Recently, there are so many foreign movies that catch popularity in South Korea such as Toy Story, Spiderman, Man in Black, Avengers, and many more. Among them, however, the most popular movie is Aladdin. It was released on May 23rd. This movie is a live-action version of a 1992 Disney animation of the same title.

▲ a movie poster of ˝Aladdin˝

Aladdin was directed by Gut Ritchie. Its genres are adventure, fantasy, musical and romance. The main character of this movie is Aladdin that was acted by Mena massud together with Jasmine (Naomi Scott), Genie (Will Smith), and Jafar (Marwan Kenzari). Aladdin, a petty thief in Agrabah who lives with his monkey Aboo, falls in love with Jasmine, the Sultan's daughter who escaped the palace one day. Jafar, the evil wizard aiming for Sultan's place, looks at Aladdin and says that if he gets a magic lamp for him, he will make him rich. Aladdin, who was looking for a lamp in the cave, was trapped by the collapse of the cave. Aladdin, in crisis, escapes from the cave with the help of a genie, the fairy of the lamp, and a magic carpet. Aladdin, who became the owner of the genie, promises to save her from the lamp, turns herself into a prince with the power of the genie and returns to Agrabah to propose to Jasmine.

▲ `Aladdin` who is trying to get the lamp

The main reason why Aladdin gained popularity with many cinema audiences because of its OSTs. There are a lot of famous OSTs of Aladdin. "A Whole New World" and "Speechless" are the most popular OSTs. "Speechless" was sung by Jasmine, Naomi Scott. Jasmine's desire to be a sultan of Agrabah was expressed better through this song. So many audiences were moved by this song.

▲ a scene of ˝A Whole New World˝ music video

The movie, "Aladdin" gives us many lessons that 'Don't just look at the outside but look at the inside,' , and many more. This movie is worthy in itself in many ways.