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Just my own thoughts of the Lion king Remake.
9 years ago
Not a rant, just my thoughts. Is it a good idea or a bad one? I wouldn't mind hearing your thoughts on the subject. would be nice to hear. but my thoughts are this.
The Lion King was a very unusual movie, it is basically Bambi taken more seriously and has dark themes and plenty of drama sometimes punctuated by humor from it's comedy relief and sometimes natural humor. the drama in this movie is very heavy leaning towards the adults interest in watching the film but kids learning something to. The thing I found interesting about the lion king when I was young was that I was drawn to it (pun not intended) on many levels. the characters are all memorable, I liked that I felt something for each one and it's unique cause they are all talking animals and are all hand drawn. that is an accomplishment. It's story is strong, borrowed from others to create a new idea in the canon of Disney films that are usually taken from books and known sources. it worked so well cause it felt new and unlike any other Disney film. What also had me hooked was it's musical cues by Hanz Zimmer, a first for me to think about the music of a film... then down the road that addictive Mortal Kombat theme happened. but lets not go too off track.
The Lion King's energy is amazing. it worked all the ingredients just right, music, songs, humor, kids humor and adult themes and story and art. it's amazing and no other film will come along like it again. actually there has been but it's this film that sticks in our minds the most. well maybe mine.
So, What about the Remake? is it a bad idea? well, the jungle book remake by Jon Favreau was actually a terrific movie with uneven areas and bad acting from its sadly... live actor. He is a young kid playing Mowgli and was trying his best. I should give him a break, but he was play the main lead and when you play the main lead you need to act like there is something really there or we don't believe you. funny to say, the kid was wooden but the animal areas were amazing, the cgi looked great and it worked well. I loved all those scenes.
Now all those animal scenes in the jungle book, imagine the lion king like that. Well, I'm kind of curious actually. I don't think it's a bad idea, who knows, what they need to do is reimagine it, not the same movie cause if it's the same, then we'll just watch the original. What I'm hoping for is if they make it some how darker than the original film, they may even add the scene with scar trying to get Nala to become queen and go all the way with the darker scenes, including Scars original death by being burned in the fire and laughing? only in storyboards.
I'm curious, it's not a terrible idea, the main reason why they ARE doing it is because the lion king is where the MONEY is at. biggest box office hand drawn film? to biggest box office CGI animated film. and they both have the same title. well hope the money isn't what they are all thinking as they make it, it better have art. the thing that I love about the original film is that it inspired me to draw better characters and more animals, I look at the The Lion King with really inspiration and it helped me to create a style of my own. it's easy to be inspired by hand drawn animation, it's drawings and kids draw a lot. the problem with the cgi version that urks me in anyway is that it wouldn't really inspire anyone to draw anything. the kids will just be amazed by the images. that's it.
The Lion King remake is all realistic cgi and it will look good. not a bad thing, but one that's not going to inspire artist in my mind.
Jon Favreau, you better make it a good reimagining. please for the love of god don't copy the original... every time the The jungle Book got too close to the original animated film... it was it's weakest points. (Or great... I can hear Christopher Walken singing in my head now)
The Lion King was a very unusual movie, it is basically Bambi taken more seriously and has dark themes and plenty of drama sometimes punctuated by humor from it's comedy relief and sometimes natural humor. the drama in this movie is very heavy leaning towards the adults interest in watching the film but kids learning something to. The thing I found interesting about the lion king when I was young was that I was drawn to it (pun not intended) on many levels. the characters are all memorable, I liked that I felt something for each one and it's unique cause they are all talking animals and are all hand drawn. that is an accomplishment. It's story is strong, borrowed from others to create a new idea in the canon of Disney films that are usually taken from books and known sources. it worked so well cause it felt new and unlike any other Disney film. What also had me hooked was it's musical cues by Hanz Zimmer, a first for me to think about the music of a film... then down the road that addictive Mortal Kombat theme happened. but lets not go too off track.
The Lion King's energy is amazing. it worked all the ingredients just right, music, songs, humor, kids humor and adult themes and story and art. it's amazing and no other film will come along like it again. actually there has been but it's this film that sticks in our minds the most. well maybe mine.
So, What about the Remake? is it a bad idea? well, the jungle book remake by Jon Favreau was actually a terrific movie with uneven areas and bad acting from its sadly... live actor. He is a young kid playing Mowgli and was trying his best. I should give him a break, but he was play the main lead and when you play the main lead you need to act like there is something really there or we don't believe you. funny to say, the kid was wooden but the animal areas were amazing, the cgi looked great and it worked well. I loved all those scenes.
Now all those animal scenes in the jungle book, imagine the lion king like that. Well, I'm kind of curious actually. I don't think it's a bad idea, who knows, what they need to do is reimagine it, not the same movie cause if it's the same, then we'll just watch the original. What I'm hoping for is if they make it some how darker than the original film, they may even add the scene with scar trying to get Nala to become queen and go all the way with the darker scenes, including Scars original death by being burned in the fire and laughing? only in storyboards.
I'm curious, it's not a terrible idea, the main reason why they ARE doing it is because the lion king is where the MONEY is at. biggest box office hand drawn film? to biggest box office CGI animated film. and they both have the same title. well hope the money isn't what they are all thinking as they make it, it better have art. the thing that I love about the original film is that it inspired me to draw better characters and more animals, I look at the The Lion King with really inspiration and it helped me to create a style of my own. it's easy to be inspired by hand drawn animation, it's drawings and kids draw a lot. the problem with the cgi version that urks me in anyway is that it wouldn't really inspire anyone to draw anything. the kids will just be amazed by the images. that's it.
The Lion King remake is all realistic cgi and it will look good. not a bad thing, but one that's not going to inspire artist in my mind.
Jon Favreau, you better make it a good reimagining. please for the love of god don't copy the original... every time the The jungle Book got too close to the original animated film... it was it's weakest points. (Or great... I can hear Christopher Walken singing in my head now)
we wait until the release date for the movie in theaters and make the final decision then
Besides there's going to be no real humans in this one