Kinda feels like Doug didnt pay attention to the plot. The reason for why Aladdins dad never went back was because when he did return after several years, his wife had died and his son had disappeared. With his family gone, all he had left was the search for the Hand of Midas. Now its been over 20 years, and the treasure hunt has been his sole focus that whole time, that kind of obsession doesnt just go away. Not to mention his son is an adult now and dont really need him anymore.
Spot on. He must have also missed the fact that Aladdin didn't go to help his dad find the Hand, he went to rescue him from Sal'uk. He then chased after his dad when they escaped from Sal'uk and wound up finding the Hand. I mean, I haven't seen the film in years, and I still remember all this.
and even if it doesn't make sense...isn't senseless actions is what we do the most? Like seriously...making actions that don't make sense sometimes is what makes us humans!
Thank you! Cassim even tells Aladdin "I came back to Agrabah one night. But I couldn't find my wife...or my son. I thought my family was lost forever." So I always figured that Aladdin's place was somewhere he moved after his mom died. Either that or he did go by and just missed Aladdin or something.
Doug is right in that it is a pride thing, but I don't think the movie was ever confused about that. Cassim said he did come back to be a father but couldn't find his family. One could assume that from here, he only cared about hunting treasure to fill an inner need, not to provide for himself. Here's the thing. Cassim did care about Aladdin, but it was made pretty clear that he was conning him and only pretending to be a truly caring father during most of the movie. He doesn't even agree to go back with Aladdin, stating he doesn't belong in his world, until Iago convinces him he can use that moment to steal the oracle. It isn't until Aladdin comes back to rescue Cassim at the end that he understands how important Aladdin is to him and truly sees him as his treasure. Despite that Cassim betrayed him and ruined his life, his son still came back.
I do want to add to your point that Cassim likely thought Aladdin was DEAD. I'm no shrink but that has have a major effect on someone. Hell ask any guy has had a kid pop some 15 years down the road. He'll likely wont know how to deal with it even if they have a family all ready. Again like you said his whole obsession with the hand was it fill the void his family left. Now to realize that all was for nothing? Again no shrink but come on...
Aladdin's dad, Cassim, said he DID go back for his family but couldn't find them and assumed that his wife and son were both dead. That's kind of why he was pretty shocked when Aladdin says he's his son and even saves him. As for continuing to go after the treasure, there's an expression called "Old habits die hard" and I don't think years of being a thief looking for this certain treasure is going to end because of finding his son. It's like an addiction, Cassim even says "After this, I go straight" which is what an addict says ALL THE TIME! Aladdin went to this island of treasure to save his dad since he was kidnapped by the villain and the thieves. As for helping him, he knew that his dad wasn't going to stop until he got this treasure (The man even went to get the oracle after Aladdin helped him escape and was distracting the guards for him). It wasn't until he realized what this stupid treasure almost cost him in the end, his son and that's why he got rid of it. So really it isn't a big problem, especially since you forgot that Cassim said WHY he didn't go back! I think this movie is genuinely fantastic and is one of the best Disney sequels!
I loved this movie, it was pretty good for a sequel. The songs "There's a Party Here in Agrabah" and "Welcome to the Forty Thieves" are actually memorable.
@@KrystalAnn0688 Yeah, I was going to say that “Out of Thin Air” was my favorite. The only things that would have been better would have made it better would have been if Jasmine had more involvement in the story, and if they actually had a clear focus on who they wanted Cassim to be as Aladdin’s father and his mother’s husband. On the one hand, I understand why he would want for him and his impoverished family to have a better lifestyle in order to protect them. On the other hand, if he really loved them as much as he claims he did, then why didn’t Cassim just bring Aladdin and his wife with him on his journey to find wealth? You’d think he’d be too worried about his family’s health and survival to just leave them behind to find wealth for them. To his credit, Cassim DID come back to Agrabah some years later to find Aladdin and his wife after finding some gold, only to find out that they were missing afterwards, and he only became the King of Thieves when he couldn’t find them. However, his family was poor in a city full of law enforcement officials who tried to murder impoverished people as punishment for stealing food that they couldn’t afford, but had to eat to survive. Talk about disproportionate retribution…The impoverished in Agrabah were treated terribly by the royal guards. If they were agile, athletic, cunning, and lucky enough to survive like Aladdin, they would have had to hide out a lot to avoid being caught and killed. Otherwise, they would have died from starvation, illness, or been killed. How could Cassim have honestly believed that his impoverished wife and son would still be living in the same little house he left them in after all those years in a city like Agrabah? It seems like Cassim leaving his family behind to go find wealth for them by himself, was a cowardly shame based thing of not being able to provide for his wife and son. Yeah, wanting for his impoverished wife, son, and himself to have a wealthier life is understandable, but leaving them behind to do it in a city like Agrabah was shitty. I also don’t get why he is so obsessed with finding the Hand of Midas after finally being reunited with his long lost son…He apparently has more than enough gold to be wealthy now, and, even if he didn’t, his son is about to get hitched to the daughter of the very wealthy sultan of Agrabah, so he could easily be provided for…I guess, he just got used to the thrill of stealing all this treasure over the years.
I actually disagree with you on the motivations, here's why Aladdins father states that he did come back to Argrabah (don't know how you spell it) but he couldn't find his family, after that I can be assumed that he thought they were dead or something along those lines and he continued to do the one thing he's always known, being a thief, he looks at the Hand of Mightus and sees the one goal that ruined his life but also the one thing keeping him going, he's spent all of Aladdins life looking for it, that's a long time, he's probably obsessed with it at this point. Then when Aladdin shows up out of the blue and reveals that he is his son, it's understandable that he'd have some conflict, he's lived most of his life believing his son to be dead or at least gone forever and now he's just shown up, sure he's happy but then his son shows his Dad that he's done extremely well for himself, meaning his whole want to find the hand to provide for his family was pointless, in short he feels like Aladdin didn't need him, and now Aladdin expects him to just give up on his life of crime and become his Dad, I guarantee you he wants too but looking at his sons life he knows he wont be able to adjust, he's been a thief all his life and unlike Aladdin he didn't do it to live, he did it for his family and then carried on after because it was all he had ever known, he is essentially an addict. Aladdin helping him is just a kid helping his Dad in the hopes that it will fan the flames of his addiction. I think this movie is a lot better than people make it out to be and a lot deeper too.
Nothing really that I can add that you didn't already cover, but I did want to mention one thing. The name of the treasure they were looking for was the "Hand of Midas". It's a reference to the legend of King Midas, who had a wish granted that everything he touched turned to gold. I don't recall the details of the original story, but he eventually regretted his wish when he realized that he could no longer eat and would eventually starve to death, and that he could never touch or embrace his loved ones ever again, lest they suffer the same fate as the villain of this movie.
+Kurtis Haren the tale was that king midas touched his daughters and they turned to gold, then his own wife touched him and she too turned to gold, realizing his mistake, he had to remove the curse, same as in the movie, because he was looking for the hand of midas, he lost his loved ones, and upon going with aladin and getting the hand, it was like a bonding moment, and he realized that he didnt need the hand. kinda nice when you think about it
doug was talking about trying to find one disney sequel to be a diamond in the rough in the last video and probably didn't want to blow a load this early into the month without it being at least on par with the original... and i think williams humor isn't well suited for sequeling, it's the sort of thing that's a rush, but if you try to recapture it winds up overcorrecting for being self-conscious... but i mean 'holy shit this was a disney sequel' is a pretty big compliment for a disney sequel, i don't really think it was a harsh video i believe there's a bambi 2? .......i love bambi, i am not excited about seeing him review that one which i'm sure must be terrible
I was thinking this same exact thing. "Did the movie not mention that the father thought they were dead?" I guess Doug missed that... But it seems like an important thing to miss if the motivations were his problem.
Aladdin's father having conflicting desires, behaviors, and motivations is totally realistic. People really are unpredictable and all over the place that way. That is so real life, I can't believe you actually brought that as a criticism.
JW Money I was just thinking this. People's personas are different then who they actually are. My friends see me as nice and upbeat, but sometimes I do awful things out of anger or sadness. There's very little consistency to character in real life.
Well, he did also use Adventure Time as an example of this kind of thing done right, and considering that Finn's dad is one of the worst parts of the show for all the wrong reasons, at least in my opinion... Yeah. I couldn't really take that criticism seriously.
My dad was a troubled piece of shit who abandoned me but he would always call me and speak to me like I was his world, and that he would do anything to live with me again. He would visit every few years and take me everywhere, buying me gifts, and trying to fit as much "dad" in as possible. And despite the fact that he left because he kept our family destitute because he couldnt stop himself from doing cocaine and drinking, I couldn't help but be excited to see him because I never got to. Sorry Nostalgia Critic but you just missed the mark on something entirely, I don't blame you because you were lucky enough to have two parents who consistently loved you.
I was raised by my grandma. My dad left and my mom was always telling me one thing and doing another. Saying she'd be there and she never was, even though she had good intentions half of the time. This movie brings tears to my eyes with how close to home it hits with the song "Thin air".
My favorite line from this movie is from Genie after he surrounds the King of Thieves SWAT style and says 'Do not attempt to move or we'll be shooting ourselves'.
I actually really liked Saluk. I think what made him cool for me is that he had no magical powers like Jafar but was still a force to be reckoned with. I mean he survives falling off a cliff, an encounter with a shark, then takes on the best of the 40 Thieves by himself and convinces them to join him. Plus his death is really fitting; a thief so blinded by greed he got careless and grabbed the golden hand becoming an embodiment of his own greediness. And his voice actor does a great job too, amusingly the same voice as the candle from Beauty and the Beast
I can't believe critic didn't bring up the "I thought the earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon" joke in the review. Such a wasted opportunity.
If I recall, didn't his father make the comment that when he came back to find Aladdin and his mother he wasn't able to locate them? Memory is fuzzy but I recall that coming out.
I'd say one of my favorite of the animated sequels. Biggest problem is animation for me. Plot wise though as far as idea and whatever especially with the father is pretty good.
Did you watch the movie Doug? He did go back for his family before he joins the thieves, can't find them in Agrabah, thinks they're dead, so in despair and frustration he joins the 40 thieves and become's obsessed with finding the treasure that WOULD have saved his family. His motivations make total sense.
I really loved this movie growing up and I still get some enjoyment out of it today. But I agree with a lot of your points, especially about the Genie. It felt almost forced because they had Robin Williams back, so it was time to let him go nuts and shove in whatever he threw out. Just wasn't as endearing as the first movie. Thanks for a nice, balanced review of this movie, Doug!
I think this might've been my favorite Aladdin period, besides the series of course, when I was a kid. I couldn't tell you how many times I've watched this one, heck, I rewatched it this year in fact and didn't even bother with the other two movies or any of the series
Jackson DeStefano Indeed it is, although I didn't know that until just now. And Achille wouldn't be that much out of place in Sparta after all. Thanks for the insight, I'll try and be a more informed smart-ass from now on. That said, I'm now trying to imagine Achille living in Sparta expressing his opinion of his childhood memories of Aladdin stories. Yep, that doesn't add up much more than the plot of this film.
Me and my sis still quote that. I was in high school before I realize that "we will shoot ourselves" line was referring to cross fire since they had him surrounded and that made it funnier
Uh, anyone else think Aladdin's father looks like Doctor Strange? He has the suave beard, the white streaks in his hair, and even has a cape/cloak-like thing. LOL, just saying.
I always thought Cassim was addicted to treasure hunting. Like he was always hunting for "the big score," but every time he got it there was an even bigger score he had to go after. And Cassim said he DID try to return home once, but when he went back to Agrabah he found out his wife had died and his son was MIA.
Another reason Aladdin's father became a thief is because in order for Aladdin''s wish to become a prince to be true, there had to be a king...so his wish made his father the King of Thieves to fulfill his original wish... we just didn't realize that until this movie!!
man, that would have been a perfect way to collect all the things doug was saying the movie had problems with... their could have been a whole conflicted happiness between them about getting undeserved promotions and then benefiting from another stolen treasure being this insipid connection between them... maybe would have needed a jafar element to give aladdin the benefit of being warped into greed so he could come back, but just as easily explained by the shock of seeing his father going to his head is that in the movie that his being a prince elevated his father to be a king or is it a plausible deduction of yours?
Lily Zerep well...they were saying that his dad was the king because of genie's magic on the son... a prince must have a royal father after all and by virtue of genie's magic, aladdin's father's life was turned into a form of king as aladdin was being first turned into Prince Ali (fabulous he) Ababwa
She didn't HAVE to get married, they WANTED to get married. Edit- Also, I disagree about Aladdin and Cassim's motivations. It started out with Cassim wanting to find the ultimate treasure to provide for his family, but then he got sucked into the hunt for it almost like Ahab and he never came back. He definitely was a treasure obsessed deadbeat dad, but he always told himself that he loved his family. Aladdin could see this and so he wanted to help his father find the treasure thus freeing him from it, while at the same time, being curious to see it himself. By the end, after finally finding the treasure, Cassim comes to realize that his son is more important to him. I feel that he probably used "providing for his family" as an excuse to hunt for the Hand of Midas in the first place, and later, after finding out his wife died without him, he felt in his heart that he HAD to find the treasure to somehow justify abandoning her to search for it.
Basically. He did in fact go back but it's not like he knew where Aladdin went. He pretty much had nothing left but finding the Hand at that point and even when they reunited it would be hard to just abandon that goal.
Also, The first Rescuers is actually quite bad so the sequel being better is not saying that much. I'd say Rescuers Downunder is a okey film with great animation.
This is basically the animated version of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Third movie in series featuring father issues and the most precious item in the world. Also a hidden place that collapses in on itself by the end.
This is my favorite of the three. Originally it was going to involve Mozenrath & the revelation that he and Aladdin were brothers. But it got scrapped for an arc regarding his father Kazeem, leader of the Forty Thieves. I think it was interesting.
Actually it got scrapped cause Mozenrath's va died before they could they make it and they knew it couldn't work without him so no replacement (which was also out of respect for him) thus the script had to be rewritten. Also Sean Connery was supposed to voice Kaseem but they couldn't get him which is why the guy who does voice him does an impression of him.
I KNEW IT. I remember watching the show twenty years ago and thinking, Mozenrath looks an awful like an evil Aladdin. What if they were brothers? Vindication at last.
MonsterHunter 66 They did release it on dvd. Twice in fact. But the second time it and Return of Jafar got put back into the vault so the copies they made eventually became out of print thus you have to find second-hand ones which will likely be a bit pricey.
If you'd really like to have one, you could consider buying the German DVD. It's not that expensive and just like every other Disney movie on a German DVD, there are several language selections. The original English version is always among them. You'll have to live with the German cover, tho xD
Thor Genie: "I'm Thor" News Genie: " You're Thor?" Thor Genie: "Well it hurts" 😋 Cracks me up every time I hear it. This should of been the Sequel to the movie, and Return of Jafar should of been a TV special and not a movie. I thought this movie too was a nice ending to Iago having Al's dad as a companion then having Al and Jasmine took over as the Sultan's Rulers of Agrabah.
rcshaggy 7 this movie ending was one of my favorites from all of disney movies. Iago and Cassim together looking for new adventures, Aladdin and Jasmine finally married and the Peddler from the first movie who started the story is the one who finishes it. Just beautiful
I always saw the problems with Aladdin's father more of an addiction that he couldn't admit to. I felt like he said and did those things because, deep down, he does love his wife and son and originally intended to help them. But then he started enjoying what he was doing, especially since he was good at it and it became an addiction. When he went back, his wife was dead and his son was gone so, he kept doing what he's been doing and became the king of thieves. When he went back with Aladdin and saw an opportunity to get the talisman, the addiction started eating at him again. But it wasn't until the end, when that addiction could have caused the death of his son that he finally opened his eyes and threw it away. Maybe that's not what everyone saw, but whenever I watch it, that's what I see and that's why I can enjoy it a lot more. Even now, as an adult, I still enjoy it (though some of the songs are a little too gimmicky). But the dark tones really got me sucked in. Like the fight with SaLuke (I hope I spelled that right), it got really intense. The music was great and the idea of Aladdin taking a life hit both us AND Aladdin. That was an appropriate reaction that I enjoy. It's a fight to the death, but he never wanted to kill. Or when Aladdin dresses like his dad to break him out, that was creative. He has his father's likeness to make it work, he's lived as a thief so he knows how to get away from the police, and, while he does care about his father, he also doesn't want to forgive him for using him to get gold (feed into his addiction). Overall, I can see your point of view with this movie, Doug. But for me, this isn't JUST nostalgic. This is an actual continuation of the story of Aladdin where the last one wasn't. It felt like a proper sequel. Not the best, but worth it in the end
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I loved this movie as a kid. Somehow the characters seemed so much more fleshed out surprisingly for a kids film and the missing father aspect hit a chord with me. The visuals were memorable too. Now as an adult I see what you mean about the father son relationship they try to push but fails. It was basically a better sequel then the 2nd one but still has its flaws. Nostalgia is powerful enough for me to love it
Anyone else notice that the critic never seems to remember the names of any main character's fathers Greg Universe Cassim/Kassim (however you want to spell it) Martin the human etc he never seems to bother to remember their names
Okay Critic you obviously missed A LOT of key pieces of dialogue when it came to character motivation. 1: Aladdin's father say's he did go back to Aladdin and his wife but he couldn't find them. Meaning the mother was already dead and Aladdin was living on the streets. Thus he had no life in Agribah and devoted himself to being a thief. 2: The reason he can't live with Aladdin is because he's too big of a wanted criminal to be allowed a pardon for the crimes he commuted. The Sulan even say's 'the law is clear' before sending Kassim to the dungeon. 3: Aladdin goes to his father to save his father's life from the 40 thieves who betrayed him, and since they are already at the treasure vault decides to help him get the treasure he'd spent half his life trying to get. 4: Finally the father realizes by the end that the greatest treasure isn't gold but his son.
Aladdin's father was supposed to represent how a obsession could destroy his life. At one point he thought his wife and son were dead so all he had was his mission and even when he found out his son was alive that obsession wouldn't go away.
Yeah that's what I always thought. I like how both Aladdin and Cassim (although it was more on Aladdin) tried to bring each other into their world. Cassim showed what life would be like in the 40 thieves. Aladdin tried to bring his dad into his new life with Jasmine, Genie and the Sultan. But of course it didn't work. Cassim was too wrapped up with getting the oracle. He had been aiming at that for years and wouldn't forget about it at the drop of a hat.
Mister Tago Mago No, you are pretty ridiculous. Point out a game that my thumbnail represents is bad, on an irrelevant video... That's the textbook definition of ridiculous.
Hey, I'm _enjoying_ FF8 so far xD I mean, yeah, it's not the best thing I'll ever play, but the music's phenomenal and I really like the visual attention to detail.
Bit of trivia, this movie originally was going to reveal that the Tv Series Villian Mozenrath was in fact Aladdin's brother. Now if ya ask me that would have been an interesting twist and one that makes sense.
nah, im glad Mozenrath has nothing to do with Aladdin, it would have been really pointless filler conflict, also Mozenrath & Aladdin never hand any kind of interaction that would become "brotherly" their whole deal was mostly "i want that magic thing stop trying to stop me"
I'm mixed on this. I learned of this fact way after, but still wonder how they could've executed it. The twist would've been very interesting...and would've explained why Aladdin and Mozenrath looked so much alike.
Hmm Aladdin and the king of thieves also has one of the most saddening backstories since it ties up the Aladdin t.v. series. This was suppose to be a movie about Aladdin & the big reveals was that Mozenrath was his brother. However that was later changed due to writing issues at Disney, the movie was pushed back from a release in 1995 to 1996 with alot of rewrites/changes to the scrpits because they ended up killing Mozenrath in the t.v. series. What I find to be even sadder is that thee original voice actor of Mozenrath Hung himself in 2003.
Wait was Mozenrath that guy who had a skeletal arm, and had that pet eel? If he was, then he was my most favorite reoccurring villain in the tv series.
Jackie McCann I honestly had a crush on him, and always thought he could actually go from straight up vile villain to anti-hero if he wanted to. And he did reminded me as being Aladdin's opposite, and I always thought he might have been Jafar's son.
Yeah, but technically, he was left to die with a degrading body and no magical power source ("MY GAUNTLET!!!") in a hot air balloon (Yeah, weirdest way to kill a villain but still) in "Two to Tangle." So, while I think it would be an interesting reveal, it would have a discontinuity in it with the series.
Dang, I haven't seen this one in a while. Pros: 1. Robin Williams. That is all. Especially the Mrs. Doubtfire joke XD 2. The music. I liked it all, tbh. 3. Aladdin's back in the focus and has a personality again. 4. Some character building for Aladdin because of his dad. Cons: 1. The animation isn't as good. Though I'll admit it's better than RoJ. 2. The Genie doesn't have much to do anymore. 3. I'm sure there's more that me and Doug haven't brought up, but I can't remember. 4. -Aladdin wears a shirt-
Omg, I love this movie. I can understand the stuff that Doug is saying, but I grew up watching the tv show and this movie, before I actually say the original movie, so this one has a special place in my heart. I hated Return of Jafar, but that's just because I hate "villain frames the hero for x bad thing" plot lines.
I feel that Cassim was supposed to be conflicted. Like at first he wanted to support his family, but after he lost them he really became the king of thieves and by the time he was reunited with Aladdin it was the only way he knew how to be.
I think the motivations are a bit easier to follow if one simply considers that Cassim got in too deep. I mean granted yeah, that doesn't come across in his dialogue with Aladdin, but it very much comes across in his actions. He steals the scepter when Aladdin trusted him, he's the first to tell Aladdin to just cut ties and run. The guy gives off the feeling of completely devoting himself to being the King of Thieves and finding the Hand who then suddenly has a son he never really knew just thrust upon him. One who he clearly adores at least the idea of having but he's lived most of his life as this persona and this quest. Which actually kind of reminds me of Jim and Silver's relationship in Treasure Planet. Somewhat ironically, Silver abandoning his treasure to save his surrogate son might actually make more emotional sense than Cassim literally throwing away his threasure *after* he already saved his biological son.
you got it all wrong about Aladdin's father, he is not searching for a treasure,he is obsessed in finding the hand of midas, he became so obsessed about finding the hand of midas that he dose not care that it can create anything it touches to gold , if you remember the wedding scene he dose not care about any of the treasures or money , he only cares about finding the magical wand that summons the oracle to ask her about the hand of midas he wants to find it because he is so obsessed about finding it , and Aladdin cares about finding the hand of midas because he wants his father to reach his goal to get red of his obsession once for all at the end he throws away the hand of midas because he is satisfied because he found it and because he realized how destructive his obsession was on him and he should get red of his obsession once for all. Also another amazing thing about this movie , the music is way better than the original , it is one the all time great scores.
I loved this film as a kid and it still holds up for me but I think Doug just missed a point about the fathers motivations, he said and did come back but couldn't find his family so he thought they were dead and give all the time he spent with the thieves he would feel stuck in that mindset, I could go on and on but everyone else has done that for me so I hope Doug reads them
My favorite part was when he says "awww Kodiak moment " at the wedding and a bear roars in his face and Genie yells to get it out of there. LOL I never got that Joke till I worked at a Gas station.
Nicholas Sainburg Well there's a few ways to look at it. Kodiak is a brand of Hunting gear And has Cameras for such purposes, Kodiak is also a place in Alaska where the Kodiak Brown bear resides. (which i'm sure is what the movie was going for) But Kodiak is also a line of Chewing Tobacco with the Brown bear on the tin. So when Genie at Aladdin and Jasmines wedding Said "Awww look it's a Kodiak moment" A brown bear came into frame and roared in the Genie's face. At this point Genie was referring to the Kodiak Camera. He then proceeds to push it away and say "hey! get that bear out of here!" Now I'm sure they were going for a different route for that joke, as explained above, but I've worked at a Gas station for 5 years and in my mind Kodiak the Chewing tobacco was what came to mind. It's a bit weird thinking that way, but with Robin Williams as the Genie I would not be surprised if his improve was insinuating that, rather than the Kodiak bear or Alaska (which i'm sure it was. ) Hope that wasn't too confusing for you lol
Actually, I think he's also going to tackle some Disney movies that came out in theaters this year as well as some Marvel movies and Rogue One. He did the same thing last year.
Well, techincally, Doug Walker started to review the direct-to-DVD sequels line-up with Return to Neverland, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and The Jungle Book 2, last year. But yeah, we're actually gonna get his hands dirty on the rest of the library, this year.
Man I LOVED this movie when I was a kid. I actually think I watched it even more than the original; It had more of an adveturous felling to it that really spoke to me. Glad to see it still kinda holds up. The animation is better than I remembered, actually...
Don't know if he found his wife to be dead but he did say he never found them when he looked for them so he assumed they were both dead and went back to this thieving life.
The thing about this movie that stands out the most is the surprisingly intense execution scene. I know Al is saved at the last second but for a direct to vhs that was surprisingly dramatic.
Okay, I agree with Kassim tossing away the hand of Midas. But I think the heart mattered. With Aladdin, it was that his dad needed help getting the hand, and if he was getting it, he may as well help. (For me, the Genie sold this for me.)
Except Aladdin went to rescue his dad, who was captured by the villain. This is just Doug missing glaringly obvious plot points and making assumptions.
This movie deserved a bigger budget... Some people already mentioned it here. I got the reasoning pretty clear. Kasim returned to find his family gone and pretty much went grief treasure hunting to fill a hole. He had no one to provide for so it gave him SOMETHING to do with himself and it became an addiction, like how people turn to drugs and stuff to cover pain. I like that Kasim didn't just automatically become a stay at home dad. He was used to being on the move but now that he knew his son was alive, he had somewhere to go home to again. Also Aladdin looked absolutely BOSS when he dressed up and impersonated Kasim 6:51. Looked like an Arabian NINJA. Makes you realize they have pretty much the same FACE, just at different ages.
Honestly one of the best direct to video Disney films. Robin Williams constantly had me laughing, the plot of Aladdin and his father was an interesting one, and the action scenes were awesome too.
I dunno. I thought the movie communicated quite well enough. "Muh waif'n'kid" was clearly the lie he told himself so he could sleep at night after butchering families and taking their shit, and what part of him did harbor any concern for his family was tempered by the realization that he was in far too deep to emerge alive without getting the "big score," and that he best not even let his crew know a family exists, much less get them involved. As for the matter of pride... yes the only thing keeping him on his foolish quest was pride at that point... and Aladdin cared for his father's quest for that very reason. I know this is a rather Old World concept, but his father's pride is his pride, and as such, as his son, Aladdin was honor bound to support his father, and it was only when his father swallowed his pride that Aladdin would have felt right in letting go himself.
Even as a child, which is when I watched most of these Disney sequels I was able to notice the drop in quality when it comes to animation, but damn, did this movie have some spectacular visuals. I always remember thinking the giant turtle at the end looked so cool.
what are you talking about? cassim's motivations albeit complex make perfect sense. like it's all explained in their very first talk and the movie follows through with his established struggles and personality. I loved and understood this even as a kid. I don't get this rant at all honesty. also he really isn't at all like Finn's dad?? vastly different characters and circumstances, it's so odd to compare them
Scott Sandler yeah there only about 3-6 animated movies left for him to review..... but what if he did the live action dreamworks movies because he never reviewed them
The Forceman Dreamworks and Dreamworks Animation are not related. Since February 2013, there's been Rise of the Guardians, The Croods, Turbo, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Penguins of Madagascar, Home, Kung Fu Panda 3, and Trolls PLUS Puss in Boots had actually been skipped over in Round 1. That's 10 films
So glad you finally covered this one in-depth. For most of my childhood, this was the only Aladdin movie I knew, and I watched it hundreds of times. Thanks for the blast of nostalgia.
so.... his dad said he'd come back but he loved the lifestyle too much. being the boss alienated him from his goal. and Aladdin wanted to connect with his job for, perhaps, the first and last time, and he wanted one more heist before retirement.
Actually this is another case of Doug not paying attention to the movie he's reviewing again. Al's dad said he did come back for them, but they weren't there. After that Al's dad just went back to the only life he knew. Also Aladdin didn't go with his dad to find the hand, he went after his dad to rescue him after he got captured by the main bad guy. Kind of gigantic plot points for Doug to miss, really. O.o
Actually, the motivations *do* kinda make sense, dear Critic, it just takes a bit more analysis into both the first and third films. See, from the sound of things, Aladdins' father *did* genuinely want to support his family by becoming a thief, gains a lot of gold and doesn't come back. The reasoning for this is the same reason kleptomaniacs have a hard time kicking their habits: He got addicted to finding and/or stealing gold. And it's clear the guys he hung around with didn't help much in this regard either, especially his right-hand man who betrays him in the end. This explains why his motivations go back and forth; he *wants* to abandon the treasure and be with his son, but the long time finding treasure has finally taken a toll on his mind, and he has a harder time kicking his habits. As for Aladdin's little joy bit with dad, it's less "I care about the treasure" and more, "I was like my dad, maybe I can connect with him that way." After all, both had roughly the same motivations at first, but slowly became somewhat heroic figures by the end.
2:17 Doug, they actually talk about that in the movie. In the movie, the father said he came back, but he couldn't find his wife and Aladdin, so he continued to be with the 40 thieves
I think the idea is that Cassim got corrupted by the Thieves in his time with them, having entered with intentions to help his family and wound up obsessed with money and treasure. But how well the movie got that across, I'd have to watch it again to judge. Good review as always, Mr. Critic!
It closely matches with old Indian fashion, which I'm assuming Agrabah is based on India. So no, Psycho Shears, it's really not that fucked up, not to them anyway.
PLAYER SLAYER Again. Through song and other mentions they say this story comes from arabia. Arabia is today's middle east, north africa, and southern europe.
Even though King of Thieves is the official wrap-up for Aladdin's movie and TV series, we did get an epilog of sorts in the crossover episode with Hercules and the Arabian Knight. It's not perfect by any means but it is set after Aladdin and Jasmine are married so technically that is the last we see of them in that continuity.
I usually like the longer work better, but these short vignettes are really nice! Interesting insights, criticism felt fair and well thought out. Lovely.
Well Isaiah, I think he's mainly sticking to the legitimate sequels. Granted, the Pooh films are all part of his franchise, but their more like stand-alone films. Maybe he'll do one or two of them for By Popular Demand? My prediction is that tomorrow, he's going to do Belle's Magical World.
+Xander Borg He did say he's doing a few other direct to DVD sequels. Mickey Mouse's Three Musketeers isn't a sequel, but I'm pretty sure he's doing that.
I loved this movie. I honestly think this is the best home video sequel I ever watched. And it is much more focused on adventure and action while still carrying a lot of heart and like you said, the scenery is BEAUTIFUL. The fact that it was the tv team always impressed me. And that villian death? Delicious. There's a reason a similar death scene is super popular in the Tomb Raider franchise.
For the record, Aladdin and the King of Thieves did the "father joins a life of crime to help his family, then becomes addicted to it" thing a good decade or so before Breaking Bad.
Great review! I loved this film as a kid, and while it had its faults (mainly too much Genie and one or two out of place songs, as you mentioned), it was one of the best childhood films I remember seeing! There is one thing I want to clear up: Aladdin went back, not for the treasure hunt, but to save his father from the thieves, and his father wasn't going to leave the island without the treasure. Aladdin was putting himself aside to save his father, and it was his father's near loss of his Aladdin, his own son, that snapped him out of the years of being a thief, reminding him of what his original purpose really was. Plenty of people would stay in his situation even when they don't want to be and don't understand themselves why they stay. Maybe it could have been explained better, but most of this is explained clearly in the film itself. There are entire moments and scenes dedicated to most of this.
Kinda feels like Doug didnt pay attention to the plot. The reason for why Aladdins dad never went back was because when he did return after several years, his wife had died and his son had disappeared. With his family gone, all he had left was the search for the Hand of Midas. Now its been over 20 years, and the treasure hunt has been his sole focus that whole time, that kind of obsession doesnt just go away. Not to mention his son is an adult now and dont really need him anymore.
Spot on. He must have also missed the fact that Aladdin didn't go to help his dad find the Hand, he went to rescue him from Sal'uk. He then chased after his dad when they escaped from Sal'uk and wound up finding the Hand.
I mean, I haven't seen the film in years, and I still remember all this.
indeed well said guys i really think he did not do the movie a service but you guys get it and as a fan i thank you :)
and even if it doesn't make sense...isn't senseless actions is what we do the most? Like seriously...making actions that don't make sense sometimes is what makes us humans!
Thank you! Cassim even tells Aladdin "I came back to Agrabah one night. But I couldn't find my wife...or my son. I thought my family was lost forever." So I always figured that Aladdin's place was somewhere he moved after his mom died. Either that or he did go by and just missed Aladdin or something.
Boom! Thank you! Exactly what I was wondering how he missed!
Doug is right in that it is a pride thing, but I don't think the movie was ever confused about that. Cassim said he did come back to be a father but couldn't find his family. One could assume that from here, he only cared about hunting treasure to fill an inner need, not to provide for himself.
Here's the thing. Cassim did care about Aladdin, but it was made pretty clear that he was conning him and only pretending to be a truly caring father during most of the movie. He doesn't even agree to go back with Aladdin, stating he doesn't belong in his world, until Iago convinces him he can use that moment to steal the oracle. It isn't until Aladdin comes back to rescue Cassim at the end that he understands how important Aladdin is to him and truly sees him as his treasure. Despite that Cassim betrayed him and ruined his life, his son still came back.
I got Cassim's motivations too, but I could see how it was easy for Doug to be confused.
Shady Doorags Well said.
I feel the exact same way my friend. The heart of Cassim's character really carried this movie. Love it.
Shady Doorags I was going to write something along those lines but you did it all and I say. yes. exactly
I do want to add to your point that Cassim likely thought Aladdin was DEAD. I'm no shrink but that has have a major effect on someone. Hell ask any guy has had a kid pop some 15 years down the road. He'll likely wont know how to deal with it even if they have a family all ready.
Again like you said his whole obsession with the hand was it fill the void his family left. Now to realize that all was for nothing? Again no shrink but come on...
Aladdin's dad, Cassim, said he DID go back for his family but couldn't find them and assumed that his wife and son were both dead. That's kind of why he was pretty shocked when Aladdin says he's his son and even saves him. As for continuing to go after the treasure, there's an expression called "Old habits die hard" and I don't think years of being a thief looking for this certain treasure is going to end because of finding his son. It's like an addiction, Cassim even says "After this, I go straight" which is what an addict says ALL THE TIME! Aladdin went to this island of treasure to save his dad since he was kidnapped by the villain and the thieves. As for helping him, he knew that his dad wasn't going to stop until he got this treasure (The man even went to get the oracle after Aladdin helped him escape and was distracting the guards for him). It wasn't until he realized what this stupid treasure almost cost him in the end, his son and that's why he got rid of it. So really it isn't a big problem, especially since you forgot that Cassim said WHY he didn't go back! I think this movie is genuinely fantastic and is one of the best Disney sequels!
I loved this movie, it was pretty good for a sequel. The songs "There's a Party Here in Agrabah" and "Welcome to the Forty Thieves" are actually memorable.
Out of thin air is my favorite
@@KrystalAnn0688 Yeah, I was going to say that “Out of Thin Air” was my favorite. The only things that would have been better would have made it better would have been if Jasmine had more involvement in the story, and if they actually had a clear focus on who they wanted Cassim to be as Aladdin’s father and his mother’s husband.
On the one hand, I understand why he would want for him and his impoverished family to have a better lifestyle in order to protect them. On the other hand, if he really loved them as much as he claims he did, then why didn’t Cassim just bring Aladdin and his wife with him on his journey to find wealth? You’d think he’d be too worried about his family’s health and survival to just leave them behind to find wealth for them.
To his credit, Cassim DID come back to Agrabah some years later to find Aladdin and his wife after finding some gold, only to find out that they were missing afterwards, and he only became the King of Thieves when he couldn’t find them. However, his family was poor in a city full of law enforcement officials who tried to murder impoverished people as punishment for stealing food that they couldn’t afford, but had to eat to survive. Talk about disproportionate retribution…The impoverished in Agrabah were treated terribly by the royal guards. If they were agile, athletic, cunning, and lucky enough to survive like Aladdin, they would have had to hide out a lot to avoid being caught and killed. Otherwise, they would have died from starvation, illness, or been killed.
How could Cassim have honestly believed that his impoverished wife and son would still be living in the same little house he left them in after all those years in a city like Agrabah?
It seems like Cassim leaving his family behind to go find wealth for them by himself, was a cowardly shame based thing of not being able to provide for his wife and son. Yeah, wanting for his impoverished wife, son, and himself to have a wealthier life is understandable, but leaving them behind to do it in a city like Agrabah was shitty. I also don’t get why he is so obsessed with finding the Hand of Midas after finally being reunited with his long lost son…He apparently has more than enough gold to be wealthy now, and, even if he didn’t, his son is about to get hitched to the daughter of the very wealthy sultan of Agrabah, so he could easily be provided for…I guess, he just got used to the thrill of stealing all this treasure over the years.
Agreed. I would love to see this story in live action
Anybody agree with me that the villains death scene with that hand was very memorable? It was kinda chilling for me as a kid.
Giovanni Orellana agreed, probably one of the most violent deaths in Disney movies
+Atticus Omundson I think you mean horse unless you want him to dissappear.
I used to not mind that much, now I'm like "HOLY SHIT! THAT WAS HORRIFYING!"
Giovanni Orellana my mom was scared to show me this sequel when I was younger
That turns you invisible. The horse talisman would heal him.
I actually disagree with you on the motivations, here's why
Aladdins father states that he did come back to Argrabah (don't know how you spell it) but he couldn't find his family, after that I can be assumed that he thought they were dead or something along those lines and he continued to do the one thing he's always known, being a thief, he looks at the Hand of Mightus and sees the one goal that ruined his life but also the one thing keeping him going, he's spent all of Aladdins life looking for it, that's a long time, he's probably obsessed with it at this point.
Then when Aladdin shows up out of the blue and reveals that he is his son, it's understandable that he'd have some conflict, he's lived most of his life believing his son to be dead or at least gone forever and now he's just shown up, sure he's happy but then his son shows his Dad that he's done extremely well for himself, meaning his whole want to find the hand to provide for his family was pointless, in short he feels like Aladdin didn't need him, and now Aladdin expects him to just give up on his life of crime and become his Dad, I guarantee you he wants too but looking at his sons life he knows he wont be able to adjust, he's been a thief all his life and unlike Aladdin he didn't do it to live, he did it for his family and then carried on after because it was all he had ever known, he is essentially an addict.
Aladdin helping him is just a kid helping his Dad in the hopes that it will fan the flames of his addiction.
I think this movie is a lot better than people make it out to be and a lot deeper too.
TheBrownTown008 wow that's some good analytical thinking(not being sarcastic like I'm surprised cuz I never thought of it like that :D )
**slow clap**
Nothing really that I can add that you didn't already cover, but I did want to mention one thing. The name of the treasure they were looking for was the "Hand of Midas". It's a reference to the legend of King Midas, who had a wish granted that everything he touched turned to gold. I don't recall the details of the original story, but he eventually regretted his wish when he realized that he could no longer eat and would eventually starve to death, and that he could never touch or embrace his loved ones ever again, lest they suffer the same fate as the villain of this movie.
+Kurtis Haren the tale was that king midas touched his daughters and they turned to gold, then his own wife touched him and she too turned to gold, realizing his mistake, he had to remove the curse, same as in the movie, because he was looking for the hand of midas, he lost his loved ones, and upon going with aladin and getting the hand, it was like a bonding moment, and he realized that he didnt need the hand. kinda nice when you think about it
doug was talking about trying to find one disney sequel to be a diamond in the rough in the last video and probably didn't want to blow a load this early into the month without it being at least on par with the original... and i think williams humor isn't well suited for sequeling, it's the sort of thing that's a rush, but if you try to recapture it winds up overcorrecting for being self-conscious... but i mean 'holy shit this was a disney sequel' is a pretty big compliment for a disney sequel, i don't really think it was a harsh video
i believe there's a bambi 2? .......i love bambi, i am not excited about seeing him review that one which i'm sure must be terrible
Cassim did go back. but he could not find his wife or son so went back to the 40 thieves. to him they were both dead.
Exactly. It always bothers me when Doug or Rob say something doesn't work, when it's actually them missing the point.
when there's a lot to bring up, it's easy to miss things.
I was thinking this same exact thing. "Did the movie not mention that the father thought they were dead?" I guess Doug missed that... But it seems like an important thing to miss if the motivations were his problem.
it's not even that hard to miss. it's during their first talk alone after al's fight with suluk.
It still doesn't make sense though.
I adore that theory that Aladdin made his Father the king of the thieves through that wish about becoming a prince.
...I have never heard this theory. It sounds amazing. (Mainly cause I watched King of thieves alot growing up)
hoooly shit that fills that plot hole so well
Aladdin's father having conflicting desires, behaviors, and motivations is totally realistic. People really are unpredictable and all over the place that way. That is so real life, I can't believe you actually brought that as a criticism.
JW Money He seems to think it doesn't make sense within the structure of a narrative.
JW Money I was just thinking this. People's personas are different then who they actually are. My friends see me as nice and upbeat, but sometimes I do awful things out of anger or sadness. There's very little consistency to character in real life.
Well, he did also use Adventure Time as an example of this kind of thing done right, and considering that Finn's dad is one of the worst parts of the show for all the wrong reasons, at least in my opinion... Yeah. I couldn't really take that criticism seriously.
My dad was a troubled piece of shit who abandoned me but he would always call me and speak to me like I was his world, and that he would do anything to live with me again. He would visit every few years and take me everywhere, buying me gifts, and trying to fit as much "dad" in as possible.
And despite the fact that he left because he kept our family destitute because he couldnt stop himself from doing cocaine and drinking, I couldn't help but be excited to see him because I never got to.
Sorry Nostalgia Critic but you just missed the mark on something entirely, I don't blame you because you were lucky enough to have two parents who consistently loved you.
I was raised by my grandma.
My dad left and my mom was always telling me one thing and doing another. Saying she'd be there and she never was, even though she had good intentions half of the time.
This movie brings tears to my eyes with how close to home it hits with the song "Thin air".
My favorite line from this movie is from Genie after he surrounds the King of Thieves SWAT style and says 'Do not attempt to move or we'll be shooting ourselves'.
Mine was the Genie's Thor joke lol
Mine is, when doing the weddings "TV report"; "Brought to you by Sand. It's everywhere, get used to it."
I actually really liked Saluk. I think what made him cool for me is that he had no magical powers like Jafar but was still a force to be reckoned with. I mean he survives falling off a cliff, an encounter with a shark, then takes on the best of the 40 Thieves by himself and convinces them to join him. Plus his death is really fitting; a thief so blinded by greed he got careless and grabbed the golden hand becoming an embodiment of his own greediness. And his voice actor does a great job too, amusingly the same voice as the candle from Beauty and the Beast
Holy cannoli, I didn't know that last fact! I never would have guessed.
ah yes jerry orbach who by that time was best known as detective Lennie Briscoe on law&order
I almost forgot he PUNCHED A SHARK IN THE FACE
yeah
He was also a big Broadway musical dude for 20 years before that. He was actually the original lawyer from Chicago!
I can't believe critic didn't bring up the "I thought the earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon" joke in the review. Such a wasted opportunity.
that was hilarious. still is.
4disndat2unme what does that even mean?
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@@treyowen9213getting busy
@@MrGabeanator but what does that have to with the earth moving
If I recall, didn't his father make the comment that when he came back to find Aladdin and his mother he wasn't able to locate them? Memory is fuzzy but I recall that coming out.
You’re right on.
just watched this last night for nostalgia and yeah he did.
and the genie has his slave bracelets again...for some reason..
he had them all through return of jafar and the tv show, it would have been weird if he sundely remembered he could take them off.
ryan phillips yeah but he wears than as accessories not as if they bond him to the lamp
i know it's an aesthetic deal because he's a cartoon...but obviously a continuity issue.
If you want the actual reason, It's easier on the animators to animate hands on bracelets
I think he put them on as a fashion statement and he probably got used to them.
I'd say one of my favorite of the animated sequels. Biggest problem is animation for me. Plot wise though as far as idea and whatever especially with the father is pretty good.
Okay well I said it was a good idea. Not that it always made sense......
Did you watch the movie Doug? He did go back for his family before he joins the thieves, can't find them in Agrabah, thinks they're dead, so in despair and frustration he joins the 40 thieves and become's obsessed with finding the treasure that WOULD have saved his family. His motivations make total sense.
What about Aladdin 4: Jafar May Need Glasses?
Zak Rosenfeld
What video is that from?
MrGamer1992 It's a Family Guy joke
Zak Rosenfeld
Thanks. Now I remember
Zak Rosenfeld Old joke is old.
Or Aladdin 5: Jafar Answers the Census?
2 down and a lot more to go! What does everyone think of Aladdin and the King of Thieves?
I still like it. Best Aladdin sequel compared to Return of Jafar.
I actually enjoyed it as well!
I really loved this movie growing up and I still get some enjoyment out of it today. But I agree with a lot of your points, especially about the Genie. It felt almost forced because they had Robin Williams back, so it was time to let him go nuts and shove in whatever he threw out. Just wasn't as endearing as the first movie. Thanks for a nice, balanced review of this movie, Doug!
I wouldn't call it the greatest, but it was still a good movie and does put the trilogy to rest, plus father son bond was a good touch
Loved it as a kid. I don't know if I would watch it now at 25 unless I'm feeling really nostalgic.
I think this movie is pretty great. Definitely one of the best of the direct to dvd sequels. Even if being the best does not mean very much.
Despite its shortcomings, I liked this one as a kid
Go Spartans
Achille is not spartan :)
I think this might've been my favorite Aladdin period, besides the series of course, when I was a kid. I couldn't tell you how many times I've watched this one, heck, I rewatched it this year in fact and didn't even bother with the other two movies or any of the series
Gabriel Tomasini Isn't that the MSU logo?
Jackson DeStefano
Indeed it is, although I didn't know that until just now.
And Achille wouldn't be that much out of place in Sparta after all.
Thanks for the insight, I'll try and be a more informed smart-ass from now on.
That said, I'm now trying to imagine Achille living in Sparta expressing his opinion of his childhood memories of Aladdin stories.
Yep, that doesn't add up much more than the plot of this film.
The code red scene gets me everytime
Do not move or we will be forced to shoot ourselves
Likewise! 😂
“GERONIMO!”
“ARAPAHO!”
“NAVAJO!”
“Pocahontas~!”
"Hakuna Matata! Ohhh! I had an out of movie experience!"
"Stand down men. Smoke 'em if you got 'em."
Don't make me use the other end!
Me and my sis still quote that. I was in high school before I realize that "we will shoot ourselves" line was referring to cross fire since they had him surrounded and that made it funnier
Uh, anyone else think Aladdin's father looks like Doctor Strange? He has the suave beard, the white streaks in his hair, and even has a cape/cloak-like thing. LOL, just saying.
CANNOT...UNSEE...
Huh... I guess that explains why I'm weirdly attracted to him?
DISNEY KNEW THEY WOULD BUY MARVEL
I always thought Cassim was addicted to treasure hunting. Like he was always hunting for "the big score," but every time he got it there was an even bigger score he had to go after. And Cassim said he DID try to return home once, but when he went back to Agrabah he found out his wife had died and his son was MIA.
He probably knew his wife and kid wouldn't be welcomed/safe with the theives and maybe he knew his wife wouldn't approve of his career choice.
True, true.
he is a quote "after this i go straight"
@@kushkong1339 aka: after this shot of heroine I'm done
Another reason Aladdin's father became a thief is because in order for Aladdin''s wish to become a prince to be true, there had to be a king...so his wish made his father the King of Thieves to fulfill his original wish... we just didn't realize that until this movie!!
Ahh, the unintended consequences of a selfish wish.
To be honest, I never thought about that. :D Either way, it does make perfect sense.
man, that would have been a perfect way to collect all the things doug was saying the movie had problems with... their could have been a whole conflicted happiness between them about getting undeserved promotions and then benefiting from another stolen treasure being this insipid connection between them... maybe would have needed a jafar element to give aladdin the benefit of being warped into greed so he could come back, but just as easily explained by the shock of seeing his father going to his head
is that in the movie that his being a prince elevated his father to be a king or is it a plausible deduction of yours?
Does that really work? I mean would Aladdin now be considered royalty because he's the Prince of Thieves? Eh guess so! :p
Lily Zerep well...they were saying that his dad was the king because of genie's magic on the son... a prince must have a royal father after all and by virtue of genie's magic, aladdin's father's life was turned into a form of king as aladdin was being first turned into Prince Ali (fabulous he) Ababwa
She didn't HAVE to get married, they WANTED to get married.
Edit- Also, I disagree about Aladdin and Cassim's motivations. It started out with Cassim wanting to find the ultimate treasure to provide for his family, but then he got sucked into the hunt for it almost like Ahab and he never came back. He definitely was a treasure obsessed deadbeat dad, but he always told himself that he loved his family. Aladdin could see this and so he wanted to help his father find the treasure thus freeing him from it, while at the same time, being curious to see it himself. By the end, after finally finding the treasure, Cassim comes to realize that his son is more important to him. I feel that he probably used "providing for his family" as an excuse to hunt for the Hand of Midas in the first place, and later, after finding out his wife died without him, he felt in his heart that he HAD to find the treasure to somehow justify abandoning her to search for it.
Basically. He did in fact go back but it's not like he knew where Aladdin went. He pretty much had nothing left but finding the Hand at that point and even when they reunited it would be hard to just abandon that goal.
That's right. At the end of the first movie the Sultan changed the law so that Jasmine didn't have to get married.
Plus in the animated series, Jasmine mentioned that she's engaged to aladdin.
Personally I think this is the best disney sequel.
It's good, but Rescuers Down Under is still the best.
Best of the straight-to-video ones.
Also, The first Rescuers is actually quite bad so the sequel being better is not saying that much. I'd say Rescuers Downunder is a okey film with great animation.
The rescuers down under is not a sequel and everyone Knows that Cinderella 3:A twist in time is the best sequel
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This guy gets it.
This is basically the animated version of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Third movie in series featuring father issues and the most precious item in the world. Also a hidden place that collapses in on itself by the end.
Yeah, I've read that they really wanted it to be like Last Crusade--drew lots of inspiration from it.
Funny you should say that, because Sean Connery was cast as Cassim first, but he had to drop out.
John Rhys-Davies starredin both
" _Effort!_ Honest-to-God _effort!_"
shoot what is that from. I KNOW it's a review but i cant remember which one
+Brandon Thompson It's from the sonic reviews
Sonic shows one
Stephen Marco oh yeah i remember now. that review always cracks me up
This is my favorite of the three. Originally it was going to involve Mozenrath & the revelation that he and Aladdin were brothers. But it got scrapped for an arc regarding his father Kazeem, leader of the Forty Thieves. I think it was interesting.
Actually it got scrapped cause Mozenrath's va died before they could they make it and they knew it couldn't work without him so no replacement (which was also out of respect for him) thus the script had to be rewritten. Also Sean Connery was supposed to voice Kaseem but they couldn't get him which is why the guy who does voice him does an impression of him.
Goleon haha! he doesn't do an impression! it's Jonathan reys davies! he has that accent! it's gimlee from lotr
Goleon Wow.
Its not Kazzem its Cassim
I KNEW IT. I remember watching the show twenty years ago and thinking, Mozenrath looks an awful like an evil Aladdin. What if they were brothers? Vindication at last.
As a little kid I absolutely LOVED this movie! It was so good 😭💕
MegaMagicalMegan me too I still do. Why won't Disney release this movie on DVD? Don't they like 💰?
MonsterHunter 66 They did release it on dvd. Twice in fact. But the second time it and Return of Jafar got put back into the vault so the copies they made eventually became out of print thus you have to find second-hand ones which will likely be a bit pricey.
Wait, its not on dvd?
I have them on VHS! Bought for 50⍧ each! :D
He.. he… Thrift Store Suckers.
If you'd really like to have one, you could consider buying the German DVD. It's not that expensive and just like every other Disney movie on a German DVD, there are several language selections. The original English version is always among them.
You'll have to live with the German cover, tho xD
Of the Aladdin trilogy, this was my favorite. I remember watching this one more times than I could count. It even aired on TV a couple of times.
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Cracks me up every time I hear it.
This should of been the Sequel to the movie, and Return of Jafar should of been a TV special and not a movie.
I thought this movie too was a nice ending to Iago having Al's dad as a companion then having Al and Jasmine took over as the Sultan's Rulers of Agrabah.
thats how i see it now. Return of Jafar was the movie long premire to the show and THIS is the sequel to the OG movie
"Oh there is Cleopatra and Ceasar and they are bring a Salad how wonderful.."
rcshaggy 7 this movie ending was one of my favorites from all of disney movies. Iago and Cassim together looking for new adventures, Aladdin and Jasmine finally married and the Peddler from the first movie who started the story is the one who finishes it. Just beautiful
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I always saw the problems with Aladdin's father more of an addiction that he couldn't admit to. I felt like he said and did those things because, deep down, he does love his wife and son and originally intended to help them. But then he started enjoying what he was doing, especially since he was good at it and it became an addiction. When he went back, his wife was dead and his son was gone so, he kept doing what he's been doing and became the king of thieves. When he went back with Aladdin and saw an opportunity to get the talisman, the addiction started eating at him again. But it wasn't until the end, when that addiction could have caused the death of his son that he finally opened his eyes and threw it away. Maybe that's not what everyone saw, but whenever I watch it, that's what I see and that's why I can enjoy it a lot more. Even now, as an adult, I still enjoy it (though some of the songs are a little too gimmicky). But the dark tones really got me sucked in. Like the fight with SaLuke (I hope I spelled that right), it got really intense. The music was great and the idea of Aladdin taking a life hit both us AND Aladdin. That was an appropriate reaction that I enjoy. It's a fight to the death, but he never wanted to kill. Or when Aladdin dresses like his dad to break him out, that was creative. He has his father's likeness to make it work, he's lived as a thief so he knows how to get away from the police, and, while he does care about his father, he also doesn't want to forgive him for using him to get gold (feed into his addiction).
Overall, I can see your point of view with this movie, Doug. But for me, this isn't JUST nostalgic. This is an actual continuation of the story of Aladdin where the last one wasn't. It felt like a proper sequel. Not the best, but worth it in the end
The best sequel to Aladdin was the 4th one "Jafar Might Need Glasses" with the best moment was Jafar trying to decide if 5 or 6 was clearer
Aladdin 5: Jafar Goes to Camp
Aladdin 6: Jafar Stays Home
Aladdin 7: Jafar Scared Stupid
Aladdin 8: Slam Dunk Jafar
Aladdin 9: Jafar VS Superman Dawn of Justice
Aladdin 10: Jafar VS Kong
Aladdin 11: Into the Genie-Verse
Aladdin 12: Jafar Joins the Circus
Aladdin 13: Jafar in Space
Aladdin 14: Jafar VS Predator
Aladdin 15: Jafar in Mexico
Aladdin 16: Jafar Down Under
Aladdin 17: Jafar Finds Bigfoot
Aladdin 18: Jafar and Iago Do America
Aladdin 19: Jafar Joins WWE
Aladdin 20: Jafar Meets KISS
Genie with the Lion King reference killed me every time as a kid. Constant rewind
ADrew And Mrs Doubtfire nod lol
Can't wait for Cinderella III. Nostalgia Chick says that one is surprisingly good.
Jack Casey I actually remember that movie.
If I knew it was going to be that good, I would have seen it, myself. Guess it just wasn't my time.
To be honest, I think that Cinderella III is even better than the first movie
Imagine if Cinderella combined with Back to the Future, with some self referential humor
Cinderella 3 is pretty good
I loved this movie as a kid. Somehow the characters seemed so much more fleshed out surprisingly for a kids film and the missing father aspect hit a chord with me. The visuals were memorable too. Now as an adult I see what you mean about the father son relationship they try to push but fails. It was basically a better sequel then the 2nd one but still has its flaws. Nostalgia is powerful enough for me to love it
Anyone else notice that the critic never seems to remember the names of any main character's fathers
Greg Universe
Cassim/Kassim (however you want to spell it)
Martin the human
etc
he never seems to bother to remember their names
So?
Don't see how it matters, sometimes he call characters by the actors names.
Okay Critic you obviously missed A LOT of key pieces of dialogue when it came to character motivation.
1: Aladdin's father say's he did go back to Aladdin and his wife but he couldn't find them. Meaning the mother was already dead and Aladdin was living on the streets. Thus he had no life in Agribah and devoted himself to being a thief.
2: The reason he can't live with Aladdin is because he's too big of a wanted criminal to be allowed a pardon for the crimes he commuted. The Sulan even say's 'the law is clear' before sending Kassim to the dungeon.
3: Aladdin goes to his father to save his father's life from the 40 thieves who betrayed him, and since they are already at the treasure vault decides to help him get the treasure he'd spent half his life trying to get.
4: Finally the father realizes by the end that the greatest treasure isn't gold but his son.
Aladdin's father was supposed to represent how a obsession could destroy his life. At one point he thought his wife and son were dead so all he had was his mission and even when he found out his son was alive that obsession wouldn't go away.
Yeah that's what I always thought. I like how both Aladdin and Cassim (although it was more on Aladdin) tried to bring each other into their world. Cassim showed what life would be like in the 40 thieves. Aladdin tried to bring his dad into his new life with Jasmine, Genie and the Sultan. But of course it didn't work. Cassim was too wrapped up with getting the oracle. He had been aiming at that for years and wouldn't forget about it at the drop of a hat.
You gotta love seeing Genie as Mrs. Doubtfire.
GOD, I miss Robin! (the little kid in me starts crying like crazy)
This is one of the few Disney sequels that I actually like
Weird fact; this was the first time I've ever seen a reference to Steamboat Willie.
Final Fantasy 8 is shit!
Mister Tago Mago Really? I point out something interesting about this movie, and that's what you say? You're ridiculous.
mrguy22494 What you pointed out wasnt that interesting tbh. Also im not ridiculous. Im Mister Tago Mago.
Mister Tago Mago No, you are pretty ridiculous. Point out a game that my thumbnail represents is bad, on an irrelevant video... That's the textbook definition of ridiculous.
Hey, I'm _enjoying_ FF8 so far xD
I mean, yeah, it's not the best thing I'll ever play, but the music's phenomenal and I really like the visual attention to detail.
Bit of trivia, this movie originally was going to reveal that the Tv Series Villian Mozenrath was in fact Aladdin's brother. Now if ya ask me that would have been an interesting twist and one that makes sense.
nah, im glad Mozenrath has nothing to do with Aladdin, it would have been really pointless filler conflict, also Mozenrath & Aladdin never hand any kind of interaction that would become "brotherly" their whole deal was mostly "i want that magic thing stop trying to stop me"
Idk. I would like have liked to see that twist. I think it could have worked out if they had done it right.
I'm mixed on this. I learned of this fact way after, but still wonder how they could've executed it. The twist would've been very interesting...and would've explained why Aladdin and Mozenrath looked so much alike.
Hmm Aladdin and the king of thieves also has one of the most saddening backstories since it ties up the Aladdin t.v. series. This was suppose to be a movie about Aladdin & the big reveals was that Mozenrath was his brother. However that was later changed due to writing issues at Disney, the movie was pushed back from a release in 1995 to 1996 with alot of rewrites/changes to the scrpits because they ended up killing Mozenrath in the t.v. series. What I find to be even sadder is that thee original voice actor of Mozenrath Hung himself in 2003.
Wait was Mozenrath that guy who had a skeletal arm, and had that pet eel? If he was, then he was my most favorite reoccurring villain in the tv series.
Zinervawyrm Yep, that was Mozenrath. He was one of my favorite villains in the series, too.
Jackie McCann I honestly had a crush on him, and always thought he could actually go from straight up vile villain to anti-hero if he wanted to. And he did reminded me as being Aladdin's opposite, and I always thought he might have been Jafar's son.
Yeah, but technically, he was left to die with a degrading body and no magical power source ("MY GAUNTLET!!!") in a hot air balloon (Yeah, weirdest way to kill a villain but still) in "Two to Tangle." So, while I think it would be an interesting reveal, it would have a discontinuity in it with the series.
Dang, I haven't seen this one in a while.
Pros:
1. Robin Williams. That is all. Especially the Mrs. Doubtfire joke XD
2. The music. I liked it all, tbh.
3. Aladdin's back in the focus and has a personality again.
4. Some character building for Aladdin because of his dad.
Cons:
1. The animation isn't as good. Though I'll admit it's better than RoJ.
2. The Genie doesn't have much to do anymore.
3. I'm sure there's more that me and Doug haven't brought up, but I can't remember.
4. -Aladdin wears a shirt-
LOL! Aladdin wears a shirt!
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@@veronicageorge3825 LOL. He finally wears a proper shirt for like most of the movie this time.
Next, Aladdin 4: Jafar May Need Glasses.
Aladdin 5: Jafar takes the census.
Okay, is this an overused joke, or does this actually exist, 'cause I've seen this at least three times on this page- and I thought it was a joke
HILARIOUS AND ORIGINAL!
HILARIOUS AND ORIGINAL!
HILARIOUS AND ORIGINAL!
HILARIOUS AND ORIGINAL!
Aladin 6: Disney gives up
Aladdin Revenge of Nasira.
Oh wait this exists.
Is it bad that I actually love this movie?
no
Omg, I love this movie. I can understand the stuff that Doug is saying, but I grew up watching the tv show and this movie, before I actually say the original movie, so this one has a special place in my heart.
I hated Return of Jafar, but that's just because I hate "villain frames the hero for x bad thing" plot lines.
Not at all. Everyone likes and dislikes things for different things. Heck, I like the Tom and Jerry Movie.
Nick Copeland its good.
I loved this movie as well as a child. I always thought the bad guy with his gold Wolverine claws was super awesome.
I feel that Cassim was supposed to be conflicted. Like at first he wanted to support his family, but after he lost them he really became the king of thieves and by the time he was reunited with Aladdin it was the only way he knew how to be.
I think the motivations are a bit easier to follow if one simply considers that Cassim got in too deep. I mean granted yeah, that doesn't come across in his dialogue with Aladdin, but it very much comes across in his actions. He steals the scepter when Aladdin trusted him, he's the first to tell Aladdin to just cut ties and run. The guy gives off the feeling of completely devoting himself to being the King of Thieves and finding the Hand who then suddenly has a son he never really knew just thrust upon him. One who he clearly adores at least the idea of having but he's lived most of his life as this persona and this quest.
Which actually kind of reminds me of Jim and Silver's relationship in Treasure Planet. Somewhat ironically, Silver abandoning his treasure to save his surrogate son might actually make more emotional sense than Cassim literally throwing away his threasure *after* he already saved his biological son.
you got it all wrong about Aladdin's father,
he is not searching for a treasure,he is obsessed in finding the hand of midas,
he became so obsessed about finding the hand of midas that he dose not care that it can create anything it touches to gold ,
if you remember the wedding scene he dose not care about any of the treasures or money , he only cares about finding the magical wand that summons the oracle to ask her about the hand of midas
he wants to find it because he is so obsessed about finding it , and Aladdin cares about finding the hand of midas because he wants his father to reach his goal to get red of his obsession once for all
at the end he throws away the hand of midas because he is satisfied because he found it and because he realized how destructive his obsession was on him and he should get red of his obsession once for all.
Also another amazing thing about this movie , the music is way better than the original , it is one the all time great scores.
I loved this film as a kid and it still holds up for me but I think Doug just missed a point about the fathers motivations, he said and did come back but couldn't find his family so he thought they were dead and give all the time he spent with the thieves he would feel stuck in that mindset, I could go on and on but everyone else has done that for me so I hope Doug reads them
The only thing I remember from this movie: Genie leaving the sinking city spoofing old school Mickey Mouse on the boat had me laughing my heart out.
My favorite part was when he says "awww Kodiak moment " at the wedding and a bear roars in his face and Genie yells to get it out of there. LOL I never got that Joke till I worked at a Gas station.
Vampireangel1011 explain please
Nicholas Sainburg Well there's a few ways to look at it. Kodiak is a brand of Hunting gear And has Cameras for such purposes, Kodiak is also a place in Alaska where the Kodiak Brown bear resides. (which i'm sure is what the movie was going for) But Kodiak is also a line of Chewing Tobacco with the Brown bear on the tin. So when Genie at Aladdin and Jasmines wedding Said "Awww look it's a Kodiak moment" A brown bear came into frame and roared in the Genie's face. At this point Genie was referring to the Kodiak Camera. He then proceeds to push it away and say "hey! get that bear out of here!"
Now I'm sure they were going for a different route for that joke, as explained above, but I've worked at a Gas station for 5 years and in my mind Kodiak the Chewing tobacco was what came to mind. It's a bit weird thinking that way, but with Robin Williams as the Genie I would not be surprised if his improve was insinuating that, rather than the Kodiak bear or Alaska (which i'm sure it was. ) Hope that wasn't too confusing for you lol
Vampireangel1011 Mmm I think it's more about 'Kodak moment', which was (and still is?) a marketing slogan for Kodak cameras, for a long time.
Warren JB. it is, but if he said "Kodak" instead of "Kodiak" the bear wouldn't make sense. but eh to me that's what that joke insinuates.
Aladdin's dad looks like middle eastern Doctor Strange
We rented this when I was a kid. Probably only saw it once or twice. But I still remember the villian's song, voiced by the late Jerry Orbach.
Ironically enough that's Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast.
That's 2 down 29 more Disney direct to video sequels to go keep them coming
yikes..
Actually, I think he's also going to tackle some Disney movies that came out in theaters this year as well as some Marvel movies and Rogue One. He did the same thing last year.
oh boy nostalgia criitc has a lot of stuff to do
yey
Well, techincally, Doug Walker started to review the direct-to-DVD sequels line-up with Return to Neverland, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and The Jungle Book 2, last year. But yeah, we're actually gonna get his hands dirty on the rest of the library, this year.
Loved the Adventure Time shout out. I love that storyline despite how sad it is.
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"You're Thor?"
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Love this movie
I never understood that joke.
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Tomorrow is Belle's Magical World. Oh, Critic, I'm so sorry!
Xander Borg that or Pooh's Grand Adventure
I'm fine with either one. Although, it would be nice to have the worst one out of the way sooner.
I never saw that one.
Man I LOVED this movie when I was a kid. I actually think I watched it even more than the original; It had more of an adveturous felling to it that really spoke to me.
Glad to see it still kinda holds up. The animation is better than I remembered, actually...
I thought he went back home only to find his wife dead and Aladdin nowhere to be seen...
Don't know if he found his wife to be dead but he did say he never found them when he looked for them so he assumed they were both dead and went back to this thieving life.
No, you're right. He couldn't find them. I was remembering wrong.
The thing about this movie that stands out the most is the surprisingly intense execution scene. I know Al is saved at the last second but for a direct to vhs that was surprisingly dramatic.
So...much...nostalgia. I'm surprised how much I remember this movie. I could hear all the diologue in my head, I kind of got chills.
I love this movie and it is this one of the best diseny sequel
Okay, I agree with Kassim tossing away the hand of Midas. But I think the heart mattered.
With Aladdin, it was that his dad needed help getting the hand, and if he was getting it, he may as well help. (For me, the Genie sold this for me.)
Except Aladdin went to rescue his dad, who was captured by the villain. This is just Doug missing glaringly obvious plot points and making assumptions.
This movie deserved a bigger budget...
Some people already mentioned it here. I got the reasoning pretty clear. Kasim returned to find his family gone and pretty much went grief treasure hunting to fill a hole. He had no one to provide for so it gave him SOMETHING to do with himself and it became an addiction, like how people turn to drugs and stuff to cover pain. I like that Kasim didn't just automatically become a stay at home dad. He was used to being on the move but now that he knew his son was alive, he had somewhere to go home to again.
Also Aladdin looked absolutely BOSS when he dressed up and impersonated Kasim 6:51. Looked like an Arabian NINJA. Makes you realize they have pretty much the same FACE, just at different ages.
I'm glad that Doug enjoyed this one. This was my favourite VHS sequel growing up, and I still enjoy it today.
my favorite Disney sequel! 10/10!
to bad its not gonna be in KH 3, morons
Really? Better than The Rescuers Down Under?
Good point sir.
but if they where to put this movie in the games come full circle
man, i remember the trailers for this movie like it was yesterday. Disney were REALLY selling it as the return of Robin Williams whenever they could.
Honestly one of the best direct to video Disney films. Robin Williams constantly had me laughing, the plot of Aladdin and his father was an interesting one, and the action scenes were awesome too.
I dunno. I thought the movie communicated quite well enough. "Muh waif'n'kid" was clearly the lie he told himself so he could sleep at night after butchering families and taking their shit, and what part of him did harbor any concern for his family was tempered by the realization that he was in far too deep to emerge alive without getting the "big score," and that he best not even let his crew know a family exists, much less get them involved. As for the matter of pride... yes the only thing keeping him on his foolish quest was pride at that point... and Aladdin cared for his father's quest for that very reason. I know this is a rather Old World concept, but his father's pride is his pride, and as such, as his son, Aladdin was honor bound to support his father, and it was only when his father swallowed his pride that Aladdin would have felt right in letting go himself.
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You don't understand, there is so much that you don't see.
Mreverything11 It's a quote from the song "Out of thin air."
A song from this movie dumbass.
Just think if you can what growing up had to be like for me
Toshimi1043 Your fathers' a man who taught you who you are.
Mine was never there.
So how can you say I don't come out of thin air.😀
That Other Guy Why you didn't continue the song jerk?😂
Am i the only one who likes this movie?
ha clearly not, just look at the other comments.
mrROBOGUTS Yeah i saw after commenting lol
This is actually one of my favorite sequels! Rescuers: Down Under still holds that crown but King of Thieves is GOLD as well.
Doug didn't even give this movie super harsh marks
No I actually like this more than the original for some reason.
Even as a child, which is when I watched most of these Disney sequels I was able to notice the drop in quality when it comes to animation, but damn, did this movie have some spectacular visuals. I always remember thinking the giant turtle at the end looked so cool.
what are you talking about? cassim's motivations albeit complex make perfect sense. like it's all explained in their very first talk and the movie follows through with his established struggles and personality. I loved and understood this even as a kid.
I don't get this rant at all honesty.
also he really isn't at all like Finn's dad?? vastly different characters and circumstances, it's so odd to compare them
(Those 3 thieves during the 40 Thieves song)
~Aaaaaaaaaahhh....!~
Still cracks me up. :P
This is one of the best direct to video sequels, it feels better written then Return of Jafar, even though this movie has some flaws.
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Doug do dreamwork-uary part 2 please
The Forceman I want him to review Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
Giovanni Orellana He could probably do 2 Dreamworksuary videos a week at this point and it'd fill February find
Scott Sandler yeah there only about 3-6 animated movies left for him to review..... but what if he did the live action dreamworks movies because he never reviewed them
The Forceman Dreamworks and Dreamworks Animation are not related. Since February 2013, there's been Rise of the Guardians, The Croods, Turbo, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Penguins of Madagascar, Home, Kung Fu Panda 3, and Trolls PLUS Puss in Boots had actually been skipped over in Round 1. That's 10 films
There aren't enough films to fill a month from where Doug left off on the last Dreamworks-uary.
So glad you finally covered this one in-depth. For most of my childhood, this was the only Aladdin movie I knew, and I watched it hundreds of times. Thanks for the blast of nostalgia.
so.... his dad said he'd come back but he loved the lifestyle too much. being the boss alienated him from his goal. and Aladdin wanted to connect with his job for, perhaps, the first and last time, and he wanted one more heist before retirement.
Actually this is another case of Doug not paying attention to the movie he's reviewing again. Al's dad said he did come back for them, but they weren't there. After that Al's dad just went back to the only life he knew. Also Aladdin didn't go with his dad to find the hand, he went after his dad to rescue him after he got captured by the main bad guy.
Kind of gigantic plot points for Doug to miss, really. O.o
Dragoncurse4 it must have been a while since he last saw that movie
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Actually, the motivations *do* kinda make sense, dear Critic, it just takes a bit more analysis into both the first and third films. See, from the sound of things, Aladdins' father *did* genuinely want to support his family by becoming a thief, gains a lot of gold and doesn't come back. The reasoning for this is the same reason kleptomaniacs have a hard time kicking their habits: He got addicted to finding and/or stealing gold. And it's clear the guys he hung around with didn't help much in this regard either, especially his right-hand man who betrays him in the end.
This explains why his motivations go back and forth; he *wants* to abandon the treasure and be with his son, but the long time finding treasure has finally taken a toll on his mind, and he has a harder time kicking his habits. As for Aladdin's little joy bit with dad, it's less "I care about the treasure" and more, "I was like my dad, maybe I can connect with him that way." After all, both had roughly the same motivations at first, but slowly became somewhat heroic figures by the end.
2:17 Doug, they actually talk about that in the movie. In the movie, the father said he came back, but he couldn't find his wife and Aladdin, so he continued to be with the 40 thieves
Always a favorite as a kid. Also Aladdin's dad was hot, fight me
I think the idea is that Cassim got corrupted by the Thieves in his time with them, having entered with intentions to help his family and wound up obsessed with money and treasure. But how well the movie got that across, I'd have to watch it again to judge. Good review as always, Mr. Critic!
Aladdin and the Last Crusade.
you know for a kids movie Jasmine wears quite a revealing outfit
It closely matches with old Indian fashion, which I'm assuming Agrabah is based on India. So no, Psycho Shears, it's really not that fucked up, not to them anyway.
Karwan Kadir
Arabia is the Middle East and Southern Europe (think Ottoman Empire from ww1.)
This probably takes place somewhere around North Africa.
+Karwan Kadir I believe the original tale of Aladdin was written in ancient India, actually.
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Again. Through song and other mentions they say this story comes from arabia. Arabia is today's middle east, north africa, and southern europe.
Karwan Kadir The tale of Aladdin comes from "one thousand and one Arabian nights" it's an Arabic fairy tale not Indian
Even though King of Thieves is the official wrap-up for Aladdin's movie and TV series, we did get an epilog of sorts in the crossover episode with Hercules and the Arabian Knight. It's not perfect by any means but it is set after Aladdin and Jasmine are married so technically that is the last we see of them in that continuity.
I usually like the longer work better, but these short vignettes are really nice! Interesting insights, criticism felt fair and well thought out. Lovely.
If Doug did his research correctly, the next film to review is "Winnie The Pooh: The Search For Christopher Robin."
Isaiah Williams I hope that's the next one
Well Isaiah, I think he's mainly sticking to the legitimate sequels. Granted, the Pooh films are all part of his franchise, but their more like stand-alone films. Maybe he'll do one or two of them for By Popular Demand? My prediction is that tomorrow, he's going to do Belle's Magical World.
Isaiah Williams oh wow I remember this! Most anticlimactic ending ever
+Xander Borg
He did say he's doing a few other direct to DVD sequels. Mickey Mouse's Three Musketeers isn't a sequel, but I'm pretty sure he's doing that.
never heard of it I do rememeber the tiger movie and I think piglet got one aswell
I loved this movie. I honestly think this is the best home video sequel I ever watched.
And it is much more focused on adventure and action while still carrying a lot of heart and like you said, the scenery is BEAUTIFUL. The fact that it was the tv team always impressed me.
And that villian death? Delicious. There's a reason a similar death scene is super popular in the Tomb Raider franchise.
Welcome to the 40 Thieves is a great song
I still know the lyrics to it. xD
"Oh Al! You're back! And your front. You're both here!" - Genie
Best line from the movie! lol
For the record, Aladdin and the King of Thieves did the "father joins a life of crime to help his family, then becomes addicted to it" thing a good decade or so before Breaking Bad.
Great review! I loved this film as a kid, and while it had its faults (mainly too much Genie and one or two out of place songs, as you mentioned), it was one of the best childhood films I remember seeing!
There is one thing I want to clear up: Aladdin went back, not for the treasure hunt, but to save his father from the thieves, and his father wasn't going to leave the island without the treasure. Aladdin was putting himself aside to save his father, and it was his father's near loss of his Aladdin, his own son, that snapped him out of the years of being a thief, reminding him of what his original purpose really was. Plenty of people would stay in his situation even when they don't want to be and don't understand themselves why they stay. Maybe it could have been explained better, but most of this is explained clearly in the film itself. There are entire moments and scenes dedicated to most of this.
this or the lion king two are the best disney sequel movies
Rescuers Down Under and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time are good Disney sequels too.
Kristof's Konnection lion king 2 simbas pride? ehh
He already mentioned Rescuers Down Under in the first video. I'm not too sure if he's going to talk about it.
Rescuers Down Under is part of the main Disney canon, so he's already looked at it, along with the others.