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...songs have an entirely different flavor than those of The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. "One Jump Ahead," by Menken and Rice, evokes the frenzy of the chase as Aladdin eludes the palace guard through the streets of the mythical kingdom of Agrabah. "A Whole New World," also by the creative team of Menken and Rice and performed by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon), propels us on an exciting magic carpet ride with Aladdin and Princess Jasmine...
...film uses the cutting edge technology of Computer Generated Imagery (which was responsible for the three-dimensional ballroom in Beauty and the Beast) to create the incredible tiger's head exterior of the Cave of Wonders, the interior tunnels of the cave and Aladdin's first magic carpet ride, reminiscent of the cave sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Aladdin's animation is the sum of knowledge accumulated from past efforts like Sleeping Beauty--for example, Jafar's transformation into a overpowering serpent in Aladdin far surpasses the visual impact of the witch's metamorphosis into a towering dragon...
...film's fantastic animation lives up to the standards Disney studios has set for itself in its past few animated movies. Aladdin lends itself well to the romantic tale of the hometown boy who makes good. Aladdin falls in love with the feisty and beautiful Princess Jasmine and uses the three wishes the Genie (Robin Williams) grants him to remake himself into the man he thinks Jasmine wants. In this feature, however, as in other Disney offerings, what's in the heart is what really counts...
...Aladdin might not be of noble birth, but he has a noble spirit and a good heart. For example, he feeds two small beggar children his only portion of stolen bread and later protects these same tots from the cruel whip of one of the Princess Jasmine's "noble" suitors...
...Aladdin learns the hard way that others can appreciate the "real" him. He is sultan-material on the inside if not on the outside. Like the Beast, he must get beyond the lowly image he projects and show them what he's made of. This is exactly what he does when he comes head to head with the evil vizier Jafar, who seeks to usurp the throne of Agrabah from Princess Jasmine's father. By being himself and showing his inherent goodness, Aladdin defeats the evil vizier and wins Princess Jasmine's heart...