What do we want from TheLionKing and Disney’s live-action remakes?
The Princess Frog, Moana, Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Frozenare going to hit our Inboxes any day now. Disney still has a deep bench to pull from for these types of “event” movies. Even with Lucasfilm and Marvel and Pixar and Fox as part of their ever-growing Entertainment Industrial Complex portfolio, the House of Mouse knows that its mother brand has a massive global recognition factor and reach.
But as this raiding of their back catalog for new cash-cow blockbusters continues to turn into a multiplex subgenre, moviegoers have to ask themselves: What dowant out of these things? Do we want to feel like we’ve stepped into one of these magical-kingdom worlds made “real,” as if we’ve just entered a theme park’s immersive ride? Do we want the movies to use the original as a jumping off point for something unique or, in‘s case, an alternate perspective on stories we know and love? Do we want...
What’s such a pity is that the director behind this, Jon Favreau, is the same filmmaker responsible for the second best Disney live-action adaptation to date:Taking as much from Rudyard Kipling’s collection of boys’ adventure tales as it does from the 1967 animated movie, his 2016 hit also features a digital menagerie, famous folks providing the hisses and growls and well-known musical numbers in “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wan’na Be Like You.
This is one way to do it right; the other way is to emphasize the cartoonishness of it all and give you the sensation that you’re watching a sort of Broadway musical with benefits. Bill Condon’s 2017is a perfect example of splitting the difference between paying homage and building upon a beloved text; it’s Belles-and-whistles treatment on the story of a young woman, a prince, a curse, and some very vibrant household items feels like a unique take on something indelibly familiar.
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