The Lion King

The Lion King is a catastrophe; a new low in the ever-diminishing returns of Disneys endless run of remakes. Theres nothing redeeming about it, with every decision either ill-conceived or mishandled to the point of incompetence. In Favreaus hands, The Lion King is rendered thunderously dull, lacking in any tension or complex characterisation, taking a laboriously long time to go nowhere and never once justifying its contentious existence. Even with my dislike of the original, I was flabbergasted at how thoroughly this film never attempts to understand why so many people love the 1994 film. If nothing else, this film makes it abundantly clear that Disney has no interest in making great cinema or honouring its own legacy. They dont care wheth...

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I dont know how I should start, but I guess Ill address something that people might ask: yes, its a SPOILER-FREE review. Why? Well, the story might follow the same essential plot points, and the characters might have similar narrative paths, but there are so many details that make this movie stand on its own. From tiny little improvements to moments of the original that wouldnt make sense in a realistic environment to adjustments to characters backstory, musical moments or other significant parts. With that said, I need to discuss the controversy surrounding this remake, but I wont take longer than one paragraph.

People need to understand that these Disneys remakes...

Vulgar Display of Dour

Final rating:½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.

Its not as bad as Cats or Star Wars 9.

Disappointing and inconsistent. 2019 seems to be the year where the big movies were made to look good, but are in reality vapid and this is no exception.
This looks good mostly (except when Simba is a "teenager" and a lack of genitals means that the animals do not look really real), but everything else is below average. Also, the "real-ness" of the animals make some scenes way more scary for children.

The choices made in this are....strange.
-The voice casting is weird (some African sounding, some American, and others in between) - like there was no plan.
-Extra scenes and dialogue do not add to the movie and even lessen it when compared to its predecessor.
-The way the songs ha...

Not at all like the cartoon but not bad either. Let's face it, nothing the could do would or could match the Lion King cartoon original. NOTHING. So I have been a huge fan of Lion King since day one. I knew this would not be as good. There are parts i adore and parts i detest. I hate they left out Scar's song and only had a small clip... So much was left out. It COULD have been better but I really didnt expect it to be half as good as the original... I was surprised it was decent.