The Cozy Princess Reviews: Disney's Aladdin (2019)

Aladdin is probably my favorite Disney animated movie and I've been really exited and nervous about this new live action version! I've gone back and forth about how I feel about Will Smith as Genie and I'm not the biggest fan of Guy Ritchie... but I think it all worked out nicely in this movie and they did a great job!

The movie starts with a really simply beautiful opening number of Arabian Nights with a shot panning over all of the characters in their own very ordinary world. You can see Aladdin with Abu on the streets and then it goes to Jasmine looking longingly over Agrabah while Rajah goes to attack Iago... It is honestly a stunning way to show all of our characters and it's probably one of my favorite movie moments.

Now let's talk about the music in this movie... the Music of Aladdin is probably my favorite in any Disney Movie... and everyone in this movie really did a great job. Will Smith is very underrated as a singer... I really liked his version of Friend Like Me... which is my favorite Disney song. I also really liked Naomi Scott as Jasmine and Mena Massoud as Aladdin. They sounded really great. I would say Aladdin really sounded as good if not better than the original. The Whole New World Scene was really great for a lot of reasons... but the singing was absolutely amazing.

The one song I really have to say I didn't like was Speechless- which is Jasmine's new song. It wasn't a bad song itself... but it felt very out of place in the movie. Particularly in the reprise... which was just a mess of a scene in general. It was basically a very poppy aside from Jasmine... but it showed the guards kind of disappearing as she walked passed them in a "Thanos Snap" almost. It looked like that and my boyfriend and I both said "SHE JUST SNAPPED THOSE GUARDS" which was pretty funny. It also seemed like it should have been a very powerful moment for Jasmine herself... but it gave the character Hakim oddly too much power. It felt very odd for the most part... and I just didn't love this part.

Another thing I want to talk about is the CGI in the movie. It was actually really good for most of the movie... but there were times I looked at Genie's face and it just looked so strange. It seemed copied and pasted onto his body and it didn't look like it fit. I still overall liked the appearance of the Genie in his Blue, Larger Than Life form- so I didn't find it that distracting... plus he was in his human form for most of the movie. The CGI on the Whole New World Scene was actually really good... and I loved Carpet.

The Chemistry between Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud was incredible too. It seemed very natural... they were just really adorable and it seemed so genuine. Aladdin and Jasmine are my favorite Disney Couple... and seeing them brought to life was just amazing.

All of the characters brought to life were so so good too... one I keep thinking about actually was Jafar. Yes- it's been mentioned that he is actually very hot in this movie... but he was also just a good choice. The more I think about the movie now... the more I'm like "Jafar was actually one of my favorite parts of the movie!" Jafar was played by Marwan Kenzari... I'm definitely going to watch more of his movies... it looks like he's been in a lot of "action-y" movies lately that... were badly reviewed... but now I'm feeling they might be worth watching. He was in 2017's The Mummy and Murder on The Orient Express and 2016's Ben Hur... I want to watch these. Aspen- if you're reading this... I'm probably going to make you watch The Mummy. Love you! Hahaha.

Also Guy Ritchie was just the perfect choice to direct this movie. The Slow Motion Scenes looked really cool... and he just does a good job at action/adventure movies and I'm glad they really went with an action/adventure feel for this movie.

This is definitely my new favorite Disney Live Action remake... but I'll put it up with one of my favorite Disney Live Action movies in general. Like on Par with The Princess Diaries for me. I just really loved it and now I'm excited for The Lion King!

Let me know what you guys thought of this movie! What were your favorite and least favorite parts?

TTFN!
-Shannon

Movie Monday: Aladdin

I'm so excited for the new Aladdin movie! It comes out FRIDAY so of corse I needed to watch the original movie first- this is probably one of my favorite Disney movies of all time... if not my actual favorite... and I'm just happy to see it! And I'm excited to share my review of the original because... this is just great!

And I'm pretty sure this is STILL my favorite! I could watch this ALL the time. It has so many of my favorite disney things in it...and that kind of just makes this my all around favorite movie.

My first favorite in this movie is my Favorite Disney Song. I'll probably do a whole post on this sometime... but it is Friend Like Me sung by The Genie. It's just such a funny song and it is so so good. I love the animated sequence of this too. I just think it's a lot of fun and Genie might be the best character...but the characters in this movie are great!

Also my favorite Disney Prince: Aladdin of corse! I just think he's really sweet and very fun! He's also kind of a well rounded prince with a lot of personality. I like his singing voice too. Plus he's smart and he thinks on his feet. He's cute... I really like him.

I think those are my only 2 favorites from the movie... but those are 2 really big favorites! Plus I just love the movie as a whole! It's got a lot of heart, great songs... great characters and I'm just always excited to watch it.

I think that's actually all I have to say about it. This is a short movie Monday... but this is just a fun movie and I really like it a lot!

Bye!
-Shannon

Disney Favorites and News 5.16.19

Hey guys! Hope you're having a good week! Here are some of my favorite Disney Things for the week.

First off: This Target Exclusive Giant Thanos Pop. I'm trying to collect the first batch of Avengers Endgame Pops and when I saw that target had a GIANT Thanos... I had to have it! I have one other Giant Pop- the Rage Aggretsuko which is also a Target Exclusive. I like that this Thanos is a Bobblehead... so it's like a really funny giant statue of The Mad Titan... he's pretty cool. Also you guys should know I love Thanos!

Here we have Thanos alone and next to my Thor Pop for size comparison. 

I haven't bought this just yet... but I did see some really cool Toy Story 4 T-shirts at Hot Topic. I've been browsing through their website and they have a Tank Top with the Toy Story 4 logo in a light green that looks like Buzz Lightyear Green. It's really cute and I have a feeling I'm going to order it soon...or get it in an actual Hot Topic store... idk!

Speaking of Toy Story 4... I do really like the Funko Pop figures for that too. I may go on to collect them once the movie comes out. Right now I'm actually looking to get the Flocked Bunny and Duck. The Bunny is available at Target... and right now it's hard to get and it isn't shipping... and the Duck is available at FYE... which I haven't been to yet. If you happen to see the flocked ones I'd say to grab them because I think they'll be hard to get. I'm still going to search because... you can never really tell with Funko pops... and they're fun to hunt for. I saw a review of the Toy Story 4 Funko Pops right here if you want to check it out.

My boyfriend found a cool Mickey Varsity Jacket at the Disney Store this week! We didn't get it yet... but it is a nice jacket and I thought he looked really good in it. Here is the link on ShopDisney. If it's still available by the time you see it... basically it looks like a Sports Jacket and it has Mickey's face on the back. It does look kind of like something you might see on The Mickey Mouse Club... which is cool. I just really like this one.

Speaking of the Disney Store- Aspen got me an Aladdin Mug from there also! It's super cute and really pretty... and it's just a good mug. It's big and its easy to drink from too. It's great. I also kind of like that it looks like a hybrid of the animated movie and the Live Action Movie. It's just super pretty. And when you buy a mug right now you can get a Tiny Big Foot Plush for a dollar... and I kind of collect these! So again, my boyfriend Aspen got me Mr. Pricklepants to go along with it too!

My mug is in the wash right now... so I screenshotted from the website. 

Now onto the news. Peter Mayhew- the actor who is best known for playing Chewbaca in most of the Star Wars movies has passed away. Chewbaca is one of my favorite characters... Han Solo is my favorite- but of corse his best friend is a close second. He was 74.

In theme park news, it's been announced that the new Space themed restaurant at Epcot will be opening this year! It's rumored to be in Fall... probably around when their Food and Wine festival is going on... I'm not sure. But this sounds cool and Epcot is my favorite park... so I really think this is really good!

I think that is everything for this week! Let me know what you guys think about this! Hope you're having a great week!

TTFN!
-Shannon

Favorite Disney Princesses

Hey guys! I kind of want to do some of these "Favorite Disney" things in different categories so that maybe you guys can get to know me a little bit better... and since this blog is The Cozy Princess... let's start with Princesses!

My favorite of all favorites is Rapunzel. Tangled is the most beautiful of all the disney animated movies in my opinion and I just really really like it! I feel like I can kind of relate to Rapunzel. She's smart and fun... but she's still kind of shy and a little bit afraid of the outside world... which I feel like I can relate to. I'm adventurous- but cautious. Plus she's the more creative princess with her artwork- and I like to think I'm creative because I write. It's fun to see Rapunzel prove herself in the movie and I definitely like her a lot!

I know Moana isn't technically a Princess... but she kind of is so I'm going to include her on this list too... I feel like Moana is one of my favorite "Princess" movies. It's another very beautiful movie again... plus I love the music so much. Plus it's just actually a wonderful movie in general. I can watch this one over and over again.

Belle is another favorite of mine. I like books a lot- and Belle likes books. She's smarter and different than everyone in town. Beauty and The Beast is also just a really, really good movie... one of my favorites for sure. I just like Belle a lot.

My favorite Disney Movie is Aladdin... so of corse Jasmine is another favorite of mine. She's a great princess. Really all of the princesses are great... but I like that she sees Aladdin for who he really is... and she doesn't fall for his lies or anything either. Jasmine is really her own princess and I think she's very sassy and very in control. Plus I like that she even helps save Aladdin... she's just a great princess.

I like Ariel a lot too. I love Mermaids... and Ariel is probably my favorite Mermaid... so that's good too. I like The Little Mermaid a lot as a movie and I think it has a great soundtrack.

Another favorite of mine is not an actual official Disney Princess... but Ana from Frozen. I just think she's a super fun and funny character and she's really relatable. I love chocolate and I love that she just stuffs her face with chocolate in the one scene. I like that she wakes up and her hair is all messy and she's not your typical princess in that way. She's just a fun princess that definitely is one of my favorites!

I hope you guys like this post! I'm definitely going to do some more "Disney Favorites" like these. I like all of the other princesses too... but these are the ones that make my list.

TTFN!
-Shannon