You know, the main problem with sequels is trying to outdo the popular hit its fashioned after. All others, merely ride coattails. Of course, sequels roll if the movie is extremely successful. That's why we've never seen, "ISHTAR: ON THE ROAD AGAIN" or "YENTYL: THE SAGA CONTINUES."
ALADDIN AND THE KING OF THIEVES really tries, but another problem pops up when you have this sort of storyline. That being, there's only so much that can be expounded upon. How much "palace intrigue" and "character development" can be rehashed on characters that we all like and know so well from the original movie? Only a few new characters were added. The plot pretty much rotated around a singular event between Jasmine and Aladdin, and an estranged relationship.
Thrown in, of course, are the usual sight gags, the bread-and-butter GOOD VS EVIL morality script. This time around, Robin Williams' performance is rather tepid, if uninspiring. The music score was pleasant, but not memorable.
The execution comes off okay, and nothing more. In fact, the screenplay comes off as too cookie cutter. These plotlines have been used for many moons. From Disney, from whom the art of animation is judged, we tend to expect better.
ALADDIN AND THE KING OF THIEVES really tries, but another problem pops up when you have this sort of storyline. That being, there's only so much that can be expounded upon. How much "palace intrigue" and "character development" can be rehashed on characters that we all like and know so well from the original movie? Only a few new characters were added. The plot pretty much rotated around a singular event between Jasmine and Aladdin, and an estranged relationship.
Thrown in, of course, are the usual sight gags, the bread-and-butter GOOD VS EVIL morality script. This time around, Robin Williams' performance is rather tepid, if uninspiring. The music score was pleasant, but not memorable.
The execution comes off okay, and nothing more. In fact, the screenplay comes off as too cookie cutter. These plotlines have been used for many moons. From Disney, from whom the art of animation is judged, we tend to expect better.