The Disney Thread.

[Spuro]

That image is fucking amazing

[Godzilla21]

Some of the negative reviews:

"It hangs together better than the horrid, live-action Aladdin remake that came out in May. But that's not saying much. Most viewers will find this Lion King to be either eye-candy or uncanny valley. There's so little in between."

"The Lion King" is missing something. A purpose, maybe, and a heart."

"The filmmakers take the most memorable moments and characters from the original movie and drain them of everything that gave them life in the first place."

"While there are some great vocal performances, overall this film is such a blatant copy of the 1994 version it seems that team should be officially credited on this movie."

"This entertaining but eventually forgettable remix starts to feel as pointless as the rest of Disney's recent remakes."

"The personality of the original film is nonexistent here. This film is soulless"

"The Lion King" filmmakers and the VFX guys were so preoccupied with whether or not they could make a photorealistic animated remake of a beloved Disney classic, nobody stopped to think whether they should"

[GodzillaFan1990's]

Yes. Yes. Let the hate flow within all of you.

[Godzilla21]

Yes. Yes. Let the hate flow within all of you.

I knew you'd be getting off on this

[Maritonic]

Just a gentle reminder that critics were ripping Aladdin too. So this doesn't really mean much. It's still going to make a killing.

[Gigantis]

Just a gentle reminder that critics were ripping Aladdin too. So this doesn't really mean much. It's still going to make a killing.

still say anywhere from 1- 2 billion is certainly possible

[Maritonic]

Just a gentle reminder that critics were ripping Aladdin too. So this doesn't really mean much. It's still going to make a killing.

still say anywhere from 1- 2 billion is certainly possible

I agree. Everyone I know is absolutely dying to see it.

[ScootaVaran]

I agree. Everyone I know is absolutely dying to see it.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing it too. I'm at least more interested in seeing this than Aladdin.
Not in theaters of course. It's a Netflix view for me.

[Godzilla165]

I still don’t know why they didn’t just stick with the methods used in The Jungle Book, but obviously improved with better and newer tech, for The Lion King. In the former film, the animals were realistic looking, yet were still given subtle exaggerated features in their faces in order for them to portray emotion better. Baloo could still grin, Shere Khan could give off an evil and sadistic sneer, and Bagheera could look annoyed or disenchanted by Mowgli’s antics.

They didn’t have to go full on Mowgli as far as facial expressions go, where that movie went too far into cartoonish and jarring territory... But something should have been done to allow these characters, because that’s what they are and not just animals, characters in Lion King to emote and convey real emotion. Instead, we get these lifeless muppets out of the lions, to the point where the song about living a carefree and fun life looks uninteresting and awkward, even when compared to a video of a real lion dubbed over by the song. And then you have Simba, a 500 pound beast of an animal bouncing around like a balloon, compared to the original film where even when Simba was dancing and doing wacky things, he still had a real sense of weightiness to him.

I’m not trying to pan this movie at all, and what the special effects crew managed to achieve is to be seriously commended and praised. But, I honestly have no reason to rush out and see this when neither my wife nor daughters want to see, and would rather spend that Friday evening watching the original movie and sequel. Plus, in 10 years, the animated version will likely still look fantastic, whereas this probably won’t. But, all that being said, this will still obviously blow the bloody socks off the box office.

[Godzilla21]

Just a gentle reminder that critics were ripping Aladdin too. So this doesn't really mean much. It's still going to make a killing.

No doubt. I've always thought $1.5-$2 billion, no matter the reviews.

Hell the audience scores might be good too like Aladdin

[Spuro]

I just saw a clip of them singing Hakuna Matata.

Man that looks awful. The directing and editing and cinematography was so bland... it was just three animals walking forward for half a minute. And the attempts at making the lion look like he was singing... christ.

This is why you either don't have the animals move their mouths in a talking animal movie (Homeward Bound (still the gold standard for this subgenre)) or use motion capture to add life to the performances at the expense of reality (the Jungle Book).

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

I wonder how the whole "Disney is paying for positive reviews" conspiracy is holding out.

[miguelnuva]

I wonder how the whole "Disney is paying for positive reviews" conspiracy is holding out.

They paid for negative reviews in order to make it look like they weren't paying for positive ones.

[Godzilla21]

Someone said this over in the MV thread (I think Mr Rockett?) that while they don't pay for positive reviews of obviously if you cross them you may not be given as much access and goodies as a good soldier reviewer might get. Take that for what its worth

[_JNavs_]

The Lion King will not be a $2 billion dollar film.

1 billion? Maybe? Even that's a bit far out.

[Godzilla21]

The Lion King will not be a $2 billion dollar film.

1 billion? Maybe? Even that's a bit far out.

Disagree Navie. Lion King is arguably the most beloved Disney animated film ever. I grew up in the mid 90s and it was a huge film. Also some perspective-

Live action Alice in Wonderland- $1 billion box office
Live action Jungle Book- $966 million box office
Live action Aladdin- $923 million box office
Live action Beauty and the Beast- $1.2 billion box office

[_JNavs_]

The Lion King will not be a $2 billion dollar film.

1 billion? Maybe? Even that's a bit far out.

Disagree Navie. Lion King is arguably the most beloved Disney animated film ever. I grew up in the mid 90s and it was a huge film. Also some perspective-

Live action Alice in Wonderland- $1 billion box office
Live action Jungle Book- $966 million box office
Live action Aladdin- $923 million box office
Live action Beauty and the Beast- $1.2 billion box office

While it is the biggest of the animated films, this one, from what we're hearing at least, does absolutely nothing different to deviate itself from the source material and is a complete reskin of the animated film, except it feels bland, emotionless, soulless and uncanny. As terrible as Aladdin looked, it also looked like it took some high risks, which, seeing that $923m, obviously paid off lol.

I believe we all thought the Pokemon film would make 1-2 Bill, but it only ended up making around 600 Mill right? I know it's different studios, but they're still both beloved animated projects. At least Pokemon had some emotion going for it lol.

[Godzillian]

The Lion King will not be a $2 billion dollar film.

1 billion? Maybe? Even that's a bit far out.

Lion King is one of their most beloved and well-known movies, your high if you don't think it'll hit a billion. Idk why people on the forum keep trying to predict box offie after KOTM

[Godzilla21]

While it is the biggest of the animated films, this one, from what we're hearing at least, does absolutely nothing different to deviate itself from the source material and is a complete reskin of the animated film, except it feels bland, emotionless, soulless and uncanny. As terrible as Aladdin looked, it also looked like it took some high risks, which, seeing that $923m, obviously paid off lol..

It really doesn't matter what it does. Its a guaranteed success. I say definitely over a billion. Easy

[Maritonic]

While it is the biggest of the animated films, this one, from what we're hearing at least, does absolutely nothing different to deviate itself from the source material and is a complete reskin of the animated film, except it feels bland, emotionless, soulless and uncanny. As terrible as Aladdin looked, it also looked like it took some high risks, which, seeing that $923m, obviously paid off lol..

It really doesn't matter what it does. Its a guaranteed success. I say definitely over a billion. Easy

Easily over a billion. Two might be a stretch, but that'll clearly depend on word of mouth.