I think so. Considering BATB ranks just slightly above Aladdin with an 8.1 score, I can imagine it's about 50/50 amongst
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Hunter-Lostie — 10 years ago(May 03, 2015 09:53 AM)
I couldn't agree with you more! Aha, don't worry, lots of people had a crush on the Beast.
- The humor is great! The Genie is perhaps one of Disney's greatest comical creations. Mulan is also hilarious.
- Aladdin has my favourite soundtrack, followed by Frozen. Pocahontas has beautiful songs, as well. I especially love "colours of the wind"; it's one of my favourite Disney songs.
- Their relationship is the most realistic of all the Disney Princess/Prince couples. They just mesh so well together! But, my favourite couples of Kristoff x Anna and Rapunzel x Eugene.
- He's my second favourite, after Kristoff. But, I completely agree with you that he's extremely cute and kind! He's willing to do anything to protect his friends and Jasmine, of course.
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Takedi21 — 10 years ago(May 03, 2015 11:53 AM)
- The humor is great! The Genie is perhaps one of Disney's greatest comical creations.
I could not agree with this more. The Genie is my favorite comic relief character in all of fiction. In my personal opinion he is the epitome of a comic relief character done right:
- He's a well-written character first, comic relief second. Despite being a comic relief character the Genie actually has a storyline in the movie. He also had an equal amount of moments in the movie where he was non-comedic, serious, and/or heartfelt in balance with all of his comedic moments.
- He's genuinely funny. Comedy can be a hard thing to write sometimes because sometimes writers write jokes that are intentionally supposed to be funny, but they wind up coming off as unfunny and/or corny. Or in the opposite case there can be non-comedic moments with the character that wind up being unintentionally funny, which was never the writers purpose to begin with at all. With Genie you're laughing with the character, not at the character. He makes jokes that are intentionally supposed to be funny, and you're genuinely laughing at those jokes like you're supposed to.
- He's not an annoying or obnoxious comic relief character. This is really my main problem with a majority of comic relief characters in fiction in general. It's why I didn't like Timon and Pumbaa from "The Lion King" for example, or Batty (ironically also played by Robin Williams) from "Ferngully".
- The humor is great! The Genie is perhaps one of Disney's greatest comical creations.
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Hunter-Lostie — 10 years ago(May 03, 2015 02:44 PM)
You're so right! The Genie is capable of being hilarious, without coming across as obnoxious. Only a few comedy relief characters are able to pull off the amount of screen time he has without being annoying
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Hunter-Lostie — 10 years ago(May 08, 2015 09:35 AM)
I don't agree - I respect your opinion, but I don't agree Personally, I think
Aladdin
is the movie that went beyond what's expected of the genre and presented perhaps the best Disney soundtrack to date, whereas
Beauty and Beast
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Takedi21 — 10 years ago(May 08, 2015 11:45 PM)
I don't agree - I respect your opinion, but I don't agree Personally, I think
Aladdin
is the movie that went beyond what's expected of the genre and presented perhaps the best Disney soundtrack to date, whereas
Beauty and Beast
is merely decent. But, we're all untitled to our own opinions!
I'm with you.
Aladdin
was certainly a game changer that's for sure! Aladdin was the first animated film to do the whole "Pop culture in-jokes" thing, and it did it/pulled it off
very well
without detracting from the story at all. Also after Robin Williams' excellent performance in Aladdin, it now became a thing for big celebrities (especially comedians) to crossover & do voiceover work for animated films.
Aladdin, IMHO, was the first Disney animated film to effectively blend a genuinely heartfelt story & comedy together, and no other character encapsulates that better than the Genie. Seriously Genie's character (and character arc) epitomize genuinely heartfelt & comedy. -
Relatively_Confused — 10 years ago(May 09, 2015 07:57 PM)
I don't know. I think Disney's best films are Pinocchio and Beauty & the Beast, though both have their flaws. The real genre busting achievement came in 2001 when Hayao Miyazaki released Spirited Away, a film brimming with philosophical ambitions, followed by Pixar's masterpiece Wall-E, both of which are amongst the strongest films of the 21st century.
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Hunter-Lostie — 10 years ago(May 10, 2015 06:52 AM)
Pinocchio is perhaps Disney's greatest achievement, in my opinion. This doesn't necessarily mean that it's my
favourite
Disney movie, but I am able to respect it. Beauty and the Beast is just your average DP flick; it's charming, but nothing special against others such as Cinderella, The Little Mermaid and Tangled. That's just me. As for Spirited Away I agree wholeheartedly when you say that it's one of the strongest films of the 21st century, let alone one of the strongest
animated
films. Walle-E was also spectacular, though not as impressive. Despite all of this, Disney still stands out against any other animation company for me. Nothing beats the magic of Walt Disney. -
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giygas-12533 — 10 years ago(July 02, 2015 10:05 PM)
I love both films but I have to disagree with most of the people hereBeauty and the Beast is just on another level. First of all, I do love Robin as the genie but B&TB just has a more timeless feel, like an old fashioned fairy tale. I also feel it is a darker movie than this one, in terms of atmosphere, colo palette and the story itself. It has more emotional variance and depth than Aladdin. Both are brilliant pinnacles of animation and are close to one another in terms of quality, along with The Little Mermaid, but to me its like this
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin.
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louiseculmer — 10 years ago(June 06, 2015 11:25 PM)
I personally prefer beauty and the beast, i find the characters and story more interesting, and I love the songs, especially be Our Guest. however, Aladdin is my oldest son's favourite Disney film. He adored it when i took him to see it, but was only lukewarm about beauty and the beast. Both of us were left cold by Frozen.
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hickshotel — 10 years ago(July 20, 2015 04:19 PM)
This is a great topic because I've been trying to decide which of the two I prefer. For years I've thought Beauty and the Beast was superior and Aladdin was overrated because of all of the pop culture references. Now that I have a 2 year old daughter and have to watch both of these numerous times I'm torn. Both of them have their pros and cons.
Beauty and the Beast is more timeless because of its lack of topical references, but Aladdin is slightly more fun. Beauty and the Beast has the second most romantic relationship in a Disney movie after Tangled. I actually find the animation pretty equal, Beauty's is more realistic and Aladdin's is more colorful, but neither one are as good as Sleeping Beauty or Tarzan, glad to see some love for that animated gem. Although, I like both villains, I would give the upper hand to Jafar, but neither are as great as Maleficent or Frollo. As for the soundtrack, I believe Aladdin has one of the strongest Disney soundtracks overall, along with The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Frozen. Beauty has some good songs, Belle and Gaston being my favorites, but I've never really cared for the title song.
These are just my humble opinions and both films are enjoyable in their own way. This is how I would rate the 4 reneinsance films personal:
1: The Little Mermaid- even though it is the least popular according to IMDB of the 4, it's still my personal favorite.
2/3: Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin- still trying to decide but may give to edge to Beauty cause it was a childhood favorite.
4: The Lion King: I don't want to get a lot of hate, but I enjoy the above Disney films and others more. It does have a great villain and lovely animation though. -
uruseiranma — 10 years ago(September 30, 2015 01:56 PM)
To me, BATB is still the zenith of that second Renaissance period.
Aladdin is entertaining, but if ranking TLM, BATB, Al, and TLK, AL I place at #4.
Yeah, the comedy and songs are good, but it really zip by like an action-comedy.
There is emotion there, but it often zips on-and-off. Was watching the film with my friends a few weeks ago, and was surprised how very 'stacatto' the film is in how it moves from place to place.
Williams is good for sure, but it almost becomes like Heath Ledger's role in 'The Dark Knight,' where every other person claims the film is the best ever, simply because of 'one role.'
"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."- Toy Story 3 (9/10)
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Dr_Acula_PhD — 10 years ago(October 02, 2015 09:42 AM)
Nope. I think Aladdin has aged fairly poorly, despite some great charm. I think that the first segment of the film (everything until the Genie is introduced) borders on perfect, but the film is a little too fragmented from then on. Robin Williams' schtick gets tiresome almost immediately after his introductory song sequence, and while most of the scenes for the rest of the film are strong, it never holds together cohesively to me. It's a bizarre fever dream of a film, ricocheting from arguably the most romantic song in Disney canon (I Can Show You the World) to Jack Nicholson impersonations to that intense scene where Aladdin almost drowns.