – if you can say an animation has chorography ^^; - especially how the song ends with the staff floating into the air…. I don’t know, I just really love how this song’s imagery works out, and the tune as well. :) It reminds me quite a bit of ‘A Whole New World’, in a good way, dare I say it. :)

Welcome to the Forty Thieves: Sung by the Forty Thieves after the defeat of Sa'luk and Aladdin's acceptance into the team. The Forty Thieves may not have as good a song as Jafar’s ‘You’re Only Second Rate’ – but I get a few laughs out of it, and I can’t help but tap my foot along at times – even if I do have to laugh a bit uncomfortably at the line ‘Never have to brush your teeth – SNAP.’ :x But hey, at least it’s not as icky as Ren’s Toothache. :phew:

Father and Son: Sung mostly by Genie after Cassim arrives at the palace in Agrabah and Genie says how Aladdin and Cassim are together again. This is quite a funny little father-son bonding song. Not much to say about this one, but like with ‘No Place Like Home’ from Return of Jafar, I like how Genie brings in the modern day references – yet another funny little thing from Genie in this film. :D

Are You In or Out?: Sung by Sa'luk and those who remained of the Forty Thieves, where Sa'luk turned them against Cassim. During the song, the Forty Thieves make several attempts to kill Sa'luk, but he easily defeats them even when they gang up on him in groups.

Arabian Nights Reprise: Sung by the peddler seen in the beginning of Aladdin. YAY, we get to see the Peddler again! :D I was actually surprised he didn’t make a cameo in the second film. This was actually originally meant for the first movie, so I understand. And I think that’s a nice little way to end the series – the same way the first one opened. :aww: Even if I find it a bit…. Odd how Aladdin looks at Jasmine (the way he grins and raises his eyebrows before they kiss… concerns me a little bit, for some reason… ^^; ), I find it a nice little way to end the film. :aww:

 

As I said, I know that this review, like my Return of Jafar review, wasn’t as long as some of my other reviews – but hopefully, I got all my main points across. :aww:

 

 

:iconm395::iconsaysplz: It was okay.

:iconkurvosvicky::iconsaysplz: I don't understand why people see it as being SO good. As it's own stand-alone movie, it's alright. As a follow-up to Return of Jafar, and as a conclusion to not only the TV-series but the whole franchise? Insultingly underwhelming. After all the really powerful bad guys... we now have 40 ordinary human thieves. The best human thieves in the word maybe... but still nothing but humans. The villain is just the stereotypical second-in-command type who wants to overthrow the leader and is more brutal and xenophobic, and of course looks the "least human"... but still human. They pose absolutely no threat to Genie.
And... there comes the biggest problem - Genie wasn't put into consideration into the film. He's both the best and the worst part of the movie. The best because he is hilarious and makes a lot of crazy jokes and references. The worst because it feels like they threw him in after being done with the script... basically, forced into a "none-Genie"-movie. Poor lazy writing, plain and simple.
The animation is still decent, I like some of the songs, the way Aladdin's father is written is cool, Iago getting more character development is nice (seriously, he develops more than any other character in the whole damn franchise XP), and... uhm, I guess the turtle island was cool?
                   

:iconsparkshot11::iconsaysplz: I believe this movie was: Okay.

Not special, not fantastic it was okay.

The villain was weak, the songs were pretty good, a nice touching story, and descent animation. That pretty much sums up my judgement.

:iconailemadragonprincess::iconsaysplz: I think "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" is one of the best sequels I've ever seen, even though Kung Fu Panda 2 and Toy Story 3 are the best ones by far. It's better than "Return of Jafar" and a great finale to the Aladdin trilogy.

:iconmister-nathaniel::iconsaysplz: I actually found this better than the atrocity that was "Return Of Jafar". This movie makes up for having actually good animation, an enjoyable story, and I actually like the voice acting like not only Robin Willaims' role asGenie and Gilbert Gottfried's role as Iago... but John Rhys Davis' role as Cassim (and John also did the role as Sallah from "Radiers of The Lost Ark")

:iconerin-gamer-90::iconsaysplz: King of Thieves is one of the best sequels I've seen and a solid ending for the Aladdin trilogy.  

:iconxirriggua::iconsaysplz: I will be fair, a lot of people said Aladdin 2 & 3 were not that good, I thought they were okayish, but not as good as the original sadly.

:iconmovieman410::iconsaysplz: I saw this movie before the first Aladdin, not the worst way to start, what it lacks in animation makes up for in story, some decent song numbers and of course John Rhys-Davies as Aladdin's father

 

So, like with Return of Jafar, I feel that this film is SEVERELY underrated, and it just goes to show, the size of a film’s BUDGET doesn’t necessarily have an influence on the overall quality of the film itself. :aww: While I still agree that it’s NOWHERE NEAR as good as the first film, I feel that it’s better than Return of Jafar, and for a direct to video Disney sequel, it’s pretty impressive. :) Those of you who have read my Pokemon comic Like Father Like Son will know just how much of an inspiration this film was for me – any Disney sequel that inspires me THAT much deserves a special mention, at least, and this remains one of my favourite Disney sequels. :clap:

Cassim is a great father character (and one of the best I’ve seen in a while), Sal’uk, for a one note villain, is surprisingly memorable (at least, for me. :) ), the songs are good, the animation is pretty good (considering it’s a Disney sequel), there are quite a few moments that made me laugh – and it has a strange… charm to it, oddly enough – one that not only inspired my Pokemon comics, but also brings me back to watching it willingly if it’s ever on TV. Here’s the comic, in case you want to see what I mean - duckyworth.deviantart.com/art/… :aww:

Yeah, there are some stupid moments, and some bits don’t make sense, and it’s got NOTHING on the original Aladdin – but for a Disney sequel, it’s pretty effective. :) I can see why some people DON’T like it, but I personally find it enjoyable, and recommend checking it out – if only once to say you have. :aww:

 

Which is more than can be said for the NEXT Disney sequel I’ll review…. :x I was considering reviewing Belle’s Enchanted Christmas next – but I think I’ll save that for the festive season, so it will join The Nuttiest Nutcracker and Eight Crazy Nights for BAD holiday films I’ll review during December..... Sorry if you were wanting me to review that one next, but I just think it will be more suitable to review it during the festive season. :shrug:

No, the next one I’ll be reviewing is the OTHER bad Beauty and the Beast sequel out there…… :facepalm:

BELLE’S MAGICAL WORLD. :iconbellederpplz:

……………..Urgh…. get the mind bleach ready, folks… From what I’ve heard about it… This will be a BAD one… A VERY bad one… Brace yourselves, because I don’t think this one will be a pretty one…. :fear:

 

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Not quite as good as the original, but The King of Thieves is still pretty good in terms of sequels, doubtless thanks to the delightful return of the legendary Robin Williams as the Genie. Then things went downhill with Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Also, when I think of hearing a song called "Father and Son," this is what I expect to hear. I still feel sad when I hear it, but it's absolutely wonderful.

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