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The Lion King (2019) Review Thread
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I would get a refund on my ticket if I wasn't going with someone.....
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They can't compare with the Disney Renaissance storyboarders and visual artists at the top of their game. It's futile to even try, as this movie amply demonstrates. No amount of money put into 3D rendering will change that fact.
I think the real question is, why choose an angle that doesn't work with the highlights of the source material
Dumbo pt.2, but guaranteed to make more money and sticks too close to the OG. Had a feeling all those early Twitter reactions were products of people psyched to have free tickets to a big movie.
So, it's not even better than the sequels or the television series?
Disney's live action department is worse than Sonic the Hedgehog.
Disney's live action department is worse than Sonic the Hedgehog.
lol hey, man, I would rather take another Ant-man movie over a photorealistic CG remake of one of their animated movies.
Exactly. That would be a thing of beauty. In my opinion they're wasting these studios by not trusting them with their well known franchises. Certain things like Cinderella or tarzan work with with the live action treatment, but something like dumbo should've been done in the style of tangled or zootopia.
You know, I like the original, but I've met plenty of movie buffs who aren't high on the 1994 film, and it has nothing to do with hot takes. I know my opinion of the story has declined since it came out and I'm mostly a fan due to the soundtrack and look.
I remember people were harping on Andy Serkis' Mowgli for the animals having cartoony/human like faces, but now we see why they were designed that way. Serkis is pretty much a master of the craft so he knows what works and what doesn't.
You know what shit they should have dawn of the apes this movie so hard, that shit had emotions, great facial animations etc. Coild have given Serkis a hell of a payday because he prob could have mo capped everything and be every damn character in the movie as well minus female leads
It's possible many will come out of this wishing it was stylized 3D. I mean, even though the tech has far been surpassed, this stills looks great because the art style and animation are great.
You wouldn't have to duplicate the look of the original Lion King, but a stylized look instead of going realistic like Jungle Book is more distinctive.
You wouldn't have to duplicate the look of the original Lion King, but a stylized look instead of going realistic like Jungle Book is more distinctive.
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Exactly what the first trailer looked like.
Called this shit back then when people were like "nah this looks good". Yea.
Ironically I feel this hyper realistic look would have worked better for Mowgli considering how "darker" that film was and that the facial animation tech but with added Disney budget they used in Mowgli would suit this film far more to give the animals some personality.
Will this reaction and Dumbo get Disney to reconsider this direction? Or they'll just say "Nah, we still got that Aladdin money."
...I'm looking forward to the new takes on Mulan and The Little Mermaid.
...I'm looking forward to the new takes on Mulan and The Little Mermaid.
Holy shit lmao. I'm usually not down on Disney remakes at all and have liked pretty much all of them. But Jesus christ, Simba has no emotion in that clip, which makes sense because real life lions don't have a lot of facial expressions. They should have gone less realistic and more like Detective Pikachu.
That reminds me I still need to watch that Jungle Book version. I'm intrigued by the way they did the animal faces but just haven't had a chance to check it out.
I haven't watched all that much footage of The Lion King other than the first two trailers where they didn't talk much, so I'm curious how it'll look here, too.
It's a stylistic choice that I can appreciate.
Obviously it's fantasy and not realism and I'm not interested for strictly realism.
Not sure what point you are trying to make.
Edit: You can take your same logic and say that the people complaining that it's not cartoony enough can "just watch the original". It adds nothing to the discussion.
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It always looked bad and soulless, but I was expecting reviewers give it high scores anyways. Glad to see that wasn't the case.
Zero reason to watch this mediocirty when the original is better in everything including visuals.
Perfect use of the gif lol.
Zero reason to watch this mediocirty when the original is better in everything including visuals.
Perfect use of the gif lol.
I'd guess it might just stop them from doing other realistic cg animal movies.