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Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition) (2004)
The Inaccuracy of Aladdin
When i sat down to watch this film with my niece and nephews i expected to see an accurate representation of one of the greatest nations of our world. However, i was deeply disappointed with what i saw. Not only is the Arabic culture put to shame in this cliche display of samurai swords and desert wastelands, but the historical era is pushed aside in a weak effort to entertain.
First, i was disappointed that the film was in english. I thought that it would at least be in Persian if not the language of Urdu which arose in the military camps during Sultan Akbar's reign. And Not only does the Sultan in the movie not exist but neither does his advisor unless Disney is hinting at the role Nur Juhan took in her husband Jahangir reign of the Mughals. Also, the architechtual layout is all wrong. Such structures were not created until the rule of Sultan Shah Jahan around 1630. If the movie was set in 1630 though, the royal garb of princess Jasmine would predate Nur Jahan's designs and therefore signify economic stress in the city of Aggrabah (which is obviously not the case due to the oppulent splendor which frequents the film.)I would like to add that due to the strict confines of class in the early Islamic world the peasant Aladdin would never have been allowed to rise to any station of importance. Such fanciful events should be eliminated from our storybooks as they give children false hope and skewed ideas of society and how it works.
All in all i found this film to be entirely frusterating. When we push history aside for the sake of entertainment we know for sure that our country is taking a step in the wrong direction. The youth of America should rise up against this movie and its subtle hints at white supremacy. I know one thing for sure though, my children will never see this movie.
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