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Disney's "Live Action" Remakes

  • 29-09-2016 10:03am
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    FunLover18
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    Thought it might worth setting up a thread to discuss how we feel about the trend as well as the films themselves.

    So far, we've already had Kenneth Brannagh's Cinderella and Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book.

    Bill Condon's Beauty And The Beast will hot screens next year and it was announced yesterday that The Lion King will now also get the "live action" treatment also under the direction of Jon Favreau.

    Personally, I don't mind remakes as long as there's an intention to do something different, come at the story from a different angle or even just updating a story to modern times. I actually enjoyed the new Magnificent Seven even though it did neither of these things but Disney seem to be going over board with this.

    Of the two we've had so far I absolutely loved Cinderella, it's the kind of story that really only needs the basic foundations to stay the same. What Brannagh built on top of them was gorgeous to look at and, for me, perfectly captured the innocence and joy of the Disney animated movies and which is difficult to translate in love action.

    The Jungle Book on the other hand was a complete disappointment, nothing but a poor copy of the original with a slightly darker tone and a different ending so as to allow for money grabbing sequels. They shoe horned in songs from the original even though they really didn't fit with the tone or work narratively.

    Unfortunately from what I've heard about BatB it seems to using the same formula where they are literally doing a direct remake with live action and I fear the same for The Lion King (especially with Favreau back in the director's chair). As I said, I wouldn't mind if they were doing a different angle or if the directors were allowed to bring their own flair (like Brannagh) but I have zero interest in a "live action" Meerkat and Warthog singing Hakuna Matata.


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