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The Lion King (2019) Review Thread
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It was pretty obvious from them hiding the animals talking in every trailer that something was up
I feel sad for all the kids that gonnna grow up and only have seen this instead of the original.
I want to see that SO BAD! I'm really thankful it's getting recognition review-wise. I just hope it's a success at the box office.
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And yet people convinced themselves that we had nothing to worry about
Well the first half of the original film's Be Prepared is pretty great
They can watch the original and try not to repeat the same mistake with their kids in 25 years when they remake this again.
You know whats funny? It went down to 99% because they incorrectly posted a negative Lion King review under that movie. LOL.
Lulz, this has happen before with movies in the past, but yeah that's pretty funny.
That Hakuna Matata clip looks like when you enter cinematic mode in RDR2 while riding to a mission objective.
Man, I just assistant directed Beauty and the Beast at a high school this last spring and the kid playing the Beast had never seen the original. I still don't think he has even after playing the part!
Damn, I'm no longer in a hurry to see this movie. They took a real banger, and turned it into a short, scary speech.
I was waiting for the break down, and it never came, it just ended.
I'm gutted. Like, where are my xylophone bones ? Where's the marching chorus?
I don't like the look of this at all but it has the same score as Aladdin which I enjoyed.
Will probably give it a look at some point just to form my own opinion
Will probably give it a look at some point just to form my own opinion
It would've been pretty interesting if they did a frame-by-frame remake, but with hyper realistic CG. The whole spectacle of I Just Can't Wait To Be King, but with photorealistic animals would be fun to see.
What good are lively songs if the movie can't conjure enough visual energy to match it?
Might as well just be a tribute album then
It's at least more sinister than the original. Sad it's shorter, but it gives off more chills I think.
Hoping for this. Plus it'll still make like $1.5b ww so I wouldn't feel bad for anyone involved lol.
I think I can skip this. Most of the reason I love these Disney films in the first place is for the beautiful hand drawn animation. And when you take that out, well, there just isn't much left that appeals to me. I'm sure the film will do fantastically anyway, if Aladdin is any indication.
As someone who has a huge interest in African wildlife, I'm 100% here for the photorealistic design choice. My favorite part of the Jungle Book was the accurate depiction of different bird species. Assuming that will be the case here (as the previews suggest), I'll likely be thrilled with it.
Goddammit. I had to go back and watch the original to cleanse my mind of this lol
I understand, but I also think why not just watch some amazing nature docos? Some of the CG here looks a bit weightless to be honest (other stuff is quite impressive)
Good lord, that's awful. And the trailers looked so promising. In retrospect I was probably responding to Zimmer's score more than the cherry-picked visuals.
Also, people, this is not a shot-for-shot remake. Beat-for-beat maybe, in terms of overall plot and set pieces, but on top of rejiggering a lot of dialogue and adding new material, they make the inexplicable decision to throw out the masterfully dynamic animation, color, and cinematography in the original for the boring crap in that clip. A true shot-for-shot remake would be so much better.
Oh I do...I have tons of them from the BBC, NatGeo, etc. I also try to go on safari as often as possible (not as often as I'd like to, but I recognize that I'm fortunate to be able to do it at all). It's my primary non-media passion actually.
But seeing this very realistic style paired with an already-beloved story...it will probably work for me. I could be wrong, of course, and I obviously haven't seen it...but I"m excited to.
Putting aside the fact that Era is generally obsessed with RT scores (90% or it's SHIT)...
...This a remake of one of the best and most influential animated films of all time. As with all these shit remakes so far based on similarly important material, below average doesn't, and shouldn't, cut it.
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New version looks dull and orders of magnitude less interesting and vibrant in comparison.
The voice actor did very well with what he got, but I feel like this was the intro to a good sinister song, rather than a good song.
The OG achieved the chills via the visuals... It opens with scar tossing a gnawed off zebra leg to his starving henchmen while casually talking about murdering his brother and nephew, climaxes with a freaking nazi salute, I'm pretty sure Scar scares one hyena into falling to his fiery death, then it ends with a sea of blood red against a harrowing night sky. It was spooky and fun at the same time.
I get the photo-realism approach forces them to lean on the audio for the chills, but I don't get why that would lead to gutting half the song and most of the instrumentation.
I used to rewind my videotape when the song ended - playing it over and over again. My son ain't gonna wanna play this shit on repeat. :(
Went in with a clear head and yea the OG dumpsters this, Irons Scar is iconic for a reason as are the hyenas. Listening to the original now and genuinely laughing at the " No king No king!" Into Scar's " YOU IDIOTS THERE WILL BE A KING...I will be king" and the little preen he does with it. The original is just so full of life, I feel nothing listening to any of this new stuff.
This is a remake of the veritable crown jewel of the Disney animated canon.
A rotten score is an embarrassment.
I don't think comparing The Lion King to National Geographic is a good comparison.
For sure. The original scene is one of the highlights of the film imo. So full of energy, colour, and even humour!
To be fair here, I think the marching chorus would have also been cut from the original film had it come out in the current political environment.
Yea this. It's been a minute since I've seen it but just look at this if you haven't seen it for a while
The personality, the color, the sweeping music just oozes from every frame, it's absolutely God tier everything
Scores on RT don't mean a thing. The audience will decide if they like it or not.