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Movie Mayhem – The Lion King (2019)

Posted by Bryan Caron in Entertainment, Film, Movies, Reviews on July 21, 2019

The Lion King — 2019; Directed by Jon Favreau; Starring Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Chietel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen and James Earl Jones

Live-action remakes have been around for quite some time (Popeye, anyone), they’re just much more prevalent now with Disney’s recent onslaught of remaking all of their beloved animated classics into live-action properties. I don’t mind these upgrades; getting to see your favorite animated films with real people can be a lot of fun, especially when the updates add more to the story and help develop stronger characters. The issue with these updates comes when a film relies too much on their predecessor (because, you know, they were perfectly fine in animated form), making them feel a bit lazy and underwhelming.

This is what happens with The Lion King, which isn’t so much a remake as it is a facelift; many scenes, including the grand opening sequence, are nearly identical to the original. Beauty and the Beast was criticized by many for this reason, though I didn’t mind it as much because real actors carried the majority of the film. However, because The Lion King is nothing but animals (no humans were harmed in the production of this movie), it’s hard to distinguish this version as “live-action” because the majority is still animated, just in a different way.

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