The Lion King ( 2019)
 

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such a cheap cash grab from Disney haha. Sure, the cgi/animation or whatever looks impressive but its basically going to be a shot for shot remake of the '94 animated film right? lol will probably make 2 billion at the box office for Disney but good lord are they creatively bankrupt .
Disney is also remaking Dumbo , Aladdin , Mulan etc etc etc. I gotta had it to them though, they are basically printing money at this point.

I'll see it.

James Earl Jones? Yep, I'll be in line for this

No Jeremy Irons as Scar though. I'm sure the movie will still be great though. I love Lion King.

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar can hold it down especially with his depiction as The Operative in Serenity/Firefly as the basis

This was my favorite Disney movie growing up along side toy story. Even if it is a money grab I think it's cool.

Disney needs to make money after their Star Wars shit has lost them so much.

They're taking out 'Be Prepared'. Disney and everyone else involved can get ****ed.

Why?

Both of my kids - who grew up with this movie on a nearly endless loop - were ripping this on Thanksgiving... "a shot for shot remake with cgi"

Total cash grab....will absolutely see.

Star Wars lost money? ROFL

This is who we are now. Something is successful, even iconic, they will re-boot or do a pre-quel/sequel. It's a easy decision for the VP of the entertainment companies to make. Very little downside to their careers compared to making money. The Star Wars one offs still made a BILLION $'s in profits for Disney. Thats just at the box office. Not counting merchanise, amusement parks money etc.

Not really, they bought Lucasfilm for $4 Billion. It's already broken even.

https://screenrant.com/disney-star-w...it-box-office/

Those are dangerous thoughts citizen.

That monkey is a ****ing dick. He's always wacking people in the dome with a stick. Loud shrieking laugh.

Does that inclued the $2B paid to Kathleen Kennedy over the last few years?

They already did Beauty & the Beast. It was released to television, though, if I remember correctly. I guess it did good enough that they saw that there was a profit to be made. They did tweak it a bit to where it was pretty obvious that LeFou is gay. Anxious to see if they do anything to this film. Looking forward to seeing it.

Also, I read where Will Smith will be Genie in the Alladin flick. Just not sure how I'll react to that, as no one could top Robin Williams.

It's the circle of life.

50+million views of the trailer on You Tube in 3 days. They are going to print money.

Beauty and the Beast did $1.2 billion at the box office so....

It's a neat idea. There's several generations who've grown up with The Lion King. So I bet this is going to be huge.

Disney is definitely a bit more unique when it comes to motivation to do remakes. I know most kids have probably seen this movie or Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast prior to the remake, but it’s just different to have a new release. The impact is much greater and I think more immediate.

Disney’s parks make like $20 billion per year. It’s a huge part of their revenue. And within those parks are countless attractions and themes centered around these now older movies. Updating the movies keeps the parks from becoming stale and outdated and gets people excited to go. They still do updates here and there on these older characters and areas but updating the same world or altering the merchandise instead of having to replace everything is so much easier and cheaper.

It's funny that people are referring to this as the live action Lion King. LMAO

universal Orlando just tore down the “Jaws” ride, one of its most popular rides for decades to make room for a Harry Potter roller coaster.

I actually really like the remakes of these. Beauty and the Beast was pretty great. I would not have gone to see a rerelease of the animated one which was actually a technology leap itself. It was one of the first 2d animated films to author with 3d work integrated.

I was excited to see the new version for its cg work. Jungle Book was fun, though I think it missed a few opportunities to really push some style into the photoreal look and make a new statement. This one, I will see too, because kittens are adorable, but I will probably have the same note that I wish the photoreal was merged with some classic animation design style and not just making all the eyes giant.

Nobody bitches if someone does Hamlet in a theater again. If you bring something new to it, there shouldn't be any issue with utilizing a classic story.

I had never thought about the parks angle in respect to Disney remakes. Makes sense though.

Ah. I don't remember it being at the box office. I just remember watching it on TV one time, so I guess I thought it was one of those made for TV things at the time.

But in the end he made everyone around him better.

The new Lion King Trailer released today...

I can't wait for this movie. Looks good.

ROFL The last part of the trailer....if that doesn't put a smile on your face, then you don't have a soul.

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Man I'm not watching any re-make where Scar isn't voiced by Jeremy Irons. He was just absol.....


.....oh **** it, can't even convince myself of that bullshit. That looks friggen awesome and I'm in. I hate all these damn live action re-makes of the old Disney stuff and it just doesn't matter because this looks incredible.

They got James Earl Jones back as Mufasa, Ejiofor is actually one of my favorite actors in his own right, that condescending doucherocket John Oliver is going to be play an easily dispensable dweeby bird, Glover's pretty great, Rogan as Pumba makes perfect sense.

Yeah, try as I might, I can't buzzkill that one. That looks awesome. "PUT YOUR LITTLE CUB FOOT IN THE BIG PRINT AGAIN SIMBA!!!! Awwwwwww......."

{ponders}

Well shit. You got me on that one...

Looks outstanding.

I wonder if they'll be able to recapture the magic of the first. Or if they even need to.

**** it, i still get a little teary when Simba's dad dies. That shit was dramatic!

They ended up doing Be Prepared after all. Good.

That's going to be rough to go through again.

I took my Goddaughter to see the original the evening after I got a wisdom tooth pulled. The extraction was very difficult, and I was fairly whacked out on codeine. I remember thinking the plot was very similar to Conan the Barbarian, only with cartoon lions. Don't remember much else.

I saw the lion king as a live play on Broadway in NYC.

Bad
Ass

The original was the end of of a damn good era of Disney movies. Still one of my favorites of my childhood. The Jungle Book remake was excellent, I'm sure the Lion King will be as well.

Meh. Sure the cgi looks breathtaking but this looks LITERALLY like a shot for shot remake (similar to the very dull and uninspiring Beauty and the Beast live action remake) .

But don't mind me, this shit is gonna be HUGE at the box office. And it certainly looks better than the Aladdin live action remake lol.

Don't care as long as they do the songs justice. Lion King is the best Disney movie when it comes to the music for me.

I wish they would have changed the plot a little bit, give us something a little different. But the CGI looks insane.

They’d better not screw this up. The original is about as close to today’s generation as a revered movie like Casablanca etc were to the boomers.

I grew up watching Lion King and Aladdin as a kid, still remember seeing both in the theatre with my parents and my best friend.

Can't wait to see them both...although I wish someone hotter was playing Jasmine. The actress who is playing her seems a little too plain Jane for me.

You're ****ing crazy.

Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Tarzan, Mulan, Atlantis and Lilo & Stitch all came out after Lion King.

The chicken in Moana was legit hilarious.

Your point?

So partially delirious, and hearing James Earl Jones as Mufasa. :)

Yep, it would he comparative

I still think the trailer for the original was the high point of trailer history.
I'm sure it was the only time I've experienced a round of applause for a trailer.

The one where they just played the opening song/scene.

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My daughter watched Moana without me; I saw like the last 20 minutes while I was doing other stuff.

Yeah...I watched it by myself later...what of it?

That movie's pretty damn good.

I suspect this is the one you're talking about?

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The girl had one hell of a singing voice.

Also, The Rock unironically flexing his massive ego while singing will never not be awesome.

The Lion King is hands down the best Disney movie of all time.

Nothing else can compare....not even Shrek or Toy Story.

Yeah. I was down. Unfortunately my daughter lost interest in it in favor far more reeruned programming.

my point earlier was it was more than a movie, that people have an emotional reverence for the original. It touched them, in the good way. Was more than just a few hours of entertainment in the 90’s.

More unnecessary remakes. Sigh.

Eh...times are a changing, animation/technology has drastically improved since the mid 90's obviously. The ol' saying is nothing beats the original...but if this is done right it can be pretty damn close. The music will play a big part in this film and if they **** that up, well then it could ruin the movie. It just sucks that Beyonce is probably going to sing in the damn thing, because she's ****ing terrible.

The CGI hopefully is amazing, and so far it looks like it will be. Although some have voiced their concern re: Scar's voice. I'm willing to give give it a chance. Glad that James Earl Jones is back as Mufasa's voice though. Some things you can't replace.

A movie like this doesn't have to rely on an actor's performance, unlike let's say..Aladdin, which has a good chance of being dogshit if Will Smith sucks ass in his Genie role. Can't believe Gilbert Gottfried isn't doing Iago's voice though, which I mentioned before in the Aladdin thread. Apparently he ain't too happy about Disney recasting that role to someone else either.

And it begins.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can&#39;t believe they&#39;ve straightwashed Scar in the new Lion King film. Just another example of how Hollywood is failing on queer representation. <a href="https://t.co/gSUQ9BIqzJ">pic.twitter.com/gSUQ9BIqzJ</a></p>&mdash; Chris Godfrey (@ChrisPJGodfrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPJGodfrey/status/1115967334743728128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wait..... What?

It has been bounced around that Scar is a queer/gay stereotype.

Obviously, people are digging too deep and forgetting that Scar's body structure serves as a foil to Mufasa's body. It goes with their characters. Mufasa is a strong and straightforward lion. Scar is a physically weak and crafty character.

How In the actual ****ing **** do you whitewash a lion?

Probably should've left the first rendition of Be Prepared in the movie, then. Scar wants Nala to be his queen for producing heirs. Not kidding.

"My cylinders firing with fervor, and you, my sweet, fit the part."

Creepy ass Scar LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">(I&#39;m not)</p>&mdash; Chris Godfrey (@ChrisPJGodfrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPJGodfrey/status/1115971815447384065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He isn’t the only one posting about how Scar was a gay character and now he looks like Mufasa on meth.

We saw that last year in KC. And yes it was.

This will definitely be awesome. And regarding the opening scene of the original, I remember being absolutely blown away at the realism of the animation. We had never seen anything like that in an animated movie that I know of.

Speaking of being shocked at the animation, I can’t believe this but Toy Story came out only one year after the Lion King. There was a giant leap but I didn’t realize how close it was to other traditional animated movies they made.

Aladdin is going to be here next spring. It’s supposed to be really good as well.

So weak and crafty = Gay?:facepalm:


These people finding something to offend them is taken to a new level now.

He did have a British accent/sarcasm

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Pretty much. A professor of mine tried to sell that theory. There is a lot of worthless papers trying to examine Disney films under the lens of gender studies.

Not Mulan, but more germane there than a general new movie thread.

Oh and, . . .

AWW HELL YEAH!!

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They should make it rated PG-13 and show the entire scene of Simba ****ing the shit out of Nala.

Caaaan you feel, the looove tonight. Tooo****ght.

Yes. And the original toy story animation looks absolutely antiquated by today’s standards. Still a great film though.

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Scar not the ghey

59% on RT w/115 reviews... surprised. Apparently next gen effects and the movie is 90% the same as the original. I'm confused why such a low score.
Most reviewers that have similar movie tastes as me enjoyed it and raved about the realisim.

The hard part is that it will always be compared to the original, which is a classic. Especially since it's probably extremely similar in script. I'm excited to see it. I'm expecting to love it, be ecstatic to see certain scenes like the opening scene that are really ****ing cool to see as live action, but to also see plenty of parts where live action just isn't as good. And I'd be fine with that. 59% probably makes sense for a remake but wonder what that rating would be if not adapted from the original. I'm sure the score would be far higher.