THE LION KING 2019 Movie Review Official description: Disney’s “The Lion King,” directed by Jon Favreau, journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebr...
Lion King, The (1994) Simba the Lion cub is born in line to the thrown, following his father - King Mufasa. Scar (the emperor’s malevolent brother) is not satisfied with second best and vows to become the master by destroying Simba and Mufasa. In a stag
From the ecstatic Zulu chant that opens the film —“Nants ingonyama bagithi baba!”— to the thundering drumbeat that ends it, director Jon Favreau’s exhilarating live-action take on “The Lion King” hews closer to the Walt Disney animated masterpiece than any of the studio’s recent re...
A visually spectacular, if straightforward, remake that retains much of the original animated film’s charm. Review + Affiliate Policy Written by:Annette Palmer|July 16, 2019| Disney’s original 1994 version of The Lion King is widely considered one of the studio’s best – and perhaps last...
Review of The Lion King (2019) By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 11 Jul 2019 “King Redux” has just a couple of more laughs than the first Disney cartoon, but being 30 minutes longer, that’s not much of a plus… Read Review Cinafilm features reviews from top...
The Lion King is viewed by most as the peak in Disney's renaissance period and remains, to this date, the highest grossing 2D animated film of all time. With Disney on such a high expectations were, while this was increased by the superb vocal talent and wonderful animation, and for man...
The film’s aesthetic caution and predictability begin to wear down on the entire enterprise in the second half — the original animated Lion King ran 88 minutes, while this one lasts two hours. You can feel the difference. In a moviegoing environment where originality is shunned and the ...
My generation grew up mourning the death of Bambi's mother. Now comes "The Lion King," with the death of Mufasa, the father of the lion cub who will someday
‘The Lion King: The Gift’ may prove to be another Queen Bey banger, but the sole cut to make it into the main body of the film, an anthemic ballad entitled ‘Spirit’, feels out of place alongside Elton John and Tim Rice’s treasured compositions. Perhaps the most bewildering ...
The Lion King: Directed by Jon Favreau. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, John Kani. After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.