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The Lion King (2019) Review Thread
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Gutted song because they gotta give the time to queen Beyoncé 💅
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Thats another aspect of this thats just a naked cash grab. Celebrity casting of the worst kind. Casted for marketing purposes.
I'm not even all that down on realistic bodies - but the lighting, effects, and faces should have been more stylized.
Sure, but she should compliment the offering not reduce it
curious who saw the early clips of the emotionless animals and thought it was good. they must have worked on the VFX in segments and went and watched the early previz.
Meanwhile both Jungle Book and Lion King will make millions more than Mowgli; Disney knows what sells.
Not harping on the film, but their "live action" fare are clear money grabs above all.
this may as well have been donald glover singing over natgeo lion footage
...why do I feel like those anime gifs we've seen around like the cupcake-trauma dog, wriggling cat, perpetual frowner cat hell even those barn owls cackling and gulping down rats are way more expressive than a freaking million dollars production from motherfucking DISNEY?
Like, what's their end goal here? Making an independently entertaining photorealistic remake for the Lion King or just making another documentary fodder for NatGeo?
Like, what's their end goal here? Making an independently entertaining photorealistic remake for the Lion King or just making another documentary fodder for NatGeo?
I was expecting the new Lion King movie to be great! It only got a 57% on MC and it's rotten on RT?
So disappointing. The Lion King was one of my favorite movies ever. I love Disney movies. Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, 100 Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Mulan
Why don't their Live Action counterparts come even close to their OG?
So disappointing. The Lion King was one of my favorite movies ever. I love Disney movies. Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, 100 Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Mulan
Why don't their Live Action counterparts come even close to their OG?
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Because nobody asked for them. These live action remakes are bald-faced cash grabs.
Aladdin is very absurd and stupid. Ewww, there were so many weird stuff that felt so out of place especially during a song number in the gold cave. Hiphop in a middle age era? Hmmm okay, that makes so much sense. And I havent even mentioned other stuffIn the end, Will Smith and his hip hop Genie won!
Never doubt the Fresh Prince!
But for the lion king itself, im kinda excited. My first time watching the movie, not sure if it has the animated version on nx but i think i will watch it later. Been hearing about the good news for the movie, and i also heard that the first lion king was adapted from shakespeare's play?
Because these are pointless endeavors borne out of a cynical desire to squeeze money out of people's nostalgia, instead of originating from any creative desire or direction.
What does turning The Lion King into a grounded, live action lookalike do for a mythical and majestic story presentation? How does robbing the original picture of its wonderfully diverse color palette improve the film's aesthetic? How are the characters bettered by eliminating any semblance of personality or expression from their faces?
It does nothing, it improves nothing, it betters nothing.
You meant the cartoon with the blue genie? It is on netflix but i never watched that version before. The only disney franchises that i watched are moana, and wreck it ralph i think (outside of avengers)
The nostalgia should've come from recapturing the spirit and playfulness of the original movies, not from dull and "grounded" versions of the same scenes. I was looking forward to this one because it was entirely CGI. They could have gone crazy with the visuals and colors to recapture the tone that all the 90s Disney animated movies have, but they didn't.
Where as those Jack Nicholson, Groucho Marx and Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions were all era appropriate.
There's a reason the Jungle Book has been the only really good one. It actually had a point artistically. It was much darker than the original film, closer in tone to the original books. It paid homage to the 2D animated film but not recreating its plot beat for beat. Also Mowgli actually had a personality and arc rather than just being carried by the wacky animals.
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God, the colors in the original are gorgeous.
The new one... has some walking
Of course no. That doesnt make any sense. How come it does?
...because "Friend Like Me" (the original recording in the animated feature) is a jazz song.
You haven't seen the original? It's chock full of out of place references too!
Disney's original Aladdin had contemporary music, pop culture references and colloquialisms in it. I don't see how hiphop is any less appropriate.
Anyway, lion king is VERY LOOSELY based on Hamlet, apparently
How old are you?
The original Aladdin had that and much more. And was hugely popular. One of the most beloved animated movies of all time. They're cartoons...
The original had Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions. The genie even turns the monkey into a car in the original.
Why I cannot unserstand is why they didn't make it similar to Aslan.
Because lions dont emote like that........wait a minuteWhy I cannot unserstand is why they didn't make it similar to Aslan.
Both jungle book and lion king are remakes of two of the most popular animated films of all time and Disney has a cult like fan base of course they would make more but mowgli came out on Netflix regardless.
It was adapted from the Shakespeare play "Kimba the white dog"
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When I watched Jahns and Stuckmann's reviews, it pretty much hit a concern of mine regarding the expressions of these "realistic" CG animals. Sometimes cartoons, or "cartoony" designs work BETTER at expressing emotions than realism. The more exaggerated the features, the bigger the eyes, the more you can convey to the audience, especially with non-human characters.
I gave the whole "live action"/"realistic CG" remakes a chance, but generally was let down (only one I'm fine with was Jungle Book). Everything else, even the new Maleficent (saw the trailer and, WTF with another forced "fantasy war", which I could've sworn there was something like that in the first one, and that stupid Wonderland War in Tim Burton's live action Alice in Wonderland, urgh...), it's like the late Eisner era all over again. The era where Disney was releasing too many sequels to their movies and crap like Home on the Range. The dark point that took some time to get through until we got Tangled, then Frozen. Circle's, well, circled back around and nobody learned from the past, and well, seem to be willfully ignorant of it.
I gave the whole "live action"/"realistic CG" remakes a chance, but generally was let down (only one I'm fine with was Jungle Book). Everything else, even the new Maleficent (saw the trailer and, WTF with another forced "fantasy war", which I could've sworn there was something like that in the first one, and that stupid Wonderland War in Tim Burton's live action Alice in Wonderland, urgh...), it's like the late Eisner era all over again. The era where Disney was releasing too many sequels to their movies and crap like Home on the Range. The dark point that took some time to get through until we got Tangled, then Frozen. Circle's, well, circled back around and nobody learned from the past, and well, seem to be willfully ignorant of it.
My only hope is once they remake as much as they can live action. They'll surely be forced into bringing back 2D animation something for the nostalgia bucks.
"A Classic Disney style finally returns"
Marketing writes itself
"A Classic Disney style finally returns"
Marketing writes itself
Disney's first "original movie", lol.
Yeah, the movie that many dubs as the greatest animated movie of all time is a rip-off, basically.
Stop watching movies you are clearly gonna hate in the theatre
So Jungle Book 2016 still the only legit good remake?
I mean I will check this film out just for the shits and giggles! My only gripe with the live action remakes is Disney's insistence of using their more popular IPs, instead of say vindicate the Black Cauldron!
Agreed. I would always express how "in name only" the animated film was. Also Mowgli was just flat-out obnoxious and unreasonable in the animated film.
I mean I will check this film out just for the shits and giggles! My only gripe with the live action remakes is Disney's insistence of using their more popular IPs, instead of say vindicate the Black Cauldron!
Agreed. I would always express how "in name only" the animated film was. Also Mowgli was just flat-out obnoxious and unreasonable in the animated film.
i thought aladdin looked okay in previews, same with lion king
there was nothing that i was "clearly gonna hate"