Movies: New lion king movie

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Agreed. I forgot to mention it in my first post, but they’re far funnier in this movie than the original.

Yup. They’re freaking great.

I personally enjoyed this movie, and so did the rest of my family.

I would say the weakest performance was from Glover.

I wasn’t loving the voice change for Scar when I had seen some clips, but I actually enjoyed it during the movie. Didn’t expect that

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

So, weekend actuals came in, the The Lion King nabbed a domestic opening weekend of $191.7 million. Not bad. Up to $543.6 million worldwide, so this will likely be another billion dollar hit for Disney.

Assuming Aladdin passes a billion and Toy Story can leg it out a billion, Disney will likely have 6 movies to hit a billion this year.

Actually... not that I think of it, it may actually be 7 films. I forgot about Frozen 2.​

 

[Emperoreddy]

Just soulless and needless. Save your money and watch the original with your kids instead.

 

[Sombastate]

Yeah, it was an entirely unnecessary movie.

But Timon and Pumbaa made it kinda of worth it. I LOVED Billy Eichner as Timon. Easily the best casting decision they made for this film (save mufasa)

 

[GabeTravels]

Liked it more than I expected to.

It's a stunning, beautiful film. Worth seeing for that alone.

The loss of the facial expressions is the most notable fault..but the voice acting does a good job bridging the gap.

I love Be Prepared so that change hurt.

Timon and Pumba were great. I loved the extended Lion Sleeps Tonight.

The music overall was very, very good. Zimmer had some nice subtle tweaks to the music.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Liked it more than I expected to.

It's a stunning, beautiful film. Worth seeing for that alone.

The loss of the facial expressions is the most notable fault..but the voice acting does a good job bridging the gap.

I love Be Prepared so that change hurt.

Timon and Pumba were great. I loved the extended Lion Sleeps Tonight.

The music overall was very, very good. Zimmer had some nice subtle tweaks to the music.

Only voice acting I didn't care for was from Donald Glover. Not sure if that was his fault or how it was directed, but it just didn't do too much for me.

 

[GabeTravels]

Only voice acting I didn't care for was from Donald Glover. Not sure if that was his fault or how it was directed, but it just didn't do too much for me.

Yeah he was just okay.

Loved Oliver as Zazu even if he only had a small role.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Yeah he was just okay.

Loved Oliver as Zazu even if he only had a small role.

I was shocked how much I loved Chiwetel Ejiofor's version of Scar. Didn't know if I would be able to accept anyone besides Irons, but Ejiofor did great.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Lion King has passed a billion worldwide, per reports. Fourth Disney film of the year to do so, with Toy Story not far away.

 

[discostu]

Only voice acting I didn't care for was from Donald Glover. Not sure if that was his fault or how it was directed, but it just didn't do too much for me.

I think there was two flaws of Donald Glover being cast.

Despite being a talented musical artist, he's actually nothing the greatest vocalist in a straight ballad. He's not horrible, but simply adequate. If he wasn't a Grammy award winning musician, I think they would have used a different voice actor for the songs, as they did in the original.

I think the association with Donald Glover is more comedic and light hearted roles. In a voice role where the character is virtually expressionless, the audience is going to react heavily by what they associate the voice with. If you're hearing Troy from Community or Lando Calrissian, it's hard to immerse yourself with the complex emotions the character is feeling.

 

[TP]

I thought it was meh

The only part that made me chuckle was the different jokes with Timon and Pumba from the original

All the female lions looked exactly the same, I couldn't tell one from the other.


It looked nice for sure, but just a cash grab to me.

 

[Leonardo87]

Little late to the party. Was not terrible, but lacked a lot of heart from the original. Voice actors weren’t terrible but were just ok. Just one big example, I figured it would be hard to top Jeremy Irons as Scar, who was excellent. This Scar was not even close, felt more like a grumpy uncle at the dinner table. The Scar of 1994 was just pure evil and Jeremy Irons hit a home run in that role.

 

[The Shadow]

My wife and I loved it. Want to see it again with my Mother

 

[Deadpool8812]

Saw this last night with my wife and we both thought it was ok but not better than the original.

Timon and Pumba were the best part