This article criticizes Disney's 2019 live-action remake of The Lion King, calling it unnecessary and maddening. Despite its success, the article argues that the remake lacked the visual splendor of the original. It then discusses the upcoming prequel, Mufasa: The Lion King, which focuses on Simba's father. The article expresses hope that this prequel will tell a fresh story instead of simply rehashing the original.
Of all the films in Disney 's seemingly never-ending onslaught of live-action remakes, there is no film I dislike more than 2019's The Lion King . Some would argue the film doesn't even qualify as live-action, but let us not fall into that debate again. Is it the worst live-action remake the House of Mouse has ever produced? I don't think so, but it is, bar none, the most maddening.
The fact that the phrase '2019's The Lion King' even exists is a problem in itself, as the 1994 2D-animated original is commonly lauded as a timeless masterpiece that does not in any way warrant a remake. While I'm not saying it's completely impossible to make a good remake of a timeless movie, the 2019 version's insistence on being a borderline shot-for-shot recreation without any of the visual splendor the original was known for officially takes the crown away from 1998's Psycho as the most unnecessary remake ever made. Regardless of what mine or your thoughts on the 2019 remake may be, the film still went on to make over $1.5 billion at the box office, so a follow-up was all but inevitable. Instead of making a direct sequel and possible adaptation of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (one of the better films from Disney's straight-to-video sequel era), Disney opted to make a prequel following Simba's (Donald Glover) father with Mufasa: The Lion King. In theory, a far from horrible idea, as the titular lion originally voiced by the late great James Earl Jones is among Disney's best side characters despite not having much of his past shared directly. Couple the concept with Moonlight filmmaker Barry Jenkins and Moana songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, and there's the possibility that Mufasa: The Lion King can do something its predecessor never could — tell an original story that actually expands on the original instead of rehashing i
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