That is also beautiful. And it is clearly a whole different approach.
That is also beautiful. And it is clearly a whole different approach.
Yeah that first clip is actually the first time I've seen anything appealing from the movie. It's not half bad. Obviously not the vivid, expressive, colorful almost abstract like the animated version but it looks alright.
breh, the pacing, the buildup, the anticipation. whoever helmed this has no idea what they're doing.
Just got back from seeing it.
Yeah, wow, so I thought I was being too harsh but the film honestly doesn't hold a candle to the original. I went in with an open mind. I actually hoped it wouldn't be a shot by shot remake as Circle of Life would probably lead you to believe. However, I just can't deny the flaws.
James Earl Jones' performance is flat. I couldn't feel any emotion coming from him. Remember how he nailed the mix of utter disappointment in the original? In the remake there's... nothing. It's like he's just reading a script.
One of its biggest crimes was that they replaced the iconic music during Simba's return with a pop song. It felt so out of place.
In the ending, this might sound nitpicky, but he roars too early. Even if you don't compare it to the perfect sync of the original, the early roar felt empty.
I like that it tries to be different, and I actually wanted it to be that way. However, sometimes difference for difference' sake isn't always good.
Also, I can't understand why all the characters looked emotionless. I didn't get that vibe when I watched Jungle Book. Something was just missing.
I can't wholeheartedly recommend the film, especially for fans of the original. It can't decide whether it wants to be a 3d animated film with talking animals, or a 3d animated film pretending to be live action.
Clips from I Just Can't Wait to be King and Can't You Feel The Love Today:
Yes, Jon Favreau has said "every blade of grass" is animated.So everything in this movie is animated correct? Including the environments?
Clips from I Just Can't Wait to be King and Can't You Feel The Love Today:
I hate people defending the look of this movie with the 'but it's supposed to look realistic!' argument.
Here's a screenshot from Planet Earth II, a documentary series:
Desaturated colors =/= realism
This comment sums it up nicely
Are people supposed to feel some kind of emotion in this scene
They won't bring it back sadly. There's just too few people doing it nowadays and it gets to be costly. Just at Mary Poppins Returns. Creating the hand drawn animation in it was tough for the team.Can we go back to animation? Was The Princess and the Frog really the last one?
"The big challenge was trying to put that crew together almost overnight," he says. Finding enough animators with 2D paper experience who were available required using a few animators from Europe and bringing in a couple of artists from Brazil. For most, the chance to work on a sequel to "Mary Poppins" was a big draw, Duncan says.
Former Pixar story artist Jim Capobianco supervised the animation sequence for director Rob Marshall and entrusted the work to Pasadena-based Duncan Studio, one of a very few animation houses producing paper-drawn 2D animation in the CG age.
this is a perfect descriptionIt really is like watching a Planet Earth documentary with Lion King audio on in the background.
Huh how did favreau miss the mark so much?
Spread too thin with him doing the mandalorian, spider - man and chef show?
It's wild that the RT score is hanging around 60% considering the negative reviews are among the most negative reviews I've ever seen. I guess you'll either like it or really really hate it.
Oh I just can't wait for this remake fad to be over.
RT is a binary percentage, it doesn't gauge how much critics liked a movie.
Rowan Atkinson's performance absolutely and unequivocally blows away John Oliver's performance here. Like, professional versus Middle School production.
Oof.
Back at 59% again!I know but it's wild that 60% of critics still like the movie when the 40% that don't like it REALLY don't
I think a lot of folks in this thread are overestimating how much the general public values 2D animation/design. If its a cartoon/has a cartoon aesthetic most people won't see it or automatically put it in the "kids genre" ghetto. The fact that its so hyper realistic will be a draw for people because it makes it more "serious/adult/legitimate" etc.
This will probably be another situation where film twitter mercilessly dunk on the movie while general audiences eat it up.