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    The Lion King Remake reviews are in… They’re not so good

    Ariyanna Smith, DIBy Ariyanna Smith, DIJuly 12, 2019Updated:July 16, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    According to film reviews, Disney’s latest remake, The Lion King, is not so great.

    What We Know:

    • “Joyless, artless, and maybe soulless, it transforms one of the most striking titles from the Mouse House vault into a very expensive, star-studded Disney Nature film,” A.A. Dowd from AV Club wrote.
    • A Forbes review says,” It may be worth seeing once for the visuals, but its redundancy and inferiority has rendered it artistically irrelevant.”
    • Ahead of its national release, the film is receiving heavy criticism. This is unexpected as the story is a classic and features an all-star cast including Beyoncé, Donald Glover and James Earl Jones.
    • The film currently has a 5.2/10 rating on IMDb and a 60% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is terrible compared to the critically-acclaimed original which won two Oscars and boasts an 8.5/10 rating on IMDb and a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
    • These ratings are mostly from film critics. There are some user reviews available on IMDb and those are very mixed, the film has recieved nearly the same amount of 10-star ratings as 1-star ratings.
    • A common complaint of the movie is that it is “flat.” People were expecting a new take on the film, and apparently, the movie does little to deviate from the original.
    • Beyoncé was praised for her vocal performances and many critics were impressed with the live-action visuals, but it wasn’t enough to save the film from bad reviews.

    #TheLionKing is a landmark *visual* experience. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I think it’s going to change how we look at movies forever.

    As an *emotional* experience, though…I’ll put it this way: It turns out lions can’t really emote.

    — Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) July 10, 2019

    • The film was released in Hollywood on July 9. It will premiere in theaters around the nation on July 19.

    Hit the theaters and decide for yourself.

    Beyonce Disney Donald Glover film James Earl Jones reviews The Lion King
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