Aladdin and Jasmine are definitely not siblings. As you can see in the live action version, the scene where jasmine was at Aladdin’s house playing his traditional middle eastern guitar, Aladdin told her that his mother taught him to play the instrument. Which means that Aladdin had already recognised his mother before she passed away. If lets say, Aladdin and Jasmine were born from the same mother, then Aladdin would obviously be a rich kid who lives in a palace, as his mother is the princess of Sherabad’s Kingdom. In that way, he wouldn’t end up being a street rat.
@American Born In that case, wouldn’t Aladdin have recognized the sultan too? If the queen was the mother, he should be able to remember his father..didn’t seem like it.
No she's not. She looks absolutely NOTHİNG like Jasmine and her personality is not matching to a Jasmine either.and it shows every seccond time you turn your head arround in the live action film. Reading through the replies to your comment i can't believe the lot of you agreeing are serious. 😭😭 True Jasmine's can make you think " jasmin" with out the cosplay outfit
I didn’t like it, I loved it... It was the only movie I didn’t pee in because I didn’t want to miss a second of it. Also! I almost forgot my jacket in the cinema because I was distracted about the movie...
Shadydan05 because Aladdin is supposed to be Arab, period. Mena is canadian yeah but he is Egyptian also and he is brown. Stop pretending like you don’t understand
They say Jafar didn't seem evil in the live action movie, but I feel he was a bit more "realistically evil and cunning" in this movie because we can't expect the same kind of crazy and dramatic Jafar in real life, can we?So, I think Jafar was on point in the new movie!
Yes, they give her power and relevance in a very rational way. She is smart and kind, not willing to be silenced and. brave, but she is not a kick as mercenary (her life and education will not allow it) not did they degrade the males in the films. They are not all evil (Maleficient ) or all weak and coward ( Star Wars). Cleary you can have good male and female characters in the same movie (like WW)
I think she was always the independent, brave and strong kind. In the animation, she never wished for a prince but wanted to be free, live her life the way she wanted and not be constantly protected and kept hidden in the palace. In all honesty, I think she was the only Disney Princess who didn't wish for a Prince's attention/affection but prioritised carving a path for herself. Even though she fell in love, her dream was to always be free. I am sure Mulan counts as a strong character as well but I don't think she was part of the traditional "Disney Princess" category. Correct me if I am wrong. Though I must say, the live action has portrayed the depth of her strength quite well. Her character development was spot on. Giving her a song was even better.
I love that they have Jasmine’s character so much more development in the movie! She made sure to involve herself as the princess in the politics of her country and never failed to keep the best interests of her people at heart! She remembered her mother throughout and constantly gave herself a voice, especially with that AMAZING song - Naomi Scott’s acting in that scene was incredible and gave me acTUAL CHILLS. An incredibly empowering character and a true Disney role model. And they gave her mother more of a base rather than just being a dead character and indicating why her father was so intent on keep Jasmine protected inside the castle. And her outfits were GORGEOUS and filled with so much character and just shows how they made so many details clear and precise. LOVED IT ALL.❤️❤️
THEORY: What if young Jafar was just like Aladdin? IMAGINE THIS: Jafar is an orphaned street rat from the land of Shehrabad (the kingdom of Jasmine's mom) who steals things in order to live. He must've stolen the serpent staff from a sorcerer, probably Shehrabad's royal sorcerer, by breaking into Shehrabad's palace. Through this process, he must've seen Jasmine's mother who was then a princess, and had fallen in love with her. In relation to this, Jafar must've courted Jasmine's mother, but since there was a royal law (as mentioned multiple times in the original Aladdin animation) that the princess must marry a prince and no one else, the Sultan (the father of Jasmine's mother - basically Jasmine's grandfather) kicked Jafar out of the palace and sent him to jail for being a known street rat/thief, and for attempting to court Jasmine's mother. At that point, while Jafar was locked up in Shehrabad, Jasmine's mother was now being married to Jasmine's father, the sultan of Agrabah, in which they bore a child - and that is Jasmine. Jafar, who has now escaped Shehrabad's prison, plans to partake revenge. With his magical serpent staff that he stole, he then travels to Agrabah where Jasmine and her parents now reside. He then attempts to kill the sultan (Jasmine's father), but maybe due to circumstances (such as an accident, or Jafar realizing that it wasn't wise to kill the sultan just yet); he kills Jasmine's mother instead. Because of this, the kingdom of Shehrabad now distrusts the kingdom of Agrabah, since it is in Agrabah where Jasmine's mother (princess of Shehrabad), was murdered. Depressed, the sultan (Jasmine's father) then locks Jasmine inside the castle walls forever, as to protect her from whoever or whatever killed Jasmine's mother. Jafar, who had successfully killed Jasmine's mother, now pretends to be a royal sorcerer, in which the sultan hires him; unknowing that it was Jafar who killed his wife. Because of this, Jafar had since then became greedy and desperate for more power; plotting for his rise now that he was so close to being ruler of Agrabah. Not only that, as Jasmine grows older, he eventually sees Jasmine's mother in her, which is probably the reason why in the animated film, Jafar wants Jasmine to be his queen, and wishes to the genie to make Jasmine fall desperately in love with Jafar. --- This theory is only hand in hand with the details you have shared, +Flicks and the City, so thank you for this wonderful and informative video! 💜
5:23 Reality: My mom sang me the same song Expectation: They must be siblings! Explanation: cultural exposure. Just like some cultures say there's a man in the moon while some say a rabbit. Some cultures may have a popular poem, story, or lullaby, but it seems quite a jump for Aladdin and Jasmine to be related, this isn't GoT.
What if Jasmine and Aladdin are brother and sisters, but Aladdin lost memories of being born into the kingdom of Agrabah due to being kidnapped as a baby and thrown in the streets? Maybe kidnapped by Jafar? (I had this theory before watching this video.)
Jasmine used to be my second best Princess on the animated movies (Mulan is still #1), but now the live action humanized Jasmine in such an outstanding way, that she's now my #1 live action Disney Princess. Naomi Scott is FABULOUS!
Regal Peter's Point out some examples from the new BATB movie and I might believe you. I want evidence because I did not see the same thing so I’m quite curious on what went wrong with the new BATB movie.
Sallu Bhai both Emma and Naomi did their characters justice. Why are you pitting two brilliant actresses against each other? And Emma has never once claimed to be the best Disney princess. Stop making up shitty lies to bash an actress you nonsensically hate for no reason when she's done nothing to you.
Mena portraited Aladdin as a lovely, genuine guy who doesn't mean to hurt someone. Naomi was the perfect fierce form of Jasmine which I loved to see, it fits our time perfectly even though the story is so old (1992, damn!). I've seen Marwan before in Flikken Maastricht, so it was weird haha but I was so impressed to see him playing the role of Jafar so well! I love this movie just as much as I loved the animated version
if you watch the animated show it also shows more of the mom's story. The mom was taken away from the sultan since she is one thing he loved the most. That same thing later tried coming for his "most prized jewel" turns out it was jasmine that was to be taken. Not any of his actual jewels
It was actually nice that they are starting to show both parents of the disney protagonist now. ...and I agree that Maybe Jafar is really the one who killed Jasmine's Mother because in that way, he could console the King, and it will be easier for him to be his adviser since there will be no Queen to do that. Overall, I enjoyed the new Aladdin movie, it is highly recommended.
Having seen the movie I think this theory is definitely plausible. Also I missed that moment where Jafar said he was in prison specifically in Sherabad, so that's interesting.
For their mothers to know the same song its probably because the queen loved hanging out with the commoners and sung the songs together. Hence why jasmine was locked in when her mother died. The scene shows Jasmine also share the same love for the people(like her mother) thats why aladin said that the people have nothing to do with her death. They loved her. Plus she was a great influencer and most beloved to the sultan, and for being a woman to be so noble a fearless at the time its probably why jafar got her killed.
Definitely the Sultan is more smarter and very much like a bumbling character from the animated movie. I feel maybe Jafar or his side of the family could be responsible for Jasmine's mother's death. Definitely something happened with Jafar's family and Jasmine's mom where it could have been due to the mother not accepting the marriage proposal.
It would defiinitely be interesting to see more of the villains as well - the live action films do indeed fill the blank space for missing parents, but as you metioned not as much for the villains. Imagine a Jafar movie 😍
Walt Disney felt responsible for the death of his own mother, so the movies have a no mothers policy? I never realized this until now. Really informative video.
Yes, however it's only theorised that it's the reason that many stories were developed with characters with missing mothers. It's never been officially stated that way. As I mentioned in the video, more recently Ron Clements suggested it had a bit more to do with the original fairy tales where the protagonists often have dead parents.
She's mother from india and she gifted jasmine bengal tiger. She 's half indian and half persian and the last thing jasmine wear clothes are like indian clothes more than persian . I searched on google for many times
@@jjam2591 the original story from arabian nights is in many ways different from Disney's aladdin, Also i heard the arabian nights stories are some way or the other inspired by ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Greek, Jewish and Turkish. So one can't say the origin of aladdin story, also casting of half indian, half white.
Well the actual truth that no one talks about is that the original story of Aladdin is actually Iranian/Persian and was actually only a part of a story. It's from a book called "One Thousand and One Nights" which is based on an Iranian story book called "A Thousand Tales"; Now if you look it up you'll see that it's Arabic BUT all the characters and names are Persian and everything in the story happens in Iran. They did the right thing making the movie using Iranian,Indian and Arabic cultural things, like outfits.To sum up the whole thing is based on an Iranian story told by a story teller called "Shahrzad" to Iran's king, Shahriyar.
I'm loving this new version. It definitely has its moments of honoring the original movie, but with a modern thread. Jasmine's new song is amazing, too.
I definitely think that Jafar killed Jasmine's mother. From the info we see in the movie, it seemed to me that that's the angle they were aiming for. I was honestly surprised that that didn't come up in the climax of the movie.
I love Princess Jasmine in the new movie Aladdin and the song "SPEECHLESS" that Princess Jasmine sings it. It's amazing that I had to see the movie. But I also was inspired by Princess Jasmine because it gives me the inspiration in the movie that I see.
Maybe Aladdin's mom worked for Jasmine's mom in the castle? She learned the song from the Sultana and played it for Aladdin, and then maybe when Jafar killed the Sultana, the Sultan dismissed everyone who worked for her?
There is the scene where Aladdin sneaks into the palace. How did he know EXACTLY where her room was, and once inside, why did he say, " Wow, I like what she's done with the place." New theory, Aladdin's mom was a personal servant who came with jasmine's mom from their country. That's how they were both thought the song. He lived in the palace. And the instant connection between Aladdin and Jasmine was rekindling of a childhood spent together. When her mother died, Aladdin probably lost his mom at the same time. The assassins couldn't leave a witness. With his mother gone, Aladdin was tossed onto the streets, an orphan.
Love the back stories for Jasmine and Jafar. Gives the characters more depth. I'd like to see more history for Aladdin too since he is "the prince of thieves."
I like the changes Disney made to give more depth into the characters of Jasmine and Jafar. Her song “Speechless” is like a powerful anthem for feminists. Honestly, this alone makes me love the new movie a bit more than the original. It feels like this movie is more about Jasmine rather than Aladdin, yet it still manages to stay relatively close to the plot of the original. I absolutely adore it! Disney did a great job at plotting and casting as well as song remaking/composing.
Yes, I like that Disney is now adding mothers to the story cause I love my mom and I can't live in a world without her, and that grimy feature about the Disney princess stories makes me feel unhappy, my heartfelt condolences to those without a mother I have a mother and I can't say I know how you feel but I want you all to know that you are all trying and not too feel sad or unloved because you are loved.
Aladdin’s mom could have been Jasmine’s Aunt or a servant of some kind to Jasmine’s Mother brought with her from Shehrebah and when she died/ was killed the servant was turned out of the palace/ lost her position or left her position due to grief. If she was Jasmine’s Aunt, she could have died due to sickness before or after Jasmine’s mom died leaving Aladdin to raise himself somehow.
Maybe instead of wondering jasmine's mother and aladin's mother are one and the same, I prefer thinking that maybe their mothers is best friend and share the same music that they loved..
I loved Aladdin it always has been my favourite film... I agree that Jafar might have murdered Jasmine's mother just to get one step closer to the throne
I don't know where I got it from but my head cannon for them knowing the same song is that the Sultana visited the slums and would sing a song to the children sometimes. Young Aladdin would like it so much that his mother would sing it to him too.
@@chadhawksworth9229 Lol, that's how gold looks in real life. It's not really that shiny and it loses the spark in just 10 years. The oxide layer is the reason behind it. That's why I like steel better. It's my personal opinion though.
Joseph Dan i dont think thats possible because genie has turn into a human while at the meantime Marwan Kenzari who plays jafar did not receive positive reviews regarding his acting performance. I’m also looking forward to the sequel but I’m afraid the sequel would not be possible because of those 2 factors.
Joseph Dan they could do that but that won’t be a good idea as it seems cringeworthy. Thus it it does not seem appropriate for will smith to turn into a genie again as he already has 2 kids in the movie dummy!
I went to go see Aladdin last Tuesday for my birthday (June 11th) and in my mind I was thinking that since they gave backstory in Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast on how they all loses their mothers, I was thinking they would do the same in the new Aladdin. Like somewhere towards the end of the movie where Jafar has the Sultan and Jasmine underneath his spell I was waiting for him to reveal that he was that one they killed Jasmine’s mother to get closer to the throne. That would have made a really good plot twist!!!!
The narrator is correct. Jasmine is half-south-asian. Probably, from Taj Mahal. Maybe, I'm not sure. The fort looks a bit like Taj Mahal. Anyways, the movie looked awesome in 3D.
I was an orphaned Jasmine, growing up where no one shared my name. I did notice the tragic loss + absent mothers/parent/loved one in Disney films growing up. I was drawn to watch the comedy ones, my grandparents had young Kurt Russel, Jodie Foster, Fred MacMurray, Jan Michael Vincent, Disney movies. When my niece was very young she actually thought this Jasmine + all of the movies, dolls, plush toys, tshirts, and anything involving this story was tied to me! A child's mind🧚+ Disney 👸have made this Jasmine larger than life in my niece's eyes. 👀 Your video filled in some of the gaps of questions I pondered about Disney movies🤔, but mostly my favorite; Aladdin... Thank you💓🤗💕 Xx, Jazzy💓😌🙏💕💌🌎💝🦋 ✌️😷
I believe Jafar had something to do with her death. He possibly arranged her assassination to make the Sultan declare war on Shirabad. This could be the case as this Jafar is considered PE unlike his animated counterpart.
My theory about the song that Jasmine's mom and Aladdin's mom is that Aladdin's mom was the Jasmine's mom's handmaiden, they were both murdered by jafar, Aladdin's father moved to Agraba with aladdin to get away from Jafar, but was murdered by Jafar, hense Jafar stating "bodies he buried" to cover up the Queen's murder
No no no, Jasmine’s mother is Jafar’s wife that the sultan stole because she was pretty. At that point she was already pregnant with Jasmine for barely a month which is why it took Jafar a lifetime to realize that she was his daughter and why he wanted to marry her to become Sultan. If you don’t understand where I’m coming from, watch Starkids’s Twisted.
As an Arab I was bothered AF by jasmine's clothes at the movie and how it has no connection to Arab clothes,but after knowing that her mother was Indian I understand that.
shahad alsanea It has Arab woman wore this kind of clothes before islam but it was not that colorful. It is a movie for kids so of course they use a lot of colors.
Think of this So jafar said to his minion before he chucked him down the well "do you know how many Lives I sacrificed" so what if one of those lives was jasmines mothers lives I just don't know 😱🤔
Brother and Sister?? Hmm... So quickly we forget who was introduced to us in this remake that makes far more sense, given the conversation Jasmine has with Aladdin. In a two-fold way, as Aladdin lies to Jasmine when he's Prince Ali, Jasmine had already in turn lied to Aladdin when they first meet, calling herself Dalia, a handmaiden of Princess Jasmine. This was a scrapped idea from the original movie in 92, which allows a new connection to be maid... (smacks forehead and groans). Dalia, the Handmaiden of Jasmine could in fact be the true sister of Aladdin. Aladdin's Mother and Jasmine's mother may have actually known each other and at some point in time, Aladdin lost not just his mother but also his sister, who was raised by the Sultana (and Sultan) alongside Jasmine as her handmaiden, giving Jasmine a friend just like she had with Dalia's mother, who also happens to be Aladdin's mother. To quote Will Smith's Genie 'There's a bit of Gray Area' in this theory, but it makes far more sense than Jasmine and Aladdin actually being siblings. And Aladdin and Dalia's mother could have shared the song with Jasmine's mother, allowing both Aladdin and Jasmine to learn from their mothers while keeping the meaning special and it's origins rarer than it 'is quite simply a popular one'. Popularity takes away meaning. Having both mothers being from the other Kingdom doesn't help too much, but it's better than just 'it's a popular song'.
