AndyDursin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:52 pm Right on MJ. As a parent of a 5 year old I also have no motivation to bring my son to a film where the action in THE LION KING is literalized and more realistic, including its deaths.

Truth be told, Mufasa's death in the original is FAR more potentially traumatizing for kids, because the film didn't shy away from depicting Simba's sorrow and guilt during the aftermath of the wildebeest stampede. Here, it's like looking at footage of a housecat with disconnected lines of dialogue looped over it. It's astonishing how flatly-staged and unemotional it all is.

Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:21 pm Scenes that exploded with color, humor and pathos in the original -- by being buried under this technically-dazzling but emotionally-distancing digital skin -- now come across as cloddish, lethargic and not fun in the slightest.

Thanks for taking this bullet for us, Jack.

I guess I'll see Cats instead!

Paul MacLean wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:08 am I guess I'll see Cats instead!

At least that looks compellingly bat-guano insane. This film, meanwhile, is basically like listening to a bad cover version of the Lion King soundtrack while watching Animal Planet with Clutch Cargo-style lip-synch. It's alternately disconcerting and dull.

Okay, this made me laugh...

Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk indie darling Barry Jenkins to direct a prequel(?!) to The Lion King.

Dude just got Coogler'd.

Awesome, more crap for the zombies.

One can only hope Disney's layoffs and theme park problems eventually spill over to their entertainment division.

yay