This post is my entry to 's Contest
First of all, warning: there will be cursing in this post.
Uhmmm...... WTF!!
I have watched this movie, this piece of shit movie 5 times so far and I am still at a loss of words to fully encapsulate how much I hated it. I mean, how could you get EVERYTHING wrong? I mean, even Tommy Wiseau got one or two things correct in The Room. This fucking useless garbage got NOTHING correct, even the things they "got" correct were either total accidents or just a massive downgrade from the original.
Before I get into it, let me address one group of people
The "It Wasn't That Bad" Crowd
I would kindly ask you all to fuck off and not read or comment here because my reply won't be kind. I BLAME YOU for this piece of garbage of a movie, you're the ones who saw Mulan's live-action movie, then the Jungle Book's, and said "Yeah, we want more of that".
I mean, forget about the fact that the original Lion King was so flawless that even its re-release made a billion dollars, what was wrong with it that warranted a remake and most of all, a CGI remake? This leads me to my first point.
IT'S NOT A FUCKING LIVE-ACTION FILM!!
Period! Not even up to debate. This isn't a democracy, do not argue with me on this, do not pass go, do not collect 200$, just go directly to jail! Live-action means using photography instead of animation. This piece of blasphemy that insults every religion on earth by merely existing used ANIMATION in the form of CGI. It might be well-done, which it fucking isn't, but it is still CGI. It's not a live-action movie. It's an animated piece of crap. This reminds me of another point.
The CGI is Shit!
Apparently, the director wanted this to be more like a documentary which is why he opted to use CGI and not animation. Which A) Who complained? I already said how even the remastered version of the original animation made a billion dollars. Who complained? Who said "Hey, I need a more realistic version of animals interacting with each in a Hamlet-inspired dialogue"
The animals don't bow because it's "Not realistic", well, animals don't gather around to celebrate the birth of the animal that would probably either eat them or a family member of theirs! Did you think someone was going to believe that animals actually bow down when a new lion is born?
Also, and most importantly
Screenshot from the movie.
Where Are The Eyebrows?
Do you know why eyebrows are added to animals in animation? Because it shows the emotions. You already saw one screenshot I took, here's another
Both are of Mufasa, one is where he's celebrating the birth of his son, and the other is when he is angry that Scar missed the ceremony. Can you guess which is which?
I could write a book about the CGI mistakes ALONE. Too dark, the animals look weird, the movement is off, and you can't even tell when the characters are talking or singing. Turn off the sound in this film and you won't even tell if the characters are happy, sad, angry, or amused.
The Voice Acting
That was also horrible. Beyonce somehow managed to fuck up the only thing she is known for by singing horrible versions of masterpieces. The voice actors didn't even agree on the pronunciation of each other's names. Like, was there no communication whatsoever between the departments involved? Many problems with the sound edition, but I can't even bother anymore.
Finally, The Story!
How? Just how do you fuck that up? There's already a script written for this movie OWNED by you, Disney, you know that, right? Like, you made the original film, you didn't buy it or steal it from someone else. How did you even manage to fuck this up so badly?
I know from experience that some people are tempted to say that they didn't mess up the story so bad and to you, I ask; what movie did you even watch when you saw the original animated film? Like when you watched the original and then this, did any character sound the same to you?
Scar subtlety and overdramatization seemed the same to you? Scar's relationship with the Hyenas? Did the Hyenas even seem similar to what they were? Did the plot to kill Mufasa om the 2019 version made sense to you? Wasn't it too obvious to Simba that it was his uncle who set everything up? Surely, you've seen the mistakes in at least some of these.
You didn't find it weird that Zazu just decided to chill on the branch for a few seconds?
You do realize that the reason Mufasa kept going up in the original was that he'd fall otherwise, while in the remake he could have just waited it out?
So Many Questions
I don't think my brain even fully digested 10% of everything wrong with this movie. I don't think it is ever good. What the fuck was even happening with the songs? What the hell did they do to the "Be Prepared" song? Why does Beyonce's Nala sound disconnect from the rest? Why are the filmmakers picking and choosing what to treat as realistic and what to not? And why is every decision when it comes to realism make the film worst?
Was I the only one sealing under my skin every time Seth Rogen and John Oliver talked? Why is Mufasa such an asshole in the 2019 movie? Why does Simba's character make so many contradictory actions? One time he's not "supposed to be there" and the next he doesn't care.
I don't know, and it's driving me insane trying to make sense of all of this. And to make matters worse, people are defending it.
In Conclusion
The Lion King (2019) is THE worst movie I have ever seen despite it having very little effort to make as the script and soundtrack were already perfect, it's a movie that I honestly believe might have been made by a DreamWorks sabotage team to fuck over Disney because there's just no way a sane artist would make this.
It's lazy, stupid, just fucking garbage.
My Rating: 0.5/10
And that 0.5 literally exists because the actress who played Nala as a child was actually good.