I personally loved it and have watched many times. I've seen the animated one too and think it was fantastic in it's own right. But to me comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges. Yes they are both Aladdin but, one is animated and one is not, they have different characters which in each movie were thoroughly enjoyable. Don't know why it has been given such bad reviews, music also in Will Smith version was also amazing. It's worth watching so don't take these reviews completely to heart...