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Review of by Lajaleaa — 22 Jul 2019

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"I laugh in the face of danger.".

( 65/100 ) . Yo creería que Jon Favreau se sentía indeciso sobre dirigir ésta película o no. The Lion King se siente muy semejante al liveaction: The Jungle Book (2016), uno de los clásicos de Disney que"I laugh in the face of danger.".

( 65/100 ).

Yo creería que Jon Favreau se sentía indeciso sobre dirigir ésta película o no. The Lion King se siente muy semejante al liveaction: The Jungle Book (2016), uno de los clásicos de Disney que dirigió previamente. Pero mientras que The Jungle Book (2016) se siente muy solida y bien adaptada, The Lion King (2019) se siente sin magia e incongruente. La verdad es que The Jungle Book (1967) y The Lion King (1994) no son iguales.

La historia de Simba y Scar no es diferente, y en ésta película se trata de recrear al clásico del 94 de la forma más puntual posible. Pero mientras se cuida la linea narrativa, el estudio comete la grosería de descuidar la esencia de la original: la animación extravagante, las montañas de elementos que marchan y decoran a un musical salvaje, un entretenimiento visual que no solo construye un contexto social-animal, sino que lo exponencía de tal forma que estar dentro del **** de los personajes es una aventura tanto como estar en su mundo salvaje. Nada de eso está y, en vez, se sustituye por un paisaje natural que, aunque los efectos especiales son justos y se esmeran por construir un mundo natural bello con personajes realistas, minimiza, no solo el mismo valor de su moraleja, sino la memoria de un clásico animado. Por lo tanto, la película resulta como una lógica historia de injusticia en la que la redención triunfa sobre los celos interpretada por animales que hablan y cantan. Pero no todo es malo. No podía esperarse menos de HansZimmer, que recrea la esencia y energía musical tan bien que le queda grande a la misma película. Yo lo nomino como mejor música original del 2019.

Parece que Disney no se detendrá con su intención de alimentar la nostalgia del público a través de experimentos cinematográficos que, si bien algunos tienen más éxito artístico que otros, solo nos confirman que "Nada pasa del mismo modo dos veces." (Aslan).

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I would think that Jon Favreau felt uncertain about directing this film or not. The Lion King feels very alike to the live-action The Jungle Book (2016), one of the Disney classics remake that directed previously. But, while The Jungle Book (2016) feels solid and well adapted, The Lion King (2019) feels magicless and incongruous. The truth is that The Jungle Book (1967) and The Lion King (1994) are very different.

The story of Simba and Scar is the same one, and this movie tries to recreate the 94 classic in the most accurate way. But while the main focus is to take care of the narrative line, the studio commits the atrocity of neglect the essence of the original: the extravagant animation, the mountains of elements that march and decorate a wild musical, a visual entertainment that not only explains a social-animal context but also exponentiates it in such a way that being inside of the wildness of the characters is an adventure as much as being in their wild world. None of that is in here and, instead, it's replaced by a natural landscape that, even though the special effects are fair and works hard to build a beautiful natural landscape with realistic characters, it diminish both the value of it's moral and the memory of an animated classic. Therefore, the movie ends up being a logical story about injustice in which redemption triumph over jealousy played by animals that can talk and sing. But not everything is bad. It could not be expected less from Hans Zimmer, who recreates the musical essence and energy so well that it feels bigger than the actual movie. I nominate it as best original score of 2019.

It looks like Disney won't stop with its intention of feeding the nostalgia of the public through cinematographic experiments that, if maybe some of them have more artistic success than others, only prove that "Things never happen the same way twice." (Aslan).

This review of The Lion King (2019) was written by on 22 Jul 2019.

The Lion King has generally received positive reviews.

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