the movie tell the tale of a prince whose life be wonderful and but after an evil wizard tell him to go into town disguise a a beggar the wizard then lock up the prince and soon become the shadow ruler of baghdad . the jailed prince meet a thief call abu who help him escape the jail and head to a town call basra where he meet a princess who he fall madly in love with and but unbeknown to him the evil wizard jafa be also in love with the princess and try to convince her father to allow him to marry her . jafa soon learn that the prince be try to win the girl heart so he make him blind and turn abu into a dog . this lead to the prince and abu go off on an adventure to find a way to defeat jafa and restore peace to baghdad and marry the princess . during their journey they encounter everything from sarcastic genie that take abu on a flight through the cloud and a giant spider that really hungry and and a fly horse that probably give birth to one of the most beautiful sequence these old eye of mine have ever see . this be a pure fantasy movie from start to finish it have fly horse and genie and fly carpet and and wizard that can actually do magic instead of just hit people with their staff . it doesn not have any cheesy moment and the love story isn not a waste of time . the production design be just stun in this movie . from the palace to the different dangerous trap that the hero encounter . even though this movie be over 40 year old and the production design be far good than most of the crap that get tack on in today cinema . the music and song be also well do . anyone who see it will no doubt hail and i want to be a sailor sailing on the sea a one of the great musical moment in movie . i be usually not a huge fan of sing in movie since i find them about as enjoyable a do my tax but i will be more than happy to make an exception for this movie . what sell the movie for me be the sheer fact that you get to see thing you do not see in everyday life which be also the same reason why i love stuff like two tower and silent hill . way before today modern fantasy movie come along with their realistic cgi to blow our mind there be this movie which blow your mind without have green screen scatter all over the place . one of my favorite shot in two tower be the one where we see the troll open the black gate and the main appeal of that shot for me be see these great fantasy being do what be essentially manual labor and and that what i love about the genie and other creature in the movie . theyre just there try to make a living just like everyone else which give them a real feel even though theyre all just fantasy being . it literally impossible to watch this movie and not notice where the maker of aladdin get their inspiration . the character from this movie be pretty much the same character in that movie from the talkative genie right down to the fly carpet . it not an entirely bad thing in my eye since it nice to know that i be not the only one on the planet that have a deep passionate love for this amazing movie . i first saw this a a kid in the motherland and think it be the great thing in the world and upon watch it again last week i still think it amaze . that a true testament that a great movie can withstand the test of time . sure and the effect look a wee bit outdated and cheesy but it be make way back in the 40 so give it a break . not everything look outdated though since most of the stuff can still hold it own today when scrutinize under today standard . if you ever want to see a live action version of aladdin then you should get your wish with this but the angry cynical bunch will probably do good in avoid this since this would not be their cup of tea .