Aladdin and the King of Thieves (Disney Presents) [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Aladdin and the King of Thieves (Disney Presents) [VHS]
Movie Review: A King Of Theives
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this video since i was 3 years old and it still makes me laugh. The songs are wonderful, and the plot is great. Aladdin and Jasmine are finnaly getting married but at the wedding the are a few uninvited guests- the forty theives. Aladdin is greatly interested in one theif the King Of Theives. For the King of theives is his own dad. A great segual to the origanal.Movie Review: Not as good as the original.
Summary: 3 Stars
I liked the movie, as did my 3 & 4 yr olds, but just not as good as the first movie. My kids have not requested to watch it in a very long time like most of the other Disney movies we own. It is a good movie - just not as much of a hit as The Lion King and Toy Story. Rent it. Then you'll know whether buying it is worth it or not.
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Movie Review: Pretty good, definitely worth seeing.
Summary: 4 Stars
I almost turned this movie off after the first ten minutes. The opening song is a clunker and the two or three scenes immediately following it are wretched. Thankfully this was not indicative of the quality of the movie as a whole. Once the forty thieves hit the scene things start improving. A couple of the songs are pretty darn good ("forty thieves", "in or out"), and the ending was more impressive visually than I thought possible in a direct to video production. Williams improvises wonderfully (gotta love the synergy reference!), and to my surprise I chuckled aloud several times.
I picked up the VHS used for about five bucks, it was well worth it.
Movie Review: Aladdin Rocks!! {Once Again}
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great third movie in the "Aladdin" series!!!! With all three of the movies being great, Disney MUST have a fourth up its sleeves (hopefully for theaters!) I LOVED "Aladdin", "Return of Jafar", and "The King of Theives"!!! If you liked the orginal, then you'll love that Aladdin and Jasmine are "finally getting married"!!!!!!!Movie Review: The only good DTV Disney ever made
Summary: 4 Stars
Cinderella II. Lady and the Tramp II. Lion King II. Pochahontas II. The Hunchback of Notre Dame II. Return of Jafar. The list of direct-to-video stinkers made by Disney seems to be endless. Fortunately, Aladdin and the King of Thieves is the exception. Released early on before Disney decided to defile it animated classics, Aladdin and the King of Thieves features a solid, new storyline that does not simply rehash the original. Maybe this extra attempt at quality was made to get Robin Williams to reprise one of his coolest roles? After two movies and countless tv episodes, Aladdin and Jasmine are finally getting married. Then the forty thieves show up and trash the wedding, and Aladdin goes on a quest to find his father and a unique treasure with the golden touch. While not targeted to older kids like Disney's Atlantis was, this movie is slightly darker than the two that came before it, which is a good thing. A lot of this comes from the forty thieves, who sing about robbing, plundering, in an endearing kind of way. There is a sword duel conveyed in hellish reds, murky blues, and shadows, and lightning is used to symbolize Aladdin being wounded. And the villain's demise is quite original, not the usual "falling to their death" we've seen over and over. In fact, I daresay Atlantis even borrowed the demise for their film's climax. All in all, it's an entertaining, never-boring, thrill ride, and ties up the saga nicely, with a nod to the street merchant who began this whole thing.
The songs in Aladdin and the King of Thieves are not up the quality of the original, but they are much better than all the other Disney DTV's. The two songs the forty thieves sing are quite hilarious and memorable, the romance song didn't make me cringe at all, and the opening number gets the ball rolling really well. The only semi-clunker is the father and son song, but that wasn't bad either. The animation isn't cinema-quality, but it's also above-average and commendable. My only curiosity with this movie is some of the Genie's jokes. The animators went with whatever ad-libs Robin Williams came up with, and even after six years of watching this movie, I still can't understand most of them, especially the homages to past comedians. This is the only part children won't understand.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a high-quality Disney DTV, and as things stand, their ONLY high-quality release ever. Worth picking up on video, or even on the eventual DVD release.