Review of The Lion King (2019) by Dirigiblepulp — 03 Aug 2019
Sure the animation is incredible, but at what cost? At what point in the original animated film did anyone find themselves thinking, "Man this would be so much better with real animals?" No one. Not ever.
The animals show no facial emotion (it's so real!) leaving all the heavy lifting to the voice acting (it's not real!) and the songs, while as good as ever, feel leaden and dead when played over Planet Earth footage of animals walking in circles and staring at each other.
It's not just that the photo realistic CGI is soulless, dead and de-anthropomorphized, it's that it doesn't suit this story at all. The film asks you to suspend disbelief that animals can talk and sing while also asking you to believe they are real flesh and blood animals. It's classic doublethink.
This review of The Lion King (2019) was written by Dirigiblepulp on 03 Aug 2019.
The Lion King has generally received positive reviews.
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