The Return of Jafar (1994)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

There are some films that leave no room for sequels but they end up being made because of money. If a certain film was a success, its certain that it will have a sequel that, normally, will not be worth a third of the initial movie. That was precisely what happened here: the film was a success and this sequel was made to raise some more coins. Based on an unsuccessful attempt by Jafar to come back to haunt Aladdin's life, the film is a disaster, starting with the fact that it does not have enough screenplay to justify a feature film. It would be at most a short film! It is a poor and meager story. It has no animation, no joke, no good songs like the first movie. It has songs, but they are a total pity. It's a movie that should not have been made.

When I first saw the sequel, I really noticed a lot of changes. I watched the original again then the sequel so I could connect and remember the way the characters were. First, I really thought that Jasmine would interrogate more about where Aladdin got that flower jewel thingy since Aladdin said that he stole it. If you were the princess who didn't know where he stole it from or where he gave the rest of the treasures, you sure would ask him about it. Also, I was surprised to see that they became a bit or more (actually) romantic. Like in the first movie, Jasmine was a bit of a hard- to-get princess and in this sequel, she became like.. too romantic? Also, they became less serious. There really are a lot of changes in the characters. Also, the parrot was very loyal to Jafar in the first movie and I couldn't believe that he just turned away like that to Jafar. Also, I was confused about the Genie thing. Haha because Aladdin's Genie or Robin Williams or in here, Dan Castellanetta was very kind and he never hurt Aladdin when he was his master. Can a genie hurt their master? I mean, when they are currently their master? Because Jafar tried to hit that man. Also, I was confused why Genie still has that thing on his wrist. In the original movie, it was broken or destroyed during the last part, right?Anyways, Dan Castellanetta did a good job with being the voice of Genie here. At first, I really thought it was Robin Williams. The voice was kinda similar to his that I didn't know about it until I read the names of the casts haha Same with Liz Callaway (singing voice of Jasmine). I didn't notice it at first too but I already knew that it was not Lea who was going to be the singing voice. I like Liz but I like Lea more. However, Liz still did a good job here and so with Brad Kane and the other voice actors. The thing I miss the most about the original are the songs, which aren't really much in this sequel. I just love "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me" that at first, I couldn't accept the new songs haha I really miss the original one and I was expecting for a good sequel with not much changes and with a more reasonable and great plot. Well, as the saying goes, "Nothing beats the original." We really can't expect that the sequel would be as good as its predecessor. WAAAHHH I JUST MISS THE SONGS THE SONG THE SOOONGGGGGSS OK, overall, the movie is still good and the story is good. I like how the voice actors and singers who were changed made it look like there were not much changes.

So… wow… what should I really talk about here? It's bad, so it's hard to center on just one thing. The characters are choppy, the story line is unexplained for the most part, and the voices make me cringe most of the time especially Iago. I mean, It was fine when he had very little screen time but this feels like its catering to him. I mean, Iago's singing voice is so freaken bad! IT HURTS MY EARS! More on that in the voices part.According to Genie, he is supposed to have less power now that he's free but we see him doing all the things he used to before he was free. There is also the fact Aladdin hasn't married Jasmine and yet even though they are engaged, he does a lot of stupid stuff in order to get money and give it to the poor. What is he? Robin Hood of the desert? The Personalities of all the characters might have been good in the first, but they should have grown by now. Also, the Genie is way to annoying.Seriously, they just milked this series for all it was worth. Even the 'new villain' feels off and I don't even know if we can consider him a villain. He seems to be too dopey to be a villain.The animation is cheep and unappealing for most of the time. Most of the wonderful styles seem under played and I think part of it was the long gap between the two movies. There is also a lot of inconsistencies in the artwork.There are way too many singing in this show again. And it has to be Iago's singing it looks like it. Again, I HATE THE SINGING! I don't see anime doing this all the time… and please don't try to tell me about an anime they did like this.

The annoying parrot gets free from the lamp where Jafar was condemned and he joins up with the good guys and then the genie returns from vacation and then Jafar makes his way back, it was boring. Disneys first ever direct to video sequel and with good reasoning.I am not a big fan of Disney, especially how they take a story and give it a ton of sequels with a lame story just so kids will HAVE to have it and they can make more money on it. This movies production values were low and not as beautiful as part one. Robin Williams being gone hurt it as well, because, lets face it, the genie is the star. I also hated how he had his cuffs back like they were fancy bracelets because Disney felt it "looked better". I also hated the music with passion, these songs were so outrageously stupid.Most of the cast is back, Godfrey is on board as the parrot, Jason Alexander shows up here doing a voice and Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson) does the genie this time.It was a bad movie and I was bored out of my mind. Kids may like it, if they are the kind of kids that like all cartoons. 2/10 stars.