Lion King (July 19, 2019)

[dasva]

What did they do to my favorite villain song? That made me sad to listen to.

Kind of sours me to the movie as a whole especially since so far from the trailers it was Scar felt the weakest part of it... and he's arguably one of the best villains. Well at least Johnathan Young released a new cover of it that's pretty good

[Outlaw]

It's not even out yet and it has dropped to rotten on RT with critics reviews. It will still make millions but I get a laugh out of it.

[Gredival]

What did they do to my favorite villain song? That made me sad to listen to.

I said before if they were bringing back James Earl Jones for Mufasa then they should have brought back Jeremy Irons for Scar

[Lokus]

https://twitter.com/twilightsthorn/s...341458945?s=19

Comparison between the original and remake scene of Scar sending Mufasa to his death. Now I can see why it has such low reviews especially if the rest of the movie hits the key points in the same vein.

[AoE]

Spoiler: show

He slapped the shit out of him, LOL!

[Salodin]

Oh...oh no...what have they done to my boy

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[6souls]

[6souls]

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/74220...iwetel-ejiofor

What they did do was cut it down. Waaaay down. From nine verses to four, from three minutes to just over one. The new orchestration is almost unrecognizable: Scar's backup hyenas no longer join in with that lusty, insistent "Hummmm / hummmmm / Hummmmm" you feel in your chest — they instead chant "Be prepared / Be prepared / Be prepared" in 4/4 march time; it's what it would sound like if the Boy Scouts imposed martial law. There's a rejiggered spoken-word intro, to more fully engage the new film's hyenas vs. lions subplot, that turns Scar from a sneering despot spitting vitriol at his subjects ("Thick as you are, pay attention!") to a mere feckless politician attempting to sway a potential ally ("My vision is clear and wide-ranging / And even encompasses you"). This utter lack of mustache-twirling is a loss — a big one.

And look, I like Chiwetel Ejiofor. He can play a great bad guy — check him out in Joss Whedon's Serenity some time, if you haven't. But his Scar is merely, mundanely evil, and his emotional switch just flips from Off to Boiling Rage, while Irons' Scar spent every moment adjusting his dimmer. Musically, non-singer Ejiofor talk-sings his way through the song, only intermittently attempting to hold a note any longer than you'd hold a hot coal.

But the unkindest cut, dear reader? Is that by eliminating all but the very last verse of the original version, the new film's Scar never gets to tell the hyenas — and by extension, us — to "prepare for senSAAYtional news."

[Robertfb]

Saw it, liked it, was about on par with the original (only exception being the Scar song, it felt flat).

[Salodin]

Does Scara shortcomings only show in the song and mufasa death scene? Or is she just lame all movie

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[Robertfb]

Only in the song, death scene was not bad as made up to be, he still does everything he did in the death scene in the original, they just added a swipe and that's it. Scar was 100% his evil self in every part of the movie.

I think this will be a "don't like it because it's not the original" types.

[Salodin]

Ah man that makes me feel less anxious about this. Maybe I'll check it out sooner than later

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[Lokus]

My nephew wants to watch it so I'm gonna give it a whirl. If he enjoys it and gets sad/cries at the usual spot then who am I to judge.

[AoE]

Gonna see it tonight. Lotta theatres in NYC sold out today.

[Tyrath]

Saw it. Liked it. Will probably never watch it over the original though.

[6souls]