I'd compare this to watching the National Geographic channel but National Geographic programs are far more tense and atmospheric than this.
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The Lion King (2019) Review Thread
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I'd compare this to watching the National Geographic channel but National Geographic programs are far more tense and atmospheric than this.
Don't really want to watch it now after seeing all of this but my girl already ordered the tickets...bleh. The whole thing just looks soulless.
Jesus.
Fucking.
Christ.
So they wanna steal the same camera moves etc, say the same lines, but strip it of any of the color, drama, or expressiveness.
Christ, this shit really does lack a soul. I mean usually I roll my eyes at that comment but... there it is.
I was wondering how Jon Favreau has the time to do this, Mandalorian, star in Spider-Man, and then put out Chef Show on Netflix. The picture really starts coming into focus about just how involved he was here...
Did they straight up rip the scream from the animated version?
A homage is... hmm, how should I say this, a homage is more of an affectionate thing... something that you do because you have an emotional connection to the thing you pay homage to.
While I also wouldn't call it a "menace", I wouldn't also call it a homage. It's just a more-money-for-the-corporate-company driven kinda thing than a homage, IMO.
I mean they steal the same damn camera move.
This is actually the best thing I've seen of the movie yet, but that's not really saying much.
Yeah it's not bad compared to everything else I've seen.
It looks like They've kinda shifted Scar from cold and calculated to being angry and brutish. I wonder if those character traits are easier to translate on these ultra realistic models, or if it was purely an artistic liberty.
That's the funny thing, those are literally the only movies I can think of that he actually hates, except for the first movie and Bumblebee. Nothing else.
It's fresh somehow again.
60% on rotten tomatoes.
One review I read said it sometimes looks like the animals are telepathically communicating due to lack of facial expressions Lol 😆
As I clarified earlier, I was mainly focusing on direct remakes with that post. Christopher Robin's akin to Burton's Alice in Wonderland in that it's more of a distant sequel to the original movie.
All the early negativity could be to TLK's advantage, just like Aladdin. Lowered expectations and all.
Yeah, you're right. He doesn't look like anything at all because there's no discernible emotion or expression on his face whatsoever.
This is technically animation, it just refuses to utilize any of the mediums strengths
Yikes indeed. You have the same general animation, the same camera movement, but instead of any emotions, there are just lions flapping their mouths. Gone is Scar's cynical smile, gone are Mufasa's eyes going from despair to fear as he realizes what's going to happen.
If they wanted to go for the realistic look, they should change the script, change the way those scenes play, how the animals react etc. Because right now they took the original script, changed the looks and removed everything that didn't fit the new style without adding anything to replace that.
Yeah I guess I mean hand drawn? I know Princess and the Frog had some CG but I believe the majority was hand drawn and I thought it was gorgeous. I guess I just don't want anything like this.
Mufasa's death scene was laughable, to be honest. The image of an ultra-realistic looking lion falling off of what looks like a short cliff to James Earl Jones' scream is like a comedy. Like if someone dubbed over a nature documentary for laughs. The gulf in emotion and expression between the two goes without saying.
Also, the new voice of Scar is a big miss. The actor isn't doing a bad job or anything, it's just that the original voice was so iconic, and this is about as opposite as you can get. They should have just asked Jeremy's Iron to return.
Sorry but I can't get over this, watching it again and again. It's a big realistic lion dropping off a cliff with no expression on its face, screaming in James Earl Jones' voice. It's straight up comedic.
I found it almost as horrifying as that One Planet scene with the walrus. It looks like a real lion falling off a cliff.
lmao
This is where I say that Jon Favreau fucking sucks. He doesn't even know how to rip off The Lion King right. Simba's reaction is made powerful in the original because it cuts directly from Mufasa's face to his. In the remake he decided to insert a shot between, for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
Everything about this just looks so stilted. It's unbelievable Favreau and MPC were allowed to seemingly work unchecked on this property. I bet this movie would be quite different (AND BETTER), while still under the mandate of looking photorealistic, if it had been worked on by Disney animators.
Hopefully there's a VO from Simba's point of view explaining how he's feeling, and that aspect of the movie is still under NDA.
They should just get Harrison Ford to record a narration for the entire movie.
if it wasn't for the voices........................the terrible cuts and the way he falls almost looks like a bollywood parody of the scene lol
Top critics is still rotten and I would be surprised if it holds that fresh overall, but yeah this one is barely making it it seems!
Nobody's making another thread, huh? So, I'll be seeing this tomorrow @ midnight. Will post my review here right after.
Technically that was 2011's Winnie the Pooh for theatrical traditional Disney Animation.
Such a good movie too.
Disney is never going back to hand-drawn animation. Blame the success of Pixar for that.
I love Pixar, but Disney definitely learned the wrong lessons from them.
On the plus side, Scar now straight up bitch slaps Mufasa to death.
Yes please.
I sure as shit hope not.
The movie wasn't the greatest but it had some really strong scenes and brilliant visuals at the very least.
I would forgive these trash remakes if Disney had the balls to do a little hand drawn shit here and there. It's not like Disney's hurting for money.
Winnie the Pooh 2011 was the last one done. It didn't exactly have the biggest budget though so it's fairly short (it's about 70 minutes.)
Animation is good and it has fun songs, so it's worth the watch.
Also, Owl is the biggest troll in that film.
When audiences actually want to spend money to see it, sure.
Unfortunately, 2D animation is still seen by many as a medium for children; not adults.
Dear christ... I'm going to watch it around noon on Saturday and I feel I'm going to have to go in with alcohol in the system.