After the success of The Jungle Book, Disney began remaking most of their back catalogue in an attempt at “updating” them. The Jungle Book was partly live action because Mowgli was played by an actual boy and that in itself was a reason to make it. But surely a cartoon is a cartoon whether it’s drawn on paper, cels, or on a computer and just because the animals are now animated on a workstation, what real distinction is there between the two, other than the fact that this one is emotionally inferior and artistically unremarkable? The way in which The Lion King rehashes and copies the animated original makes it plainly obvious that the motive behind this release is profit-making rather than storytelling. It’s almost as though the director used stills from the 90s film as a storyboard for his computer-animated remake. The opening of this movie is a shot-for-shot recreation of the original and there are many scenes which are CGI reproductions of the animated film. Regardless of how much money it makes at the box office, The Lion King is a disappointing remake in every way it’s an emotionless and soulless film that at every turn wishes it was the 1994 original. You can almost picture some exec thinking “he made us money with Jungle Book, he can do it again with Lion King” – the sad part of this is that they’re probably right, this will most likely make Disney a heap of cash (or rather a dung heap of it). Jon Favreau, who brought us 2016’s live action The Jungle Book is back at the helm of another Walt Disney money-maker but this time the end result is much less satisfying. By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Jĭisney are at it again with their so-called “live action” remakes, this time retelling the 90s classic The Lion King.
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