Poll of the Day > man these live action disney remakes are pretty fucking bad, aren't they?

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i watched the jungle book a few years ago, and just assumed all of them were just as good. then i watched a bunch of the more recent ones with my daughter while we've been stuck inside for so long, ok?

so far we watched dumbo, aladdin, beauty and the beast, and the lion king. they're all pretty awful, except beauty and the beast which was exceedingly mediocre, ok?

what do you think of these shit movies?

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Live Action Disney Anything is pretty bad.

I liked Aladdin.

I've only seen The Jungle Book and it was pretty good.

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Generally I like them. Sure the originals are the best but these are a nice way to update the originals for a new audience. I suppose it helps I watch them with my Niece and Nephew though who enjoy both the originals and remakes.

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I haven't seen any of them but they seem like they'd be a mixed bag for me.

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wwinterj25 posted...

I suppose it helps I watch them with my Niece and Nephew though who enjoy both the originals and remakes.

yeah, my daughter is loving them all, and i wouldn't dream of talking shit about them to her, so i just show her the originals instead, ok?

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WastelandCowboy posted...

I liked Aladdin.

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Aculo posted...

yeah, my daughter is loving them all, and i wouldn't dream of talking shit about them to her, so i just show her the originals instead, ok?

It's best to educate them, ok?

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WastelandCowboy posted...

I liked Aladdin.

Remakes? As in more than one? The only one I knew about was Aladdin and I didn't see it.

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papercup posted...

Remakes? As in more than one? The only one I knew about was Aladdin and I didn't see it.

They've done Beauty & The Beast, Jungle Book, Lion King, Aladdin... I could be forgetting some lol

Oh yeah Dumbo... That one was legit awful

Hercules, Little Mermaid, and Mulan are in the works

Edit: just Googled it. There's a bunch I forgot or didn't know.

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Stopped giving a shit about Disney, when they started censoring their own history....

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Aladdin was okay. Lion King needed more Irons.

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I think the only one I didnt like was Beauty and the Beast

and I never watched the Cinderella one

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They're all over the place. Some are done ok. Though, I think most are worse...
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LinkPizza posted...

They're all over the place. Some are done ok. Though, I think most are worse...

ok, so unless the plot is heavy on the mozzarella and rising dough, maybe you should keep those opinions to yourself, eh pepperoni boi?

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Aculo posted...

ok, so unless the plot is heavy on the mozzarella and rising dough, maybe you should keep those opinions to yourself, eh pepperoni boi?

https://i.imgur.com/6KyJorQ.png
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The biggest problem with the live-action remakes is expression.

When they were remaking the movies, they got too caught up in the idea that live-action has to equal realism, despite the ridiculously unrealistic setting and characters involved.

Take Lion King as an example. With the freedom of animation, they can exaggerate expressions of the characters and it makes for something that is more fun to watch. Where as with the live-action movies, they only are focused on making the animals look like real animals. They could have given them exaggerated expressions but they didnt, and as a result the animals look more like unenthusiastic mouth pieces with emotional human voices coming out of them..

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Also, I saw this. This does explain a little, I think. At least, what these guys think...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u5_PJHi3jY
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Also I thought Aladdin was good for the most part, but that song they added was TERRIBLE

it didnt fit with the film at all and was just some generic pop song

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WastelandCowboy posted...

I liked Aladdin.

Same. I thought will smith did it justice and the soundtrack was good. It stands in its own as a good movie even if you dont care for the original.

Beauty and the beast was also decent in being modern and staying true to the source material IMO.

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smith was the one good thing about the movie, and even then, he doesn't touch robin williams, ok?

jafar was the fucking worst. some beta bitch boy playing one of the best disney villains ever, ok?

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I don't think a single one is considered better than their animation counterpart, but most people seem care more about "live action" than animations so it makes the money roll in with low risk.

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Aculo posted...

smith was the one good thing about the movie, and even then, he doesn't touch robin williams, ok?

jafar was the fucking worst. some beta bitch boy playing one of the best disney villains ever, ok?

Wholeheartedly agree about Jafar. Guy was over-serious in the role. No levity. 100% brooding anger, which doesn't fit the character at all.

But I tried to go into this movie as open-minded as I could with regards to Will Smith, because he had such enormous shoes to fill. Figured he'd miss the mark completely, or try too hard to mimic Williams portrayal and fail miserably. But I was pleasantly surprised. I feel he paid tribute to Robin's performance, but made the genie his own, Definitely had that "Will Smith vibe". I'm not going to knock him for not being better than Robin Williams, because it's such a big ask in the first place, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who could meet that lofty goal. He delivered on the genie in my eyes.

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ForteEXE3850 posted...

I don't think a single one is considered better than their animation counterpart, but most people seem care more about "live action" than animations so it makes the money roll in with low risk.

The thing is the animated ones are already done. They will always be there. I never understood folk who are like "hurr durr remakes/sequels ruin the original" when the original is always going to be a thing.

Still because I've nothing better todo I'll rank the Disney live action films I've seen:

1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Aladdin
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. The Jungle Book (2016)
5. The Lion King
6. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
7. Maleficent
8. Alice Through the Looking Glass
9. Christopher Robin
10. 101 Dalmatians
11. Cinderella
12. Lady and the Tramp
13. Dumbo

Sure some of these are actually originals but still.

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Jungle Book was good. But yea after you watch more of them you realize that Jungle Book was a fluke and not the norm.

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Jungle Book was good, Beauty and the Beast was ok, then everything else was trash. We had to shut off Aladdin after like 20 mins because it was so fucking horrible.
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lihlih posted...

Jungle Book was good, Beauty and the Beast was ok, then everything else was trash. We had to shut off Aladdin after like 20 mins because it was so fucking horrible.

this. exactly this, ok?

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your poor daughter... the remakes are generally worse, so show her the original aladdin, ok? now that was a true classic.

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I skipped them. If I wanted to rewatch them, i'd just rewatch the animated ones.

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Agreed. Christopher Robin is great, if you count that, but the rest definitely range from midling to awful. I think I've seen most of them, not sure which I haven't, maybe just the recent Maleficent one and Jungle Book. (oh and looking up apparently they made a Lady and the Tramp also?)

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I've only seen Beauty and the Beast. It was OK. I never cared about the original so wasn't that hyped. I actually think Mulan could be good.

kind9 posted...

I've only seen The Jungle Book and it was pretty good.

Jungle book, Cinderella and Maleficent are the only good ones

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They seem hit-or-miss. I really enjoyed the live-action Aladdin and the different approach with Maleficent but overall I would not say they are better than the original animated movies nor horrific either.

I might appreciate a live-action Treasure Planet or Atlantis: The Lost Empire but given Disney's records with these remakes, I am not sure if I do want these done. Even with the upcoming Mulan remake, it feels more like a traditional Chinese drama movie than a Disney retelling of the original peom.

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madadude posted...

Lady and the Tramp also?

Yep. Didn't even get a cinema release though.


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I enjoyed Beauty and the Beast, but Im partial to Emma Watson. I havent been impressed with a single other live action remake.

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madadude posted...

Agreed. Christopher Robin is great, if you count that, but the rest definitely range from midling to awful. I think I've seen most of them, not sure which I haven't, maybe just the recent Maleficent one and Jungle Book. (oh and looking up apparently they made a Lady and the Tramp also?)

Yeah. I think it's just a Disney+ thing...
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