Comparing The Movie Aladdin

Aladdin: Movie versus Story Although the movie Aladdin is based on the story from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, changes have been made to make the movie better. In this essay, some of the differences and similarities will be discussed, as well as which one is better. Although there are a lot of similarities between the two, many small detailed differences can be detected, and can ultimately make the difference between which one is better. For example, the mother plays a much greater role in the movie, than the story. The mother was a rather quiet part in the story, and in the movie was the reason why Aladdin was so good at pickpocketing and stealing. In the movie, the mother was a little older lady, who was extremely proud of her
Instead of killing the magician with poison, which happened in the story, a combat was brought into the movie, between the two genies, the ring and the lamp genie. Aladdin had the ring genie and the magician had the lamp genie. They fought by shapeshifting into different animals that are frightened by one another. Finally, the lamp genie defeated the ring genie, by trapping him in a mouse trap. Then Aladdin pretended to beg the magician for him to take pity. While he was groveling at his feet, Aladdin pickpocketed the lamp from the magician’s robe and the genie turned the magician into stone. Even though, both the story and the movie have a few big differences between each other, the story is clearly better than the movie, even though the movie added the genie fight at the end. If both the genie fight and the magician’s brother parts were compared, the magician’s brother’s part would succeed, considering it adds a lot more depth to the story. It makes it seem as if the magician could have actually been loving and it makes it more real for the audience, instead of just ending after a little battle. Thus concludes the comparison of the story and movie of