Ranking All The Disney Live-Action Remakes, Including Lion King
In recent years, Disney has turned live action remakes of its classic animated features into a fundamental pillar of the studio's launch calendar. More recently, we saw The Lion King, one of Disney's most successful films, given the remake treatment, although, in that case, calling the movie "live action" is somewhat exaggerated, given the rest of the films of the study actually have humans in them.
These movies are as important to the company's final result as have been the Marvel and Star Wars superhero movies. While this list covers all the movies we've seen to date, there is still more on the way. While many of these remakes have earned money, how many of them are really good? How close do they approach the animated original and to what extent is that a good thing? I've taken care of classifying each new version of Disney, starting with one that you may not remember. Have a look.
13. The Jungle Book (1994)
Disney's first attempt at a new live action version probably dates back much more than anyone remembers. Before The Jungle Book, we all remember that there was actually another Jungle Book. The movie is not bad in your face. Technically fine for what it is, but the movie is not a strong account of the original Disney Jungle animated book or the original Rudyard Kipling stories. This is a "realistic" version of the story, so animals don't speak, but it's really a key component of both previous versions to put aside.
What we get instead is closer to a Tarzan movie than to a Jungle Book movie. Jason Scott Lee is also a much older Mowgli than we are used to seeing on the screen. It is a decision that was clearly made because someone decided that what The Jungle Book needed was a love interest.
12. Alice Through The Looking Glass
At first glance, Alice through the mirror makes a lot of sense. The first film was a blockbuster, and the original Lewis Carroll novel has its own sequel to adapt. Unfortunately, the animated version of Disney, and by extension the first remake, uses a lot of both books, and therefore, the sequel movie basically has nothing to do with either.
Any magic that had the first movie is no longer in this second movie. For me, as I watch, this feels like a cash theft, and it's not even very good. Sometimes, even Johnny Depp with a funny hat can't save your movie.
11. 102 Dalmatians
Another sequel that clearly went ahead due to a previous success, 102 Dalmatians clearly suffered for not having a real idea of what a sequel would do. 102 Dalmatians score slightly better than Through the Looking Glass, in large part because, while Johnny Depp seems to be going through the movements, Glenn Close clearly still has fun playing Cruella de Vil.
The film was heavily criticized at the launch. Honestly, although people may have loved the original live action remake, no one was looking for a sequel to it. Start trying to make Cruella de Vil the heroine of the sequel, a not ridiculous idea considering the popularity of the character the first time, but the idea does not hold and then basically we have a retread of the previous movie.
10. Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin is an anomaly among Disney's real action movies. While most of them try to recover the magic of the original, Christopher Robin is not only more a sequel than a remake, but is also designed for a more mature audience. This is not a movie for kids who love Winnie the Pooh. It's a movie for adults who grew up loving Winnie the Pooh.
Without a doubt, if you are looking for a magical moment with Winnie the Pooh and the gang, this is not that movie, and children will probably get bored easily. However, the film deserves some points for trying to create something original, even if it doesn't always hit the landing.
9. Alice In Wonderland
The popularity of the new version of Disney goes back largely to Alice in Wonderland 2010. While remakes had been made before, this was the movie that exploded absolutely at the box office; In fact, it is still Disney's second live-action remake with the highest collection worldwide, and showed the studio how much money could be earned from the concept.
The film received a warm reception from critics, and the film is a kind of strange combination of a sequel and a new version, but that allows the film to satisfy two audiences, in my opinion. By covering a family plot and doing it in a new way, the study got the public to go to the theaters. This was also the first time we saw Johnny Depp with this particular funny hat and Alice in Wonderland has a novelty that makes it fun.
8. 101 Dalmatians
The second of Disney's live-action remakes took a page from the original Jungle Book idea and made the animals in the movie real animals; Therefore, the film focuses on human characters. This makes the Cruella de Vil de Glenn Close the star of the show, and clearly enjoys every minute of his version of the famous character. Glenn Close is known for playing villains, but here you can adapt your generally more mature characters to a family audience.
The movie is fine alone. Overall, it was criticized by critics, but it was a blockbuster and Close's performance is something not to be missed due to all its chewable landscapes, goodness of full field.
7. The Lion King
The last adaptation is not really a live action movie, since there is not a single living being on the screen and only one shot is live action. All the characters and almost every shot were created completely through computers. It is also, for better or worse, the film that keeps the source material closer to the previous one. This makes it a fairly accurate adaptation, but it also prevents the new movie from doing something creative with the story. Still, it's The Lion King, and The Lion King is a pretty good story. Just say.'
The CGI is also a double-edged sword. On the one hand, photorealistic animation is absolutely stunning. These shots could have come from a Disneynature documentary. However, at the same time, realism prevents the characters from showing emotions. Simba can't seem scared, angry or happy. Each plus has a minus, and the movie is in the middle of this ranking.
6. Dumbo
Dumbo was a kind of anomaly between these remakes because it is one that did not have much success at the box office. This may have something to do with the fact that it is the oldest animated feature of Disney that is remade, but that is part of why I feel it works as well as it does. You have a little more freedom to be your thing.
The events of the original Disney movie are completed at the end of Act I in the Dumbo 2019 live action movie. What follows is really the movie in which Dumbo should have been the first time, a story about what happens after the little elephant becomes a star. Not everything works perfectly, but any movie that has the guts to make its villain an evil Walt Disney deserves credit.
5. Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the beast occupies a special place in Disney's history as the first animated film to be nominated for Best Film. He was also the first remake to make the jump to live action virtually intact. It worked for the public, since the film earned $ 1.2 billion worldwide.
Ultimately, Beauty and the Beast hesitates, like the Lion King, because of his fear of taking risks. The only real changes in the original movie seem to exist to answer questions about the animated movie that only nitpickers ever had. Still, the soundtrack is beautiful and at least the Beast can make real facial expressions. Not the best, but not the worst in the Disney live action canon.
4. Maleficent
Maleficent is the live-action adaptation that more of these movies should have been. It is something that gives a new look to a family history. In this case, the public could see Sleeping Beauty from the villain's perspective. Like Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians, Angelina Jolie chews the entire stage in the lead role. It is unfortunate that no one else is having as much fun as she is.
Maleficent has a glorious beginning and an exaggerated end. He only stumbles in the middle when he is forced to really do the sleeping beauty part of the story. Congratulations to Disney for making a movie that makes the villain look like a hero in what amounts to a rape revenge story. It's shocking to see, but shock is one thing that these movies tend to lack.
3. Aladdin
Aladdin is one of the most iconic Disney animation films, thanks to the great blue genius and Robin Williams. Being willing to even try to redo this was a brave step to start. The solution was to find a star full of style and charisma, but one whose particular style was as far away as possible from Robin Williams. The new version found Will Smith.
Aladdin is still basically the same movie once again, but the big change mentioned above, adding Will Smith to the mix, gives the film a much-needed take of, well, something different. It's the movie you know, but not exactly the movie you know. Jokes, for example, are very different. There are new secondary plots and also new music.
2. The Jungle Book (2016)
While The Lion King may be setting box office records, it wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the success of The Jungle Book. He was the first to show how real CGI animals could look and even released a couple of songs as a measure.
It also has the benefit of turning a human child into the main character, so the problems that CGI causes to the Lion King are not as important or notable in this movie. It also has a cast of voices that feels much more invested in work. Kaa, with Scarlett Johansson's gender change, is much more threatening than the animated movie character. Idris Elba makes Shere Khan feel like she could jump off the screen and go for your throat at any time.
1. Cinderella
Cinderella is another oddity on this list because it is actually a Disney movie that could use a bit of a new version. The original is a romance that barely presents half of the couple that is going to fall in love, and actually spends approximately half of their runtime dedicated to a literal cat and mouse game.
The remake solves real problems. It makes the relationship between Cinderella and the Prince more substantial so that the audience can invest, also gives the antagonist Wicked Stepmother some real motivations and even a little sympathy. It's still the movie you love, but it's actually better, and that's why it's the best remake so far.
There are even more Disney live-action movies with a Maleficent sequel for this year, as well as Lady and the Tramp for a Disney + debut, and that's what's left for 2019. There's no end in sight for Disney remake the train Which of the current movies is your favorite? Let us know in the survey below.
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The Disney live action remake of "Aladdin" took two full months before it crossed the $ 1 billion threshold, and the film is now Disney's sixth live action release and 15 in total to overcome the $ 1 billion mark in what is proving to be an incredibly dominant year for the Mouse House.
This year, in addition to "Aladdin", "Avengers: Endgame" and "Captain Marvel" got a great score, and it is likely that "Frozen 2" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" can do the same, which would help to Disney Ride a profit of $ 9 billion in 2019.
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"The Lion King" by Jon Favreau divided the critics with only a 52% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but the film achieved an A CinemaScore anyway. In fact, before the initial wave of comments and the online reaction, expectations about how big "The Lion King" could open were even higher. However, he managed to earn $ 191.8 million nationwide, being the eighth highest opening weekend of all time and a record for a launch in July.
The film even dropped much more than expected on its second weekend, falling 60% for a second weekend of $ 75.5 million. But "The Lion King" still managed to easily overcome the release of "Once Upon a Time ... Que Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino." The fall is consistent with the performance of another film that premiered at $ 191 million, "Avengers: Age of Ultron." The 2015 Marvel movie earned $ 77.7 million in its second weekend and raised $ 459 million in the country and $ 1.4 billion worldwide.
"The Lion King" is not strictly a live action remake, but a fully CGI animated movie made to look realistic. The 1994 classic remake features the voice talent of Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Florence Kasumba, Keegan-Michael Key, John Kani, Alfre Woodard, Eric Andre and James Earl Jones returns as Mufasa.
Beyoncé Reimagines ‘The Lion King’ as Global 21st-Century Pop
Beyoncé relaxes both her musical mastery and her cultural influence with "The Lion King: The Gift", her complementary album of the latest generation remake of "The Lion King". It is his last lesson to obtain the expectations of the mass market, while "The Lion King" is inclined to his own agenda of unity of the African diaspora, self-esteem, parental responsibility and just ambition.
Beyoncé was an obvious choice to be released in an anointed blockbuster: the 25th anniversary update of "The Lion King", the 1994 animated Disney parable set in Africa. His story of a young lion who fled and then claimed his birthright had already generated a 1997 Broadway adaptation, still running, and movie sequels. Beyoncé has a voice role in the new version as the brave and conscientious lioness Nala; She also, of course, sings in the soundtrack.
In the official album of the soundtrack, Beyoncé joins a remake of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", the Oscar-winning song that ended with the original "Lion King", and completes the songs of the existing soundtrack with his new, "Spirit." Beyoncé wrote and produced "Spirit" with the British producer Labrinth and with Ilya Salmanzadeh, a member of the Swedish composing stable of Max Martin; It is also in "The Gift".
Each song on “The Lion King: The Gift” is a coalition, almost always a trans-Atlantic one.
But "The Gift" goes much further. With Beyoncé as executive producer and composer and performer in most of his songs, it is essentially an alternative soundtrack album, linked to the plot of "The Lion King" (and interspersed with dialogue fragments) but decidedly more afrocentric and more in in tune with the strengths of women. and experiences
In "The Gift," the plot points of the movie are springboards for songs like "Keys to the Kingdom," "Scar" and "Already." The first complete song of the album, "Bigger", is both protective of the mother and very aware of the generational. cycles and, as the video clip emphasizes, ecological interdependence: "You are part of something much bigger," Beyoncé sings, adding: "I will be the roots / You will be the tree", while a gloomy rhythm meets under a religious keyboard chords She follows "Bigger" with a paternal counterpart: "Find Your Way Back (Circle of Life)", with Beyonce recalling the lessons of a father in a song that shows Nigerian singer Niniola.
Like many other Disney projects established outside the United States, in 1994 "The Lion King" eluded the details of a distant place (from Hollywood) with a well-intentioned but nebulous perspective of the first world; Africa is only Africa, without particular cultures, countries or regions. (It is also celebrated without a doubt as a patrilineal monarchy). The wildlife and landscape of "The Lion King" suggest the Serengeti plains of Tanzania and Kenya, and their African names and words are in Swahili language, all East Africans.
Meanwhile, the film's music is largely non-African, impregnated with Hollywood and Broadway idioms, with an orchestral score by German composer Hans Zimmer (reworked for the 2019 version) and two-English musical theater songs that love the Word games. Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice. At key moments of the 1994 soundtrack, South African musician Lebo M. (Lebohang Morake) provided South African-style choir arrangements and his own voice, including the indelible opening spell in "Circle of Life." The remake
Apart from previous productions, Beyoncé has rethought "The Lion King" as the world pop of the 21st century, often turning to Africa. His multitudes of collaborators include musicians, singers and producers from the USA. USA, England, Sweden, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Cameroon (although not East Africa). It is a cunning and progressive movement, both musically and with an eye on an international market that is increasingly receptive to African innovations and lyrics that are not in English. Beyoncé even sings in Swahili at the end of "Otherside," a ballad that invokes life after death.
American and British composers, Paul Simon, David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, Carlos Santana, have found a renewal in African music, as jazz musicians did before them. With "The Lion King: The Gift", Beyoncé joins their ranks with soul and attention, seeking complete mergers. She mixes (apparently) personal and archetypal thoughts; she savors musical hybrids and rhythmic challenges; and she digs in every line she sings.
Internationalism reigns. "My Power", with Beyoncé with Tierra Whack of Philadelphia, Yemi Alade of Nigeria and Nija, Busiswa, Moonchild Sanelly and DJ Lag of South Africa, is based on the deep bass and double-time nervous percussion of South African dance music called gqom. In "Water", Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams join Salatiel, a composer from Cameroon, in a sinuous and cheerful song with vocal inflections that also include a credit for a Ghanaian composer, Afriye. The song of "Mood 4 Eva", the last celebration of his luxurious life by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, transforms a sample of the Malian singer and songwriter Oumou Sangaré.
Some of the album's guest artists have accumulated tens of millions of transmissions worldwide without extensive recognition, however, in the US. UU. Among them is a Nigerian contingent that is based on crisp and computerized rhythms that are known internationally as Afrobeats (and are clearly related to the ubiquitous rhythm of reggaeton dembow through the roots of West Africa and the Caribbean and cross-pollination of the Internet ).
The album includes Nigerian stars Burna Boy (who gets his own song, "Ja Ara E", who warns softly, "Beware of hyenas") and Mr Eazi (who shares "Don't Jealous Me" with Tekno, Lord Afrixana and Yemi Alade and "Keys to the Kingdom" with Tiwa Savage, all other Nigerians). Wizkid, the Nigerian composer who collaborated with Drake on the worldwide hit "One Dance", joins Beyoncé to praise the beauty of a "dark-skinned Girl"; the song also has the voice of Blue Ivy Carter, the daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
Each song of "The Gift" is a coalition, almost always transatlantic. And the African elements are at the center of the music; They are not memories or accessories. Unlike the movie that caused it, "The Lion King: The Gift" is not a remake or a repetition, nor a distant fable. Tell a story of your own.
Various artists "The Lion King: The Gift" (Parkwood / Columbia)
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