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Bob Mann (459 KP) rated The Lion King (2019) in Movies

Aug 2, 2019 (Updated Aug 2, 2019)  
The Lion King (2019)
The Lion King (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Animation, Family
7
7.1 (82 Ratings)
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"Gorgeously Pointless" sums this up for me. In general I find the Disney live action remakes pretty pointless. Why try, other than to fill Disney coffers? (Which I guess is the producer’s point!) And my opinion hasn’t changed after this. I still think its a rather pointless exercise, particularly in this case where there is no human cast.

With these things, I always think of Jim Carrey‘s cry at the end of his version of “I am the Walrus”. He screams “There, I did it. I defiled a timeless piece of art”. Jon Favreau can at least sleep happy (sic) in his bed content that he hasn’t managed to do that. I can’t say I was horrified by this one, because I wasn’t. It was majestic, entertaining, technically superb and certainly had its moments.

The acid test for me would be “would I go and see that again”. And in this case the answer would be “yes”.


For my full graphical review, please visit https://bob-the-movie-man.com/2019/08/02/one-manns-movies-film-review-the-lion-king-2019/.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) Aug 2, 2019

Gorgeously pointless is definitely spot on with this!
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