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So little people talk about how good this movie is, This is WAAAY better than the original movie, the 2 moviesArenot in the same level

The Lion King 2019 was such a great movie and was the last disney movie with James Earl Jones who returned to play Mufasa one last time which was so sad to hear that he passed away but the live action lion King will always remains his return to the lion King series after he was in the lion guard movie the lion guard return of the roar and the lion guard TV series James Earl Jones was more than playing Mufasa in The Lion King he was Darth Vader in the Star Wars series but his voice of Mufasa will live on through the movies and the TV series Disney made Mufasa The Lion King to honor their dear friend James Earl Jones who was a Disney legend and a fan favorite who gave us great characters like Mufasa and Darth Vader ! The lion King 2019 was a really good movie telling the story about a young cub who goes through losing his father and feeling the guilt thinking that it was his fault but not knowing that it was his uncle until he finds out at the end and I love the lion King it was my favorite movie through my childhood because I can understand the story and I love the music it was so good and seeing Mufasa death in live action just makes you want to go and get a box of tissues or a whole tub of ice cream to just cry your sorrows out

cinematography and everything is great but movie felt rushed and also animals lack facial expressions, but either way i love it

The graphics, the graphics, the graphics. Let me tell you... me no likey. They should at least make it 124FPS with 8K RAM 2.62GHZ UltraQuad 24 **** Nano GoonAI Tech.

O Rei Leão (2019) impressiona pelo visual, mas falta coração. O realismo extremo matou a expressividade dos personagens, algumas atuações (principalmente na dublagem) são fracas e as mudanças no roteiro não agregam nada de relevante. No fim, é um remake que vale a pena ver pela curiosidade, mas que nunca vai superar a magia do original.

CGI at its best. I, personally, am glad that this movie was able to come out of retirement and the story was told to a whole new generation. Definitely still favor the original, but a lot of good work was done here. Well worth the watch.

Yes, the movie looks visually stunning, gorgeous, and almost super realistic, however, in their effort to make it look so lifelike, they seem to have forgotten one critical aspect, these animals are supposed to talk and watching them speak without any facial expressions felt weird, so weird, most of the time, what i see on screen are realistic, straight-faced animals, like something out of a nature documentary, with their mouths forming words, it's just bizarre, and at times frustrating, the movie loses that one of many magical elements of the 1994 animated original, the voice acting, when i heard James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons voice in the original, i felt chills, and the same could be said for the rest of the cast, in this remake, however, i felt nothing, the new voice actors and their voice acting acting feels far weaker compare to the original, even when they sing, additionally, the film includes a few unnecessary new scenes that weren't in the original, which don't add much value, and how can you make a Lion King movie this boring, and i think i know the answer, because it's an unnecessary remake burdened by a flawed new take on the story, besides the movie looking beautiful, and i guess not every second of this film is horrible, some upgraded scenes are not that terribly remade, overall, The Lion King remake is still one of the worst decision Disney ever made.

The new King is competent, reasonably entertaining, faithful to the original, wholesome, and sometimes even enjoyable.

The live-action The Lion King is undeniably stunning in its visual achievements, even surpassing other aspects of its significance. While the film is nearly a frame-by-frame remake of the original, lacking additional creativity and individuality, it still delivers as a satisfying entry in Disney's journey of adapting animated classics into live-action.

sometimes you should just let animation be animation I don't understand why they couldn't have done a reanimation but with new voices. that would've have been better than this beef monstrosity.

How is a movie that is literally filmed shot for shot from the original is so bad maybe it's because those CGI lions gave us a performance as CGI lions while the original had the lions with expression and character we grew attracted to these characters the CGI lions I could careless about.

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It’s not the worst Disney remake, but it’s still a downgrade from the original in almost every way. The visuals are particularly jarring.

This movie is beautiful it has a beautiful story but the characters have no chemistry and no feelings.

This movie is beautiful but the movie has no feeling between the characters.

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The Lion King being my favorite animated Disney movie, I've watched it many times as a kid, as an adult and shared it with my kids. I'm not sure what people mean when they say it lacks heart? Yes it's the same story, same scenes etc. But it's a remade version, which you can tell Disney was very careful with. When Alice in Wonderland came out, I was hoping and excited for The Lion King. More live action movies released and I know it was only a matter of time. This movie is fantastic. Not since Avatar have I been blown away by the visuals. Disney did such a good job on the animations, the animals move realistically, they look realistic and if animals could talk, this is how they would look while talking. A lot of people are hating on this movie to be part of the crowd, I give this 5 stars because the story wasn't changed, the CG is seriously mind blowing, the soundtrack was done in justice, it's darker than the animated original and it was pretty action filled. I feel this movie benefits from its live action. Scar looks more menacing, and you do get emotional and a heart warming sensation when watching because you see how an animal would actually look like when happy or sad. Maybe the negative reviews were from people who don't have any pets? This is a must watch, and sits next to some of the best movies I've ever seen..

The worst live action remake ever made and probably one of the worst films ever made.

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This movie is just SOOO bad. Terrible CGI, some of the worst acting I've ever heard in my life. James Earl Jones, the man is a powerhouse actor. A legend... it sounds like he is reading the script, instead of acting it.

On a technical level this is impressive, the cgi is really out there and realistic which shows alot of invested effort on their part. But overall this is just an expensive failure in almost every way imaginable. Firstly it's star studded cast namely Beyoncé do horrifically at their voice work that beyond the awkwardness the cgi provides her acting adds another layer of lifelessness. She's near expressionless sounding like they are reading off a page. Now onto the next issue,the one I had previ commended for it's accuracy - the cgi. The choice to make the animals realistic was a really bad one that makes the film feel like an animal documentary in an alternate universe where they all speak. It removes you from the investing in what the story is attempting to say and Instead leaves you bored,which is my last point. This movie is boring. From it's pace ,writing and end you will be damned walking away with a positive experience.

Despite the amazing special effects it is the inferior version of Lion King. To be fair I am not sure how I would rate it without the original movie. It could also be a case were I see it as inferior but the things I recognize from the animated movie damping a lower rating. The original was one of the best Disney movies. However they „borrowed“ heavily from Kimba the White Lion from Osamu Tezuka. If you ask how heavily lets say if it were in reverse Disney would have unleashed hell and sued them into oblivion. There is even a reference or side-blow by the Simpsons in one episode. To be fair I must also admit that they used some original themes. The movie is a recreation from the original and very accurate. It is the story of the lion Simba who is the son of the king of lions Mufasa. The kings take care of the pride lands but nothing is as easy as it seems. Mufasa has a brother named Scar who wants to be king instead. It is a coming of age or self discovery story transferred in the animal Kingdom with motives from a Shakespearean play. There is a lot more to the story that I cant spoil but will say the story was always entertaining and a lot of use put this in the favorite Disney movies list. It has a lot of great characters like Timon and Pumbaa who transcended the movie and became the stars of their own show. This is not surprising as they are funny, enjoyable and have a dynamic like only a few duos in Disney movie history. There is of cause Mufasa himself who is a role model for a good and wise king and his brother Scar who is one of the best antagonist in Disney movies. I must also say Simba and Nala are great together. If you like the original you find this very familiar. It is a recreation and quite fateful. What makes it worse is the realism. In the animation they took a lot of effort to transfer the emotions into facial expressions which with the voice actors gave really good results. Here the realism took this away so it is inferior. Also why make this movie when the original is already excellent is an often asked question. I see no benefits except the impressive special effects but like I said those took away a strength. The soundtrack is mixed. I enjoyed the original and they use a lot of great songs like “Hakuna Matata”, “Circle of Life”, “Can you feel the Love tonight” and “Lion sleeps tonight”. It has however not the same impact as back then despite never being bad. Overall this is a remake that was not necessary and can be skipped. The animated movie is the better version.

This is 100% CGI, so anyone claiming it was "live action" need some help. This is a shallow echo of the original, and not worth watching even as a time wasters. Just see the original before they decide to "fix it".

Fails on every single tangible way of both being a remake and in being a good movie. Audio issues, ugly already dated looking animation, an almost entirely awful cast who give worse performances, and a butchering of what was a flawless soundtrack. There is nothing redeeming about it, literally just watch the original film because it absolutely **** all over this one. If you want a more in-depth review as to why this movie fails so hard, check out ****' review of it, they put it into better words than I ever could. If you like this movie, that's fine I suppose, but you have a fundamental lack of understanding of film in general. It's perfectly ok being dumb, you just can't act like your opinion matters when such glaring issues are in this hack of a movie. 200 million dollars and they still have such basic issues, what a joke.

i felt nothing while watching this. i never want to see thins again or remember that it even existed

This movie makes no sense, it's pretty much the same as the animated but some how worse. This is the most cash grabby movie of cash grab movies. If Disney wanted to show off some new CGI they should have made a completely new story instead of remaking a beloved classic. This movie is unnecessary and boring, but at least they made a billion dollars and got the oscar nomination for Visual Effects. Because that was obviously their goal. I really don't like this movie, it looks good but whats the point of pretty visuals without any substance.

Ugrasılmıs belgesel niteliginde bir film. Ben begendim insanlarin neyden puan kirdiklarini pek anlayamadim ama. Yapimi zaten 2 yıla yakin surdu diye biliyorum. Cok ufak degisiklikler olmasina ragmen ham yapimiyla ayni 9/10 puanim

Beyonce over-singing the songs kinda ruined the movie for me. The film itself was well done, especially animal live-action advancements in technology and most voice actors do there jobs well. Again, Beyonce trying to steal the spotlight continued to remove me from the film I recall as a child. Unfortunate.

I still have problems with this movie and the original, but the CGI looks so amazing in my opinion that I will give it a ten. Besides, some of my favorites actors voiced characters in the movie and I love Jon Favreau. Also, I like how Scar's mane is in this film.

What's the point of remaking the original film if you barely do anything new about it?

I like it from the remake of The Lion King so I enjoy the movie with mu friends. ^^

What a shame that the film didn't really work. Contrary to some of the comments here, I don't feel it was merely a 'lazy cash grab', I mean, look at the incredible artistry that went into it. But I agree with some of the professional reviewers that identified how it was a real mistake that the characters couldn't emote properly due to the photo-realism. For me, this flaw became critical, leaving the overall film as a strangely vacuous experience. I knew something was amiss when the stampede sequence was neither scary nor sad, a scene which made such an impact on me in my childhood; Hans Zimmer's powerful score is not enough to counteract those furry, soulless faces. Live-action 'Mulan' was much more successful, but hardly any metacritic users agree with me...

I really liked 2019 Lion King no offense it's the number one Disney live action movies in a decade it's better than Dumbo's a$$ by Tim Burton Tim Burton's Dumbo was so bad it deserves all the hate cuz that's Tim Burton's Dumbo was so bad and so

Forget the CGI and visuals, the voice performances in this movie were HORRIBLE!

A "copy and paste" without soul of the original opera and even without the most important scene of the movie. the discussion about life between Simba and Rafiki that explain the main message of life about the movie. A cold and unnecessary copy without soul

Unneccessary remake with lack of emotions and poor musical elements. It misses all the amazing parts of the 1994 version.

Отличный фотореалистичный ремейк фильма 1994 года. Всё также хорошо как и в оригинале. Песни хорошие!

Didn't love it and found it a little boring. I was a kid when the original cartoon version was released and had such high expectations for this version. We took our children so they could have their own memories. Needless to say, I was extremely disappointed that they didn't update and refresh the storyline more. I'm pretty sure I'll never watch this snoozefest again and will opt for the original version.

First of all, the animation is superb, the music is meh, but the acting is just...what the **** Like the story is great but by making it a “realistic” film, it made the movie just overall boring and kind of a cash grab. The magic of the first film are the acting, the music, and the ****ing animation! It was colorful, it was a bit unique, and it was very amazing. But what the **** did this movie do? Animation style, awesome, but facial expressions and colorful ness like, no! If you want to watch TLK watch the original instead of this lost cousin scumbag of a cash grab.

Um dos melhores filmes que eu já assisti recomendo ele é realmente muito bom

Sure, some of the effects are impressive, but the emotionless animation, subpar voice acting, and just overall missunderstanding of what made the original such as beloved classic make this movie nothing but a shot-for-shot dud.

The movie is longer but somehow it felt rushed on every single character development. I kind of get why the animals have no emotions shown, but this made the movie very pale. And "Can you feel the love this afternoon" with Beyonce trying to show off her singing skill instead of trying to have a decent duet is just unforgivable. Please stop ruining these classics and come up with some original materials, Disney.

Мне очень понравился этот фильм. Визуал, атмосфера на высоком уровне. Да, этот фильм ПОЛНОСТЬЮ КОПИРУЕТ ОРИГИНАЛ и это разве плохо? Для меня - нет. Создатели фильма не стали менять то, за что фанаты полюбили данное произведение. И я сомневаюсь, что создатели пытались создать ремейк, они, скорей всего, пытались сделать ремастер. В общем, на мой взгляд, это достойный ремастер. И самое главное. Мне абсолютно насрать на того, кто со мной не согласен. У вас своё мнение, у меня своё и нет смысла поливать друг друга помоями, пытаясь доказать свою правоту.

The Lion King is a really good movie!! It pays respect to the original movie, the voice acting is really good, the visual effects are amazing, Hans Zimmer's score is always inspiring, and the songs are always gonna be memorable!!

If the original never existed, then the movie would be "fine" and the technological achievement seen here would have been astounding. However, being a shot for shot remake meant to enhance the original, it falls flat. The emotion is almost entirely lost with photorealistic animals. The voice acting was also extremely poor, especially considering the caliber of celebrity that was brought in. No one will ever top Jeremy Irons performance of Scar, for instance.

I know I know. People will say I'm a idiot for giving The Lion King 2019 a 8 out of 10. Maybe they're justified. I haven't seen the original, so I can't really compare it. But I do think that people are so focused in comparing it with the originals that they don't look at it like an individual movie. It's like if it doesn't live up to the standard of the original, then it's bad. But I found this film to be quite decent. Maybe I was a bit biased because of the mind-blowing CGI. Even people who hate this movie have to admit the CGI style of the movie was simply astonishing. The fact to detail put here is incredible. Especially the lion's cave and jungle scene, which was one of the most realistic visuals I have ever seen. Add to that some pretty well-done sequences and a thrilling final fight, I think this film is really good. But I'm not saying that it's a perfect film, it's nowhere near it. The pacing for one is a huge issue. It's repeating the same mistake as Frozen 2. Focusing too much on recreating the opening scene. Simba doesn't even run away until an hour into the film. It's building towards an end which is thrilling but the set-up is bad. The story line and the pacing are not good. But still I enjoyed The Lion King for what it was, an astounding piece of art with fun characters and great sequences.

Ill admit, the remake of the lion king isnt that bad. Sure, some scenes are emotionless compare to the original. For example when Mufasa died, it was just a "blah" scene for me. But what I like about the CGI version of this is the fact that they added a few more new scenes like when Nala left home to find simba. Anyway, the music is still great, especially the new song spirit.

Visually very nice, better than the original, but the songs simply don't carry the same weight as the original. Of course its simply the same story as the animated movie. Overall it's not as good as the original, but still worth seeing.

Though the graphics are stunning, the film itself doesn't even have a quarter of the original's charm. It's nothing more than a soulless cash grab.