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The Lion King (2019) Review Thread
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This movie is breaking records?
Fucking embarrassing.
People really don't give two shits about quality do they?
Fucking embarrassing.
People really don't give two shits about quality do they?
Marketing sells a film more than the content of the film, especially in the first week. People already had their tickets before the reviews came out.
The point is that you have my admiration for having the stomach for such garbage.
Me too...
The emotional scenes hit me as hard as when I first saw them in the cartoon.
I liked it. Thing is, even with the loss of visual variety and poorer voice acting The Lion King is still a fundamentally good movie base, so basically ripping it off still produces something good. And when he wasn't phoning it in, James Earl Jones still got me choked up with his emotional high points.
Don't get me wrong, I'll never watch it again as the animated version is far superior, but as a one-off cinema experience it was really enjoyable and the CG was amazing.
Don't get me wrong, I'll never watch it again as the animated version is far superior, but as a one-off cinema experience it was really enjoyable and the CG was amazing.
Anyone here seen it in a non-English language?
One of my biggest beefs was the poor acting, so I'm planning to watch it in German to see if it's improved by having professional dubbing actors instead of Disney stunt casting.
(Plus, they got the original young Nala actress back to play adult Nala, which is just the most wholesome thing ever.)
One of my biggest beefs was the poor acting, so I'm planning to watch it in German to see if it's improved by having professional dubbing actors instead of Disney stunt casting.
(Plus, they got the original young Nala actress back to play adult Nala, which is just the most wholesome thing ever.)
I like the original Norwegian voices and songs more than the original English ones, but the new Norwegian ones aren't great based on the songs and trailers. I'll check out the new Norwegian version when I get the chance though.
The German dub is one of their poorer efforts in recent years (compared ie to Star Wars, which has some of the greatest dubbing efforts ever recently).
i'm really curious how people who never saw the original react to this movie
i feel like the memories of the original are "filling in the blanks" for this movie
would most people like it as much if it wasn't just reminding of the original?
I plan on seeing the Japanese dub when the film hits next month.
I felt bad for the kids in my cinema. There was no laughter. Nothing. Not even during hakuna Matata *which is like the funnest song ever - also * I cant wait to be king.
Kids at my showing laughed and reacted .... It's all anecdotal evidence...
My theory on this film is your enjoyment depends on how much of an animal lover you are. The animals are so realistic and not anthropomorphized that you can't relate to them the same way. But having always lived with cats and dogs, it never bothered me. I can read my animals' emotions without them smiling or laughing.
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Looking at the cinemascore, it looks like families are enjoying it and we're being Seymour Skinner. Doesn't sound like my cup of tea but whatever.
Oh man, my audience ate this movie up, especially all the jokes with Timon and Pumbaa. I'm sure the kids had a good time.
I direct high school theatre and we did Beauty and the Beast last year. The kid who played the Beast still hasn't seen the original cartoon, the live-action version is all he knows.
We're old, dwi.
the only person that laughed heaps was some old sounding dude in the back row. The rest of the 80% full cinema was dead quiet throughout. Even during the comedic bits. I laughed at beyonce's terrible line delivery.
This was the perfect opportunity to add something fresh to the scene rather than cut the song.
I think there may be some truth to this. I disagree with the "lack of emotion " criticism, but maybe it's because I picked up on the body language cues. I'm not even an animal lover, but joy, fear, love, envy/disappointment , anger - I could read it on these characters. Emotions weren't written solely on their faces though
They didn't need to goosestep. It would have been physically impossible for them to do that anyway with the film's photoreal angle. But they just did nothing with it.
There's depth to the image but made little difference to be honest, except when there was a bunch of particles on screen, like water or pollen or something.
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It was kind of hollow... a solid remake but it ultimately came across as hollow. Also Glover sounded like he just mailed it in lol, he was half asleep or baked during some of those lines...
Him and Beyonce was an odd pair when they were singing together. Beyonce was crooning her ass off and Glover, no offense, can't do that... so you end up with this mishmash that ultimately just sounds so off. They can't match each other and I wonder if that just Beyonce's refusal and her always wanting to be the one shining.
The action at the end was also really messy and had problems with readability. A lot of dark, blur, big shapes going on... which was going to be an issue trying for something realistic.
John Oliver and Seth Rogan were the best parts of the film.
Also, is there a reason the Hyenas weren't nearly as funny as before?
Him and Beyonce was an odd pair when they were singing together. Beyonce was crooning her ass off and Glover, no offense, can't do that... so you end up with this mishmash that ultimately just sounds so off. They can't match each other and I wonder if that just Beyonce's refusal and her always wanting to be the one shining.
The action at the end was also really messy and had problems with readability. A lot of dark, blur, big shapes going on... which was going to be an issue trying for something realistic.
John Oliver and Seth Rogan were the best parts of the film.
Also, is there a reason the Hyenas weren't nearly as funny as before?
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Why wasnt there a NSFW tag, I blurted out laughing so loud...Yes, here it is:
I went in with zero expectations and ended up liking it, think it was pretty good actually. Which is the opposite of what happend with Aladdin.
But man, a few of the voices fell suuuper flat (Nala for one, even Simba at times) and I didn't care for them at all. Which is a problem when they're supposed to be the main characters. O_O That's the only shame.
But man, a few of the voices fell suuuper flat (Nala for one, even Simba at times) and I didn't care for them at all. Which is a problem when they're supposed to be the main characters. O_O That's the only shame.
My kid sister wanted to see it so I took her, wouldn't have gone otherwise.
Very curious to know if this film can stand on its own as even the parts that deviated from the original contained plenty of references to it.
Very curious to know if this film can stand on its own as even the parts that deviated from the original contained plenty of references to it.
And the song felt so out of place too, at least IMO. It's like... it's just there. No meaning, no nothing.
I love the original lion king and I wanted to like this one. I'm also a huge sucker for nostalgia. This remake just did nothing for me. I didn't hate it but I felt no real emotion from movie.
I'm watching it today cause I couldn't find any theatres with Midsommar or The Farewell
Fuck me
Fuck me
I'm a fan of the original and loved the remake.
Obviously don't think they are comparable, but each has their own unique thing that sets them apart for me.
Seeing them as realistic animals was really dope, specially seeing Pumbaa and Rafiki move, it was so good.
Obviously don't think they are comparable, but each has their own unique thing that sets them apart for me.
Seeing them as realistic animals was really dope, specially seeing Pumbaa and Rafiki move, it was so good.
With you there. Should have used He Lives in You and Shadowland in the movie. The new Beyoncé song banished to the credits.
One positive I will say about the movie is the circle of life in the beginning was well done. Shot for shot remake.
After that though...I just kept disliking the film. I barely laughed. My hardest laugh came from mufasa's death.
I also felt like most the acting was done in one take.
I do like that the song "he lives in you" is in the movie... but it's in the credits (after "never too late") and not in English. Still it's a beautiful song.
If only those things were what make a movie good. This would be great to me.
After that though...I just kept disliking the film. I barely laughed. My hardest laugh came from mufasa's death.
I also felt like most the acting was done in one take.
I do like that the song "he lives in you" is in the movie... but it's in the credits (after "never too late") and not in English. Still it's a beautiful song.
If only those things were what make a movie good. This would be great to me.
Review published in Turun Sanomat, the third largest daily newspaper in Finland:
Quick translations of the highlighted parts:
The new version of 1994's Lion King featuring real animals falls flat compared to the original.
A classic story with real actors
The new movie tells the same story, but with real animal actors.
In the new Lion King, they've made the mouths of real animals move believably in sync with the dialogue.
...that it is much more difficult to direct a real animal to give a desired performance than it is with a cartoon character.
Real animals made to talk...
So yeah, the reviewer legitimately thought that they used real animals. The paper later published a correction.
Quick translations of the highlighted parts:
The new version of 1994's Lion King featuring real animals falls flat compared to the original.
A classic story with real actors
The new movie tells the same story, but with real animal actors.
In the new Lion King, they've made the mouths of real animals move believably in sync with the dialogue.
...that it is much more difficult to direct a real animal to give a desired performance than it is with a cartoon character.
Real animals made to talk...
So yeah, the reviewer legitimately thought that they used real animals. The paper later published a correction.
I did a thing because I was bored this afternoon. I really the arrangement of I Just Can't Wait To be King in the remake. Has its own flair while keeping true to the original. I definitely prefer Rowan Atkinson as Zazu by a massive margin though.
I'm happy this movie happened cause it was an absolute technical achievement for cinema. I don't see it being beat for the Academy Award for VFX.
As for the movie itself, quite possibly the most un-original movie I've ever watched. Beyonce was quite terrible and it's disappointing they expanded that role just for name value when they didn't need to and she wasn't up to the task.
Timon & Pumba stole the show.
It's not bad cause it's still The Lion King, but it improves on basically nothing and lost a lot of the charm of the original.
I enjoyed Beauty & the Beast, absolutely hated Dumbo and this one falls in the middle. It's ok, but just watch the original. Really only reason to watch is it is such a technical achievement.
As for the movie itself, quite possibly the most un-original movie I've ever watched. Beyonce was quite terrible and it's disappointing they expanded that role just for name value when they didn't need to and she wasn't up to the task.
Timon & Pumba stole the show.
It's not bad cause it's still The Lion King, but it improves on basically nothing and lost a lot of the charm of the original.
I enjoyed Beauty & the Beast, absolutely hated Dumbo and this one falls in the middle. It's ok, but just watch the original. Really only reason to watch is it is such a technical achievement.
