Mufasa: Le Roi lion

Man these 2 were unnecessary and NOT funny. Annoyed every time they cut to them. Havent seen the first live action and now i definitely wont if I have to see more of these two. Could've used less cutting back and forth maybe a voiceover would have been more effective. Villains didnt really have a lot of depth. Nothing interesting about them. They just wanted to wipe out all other prides? I dont know. WhyOtherwise enjoyable movie. Casting of Rafiki was a good choice. Truly brought the essence of Rafiki from the original movie. Won't repeat what already has been said. Songs were catchy visuals were stunning.

Visuals are great, but it can't hold up an overall subpar movie. Fine for kids and families but leaves originality at the door.

It does fit together some fine lore to bring us up to speed with what we know from the original movie. How it does it is rehash story elements, themes and plenty of conveniences to forcibly make the pieces fit into the original. It has similar flaire to Solo where it's just fine and uninterestingly shows or tells us where things come from in this fanfiction. Sometimes it's best to leave things a mystery if the progenitor is unceremoniously bland.

The music is fine but doesn't have the same force of fun or majesty as the original score. They're kind of just there like Moana 2's music. Not bad, but certainly not memorable.

The 3D glasses also did nothing. It felt like just a regular movie instead of them trying to do anything with with 3D.

The worst part IMO was no James Earl Jones in the actual movie. I know he's sadly passed, but they've brought back voices from other people before. If they didn't want to synthesize, they could've used unused clips or even just reused a voice clip from previous Lion King works. I can't get behind a movie called Mufasa without Mufasa's actual iconic voice somewhere in the movie.

Feels like a made for TV movie, and probably worth a watch on Disney+. But not really one I'd recommend for theatres or purchase.

Pleasantly surprised. It wasn't the soulless cash grab people claimed-the movie has heart and plenty of story.

People love to hate on things and they will make this movie a target. This is why I feel obliged to tell you it's not that bad. If you like this type of movies, blockbusters, you will probably enjoy it; I know I did.

I feel like the CGI was on par with the first but they've definitely improved the expression of the animals (one of the biggest complaints from the first one).

One of the most obvious mistakes is that the movie should have been longer; the story feels cramped, and you can feel it on the pacing.

"less childhood trauma, more meerkat" is what I want for the threequel.

I quite liked the story in this movie, the forced connection to the lion king and every forced location dragged it down. The music was very forgetable. The sad parts didnt hit home as it should but oh well.

Byebye.

And now i need to write 360 more characters so that i can submit this review. So here it goes. Have you ever heard the story of darth plageuis the wise? Its not a story common for the jedi. He was a baddie yes bananakin. Obi one and two dont know about it and qui and thri gon jin doesnt either. Its not a pleasant story but a story nonetheless. I wish you had heard it so that we could discussed it.

The score always delivers emotionally. What I noticed is that Disney is losing, with the latest products, that double layer, the message under the surface that only adults can decipher. Maybe it's because of the story and the circumstances, but I found it too exclusive for children, especially from a director like Jenkins.

Everything else is okay. Nothing big, nothing great. You get what you go in for, emotion, fun, something that could make you feel again the feelings that you felt the first time you watched the original thing. I don't know if they're going to expand the cinematic universe.

Italian dubbing sucked. Singers can't dub. Period.