Even though I find the Timon and Pumbaa constant interruptions annoying and unnecessary, this movie really is over-hated, especially when it comes to the facial expressions
Honestly, I’m glad they listened to audience criticism and did their best to fix the problems the 2019 film had, since this was *definitely* an improvement. 😅
@ Mainly to do with the movie looking too stale and not “lively” despite it being live action. So, I guess the people BTS listened to the feedback, hence why there are different environments and the facial expressions are better here.
I don’t like the added facial expressions. This film is technically supposed to be a live action prequel to the live action remake of The Lion King in 2019, but obviously one, lions and other animals can’t talk, and two, lions and other animals can’t express enough emotion as us humans can. At least with the film in 2019, you can somewhat see that they were going for a live action version of the 1994 animated feature film, but with this movie, you can clearly tell it’s animated. Just very hyper realistically. That’s just my opinion. But I really don’t think they should’ve had the animals conveying facial expressions. I mean it looks pretty weird seeing what’s supposed to be a live action lion smiling like how an animated lion would smile.
@@ericleecoronado504 bro jus hating lmao, its not rated R when some of it supposed to be realistic, the facial expression is just disney being unique and for years and centuries there was not once hate on the facial expressions. bro did you watch the movie or not literally every animal can talk they even admitted showing us that in the movie the animals could make there noises and speak, like bro lmao
Honestly I think Mufasa wanted to give Scar a second chance, they’re family and in the end Scar came back and helped save the day, and after awhile Mufasa decided not to forgive Scar but put the past behind them for their family but Scsr continues to sue in the past and plot his take over
It was a colossal improvement from the 2019 remake! I was certainly invested into the story and was actually happy to have a proper VILLAIN again with Kiros! I seldom take critics reviews of movies as gospel. The opinions of the people are more important and I think everyone will agree that Mufasa, while not perfect, is a very good story. One that I’m definitely going back to watch again!
@NO Disney soy boy. It is you who is mad because that movie is getting more love than your derivative Lion King film, which I and every other film fan never asked for. Sonic 3 is the better film because it has a better story, better CGI and is overall more fun. It is not a masterpiece by any means, but it is much more worth any kid’s time than this borefest. Sonic fans are NOT the toxic ones here, they are the very reasonable ones. It is all the Disney soyboys who are losing their shit over nothing. The only reason this movie is making money is because of the name and brand of the Lion King, and because Disney is bullying theatres to screen this movie just to get their money’s worth.
@ishaansarkar5905 No you Disney soy boy. It is you guys who are mad because Sonic 3 has a winning audiences hearts more than this pile of bore. Lastly, Sonic fans are not the toxic ones, it is you Disney guys who are because you are upset 😭 about that film being considered better.
@ lmao, nobody said Mufasa is "better". Its fine that ppl like Sonic 3 but if you wanna waste time hating on things that dont even affect u then Im sorry for u.
Honestly, some of the complaints about this movie were really obnoxious and repetitive to the point that it got on my nerves. To the point that I started considering watching it to form my own opinion. At best, it would probably be okay, but if I don't like it, it won't be the end of the world.
I agree sometimes people bash/praise something so much, then I watch it and I have a complete different experience than them. I truly recommend it! I was dragged to watch it, haha. And I was surprised that it was good, obv not like the original Lion King, but it feels like there is passion behind it, I mean Lil Manuel Miranda participated so...
It's really good, hon. When Disney finally gets it right, it should be acknowledged and praised. But these days it's edgy and popular to bash Disney live-action films, and a lot of people also do it for views.
The fact they upped the expressions of the animals, particularly the lions, is enough for me to consider this an improvement over the previous film. That said, I can't help but feel like the film wanted me to feel bad for Scar. And Scar is one of the last characters I wanna feel bad for. After all, he's a jealous bastard who killed his brother, tried to kill his nephew, and didn't care if their home fell into ruin so long as he's in charge.
I mean, is he really much to feel bad for? Sure, it showed him as a cute cub, but that's about it. Even as a cub he was a spoilt little kid who used trickery and thought he's gonna be so high and mighty. Then despite being such a proud prince, he cowardly ran away. And in the end decided to sentence Sarabi and Mufasa to death by Kiros, just because Sarabi wasn't buying his flirts and had hots for his brother instead, despite Mufasa's best attempts to wingman Taka into getting the girl. And he somehow ended up blaming Mufasa for it too, not Sarabi. Taka was preseted as a lion of weak character from the very start, in my opinion. And he got forgiven for his betrayal, could have moved on and found some other lioness to have descendants and happy life with, even leave willingfully and become king of his own pride somewhere else... but decided not to, better to sulk and brew his salt until he's so salty that he ends up commiting murder... Then again, he WAS cute as a cub... :')
I saw Mufasa last night (opening Thursday), and I really like it! Facial expressions were upgraded, the score is awesome, and the characters are intriguing. I'll agree that the villain song "Bye Bye" is unexpected, but I find it a little funny how Kiros, an undeniably scary lion, says bye-bye in an almost lighter tone than how he usually speaks. I'd argue that while Mufasa choosing to keep Scar in Melele can come across as foolish, it's an example of Mufasa being understanding and kind to a fault. His attempts to ask the elephant herd for help at the canyon is proof. I appreciate how this movie approached Taka's descent into Scar.It's all his own choice. It wasn't a case of Maleficent where he was a victim or justified in his actions. This movie used a lot of what the 2019 remake, which I love, set up in dialog, and I love it. Are we going to talk about how this movie potentially set up Kion from The Lion Guard?
But it's not normal that Mufasa took everything Taka wanted, first of all he knew that Taka loved Sarabi he even helped him but ended up stealing his crush and becoming king when it was Taka's biggest dream to become king and he expected Taka not to say anything??? No wonder in the previous film he was very arrogant in front of him
@okariolu1584 1. Mufasa did everything but yell at Sarabi to give Taka credit and glory. At the point of their song, Sarabi sees through Myfasa's lies and wants him to admit it. In this film and Lion King 2019, Sarabi CHOSE Mufasa over Taka. 2. Mufasa didn't take kingship, it was given to him by the inhabitants of Melele. Mufasa initially rebuked them until Rafiki stepped in. Taka could've claimed kingship or challenged Mufasa then and there, but he didn't. He asked Mufasa for forgiveness and then acknowledged him as "your majesty."
On that last point: I don’t see how the Roar of Elders would fit into that, but perhaps they can work Kion into “Simba’s Pride”, if they are thinking of doing a remake of that.
I feel the Sonic 3 vs Mufasa debates are getting toxic. I haven't watched the Sonic franchise and will certainly watch it now to prepare for Sonic 3 but still I feel like these debates are becoming pretty toxic. I was excited for Mufasa after the trailers but the reviews have been disheartening. Hopefully I enjoy it.
Were doing a double feature, because why cant we like both? Both animation eye candy and nostalgia hit. I agree the debates are tiring. I wish it could be seen like barbenheimer
Watched it yesterday and I can only say this: Ignore the critics score. This was such a fun and emotional movie to watch! A really nice addition to the Lion King universe and in many ways better than the remake. There were 2 - 3 things where I personally wished that they would have happened in a different way but besides of that really really satisfied. - A fun adventurous story - A lot of wise words from our favorite mandrill (and he's no baboon!) - Beautiful african flair - Fun new songs and an epic orchestral score - Some really emotional moments which even made me tear up - The third act is just epic and quite action packed - Known and beloved characters are getting more depth and I love them even more now (and don't worry, we don't have an Episode 8 Luke Skywalker character destruction with Mufasa here or anything. Really the opposite is the case. Respectful handling with all of them) - Kiara is to cute to handle - I think there isn't one new character that I didn't liked. Was even surprised how much I liked Obasi at the end since he seemed to be a total ** at first - I loved the villains - Yes, the animals are REALLY expressive this time - Amazing CGI and landscapes again. Loved all the different biomes I can only pledge to all of you to give this movie a chance. This one doesn't deserve to flop. It deserves to be a success. More than any remake. Thank you, Barry Jenkins! Giving this movie a 8/10 right now because of the 2 - 3 things that I would have liked a bit differently. But I will go up to a 9 after I'm getting used to them after some rewatches.
@@silashurd3597 I think it's both. While the haters are mostly only annoying the critics can actually really prevent people from going to watch this with their in my opinion overly harsh reviews and critic score on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I can see where they are coming from with some points but all in all their criticism feels really exaggerated to me and almost none of their points really disturbed me that much during my watch at all to give this movie a rotten rating or such. Hoping for a much higher audience score but looking at the first reviews on Rotten Tomatoes it already looks excellent!
i feel like it could have been better but i really enjoyed myself. I love the music, the characters were alright (i see no issue with Taka and Mufasa not being blood brothers, i don't get why so many are against that?) It felt like a broadway musical and after wish? I needed that return
I watched it a few hours ago and I really liked it. The dynamic between all the characters was interesting to see. It’s also sad cause seeing Mufasa and Taka happy together and having a good life as brother is really sweet yet we all know how both their lives went and ended. It’s sad and the movie does a good job getting you invested in the characters despite that.
I've been a fan of all things Lion King for years (Besides the 2019 remake) and I really enjoyed this movie! The movie is already getting review bombed which I think it unfair, mainly by the toxic side of the Sonic Fandom. Why not just enjoy both films? I'm excited to see Sonic 3 as well.
THIS I’ve noticed that a lot of Sonic 3 fans were very toxic and hateful towards this movie during the trailers. I don’t like how they’re treating this as a competition. I don’t think anybody truly saw these films as competitors except for toxic Sonic 3 fans
You say that your a fan of the original animation movies? Then why are so confused to why people aren't liking the live versions, you should know that answer if your a fan of the original animation movies, Or should I remind you?? Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show, Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline, It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version, That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄 The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@@jolight3040 I get what you’re saying, and initially I wasn’t too keen on the idea that they weren’t related by blood. However I went in with an open mind and actually enjoyed how it was done. Of course the original animated versions are better, but I don’t think this film should be bashed in the manner it has been. I more see this film in the timeline of the 2019 remake canon instead of the 1994 version. Different versions of canon, especially since in The Lion Guard, Scar got his scar in a different way. That, and the hyenas in the 2019 version had different names, I consider it all separate from original canon. I hope that makes sense. When I think of it this way, it makes me enjoy the 2019 remake a bit more, but it still is never going to top the original.
@Tstyle715 honestly am glad you enjoyed it, because am not a person who trying to stop anyone from enjoying things, and if you can separate the two versions then that's good on you, but me and to a lot of others who don't like it, the reason stay the same that the live version gose against and disrespects the actual storyline, and am glad that you can see what am saying, Has I mentioned to you Disney could remake the whole plot of Star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son and it could be made as a whole better movie but I still would hate on something no matter how good it was if it didn't sick to what it is, I do like the idea of the live versions but I will not accept anything that completely changes a storyline of something original, because if you can accept that you don't mind the storyline being changed completely, then what's the point of even watching a movie trying to tell you a storyline if it can be changed in the future? This live version storyline pointless to even you if say someone else in 50 years or 100 years.. decides to completely changed the storyline again.. Maybe in the future remake of the remake , Simba''s name is changed or maybe the whole Lion king is changed to The lion Queen and it's more about a female side storyline then to a male's one, maybe they have a storyline of a female lioness against her evil brother, or aka not brother but step brother 🙄 but yeah anyways am not here to stop anyone from enjoy things, only that they is a real reason why a lot don't like the live versions because they treasure the original storyline and for someone to come and change that storyline completely has an emotional effect on what you learnt for that story to be.., This why people don't like race swapping characters like Disney do with the little mermaid.. which is also trash, When a storyline has been made to be one thing, you can not change it or the characters to be something else once the world accepts what that story is all about, this why a lot won't accept any changes even if the movies are good, you can make new characters and have a new plot for a character, same with the storyline.. I don't care about the live version of the lion king, Mufasa and Scar are brothers they always have been and always will be, and the live version can go against the original instead of honouring it, because the original animation movies storyline was already they first.
My problems with this movie is that during the end, when taka helped mufasa against kiros mufasa didn't say anything to the animals in the pride lands. Despite betraying him taka realized he made a mistake and made up for it and has a scar from that fight but mufasa didn't tell anyone that taka saved him. TWICE. and only said he could stay which means he's taking credit for defeating a fully grown lion that could easily outmuscle him on his own, Which realistically isn't possible. Another thing is that mufasa gave him credit for saving sarabi during the elephant stampede so taka knows mufasa was trying to help him get to her, when she chose mufasa he could have been more understanding that she simply didn't want him. But no they decided to make a smart calculating villain immature. Which is also something I hated, they didn't explain how scar became cunning. There was no foreshadowing to taka cunning and manipulative nature whatsoever. Another thing is that it didn't do a good explaining how sarabi figured out mufasa was the one that saved her instead of taka. Or I forgot something idk. I love the Lion King franchise and I don't want to say bad things but I'm not going to lie and say the movie makes sense. I criticize the movie because I want Disney to do better
People have PTSD over "Live Action Remakes " from Disney, which fair. But this isnt a live-action remake. Its a new story and dare I say a cgi animation and not live-action. Think people are tossing out these terms willy nilly not fully realizing what they are saying and what Disney is actually doing with this Lion King installment. The Animations are their own thing, the CGI Lion King is doing its own thing borrowing from the franchise. Its not meant to be a 1:1 just like the Broadway Musical isn't a 1:1. With that out of the way, people need to give this one a honest chance and not piss on it for following the crowd. We got new music from Lebo M which we NEEDED in the 2019 one, the animation and background are eye candy, the story fills in some interesting holes from the original and its neat to see how the characters got from A-B. There is alot here to just pass up. I really hope people look past their biasas for this one because man, I'm so tired of the hate around these films.
Fair point! It’s more along the lines of movies like Dinosaur in that regard. I think the reflex is to call it “live-action” is because the 2019 remake followed the pattern of retreading old films but in a live-action style. People defaulted to calling it live action because it was realistic, and I was guilty of assuming that’s how *Disney* was labelling it. In fact, that assumption was why I just stopped actively watching these remakes. I defaulted to thinking “okay, they’re not even TRYING.” That’s why people have lost a lot of faith in Disney IMO. We see the realistic style attached to a nostalgic property and jump to the conclusion there’s no effort being put forth. But hey, maybe Mufasa is the exception here!
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show, Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline, It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version, That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄 The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
They classfy it that way movies like Cruella, Maleficent, Christoper Robin, Alice in Wonderland are considered remakes because its live actiom based on an original disney property
I don't mind the cool settings so much. It’s clear they put work into that. I just don't think CGI will ever be able to capture the emotion and movements of the 2D animated characters. Actual lions don't have that many facial expressions, and facial expressions are part of what makes the characters seem alive and awake. Without that they just look like… lions, and they lose that “animals who are just like humans” vibe.
Thats why Berry Jenkins has made this film more animation-like. When you see Kiara or any of the Lions they EMOTE! My theater made A FEW "AWWWWW"s, when Kiara was on screen, because her FACIAL EXPRESSIONS where so sweet/sad/happy/hopeful/etc. Any time you could see exacly what the Lion was thinking and that is awesome!
I'm surprised by the negativity Ive seen, they're acting like the movie is a torture to sit through and I really don't get it. It's got all the feels of Lion King that the 2019 missed out on. If anything I was really happy to finally get some Scar backstory that seemed like it could fit with both the 94 classic and the remake. At best I think a LK fan will ask for more, but I doubt a majority who actually ( bothers to ) watch it, will hate it. If you're worried that this will be as non-organic and robotic like 2019 .... don't! I was actually shocked that this time around the script and the delivery had some passion put into it.
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show, Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline, It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version, That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄 The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@jolight3040 1. Your probs a bot since since I've seen this exact comment, word for word on other comments. 2. HE'S STILL HIS BROTHER. Blood does not immediately equal family. You think adopted brothers aren't real brothers or smth? Also, if anything it's more special since he CHOSE mufasa as family instead of just being bound by blood which makes scars betrayal hurt more. Also, in the og, scar and mufasa never really looked like they were brothers anyway. Nor did they act like ones
For me, it feels a lot more canonical to the Lion King Story than the Lion Guard. But I agree that the origins of Scar's betrayal seemed a bit off and like your adaptation of it better. But overall it was a great movie, one that received too much criticism
I saw it and yes... I liked it. I do think it's getting too much harshness in criticism (as a critic myself, I also have to keep an open mind about these things), but I think this deserves more praise than it's getting.
All of those generic arguments critics use these days has truly lost it's meaning. Like make your own movies if you're so petty all the time. This was a really good time to re-visit the lion king IP again. The ending was really cute and if this really is the end for now, then this ending felt quite satisfying.
I enjoyed this movie and it makes me so upset going to youtube KNOWING these movie snobs and cirticts were going to shit on every little detail, they dont even give it a chance. 🤷♀️
I’ve seen this movie twice in two days. My favorite songs are “I’ve Always Wanted A Brother” and “Tell Me It’s You”. I was repeatedly listening to those two songs over and over for days, which made me excitedly curious about this movie. I also agree that I don’t like Kiros’s song “Bye Bye”; I find it a unsettling when he even says that. Also you’re forgetting the dedication to the original voice Mufasa himself; when I heard James Earl Jones passed away, I thought: “When this new movie comes out, there had better be a shout out to him.” Sure enough, they must have had time to add that dedication at the last possible moment before it could be released. I appreciated seeing that! Honestly, I never understand what those critics are talking about; this movie was good. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
After Mufasa: The Lion King I wonder if the Disney film makers are planning to make the version of The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride in the future because I would like to see Kovu make an appearence at last in the live action but I wonder how it would work out with Kiara's new brother Kion made his appearence at the end of that movie.
Tbh It is nice to see a positive review for once, most reviews I have seen have been mixed to negative and in all honesty I still want to check it out for myself because truthfully when it comes to movies, you should never go by what others always say, there are movies people like that plenty of reviewers especially the popular movie reviewers have said "do not bother" for, overall its best to form your own opinion. At first I was disheartened to hear the negativity especially since I was hoping it would gain a more positive reaction and reviews, because then it would have shown that perhaps people were being too harsh on the movie and show "don't judge a book by its cover" and also decrease this whole "Sonic 3 vs Mufasa rivalry" thing which I think really is just breeding so much toxicity and is really unnecessary especially the use of the constant redundant criticism "nobody asked for this" which really people are always using that for every movie they do not like, it holds no merit. I love Sonic but honestly this whole "rivalry" thing people keep doing between them is ridiculous at this point. I see why the Sonic fanbase is regarded as being one of the most toxic fanbases out there. Overall I am gonna give it a watch myself and form my own opinion.
Yeah it's good to make up your mind, and am not here to stop you from doing so, but you believe that some people are just hating on it for no reason, trust me I was all for the live version and am not against it not being a good movie, but here's the reason why no matter how good it is it's always going to trash because The reason is that Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show, Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline, It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version, That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄 The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@anakarolyna1999 okay if you don't mind a storyline being changed then what's the point of even you watching a movie? if say later on someone else changes that story and now anything that you thought you knew now means nothing?? So your logic is that say if Disney was to change the storyline of Star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son and Luke is adopted, that's fine with you 🤔 Why even bother telling people what a storyline is all about or what the characters are..,because to you that dosen't mean anything because it fine with you to change it?? No the problem is that you can't change a story plot when it's already been knew to people around the world to what that storyline is all about,, This why you cannot just race swap characters like Disney do, You can make up new storylines and new characters for different story but can never change something that already exists, has I said to you what's the point of even watching a movie if your happy for it to be changed?? The live version dosen't honour the original it disregards and disrespects the actual storyline, Mufasa and Scar are brothers they always have been and always will be brothers , that's the plot to the whole Lion king story!!
I think a lot of people were biased towards the movie because it 1. tried to take on mufasa's backstory in a way that's contrary to the existing semi-canon material, which included characters like Ahadi and Uru being previous rulers of the pridelands and Taka and Mufasa being their biological children - despite being aware of it, clearly, chosing to name baby Scar Taka, still. 2. The movie was released when people were already super tired with life action remakes and canon changes, and inclusion of political narratives in movies - and were specifically looking to find politics in this movie too to make fun of - like assumption that the white lions were supposed to represent the white race being villianous. It's a theory, but in the world of lions, the albinos are probably more of minority and outcasts themselves - it is even adressed by rafiki as probable reason of why they were so angry and hateful. And making them albino made them both visually distinct - contrary to every other lion character which was hard to distinguish on brief glance + white can symbolize coldness or death. So there's plenty other explainations. Still, I do believe it was way better movie than other disney remakes, and it was genuinely fun to watch, even if Timon and Pumbaa got significantly more annoying lol I do feel like it kept the spirit of the original
I saw the movie, it was absolutely NOTHING what people was talking about, it was an new emotional disney classic (not 2d animated but still great and epic cuz the characters have emotion), i felt the old disney ghost talking to me with this movie, and when the movie ended, i moved out from the theaters thinking "HOW?!? HOW PPL HATED THIS MOVIE??!?" I really think some critic youtubers or movie critics in general are being paid to hate on this movie, or are just following the hate trend to have more likes and subscribers from toxic Sonic fanboys which is really disgusting if you ask me....
@@anakarolyna1999 Sonic Adventure 2, it’s what Sonic 3 is based on, many sonic fanboys like it, They’re right to be blinded by nostalgia, however, Mufasa is a different story, people (Disney Adults) only went to see Mufasa becsuse they were blinded by nostalgia, the said nostalgia being the original Mufasa, but Mufasa the live action remake doesn’t really follow the orginal story (that’s what I know atleast), and Sonic 3 does also change Shadow’s backstory a bit (because Maria dies from an explosion instead of a bullet) but it wasn’t really much, however Mufasa (2024) changed the ENTIRE story (which is also what I know)
@Fxmily8665xYT well , the mufasa movie was not an remake of an existent animation so it's still a big Win for them, not all things have to rely on nostalgia to be good, even if the songs aren't the same of the animated movies they gave vibes from them, that's what it makes it enjoyable for the fans and new fans, also Don't remember that the original Sonic was adopted by an fellow human. Edit: and still mufasa didn't destroyed totally the canon, even if mufasa and scar wasn't blood related they're still brothers, and Scar still the jealous brat.
I saw the movie after I saw Sonic 3. It was such a really great movie. I enjoyed this and Sonic 3. I’ve always wanted to see the backstory of Mufasa and Scar. I do wish it was animated though, but it was still fun regardless! I loved the tribute to James Earl Jones though, he would’ve loved this. R.I.P. James Earl Jones, long live the king. 😢🕊️❤️🩹
I feel the same, I feel like I'm the crazy one here I genuinely loved this movie and want to go watch it again and again, I can't wait until it's released on disney+ but everyone keeps groaning and ranting about how they "changed" TLK's story but I fully disagree. I don't care if you don't agree but you're allowed to make an AU of your story and that's really what the TLK fandom has always been about. I'm an artist who grew up on art sites and forums and watching people recreating the story with their art, making AUs and "what ifs?" also taking the books while I know are not canon, taking bits of it and mixing it with the og story. I've been loving TLK since I was 6 and I'm 36 now, this story is so special to me and I could never hate anything about it.
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show, Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline, It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version, That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄 The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
This one is much better than the first. Yet people are still bashing on it like as if it was still the 1st live action. But this movie has improved. - giving the characters facial expressions makes a nice change - exploring different places in Africa - getting to know the back story of Simba's father and uncle For me I give it an 8/10
what really made me happy was A. the soundtrack and B. the fact Disney ACTUALLY added a villain. I personally went into this watching it solely because Mads Mikkelsen is in it, and I’m a HUGE fan of his, plus it was his first time ever singing a full song. I’m super glad to say it was great. Finding out the soundtrack was written by Lin Manuel Miranda. I do think the plot was lacking, and yes, the plot is obviously a major part of any film. But the music, world building, scenery, animation, and acting blew me away. Hopefully it’s a sign Disney is going to start trying again.
Im genuenly happy to find this video. Ive been looking for so long for one that syas mufasa is a good movie, bc after seeing it in theaters, i really enjoyed it. Its a movie i want to rewatch when it coems out. People actally worked hard on this movie and it only gets bad feedbakcon youtube. So im happy that this channel looked at it from i point of view similar to mine and congratulates disney.
Was it better than sonic 3? Sonic 3 sucked and was disappointed with how long the movie was dragging out. I have low expectations for mufasa but I'll give it a chance
No no no 😂 The movie fail because.., Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show, Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline, It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version, That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄 The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@ I asked my 9 year old son if the fact that Taka and Mufasa were not real brothers bothered him… Sorry to disappoint you, but he didn’t care about that at all.
This was a great movie. The thumbnail said “you should give it a chance”, and I agree. Most of the haters I think are judging it pretty unfairly just because it’s tied to the 2019 version. They seem to think that just because they thought the 2019 version was bad, that automatically makes this bad. That’s absurd and that’s not fair.
I'll be honest, this movie isn't horrible. It's a film that you can watch in the cinema or with your family and that you can enjoy, despite all its flaws, the film remains entertaining to watch. Certain aspects were also improved such as the facial expressions which were added to the film or the colors which gave a certain tone to the scenes. However The film remains bad for a Disney and a product of the Lion King franchise. Lore aside, the film desperately tries to invent a backstory for one of Disney's greatest villains which unfortunately completely fails. The reason why Scar became evil according to the film was due to a fit of jealousy towards his brother who managed to have Sarabi, which is not at all credible. There were other much more interesting factors at play like Eshe who spent a lot more time with a wanderer than his own son or Obasi who always warned Scar towards Mufasa but the film ultimately decided that the big elements the trigger for this accumulation is a lioness that Taka met in less than 5 minutes. His betrayal is also very bad. Scar hating Mufasa and Sarabi is one thing, allying with his parents' killers is another. Why would Sscar decide to take revenge for everything Mufasa took from him by allying himself with those who are the main reason for their peril and his loss of the throne? The "live action", although improving, remains bad. The animals all look the same (Afia and Eshe are examples) and their realistic rendering always prevents them from doing crazy things. Part of what made The Lion King so charming was the animation and hectic actions of the characters, all of which is lost here.
This film is definitely a vast improvement on the 2019 remake and if you go in without the expectations of the original Lion King then it's a fair family film. While I'll never be a personal fan of the photorealism style as it limits expression, diversity of design, and falls into the uncanny valley, this is the best it's looked. Unfortunately, the relationship between Scar and Mufasa is the thing this film did the best and it really fumbles for me by adding the love triangle with Sarabi. I'm not a fan of love triangles that objectify the female character and that's really what it does here despite trying to build a relationship between her and Mufasa. I think it makes sense for Scar to see Mufasa getting everything he wants and having that jealousy drive his villainous turn, but the film focuses a bit too much on him "not getting the girl" instead of him losing his throne. Especially since becoming king is his core motivation in both the original Lion King and the 2019 remake, it feels kind of pathetic and unsatisfying.
I'm still not a fan of the creative choice to make Mufasa and Scar adopted siblings instead of blood related siblings in the canon lore. Anyway, I rather watch this movie on Disney+ and go watch Sonic The Hedgehog 3 in theaters because it has my favorite character, Shadow the Hedgehog.
Thank you for giving your positive and negative thoughts about the movie unlike other youtubers that talk really harsh about the movie without even watching it
i am going to watch the movie later today and i am looking forword to that and i hope they honor james earl jones i mean the fact that they got him to voice mufasa in the 2019 live action they may not do but man i would love to see them finaly add kopa in the this franchise as simba first child and be like a older brother for kiara a couble of things i like from the 2019 movie is they added a couble of more cubs in the pride and i always though how did nala managed to leave the pride land wich was nice to see the new movie and i did like they got away with the lets say germanic hyeenas and made them abit more scary and a threat to lion cubs
Even though I like Sonic way more, and I'm seeing it Sunday, I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Mufasa: The Lion King. Sure it's not 2D animated BUT they finally gave them facial expressions, better visuals, and an interesting storyline between Taka and Mufasa. The only things I have to say about it is it really isn't gonna be the same without James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons as the two iconic characters. I'm not going to enjoy Simba, Nala, and Kiara too much cause the actors/actresses really don't match them in my honest opinion. And I'm not too fond of how they tweaked the backstory between these two (like making Mufasa an orphan, etc.,) Overall, seems pretty solid to watch 😊.
@ Ty I do appreciate it 😇I do apologize other Sonic 3 movie people kept being toxic about this and starting this worthless debate. Not all of us are this way trust me, I do love Lion King as well
just watched it the other day, Loved it. some of the songs were a little silly, but the heart and soul i’ve missed so much from disney movies was there. I LOVE MUFASA as a character and now love his story. ❤
I just got home from seeing the movie and it was REALLY good! I thought the story was good, the animation was better than the last time, and the voice acting was top notch! The songs were forgettable (to me...although not bad) and I wish to goodness that they had left Timon and Pumbaa out. But, apart from that, I thought it was really good...dare I say, great! I enjoyed myself. Definitely give it a go. ❤ EDIT: OH MY GOSH!! I just this very second realized why the villains were white lions! 😮 #KimbaTheWhiteLion
Nah they should’ve made Scar SNAP snap. Cause in The Lion King he’s a narcissist psychopath with no remorse lmaooo. They really wasted an epic opportunity of storytelling there
Exactly, the remake went to the direction that remove all the magic from an animation film especially for the lion King. Mufasa fixed all the problems, even included an amazing villain song!
I just saw this yesterday in theaters, and I thought this was a great movie!!! I know a lot of people don’t like the live action Lion King movie or any live action in general but I had a great time with MUFUSA THE LION KING!!!!!!!! Nice touching tribute to JAMES EARL JONES, which RIP TO THE FREAKING LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I like about this film is I can really feel the emotions of the characters although is live action, give me some vibes of the cartoon, a big improvement compared to the 2019 film
This one was the only Disney live action alongside Stitch and Moana that I will give chances because at least it honors the culture the original animated movie has established! There is no race swapping and the lead stayed true to his character and the expressions and colors have improved a lot!
@@stuffed-sq5fz nah that shit is valid in at least some of the remakes when you look back on them. The new ‘Snow White’ is pretty telling of what Disney Values… they want to value diversity, but the moment people or another celebrity.. *cough* *cough* Peter Dinklage *cough* says this is disrespectful then they immediately go back on themselves. So now because of that we have an upcoming Snow White movie with no dwarf actors, no love to the original story and an unlikable protagonist that wants to become a “Strong Woman”… man I just want a happily ever after cause Disney acts like it’s bad to want love
@Wraith_XD no it is invalid cause its basically racist. Whitewashing is the only bad thing. Also, Snow White was also race swapped in the 1939 film as she didnt have ebony skin, no one does. And white is just a last name. Also hating strong women even though she was also kind like that in the original is basically sexist. Your a nerdrotic and critical drinker fanboy ans i xan tell
I love the new Mufasa movie and I really don’t get the hate for it. It’s really awesome that the characters are more expressive again and there are good hyenas in the background!
I caught the Haynes in the background too 😅 honestly if they make “Simba’s pride” with this level of animation, I will be first in line for opening night
I saw the movie today as well you are not alone in your opinion. If the critics are choosing to hate on this film they already had their minds made up before even watching the film. Mufasa didn't look bad at the end, scar asked for forgiveness and he did ultimately save mufasa's life before that. Mufasa's choice to get scar a second chance was completely understandable.
I watched it today in the cinema, and I felt a chill go down my spine. The dramatic part happened so quickly in the beginning! The difference between the 2019 movie and this one had my jaw dropped. I loved it. The only criticism (If you can call it that) was that Taka got his scar different from what he claimed happened in the lion guard.
there were times when the lions were hard to differentiate, but the expressions were always clear imo! the animators took advantage of the angles to portray emotions and it was so good *though i do agree that scar’s motive was weak 😭
I agree on everything except for with tamon and pumba. They seemed kinda rly unnecessary in the movie and rly didn’t provide much other than being a character ppl want to see in a prequel. I understand them wanting to add the duo as audiences rly love them, but if they don’t have an actual purpose and they seem to just get in the way and act as time fillers. I would’ve liked to see more on scar turning evil rather than him just switching immediately in that one scene. It would have been a lot better if he had slowly become bitter and evil and jealous rather than just deciding on a whim. Otherwise i did rly enjoy this movie and i think people need to realize that just bc its made by Disney doesn’t mean its bad (although I can’t rly blame them with the past couple of movies that have came out)
This is good! Also, The original is so good! I’d rather class this as a prequel sequel to the original movie!! Villains are so awesome and in prequels too! I’d love to see a Kiros prequel!
I watched the movie myself, it was kinda mid and cringe so I’ll give it a 6.5/10. Not that it was absolute garbage and I didn’t like the movie at all, it’s just that it didn’t reach my standards. Would I watch it again? Yes. Would I pay to watch it again though? Nah. I’m glad this movie isn’t woke and the right winged who are calling this movie misandristic or racist towards white people are just sensitive.
I expected to not really like the movie, but I ended up really enjoying it. I *DO* wish Timon and Puumba would *SHUT UP* though. Honestly all their scenes were my least favorite parts of the movie. I enjoyed Kiara's talks with Rafiki more than those two. I didn't hesitate to skip their scenes.
As much as it looks better, the characters and plot just feel wrong. Mufasa is a Mary Sue who can do no wrong, to the point of taking over Scar's qualities of cunning and intelligence. Let's just forget Scar saying he'd inherited the "lion's share" of that in the original film, because Taka definitely didn't. He's vain and naive, and the manipulating mastermind is gone entirely, because he couldn't outshine Mary Sue Mufasa... I don't know. To me it feels like a butchering of the original characters. I actually really looked forwards to this film.
I watched this movie and really enjoyed it! The only part that was slightly annoying to me were the cut away shots to Timon and Pumbaa. I felt like it broke the flow of the story a bit and took me out of it at times; I think if they did less cut aways the story, for me would've flowed a lot better. I am glad that I gave this movie a chance, and love that they really improved on the facial expressions of the characters.
I loved the style, the facial expressions, the score, the story - only two critic points: Takas fall was way too fast (even if he is a teenager and Sarabi was his first love, yes, he feels very betrayed) it would have been better, if Kiros had found him, after Takas song and would have manipulatet him in his hate more. And after Taka saves him from the water, when the animals want Mufasa as king, that we see Taka/Scar swear revenge or something, because yes, Mufasa stole his destiny. But way after Taka said that in the movie. The second thing I didn´t liked, where the songs. Lin should have made the songs for Moana 2, because these songs weren´t nearly as good, as they could have been. They were just ... there. Of course no songs can be as good as the originals from 1994, but The Lion Guard had better songs
not saying it justified his actions but he WAS promised to be the king. of his pride. and then list his family. mufasa too but he gained a girlfriend taka wanted FIRST (and broke the bro code). and regained his mom. AND his entire pride in the end!! he also was the one to kill one if the members if white lions. not scar. yet they went after scars family.
@@Maggie66112 Taka's kingdom was destroyed by the white lions, Mufasa only killed the white lion in self-defense, Mufasa didnt stole Sarabi but she fell for him (no bro code broken). Mufasa was chosen by everyone else because of who he was. The white lions went after scars family because they were already planning too, even if mufasa wasnt around. Taka still shouldnt have flipped completely and teamed up with the murderer of his family
The only complaint i had was timon and pumba, rather than the strapping, charming personalities they had in the original and second lion king movie, they were aggressively annoying, embarrassing, and they just plain didnt need to be there
I would honestly say this, the choice is yours, do not go by what all the other reviews have said, because at the end of the day different movies appeal to different people, there are movies I love that have gotten negative reviews and people have said "do not bother" with. if you feel you really want to see it, give it a chance, you may love it, now if its something you want to wait till streaming for and want to go watch Sonic 3 or another movie thats playing in cinemas, then by all means, its your money, its christmas season and you wanna go out to see the movie your choice of movie.
@@kaijufan2001 I’ve seen it now, there are some parts I really liked but others that kinda ruined it. So often (especially at the start) it felt like the characters were talking superrrr fast and not taking a breathe. There’s a part where Taka is talking to Sarabi which is regular paced and really nice. His turning evil comes outta no where though, *spoiler* he just flips and becomes murderous because of a little teenage love triangle. Also I don’t get why Mufasa still let him be First in line for the throne if he knew about his betrayal? Also Takas dad brings up Mufasa’s name meaning King. Which is weird. The names have always African meanings which are purposely never mentioned in the show. The name Taka means Dirt/Filth. So why would Obasi call his son that, if name meanings were important to him? Overall I’d give it 4/10. There were some good parts but I wouldn’t want to watch it again.
@@Sponglor "Taka" also means to want, which better portrays taka's ambitious character (desiring Sarabi, the crown etc). Overall the movie is good and a step in the right direction for Disney
@ishaansarkar5905 so he named his son “Want”? Something else I noticed: despite what characters tell him, throughout the story Mufasa is shown to have a very poor sense of smell. He can never sense when the white lions are near, or where they are (Taka can instantly), he can’t small them on Taka even after Taka has just visited them. And in TLK he can never smell the hyena on Scar, never suspects a thing. Yet he claims he can smell flowers on Sarabi back from where she grew up. This is either poor writing, or Mufasa lied and he heard Sarabi mention the duck flowers, OR everyone is lying to Mufasa to make him feel better about his bad sense of smell…. but that’s never addressed. So likely the writers just forgot and wrote him to not be able to sense anything that the other lions can.
This movie got a lot of uneeded hate. Its not that great sure, but still pretty decent. While I had more fun with Sonic 3 personally, id watch Mufasa again
I loved this movie - Mufasa The Lion King more than the 2019 The Lion King. This one was more engaging with the emotions and screenplay. Great sound design but the music fell flat - didn't quite connect or placed well. With that kept out, the overall movie was fantastic!! Worth a rewatch!
Right I'm extremely critical of Disney, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. I think I could've done without the framing device they used, but it was a lot better. I just think they couldve spent more time on Scar becoming more bitter and showing more forshadowing because it seemed a bit drastic when he betrayed Mufasa.
I watched it and it was..ok. It doesn’t really feel like a Lion king film (if that makes remotely any sense? It probably doesn’t but something about the story felt off). It also felt really long yet rushed at the same time and the villains were very wasted. Visuals were gorgeous though
Even though I find the Timon and Pumbaa constant interruptions annoying and unnecessary, this movie really is over-hated, especially when it comes to the facial expressions
Honestly, I’m glad they listened to audience criticism and did their best to fix the problems the 2019 film had, since this was *definitely* an improvement. 😅
what problems
@ Mainly to do with the movie looking too stale and not “lively” despite it being live action.
So, I guess the people BTS listened to the feedback, hence why there are different environments and the facial expressions are better here.
I don’t like the added facial expressions. This film is technically supposed to be a live action prequel to the live action remake of The Lion King in 2019, but obviously one, lions and other animals can’t talk, and two, lions and other animals can’t express enough emotion as us humans can. At least with the film in 2019, you can somewhat see that they were going for a live action version of the 1994 animated feature film, but with this movie, you can clearly tell it’s animated. Just very hyper realistically. That’s just my opinion. But I really don’t think they should’ve had the animals conveying facial expressions. I mean it looks pretty weird seeing what’s supposed to be a live action lion smiling like how an animated lion would smile.
@@ericleecoronado504 hopefully they can do a live action version of simbas pride
@@ericleecoronado504 bro jus hating lmao, its not rated R when some of it supposed to be realistic, the facial expression is just disney being unique and for years and centuries there was not once hate on the facial expressions. bro did you watch the movie or not literally every animal can talk they even admitted showing us that in the movie the animals could make there noises and speak, like bro lmao
It’s definitely better than the 2019 version
Honestly I think Mufasa wanted to give Scar a second chance, they’re family and in the end Scar came back and helped save the day, and after awhile Mufasa decided not to forgive Scar but put the past behind them for their family but Scsr continues to sue in the past and plot his take over
It was a colossal improvement from the 2019 remake! I was certainly invested into the story and was actually happy to have a proper VILLAIN again with Kiros!
I seldom take critics reviews of movies as gospel. The opinions of the people are more important and I think everyone will agree that Mufasa, while not perfect, is a very good story. One that I’m definitely going back to watch again!
Not everyone will agree and I certainly do not. The story wasn't very interesting and Kiros is yet another forgettable villain.
@@captainhowlerwilson508 stay mad Sonic fan 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@NO Disney soy boy. It is you who is mad because that movie is getting more love than your derivative Lion King film, which I and every other film fan never asked for. Sonic 3 is the better film because it has a better story, better CGI and is overall more fun. It is not a masterpiece by any means, but it is much more worth any kid’s time than this borefest.
Sonic fans are NOT the toxic ones here, they are the very reasonable ones. It is all the Disney soyboys who are losing their shit over nothing. The only reason this movie is making money is because of the name and brand of the Lion King, and because Disney is bullying theatres to screen this movie just to get their money’s worth.
@ishaansarkar5905 No you Disney soy boy. It is you guys who are mad because Sonic 3 has a winning audiences hearts more than this pile of bore. Lastly, Sonic fans are not the toxic ones, it is you Disney guys who are because you are upset 😭 about that film being considered better.
@ lmao, nobody said Mufasa is "better". Its fine that ppl like Sonic 3 but if you wanna waste time hating on things that dont even affect u then Im sorry for u.
Honestly, some of the complaints about this movie were really obnoxious and repetitive to the point that it got on my nerves. To the point that I started considering watching it to form my own opinion. At best, it would probably be okay, but if I don't like it, it won't be the end of the world.
I agree sometimes people bash/praise something so much, then I watch it and I have a complete different experience than them. I truly recommend it! I was dragged to watch it, haha. And I was surprised that it was good, obv not like the original Lion King, but it feels like there is passion behind it, I mean Lil Manuel Miranda participated so...
It's really good, hon. When Disney finally gets it right, it should be acknowledged and praised. But these days it's edgy and popular to bash Disney live-action films, and a lot of people also do it for views.
Your comment is also obnoxious but it doesn't change the fact this movie is a financial flop😂😂😂
@@ploppill34 If you're one of the mindless haters, leave ✋
@@ploppill34your comment is also obnoxious and you are the type of people he is referring to. Also, your statement is wrong, it's a financial success
The fact they upped the expressions of the animals, particularly the lions, is enough for me to consider this an improvement over the previous film.
That said, I can't help but feel like the film wanted me to feel bad for Scar. And Scar is one of the last characters I wanna feel bad for. After all, he's a jealous bastard who killed his brother, tried to kill his nephew, and didn't care if their home fell into ruin so long as he's in charge.
I mean, is he really much to feel bad for? Sure, it showed him as a cute cub, but that's about it. Even as a cub he was a spoilt little kid who used trickery and thought he's gonna be so high and mighty. Then despite being such a proud prince, he cowardly ran away. And in the end decided to sentence Sarabi and Mufasa to death by Kiros, just because Sarabi wasn't buying his flirts and had hots for his brother instead, despite Mufasa's best attempts to wingman Taka into getting the girl. And he somehow ended up blaming Mufasa for it too, not Sarabi.
Taka was preseted as a lion of weak character from the very start, in my opinion. And he got forgiven for his betrayal, could have moved on and found some other lioness to have descendants and happy life with, even leave willingfully and become king of his own pride somewhere else... but decided not to, better to sulk and brew his salt until he's so salty that he ends up commiting murder...
Then again, he WAS cute as a cub... :')
I saw Mufasa last night (opening Thursday), and I really like it!
Facial expressions were upgraded, the score is awesome, and the characters are intriguing.
I'll agree that the villain song "Bye Bye" is unexpected, but I find it a little funny how Kiros, an undeniably scary lion, says bye-bye in an almost lighter tone than how he usually speaks.
I'd argue that while Mufasa choosing to keep Scar in Melele can come across as foolish, it's an example of Mufasa being understanding and kind to a fault. His attempts to ask the elephant herd for help at the canyon is proof.
I appreciate how this movie approached Taka's descent into Scar.It's all his own choice. It wasn't a case of Maleficent where he was a victim or justified in his actions.
This movie used a lot of what the 2019 remake, which I love, set up in dialog, and I love it.
Are we going to talk about how this movie potentially set up Kion from The Lion Guard?
But it's not normal that Mufasa took everything Taka wanted, first of all he knew that Taka loved Sarabi he even helped him but ended up stealing his crush and becoming king when it was Taka's biggest dream to become king and he expected Taka not to say anything??? No wonder in the previous film he was very arrogant in front of him
@okariolu1584 1. Mufasa did everything but yell at Sarabi to give Taka credit and glory. At the point of their song, Sarabi sees through Myfasa's lies and wants him to admit it. In this film and Lion King 2019, Sarabi CHOSE Mufasa over Taka.
2. Mufasa didn't take kingship, it was given to him by the inhabitants of Melele. Mufasa initially rebuked them until Rafiki stepped in. Taka could've claimed kingship or challenged Mufasa then and there, but he didn't. He asked Mufasa for forgiveness and then acknowledged him as "your majesty."
On that last point: I don’t see how the Roar of Elders would fit into that, but perhaps they can work Kion into “Simba’s Pride”, if they are thinking of doing a remake of that.
@sofianaab9884 That's why I said "Kion from The Lion Guard," not "Kion & The Lion Guard."
Exactly!@@MichaelHesterII1356
I feel the Sonic 3 vs Mufasa debates are getting toxic. I haven't watched the Sonic franchise and will certainly watch it now to prepare for Sonic 3 but still I feel like these debates are becoming pretty toxic.
I was excited for Mufasa after the trailers but the reviews have been disheartening. Hopefully I enjoy it.
It's true. Idk why people always feel the need to compete. Why not enjoy both? It's becoming less debates, but more angry ranting.
@Unbrickable27 Yeah, I am flabbergasted to see how Sonic 3 fans can't tolerate those excited for Mufasa or those who gave positive reviews to Mufasa.
Were doing a double feature, because why cant we like both? Both animation eye candy and nostalgia hit. I agree the debates are tiring. I wish it could be seen like barbenheimer
I think Live-action Disney remake trigger them PTSD
How toxic was the debate between Barbie and Oppenheimer last year?
Watched it yesterday and I can only say this: Ignore the critics score. This was such a fun and emotional movie to watch! A really nice addition to the Lion King universe and in many ways better than the remake. There were 2 - 3 things where I personally wished that they would have happened in a different way but besides of that really really satisfied.
- A fun adventurous story
- A lot of wise words from our favorite mandrill (and he's no baboon!)
- Beautiful african flair
- Fun new songs and an epic orchestral score
- Some really emotional moments which even made me tear up
- The third act is just epic and quite action packed
- Known and beloved characters are getting more depth and I love them even more now (and don't worry, we don't have an Episode 8 Luke Skywalker character destruction with Mufasa here or anything. Really the opposite is the case. Respectful handling with all of them)
- Kiara is to cute to handle
- I think there isn't one new character that I didn't liked. Was even surprised how much I liked Obasi at the end since he seemed to be a total ** at first
- I loved the villains
- Yes, the animals are REALLY expressive this time
- Amazing CGI and landscapes again. Loved all the different biomes
I can only pledge to all of you to give this movie a chance. This one doesn't deserve to flop. It deserves to be a success. More than any remake. Thank you, Barry Jenkins!
Giving this movie a 8/10 right now because of the 2 - 3 things that I would have liked a bit differently. But I will go up to a 9 after I'm getting used to them after some rewatches.
really? oh wow I can't wait to go to the cinemas
It’s not really the critics, it’s the people who are hating, but yeah
@@silashurd3597 I think it's both. While the haters are mostly only annoying the critics can actually really prevent people from going to watch this with their in my opinion overly harsh reviews and critic score on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I can see where they are coming from with some points but all in all their criticism feels really exaggerated to me and almost none of their points really disturbed me that much during my watch at all to give this movie a rotten rating or such.
Hoping for a much higher audience score but looking at the first reviews on Rotten Tomatoes it already looks excellent!
@silashurd3597"people"
You mean grifters
This might be a bot. I saw this EXACT post in response to a video, a video that leaned pro-Sonic 3.
Agreed. This movie is really good.
Majority of its haters are definitely anti-Disney people who were gonna trash this movie regardless.
True,
Ngl i kinda had the vibe that the movie seemed more like a film for the fans.
i feel like it could have been better but i really enjoyed myself. I love the music, the characters were alright (i see no issue with Taka and Mufasa not being blood brothers, i don't get why so many are against that?) It felt like a broadway musical and after wish? I needed that return
I love Disney and i don't like this movie, i think the lion guard did a better job with scar
Good movies usually don't lose millions of dollars😂😂😂😂
@@ploppill34 say that to Heaven's gate.
I watched it a few hours ago and I really liked it. The dynamic between all the characters was interesting to see. It’s also sad cause seeing Mufasa and Taka happy together and having a good life as brother is really sweet yet we all know how both their lives went and ended. It’s sad and the movie does a good job getting you invested in the characters despite that.
I've been a fan of all things Lion King for years (Besides the 2019 remake) and I really enjoyed this movie! The movie is already getting review bombed which I think it unfair, mainly by the toxic side of the Sonic Fandom. Why not just enjoy both films? I'm excited to see Sonic 3 as well.
I don't think the review bombing is coming from the Sonic fans but instead of coming from people who hate the Disney live action remakes.
THIS
I’ve noticed that a lot of Sonic 3 fans were very toxic and hateful towards this movie during the trailers.
I don’t like how they’re treating this as a competition. I don’t think anybody truly saw these films as competitors except for toxic Sonic 3 fans
You say that your a fan of the original animation movies?
Then why are so confused to why people aren't liking the live versions, you should know that answer if your a fan of the original animation movies,
Or should I remind you??
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show,
Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline,
It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version,
That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄
The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@@jolight3040 I get what you’re saying, and initially I wasn’t too keen on the idea that they weren’t related by blood. However I went in with an open mind and actually enjoyed how it was done. Of course the original animated versions are better, but I don’t think this film should be bashed in the manner it has been.
I more see this film in the timeline of the 2019 remake canon instead of the 1994 version. Different versions of canon, especially since in The Lion Guard, Scar got his scar in a different way. That, and the hyenas in the 2019 version had different names, I consider it all separate from original canon. I hope that makes sense.
When I think of it this way, it makes me enjoy the 2019 remake a bit more, but it still is never going to top the original.
@Tstyle715 honestly am glad you enjoyed it, because am not a person who trying to stop anyone from enjoying things, and if you can separate the two versions then that's good on you, but me and to a lot of others who don't like it, the reason stay the same that the live version gose against and disrespects the actual storyline, and am glad that you can see what am saying,
Has I mentioned to you Disney could remake the whole plot of Star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son and it could be made as a whole better movie but I still would hate on something no matter how good it was if it didn't sick to what it is,
I do like the idea of the live versions but I will not accept anything that completely changes a storyline of something original, because if you can accept that you don't mind the storyline being changed completely, then what's the point of even watching a movie trying to tell you a storyline if it can be changed in the future?
This live version storyline pointless to even you if say someone else in 50 years or 100 years.. decides to completely changed the storyline again..
Maybe in the future remake of the remake ,
Simba''s name is changed or maybe the whole Lion king is changed to The lion Queen and it's more about a female side storyline then to a male's one, maybe they have a storyline of a female lioness against her evil brother, or aka not brother but step brother 🙄 but yeah anyways am not here to stop anyone from enjoy things, only that they is a real reason why a lot don't like the live versions because they treasure the original storyline and for someone to come and change that storyline completely has an emotional effect on what you learnt for that story to be..,
This why people don't like race swapping characters like Disney do with the little mermaid.. which is also trash,
When a storyline has been made to be one thing, you can not change it or the characters to be something else once the world accepts what that story is all about, this why a lot won't accept any changes even if the movies are good, you can make new characters and have a new plot for a character, same with the storyline.. I don't care about the live version of the lion king, Mufasa and Scar are brothers they always have been and always will be, and the live version can go against the original instead of honouring it, because the original animation movies storyline was already they first.
My problems with this movie is that during the end, when taka helped mufasa against kiros mufasa didn't say anything to the animals in the pride lands.
Despite betraying him taka realized he made a mistake and made up for it and has a scar from that fight but mufasa didn't tell anyone that taka saved him. TWICE. and only said he could stay which means he's taking credit for defeating a fully grown lion that could easily outmuscle him on his own, Which realistically isn't possible.
Another thing is that mufasa gave him credit for saving sarabi during the elephant stampede so taka knows mufasa was trying to help him get to her, when she chose mufasa he could have been more understanding that she simply didn't want him. But no they decided to make a smart calculating villain immature. Which is also something I hated, they didn't explain how scar became cunning. There was no foreshadowing to taka cunning and manipulative nature whatsoever.
Another thing is that it didn't do a good explaining how sarabi figured out mufasa was the one that saved her instead of taka. Or I forgot something idk.
I love the Lion King franchise and I don't want to say bad things but I'm not going to lie and say the movie makes sense. I criticize the movie because I want Disney to do better
Just saw Mufasa and I loved it, it surprisingly made me cry at the beginning and at the end
People have PTSD over "Live Action Remakes " from Disney, which fair. But this isnt a live-action remake. Its a new story and dare I say a cgi animation and not live-action. Think people are tossing out these terms willy nilly not fully realizing what they are saying and what Disney is actually doing with this Lion King installment. The Animations are their own thing, the CGI Lion King is doing its own thing borrowing from the franchise. Its not meant to be a 1:1 just like the Broadway Musical isn't a 1:1. With that out of the way, people need to give this one a honest chance and not piss on it for following the crowd. We got new music from Lebo M which we NEEDED in the 2019 one, the animation and background are eye candy, the story fills in some interesting holes from the original and its neat to see how the characters got from A-B. There is alot here to just pass up. I really hope people look past their biasas for this one because man, I'm so tired of the hate around these films.
Fair point! It’s more along the lines of movies like Dinosaur in that regard. I think the reflex is to call it “live-action” is because the 2019 remake followed the pattern of retreading old films but in a live-action style. People defaulted to calling it live action because it was realistic, and I was guilty of assuming that’s how *Disney* was labelling it. In fact, that assumption was why I just stopped actively watching these remakes. I defaulted to thinking “okay, they’re not even TRYING.”
That’s why people have lost a lot of faith in Disney IMO. We see the realistic style attached to a nostalgic property and jump to the conclusion there’s no effort being put forth. But hey, maybe Mufasa is the exception here!
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show,
Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline,
It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version,
That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄
The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
They classfy it that way movies like Cruella, Maleficent, Christoper Robin, Alice in Wonderland are considered remakes because its live actiom based on an original disney property
I don't mind the cool settings so much. It’s clear they put work into that. I just don't think CGI will ever be able to capture the emotion and movements of the 2D animated characters. Actual lions don't have that many facial expressions, and facial expressions are part of what makes the characters seem alive and awake.
Without that they just look like… lions, and they lose that “animals who are just like humans” vibe.
Thats why Berry Jenkins has made this film more animation-like. When you see Kiara or any of the Lions they EMOTE! My theater made A FEW "AWWWWW"s, when Kiara was on screen, because her FACIAL EXPRESSIONS where so sweet/sad/happy/hopeful/etc. Any time you could see exacly what the Lion was thinking and that is awesome!
Honestly all the negativity around this movie is subjective and shouldn't ruin the fun for those who will enjoy this movie.
I’d rather have Shadow shadow all over the cinema
I'm surprised by the negativity Ive seen, they're acting like the movie is a torture to sit through and I really don't get it. It's got all the feels of Lion King that the 2019 missed out on. If anything I was really happy to finally get some Scar backstory that seemed like it could fit with both the 94 classic and the remake. At best I think a LK fan will ask for more, but I doubt a majority who actually ( bothers to ) watch it, will hate it.
If you're worried that this will be as non-organic and robotic like 2019 .... don't!
I was actually shocked that this time around the script and the delivery had some passion put into it.
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show,
Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline,
It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version,
That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄
The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@jolight3040 1. Your probs a bot since since I've seen this exact comment, word for word on other comments.
2. HE'S STILL HIS BROTHER. Blood does not immediately equal family. You think adopted brothers aren't real brothers or smth? Also, if anything it's more special since he CHOSE mufasa as family instead of just being bound by blood which makes scars betrayal hurt more. Also, in the og, scar and mufasa never really looked like they were brothers anyway. Nor did they act like ones
@@shaziabibi7107 Yeah! Also there were multiple theories back then that Scar was adopted, because it's never stated they were blood brothers
I still think Sonic 3 was better but Mufasa was still a worthwhile time!
For me, it feels a lot more canonical to the Lion King Story than the Lion Guard. But I agree that the origins of Scar's betrayal seemed a bit off and like your adaptation of it better. But overall it was a great movie, one that received too much criticism
i couldnt agree more 👍👍
I saw it and yes... I liked it. I do think it's getting too much harshness in criticism (as a critic myself, I also have to keep an open mind about these things), but I think this deserves more praise than it's getting.
All of those generic arguments critics use these days has truly lost it's meaning. Like make your own movies if you're so petty all the time. This was a really good time to re-visit the lion king IP again. The ending was really cute and if this really is the end for now, then this ending felt quite satisfying.
I enjoyed this movie and it makes me so upset going to youtube KNOWING these movie snobs and cirticts were going to shit on every little detail, they dont even give it a chance. 🤷♀️
I’ve seen this movie twice in two days. My favorite songs are “I’ve Always Wanted A Brother” and “Tell Me It’s You”. I was repeatedly listening to those two songs over and over for days, which made me excitedly curious about this movie. I also agree that I don’t like Kiros’s song “Bye Bye”; I find it a unsettling when he even says that. Also you’re forgetting the dedication to the original voice Mufasa himself; when I heard James Earl Jones passed away, I thought: “When this new movie comes out, there had better be a shout out to him.” Sure enough, they must have had time to add that dedication at the last possible moment before it could be released. I appreciated seeing that! Honestly, I never understand what those critics are talking about; this movie was good. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
After Mufasa: The Lion King I wonder if the Disney film makers are planning to make the version of The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride in the future because I would like to see Kovu make an appearence at last in the live action but I wonder how it would work out with Kiara's new brother Kion made his appearence at the end of that movie.
Along with add Fuli, Bunga, Ono and Beste
Tbh It is nice to see a positive review for once, most reviews I have seen have been mixed to negative and in all honesty I still want to check it out for myself because truthfully when it comes to movies, you should never go by what others always say, there are movies people like that plenty of reviewers especially the popular movie reviewers have said "do not bother" for, overall its best to form your own opinion. At first I was disheartened to hear the negativity especially since I was hoping it would gain a more positive reaction and reviews, because then it would have shown that perhaps people were being too harsh on the movie and show "don't judge a book by its cover" and also decrease this whole "Sonic 3 vs Mufasa rivalry" thing which I think really is just breeding so much toxicity and is really unnecessary especially the use of the constant redundant criticism "nobody asked for this" which really people are always using that for every movie they do not like, it holds no merit. I love Sonic but honestly this whole "rivalry" thing people keep doing between them is ridiculous at this point. I see why the Sonic fanbase is regarded as being one of the most toxic fanbases out there. Overall I am gonna give it a watch myself and form my own opinion.
Yes, I agree that it’s nice to see a positive review. I also plan to see this film, and form my own opinion as well.
Yeah it's good to make up your mind, and am not here to stop you from doing so, but you believe that some people are just hating on it for no reason, trust me I was all for the live version and am not against it not being a good movie, but here's the reason why no matter how good it is it's always going to trash because
The reason is that
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show,
Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline,
It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version,
That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄
The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@@jolight3040bruh it's other different universe, not the animation universe... it's not a big deal 💀 the original universe stays the same....
@@jolight3040and yes, if it was the same you would be complaining too for being an "copy"
@anakarolyna1999 okay if you don't mind a storyline being changed then what's the point of even you watching a movie? if say later on someone else changes that story and now anything that you thought you knew now means nothing??
So your logic is that say if Disney was to change the storyline of Star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son and Luke is adopted, that's fine with you 🤔
Why even bother telling people what a storyline is all about or what the characters are..,because to you that dosen't mean anything because it fine with you to change it??
No the problem is that you can't change a story plot when it's already been knew to people around the world to what that storyline is all about,,
This why you cannot just race swap characters like Disney do,
You can make up new storylines and new characters for different story but can never change something that already exists, has I said to you what's the point of even watching a movie if your happy for it to be changed??
The live version dosen't honour the original it disregards and disrespects the actual storyline, Mufasa and Scar are brothers they always have been and always will be brothers , that's the plot to the whole Lion king story!!
I think a lot of people were biased towards the movie because it 1. tried to take on mufasa's backstory in a way that's contrary to the existing semi-canon material, which included characters like Ahadi and Uru being previous rulers of the pridelands and Taka and Mufasa being their biological children - despite being aware of it, clearly, chosing to name baby Scar Taka, still.
2. The movie was released when people were already super tired with life action remakes and canon changes, and inclusion of political narratives in movies - and were specifically looking to find politics in this movie too to make fun of - like assumption that the white lions were supposed to represent the white race being villianous. It's a theory, but in the world of lions, the albinos are probably more of minority and outcasts themselves - it is even adressed by rafiki as probable reason of why they were so angry and hateful. And making them albino made them both visually distinct - contrary to every other lion character which was hard to distinguish on brief glance + white can symbolize coldness or death. So there's plenty other explainations.
Still, I do believe it was way better movie than other disney remakes, and it was genuinely fun to watch, even if Timon and Pumbaa got significantly more annoying lol
I do feel like it kept the spirit of the original
I saw the movie, it was absolutely NOTHING what people was talking about, it was an new emotional disney classic (not 2d animated but still great and epic cuz the characters have emotion), i felt the old disney ghost talking to me with this movie, and when the movie ended, i moved out from the theaters thinking "HOW?!? HOW PPL HATED THIS MOVIE??!?" I really think some critic youtubers or movie critics in general are being paid to hate on this movie, or are just following the hate trend to have more likes and subscribers from toxic Sonic fanboys which is really disgusting if you ask me....
Listen, both are blinded by nostalgia, but the sonic fanboys are in the right to be blinded by nostalgia
@Fxmily8665xYT ? I don't get it?
@@anakarolyna1999 Sonic Adventure 2, it’s what Sonic 3 is based on, many sonic fanboys like it, They’re right to be blinded by nostalgia, however, Mufasa is a different story, people (Disney Adults) only went to see Mufasa becsuse they were blinded by nostalgia, the said nostalgia being the original Mufasa, but Mufasa the live action remake doesn’t really follow the orginal story (that’s what I know atleast), and Sonic 3 does also change Shadow’s backstory a bit (because Maria dies from an explosion instead of a bullet) but it wasn’t really much, however Mufasa (2024) changed the ENTIRE story (which is also what I know)
@Fxmily8665xYT well , the mufasa movie was not an remake of an existent animation so it's still a big Win for them, not all things have to rely on nostalgia to be good, even if the songs aren't the same of the animated movies they gave vibes from them, that's what it makes it enjoyable for the fans and new fans, also Don't remember that the original Sonic was adopted by an fellow human.
Edit: and still mufasa didn't destroyed totally the canon, even if mufasa and scar wasn't blood related they're still brothers, and Scar still the jealous brat.
I saw the movie after I saw Sonic 3. It was such a really great movie. I enjoyed this and Sonic 3. I’ve always wanted to see the backstory of Mufasa and Scar. I do wish it was animated though, but it was still fun regardless! I loved the tribute to James Earl Jones though, he would’ve loved this.
R.I.P. James Earl Jones, long live the king. 😢🕊️❤️🩹
Same I enjoyed both movies too!
Hold the phone do you mean long live the king as the way scar did
@@shezray1 Nope 🤣
You might be a shield, but you have convinced me to watch mufasa.
I feel the same, I feel like I'm the crazy one here I genuinely loved this movie and want to go watch it again and again, I can't wait until it's released on disney+ but everyone keeps groaning and ranting about how they "changed" TLK's story but I fully disagree. I don't care if you don't agree but you're allowed to make an AU of your story and that's really what the TLK fandom has always been about. I'm an artist who grew up on art sites and forums and watching people recreating the story with their art, making AUs and "what ifs?" also taking the books while I know are not canon, taking bits of it and mixing it with the og story. I've been loving TLK since I was 6 and I'm 36 now, this story is so special to me and I could never hate anything about it.
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show,
Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline,
It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version,
That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄
The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
This one is much better than the first. Yet people are still bashing on it like as if it was still the 1st live action.
But this movie has improved.
- giving the characters facial expressions makes a nice change
- exploring different places in Africa
- getting to know the back story of Simba's father and uncle
For me I give it an 8/10
At the end, they also set up Kiara meeting her little brother Kion, and hopefully they do another movie about Simba‘s pride (second lion King movie)
what really made me happy was A. the soundtrack and B. the fact Disney ACTUALLY added a villain. I personally went into this watching it solely because Mads Mikkelsen is in it, and I’m a HUGE fan of his, plus it was his first time ever singing a full song.
I’m super glad to say it was great. Finding out the soundtrack was written by Lin Manuel Miranda. I do think the plot was lacking, and yes, the plot is obviously a major part of any film. But the music, world building, scenery, animation, and acting blew me away.
Hopefully it’s a sign Disney is going to start trying again.
I just saw it yesterday
And oh my god….
So much better than 2019
The ending made me tear uppp
Im genuenly happy to find this video. Ive been looking for so long for one that syas mufasa is a good movie, bc after seeing it in theaters, i really enjoyed it. Its a movie i want to rewatch when it coems out. People actally worked hard on this movie and it only gets bad feedbakcon youtube. So im happy that this channel looked at it from i point of view similar to mine and congratulates disney.
This movie fail because the mob wants it to fail. I actually really enjoyed it, the kids too. The animation was really well done.
Yeah the anti Disney live action people
Was it better than sonic 3? Sonic 3 sucked and was disappointed with how long the movie was dragging out. I have low expectations for mufasa but I'll give it a chance
No no no 😂
The movie fail because..,
Is not about hating on the movie, it's about the movie disrespecting the original animation movies, the fact that the live version is saying that Mufasa and Scar aren't actual brothers go against the whole plot of the first movie, when the actual fact is that they are brothers and there's a whole truth origin story to Mufasa and Scar that was in a animation show,
Because of this live version now for the people who don't know the truth storyline of Mufasa and Scar are now getting confused when someone tells them all about the animation show of Mufasa and Scar real background storyline,
It's not about people hating on a live version it's about why the hell have they changed what made Lion king's story so much beloved and learning what the storyline was all about with Scar trying to kill his brother and his Nephew Simba only for now that the live version is saying that the animation movies are wrong because they not actual brothers, it makes the point of the original not making sense if your going off from the live version,
That's like Disney wanting to change star wars where Luke and Vader aren't really father and son, because Luke is adopted, it dosen't make sense dose it? 🙄
The story was already made for them, why change it, am sorry but the live version are always going to be trash no matter what, which is a shame because I did like the idea of the live versions but they changed what made the storyline that it was!!!
@@jolight3040 So... The movie will fail because people like you can't handle "Alternate Universe"-Stories?
@ I asked my 9 year old son if the fact that Taka and Mufasa were not real brothers bothered him… Sorry to disappoint you, but he didn’t care about that at all.
This was a great movie. The thumbnail said “you should give it a chance”, and I agree. Most of the haters I think are judging it pretty unfairly just because it’s tied to the 2019 version. They seem to think that just because they thought the 2019 version was bad, that automatically makes this bad. That’s absurd and that’s not fair.
The internet just thinks about it too much. It's a good movie
I agree with you 100% i can’t believe people don’t like this
Finally a video that isn't bashing the film. The Sonic 3 and Mufasa are good in there own right. Thanks for the video dude.❤
this film was solid I thought and if they wanna remake the lion king 2 Simba's pride next I'm in
I agree with you, people are just ridicolously critical nowadays.
I'll be honest, this movie isn't horrible.
It's a film that you can watch in the cinema or with your family and that you can enjoy, despite all its flaws, the film remains entertaining to watch.
Certain aspects were also improved such as the facial expressions which were added to the film or the colors which gave a certain tone to the scenes.
However
The film remains bad for a Disney and a product of the Lion King franchise.
Lore aside, the film desperately tries to invent a backstory for one of Disney's greatest villains which unfortunately completely fails.
The reason why Scar became evil according to the film was due to a fit of jealousy towards his brother who managed to have Sarabi, which is not at all credible.
There were other much more interesting factors at play like Eshe who spent a lot more time with a wanderer than his own son or Obasi who always warned Scar towards Mufasa but the film ultimately decided that the big elements the trigger for this accumulation is a lioness that Taka met in less than 5 minutes.
His betrayal is also very bad.
Scar hating Mufasa and Sarabi is one thing, allying with his parents' killers is another.
Why would Sscar decide to take revenge for everything Mufasa took from him by allying himself with those who are the main reason for their peril and his loss of the throne?
The "live action", although improving, remains bad.
The animals all look the same (Afia and Eshe are examples) and their realistic rendering always prevents them from doing crazy things.
Part of what made The Lion King so charming was the animation and hectic actions of the characters, all of which is lost here.
This film is definitely a vast improvement on the 2019 remake and if you go in without the expectations of the original Lion King then it's a fair family film. While I'll never be a personal fan of the photorealism style as it limits expression, diversity of design, and falls into the uncanny valley, this is the best it's looked.
Unfortunately, the relationship between Scar and Mufasa is the thing this film did the best and it really fumbles for me by adding the love triangle with Sarabi. I'm not a fan of love triangles that objectify the female character and that's really what it does here despite trying to build a relationship between her and Mufasa. I think it makes sense for Scar to see Mufasa getting everything he wants and having that jealousy drive his villainous turn, but the film focuses a bit too much on him "not getting the girl" instead of him losing his throne. Especially since becoming king is his core motivation in both the original Lion King and the 2019 remake, it feels kind of pathetic and unsatisfying.
Mufasa was so good 9/10
Agreed
I'm still not a fan of the creative choice to make Mufasa and Scar adopted siblings instead of blood related siblings in the canon lore. Anyway, I rather watch this movie on Disney+ and go watch Sonic The Hedgehog 3 in theaters because it has my favorite character, Shadow the Hedgehog.
Shadows origin was good but the rest of the movie dragged on. I give it a 7 out of 10
@@solidsnake8331you clearly have no soul
It’s a good movie a lot of people are trash talking it dude James Earl jones deserves to rest in peace let my man rest in peace
Thank you for giving your positive and negative thoughts about the movie unlike other youtubers that talk really harsh about the movie without even watching it
i am going to watch the movie later today and i am looking forword to that and i hope they honor james earl jones i mean the fact that they got him to voice mufasa in the 2019 live action they may not do but man i would love to see them finaly add kopa in the this franchise as simba first child and be like a older brother for kiara a couble of things i like from the 2019 movie is they added a couble of more cubs in the pride and i always though how did nala managed to leave the pride land wich was nice to see the new movie and i did like they got away with the lets say germanic hyeenas and made them abit more scary and a threat to lion cubs
Even though I like Sonic way more, and I'm seeing it Sunday, I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Mufasa: The Lion King. Sure it's not 2D animated BUT they finally gave them facial expressions, better visuals, and an interesting storyline between Taka and Mufasa. The only things I have to say about it is it really isn't gonna be the same without James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons as the two iconic characters. I'm not going to enjoy Simba, Nala, and Kiara too much cause the actors/actresses really don't match them in my honest opinion. And I'm not too fond of how they tweaked the backstory between these two (like making Mufasa an orphan, etc.,) Overall, seems pretty solid to watch 😊.
Finally someone who respects both movies
@ Ty I do appreciate it 😇I do apologize other Sonic 3 movie people kept being toxic about this and starting this worthless debate. Not all of us are this way trust me, I do love Lion King as well
Am seeing it next week so hopefully it will be good
just watched it the other day, Loved it. some of the songs were a little silly, but the heart and soul i’ve missed so much from disney movies was there. I LOVE MUFASA as a character and now love his story. ❤
I just got home from seeing the movie and it was REALLY good! I thought the story was good, the animation was better than the last time, and the voice acting was top notch! The songs were forgettable (to me...although not bad) and I wish to goodness that they had left Timon and Pumbaa out. But, apart from that, I thought it was really good...dare I say, great! I enjoyed myself. Definitely give it a go. ❤
EDIT: OH MY GOSH!! I just this very second realized why the villains were white lions! 😮 #KimbaTheWhiteLion
Oh come on! As rude as Timon and Pumbaa were during the narration, in their defense they were just being the comic relief.
Nah they should’ve made Scar SNAP snap. Cause in The Lion King he’s a narcissist psychopath with no remorse lmaooo.
They really wasted an epic opportunity of storytelling there
I think it makes sense that he didn’t fully snap, when he got older he grew more and more bitter over the years. Which made him more crazy LOL
Exactly, the remake went to the direction that remove all the magic from an animation film especially for the lion King. Mufasa fixed all the problems, even included an amazing villain song!
I just saw this yesterday in theaters, and I thought this was a great movie!!! I know a lot of people don’t like the live action Lion King movie or any live action in general but I had a great time with MUFUSA THE LION KING!!!!!!!! Nice touching tribute to JAMES EARL JONES, which RIP TO THE FREAKING LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I like about this film is I can really feel the emotions of the characters although is live action, give me some vibes of the cartoon, a big improvement compared to the 2019 film
I saw it yesterday, I kinda liked it
everyone's a critic. Just watch and see for yourself; make your own judgment on it.
This one was the only Disney live action alongside Stitch and Moana that I will give chances because at least it honors the culture the original animated movie has established! There is no race swapping and the lead stayed true to his character and the expressions and colors have improved a lot!
Race swapping? Um no offense that’s an invalid criticism
@@stuffed-sq5fz nah that shit is valid in at least some of the remakes when you look back on them. The new ‘Snow White’ is pretty telling of what Disney Values… they want to value diversity, but the moment people or another celebrity.. *cough* *cough* Peter Dinklage *cough* says this is disrespectful then they immediately go back on themselves. So now because of that we have an upcoming Snow White movie with no dwarf actors, no love to the original story and an unlikable protagonist that wants to become a “Strong Woman”… man I just want a happily ever after cause Disney acts like it’s bad to want love
@Wraith_XD
This is just grifter behavior and borderline racist
@Wraith_XD no it is invalid cause its basically racist. Whitewashing is the only bad thing.
Also, Snow White was also race swapped in the 1939 film as she didnt have ebony skin, no one does. And white is just a last name.
Also hating strong women even though she was also kind like that in the original is basically sexist. Your a nerdrotic and critical drinker fanboy ans i xan tell
I appreciate this review. Every other channel just sh*tted on this movie for no reason lol I would definitely see it again
I loved this movie. And haters are gonna hate 😅
I love this movie but everyone is hating like this is the only good reviews of the movie
Agreed
I love the new Mufasa movie and I really don’t get the hate for it. It’s really awesome that the characters are more expressive again and there are good hyenas in the background!
I caught the Haynes in the background too 😅 honestly if they make “Simba’s pride” with this level of animation, I will be first in line for opening night
They really should and they should also include good hyenas in it. I was really sad that the animated version didn’t have any hyenas in it at all
After I watch sonic i was alredy planning on watching mufasa to give it a try 👍
I saw the movie today as well you are not alone in your opinion.
If the critics are choosing to hate on this film they already had their minds made up before even watching the film.
Mufasa didn't look bad at the end, scar asked for forgiveness and he did ultimately save mufasa's life before that. Mufasa's choice to get scar a second chance was completely understandable.
I watched it today in the cinema, and I felt a chill go down my spine. The dramatic part happened so quickly in the beginning! The difference between the 2019 movie and this one had my jaw dropped. I loved it. The only criticism (If you can call it that) was that Taka got his scar different from what he claimed happened in the lion guard.
Sonic 3 will piss on the moon im telling you
It’s ass
there were times when the lions were hard to differentiate, but the expressions were always clear imo! the animators took advantage of the angles to portray emotions and it was so good
*though i do agree that scar’s motive was weak 😭
I agree on everything except for with tamon and pumba. They seemed kinda rly unnecessary in the movie and rly didn’t provide much other than being a character ppl want to see in a prequel. I understand them wanting to add the duo as audiences rly love them, but if they don’t have an actual purpose and they seem to just get in the way and act as time fillers. I would’ve liked to see more on scar turning evil rather than him just switching immediately in that one scene. It would have been a lot better if he had slowly become bitter and evil and jealous rather than just deciding on a whim. Otherwise i did rly enjoy this movie and i think people need to realize that just bc its made by Disney doesn’t mean its bad (although I can’t rly blame them with the past couple of movies that have came out)
This is good! Also, The original is so good! I’d rather class this as a prequel sequel to the original movie!! Villains are so awesome and in prequels too! I’d love to see a Kiros prequel!
I watched the movie myself, it was kinda mid and cringe so I’ll give it a 6.5/10. Not that it was absolute garbage and I didn’t like the movie at all, it’s just that it didn’t reach my standards. Would I watch it again? Yes. Would I pay to watch it again though? Nah. I’m glad this movie isn’t woke and the right winged who are calling this movie misandristic or racist towards white people are just sensitive.
I expected to not really like the movie, but I ended up really enjoying it. I *DO* wish Timon and Puumba would *SHUT UP* though. Honestly all their scenes were my least favorite parts of the movie. I enjoyed Kiara's talks with Rafiki more than those two. I didn't hesitate to skip their scenes.
It’s a really good movie and animation is great lobed watching in 4dx
As much as it looks better, the characters and plot just feel wrong. Mufasa is a Mary Sue who can do no wrong, to the point of taking over Scar's qualities of cunning and intelligence. Let's just forget Scar saying he'd inherited the "lion's share" of that in the original film, because Taka definitely didn't. He's vain and naive, and the manipulating mastermind is gone entirely, because he couldn't outshine Mary Sue Mufasa...
I don't know. To me it feels like a butchering of the original characters. I actually really looked forwards to this film.
I watched this movie and really enjoyed it! The only part that was slightly annoying to me were the cut away shots to Timon and Pumbaa. I felt like it broke the flow of the story a bit and took me out of it at times; I think if they did less cut aways the story, for me would've flowed a lot better. I am glad that I gave this movie a chance, and love that they really improved on the facial expressions of the characters.
I agree with the title completely
I loved the style, the facial expressions, the score, the story - only two critic points: Takas fall was way too fast (even if he is a teenager and Sarabi was his first love, yes, he feels very betrayed) it would have been better, if Kiros had found him, after Takas song and would have manipulatet him in his hate more. And after Taka saves him from the water, when the animals want Mufasa as king, that we see Taka/Scar swear revenge or something, because yes, Mufasa stole his destiny. But way after Taka said that in the movie.
The second thing I didn´t liked, where the songs. Lin should have made the songs for Moana 2, because these songs weren´t nearly as good, as they could have been.
They were just ... there. Of course no songs can be as good as the originals from 1994, but The Lion Guard had better songs
I was confused I thought this movie was fire
I Saw It Last Night with my Mom and brother and we really enjoyed it 🦁🥰🥰 It Was Way Better Than 2019’s Live Action Remake That’s For Sure
13:03 bro that’s exactly how I wanted it to be too
I actually like the movie. What I wish is that they made an animated version first then a live action.
The narrative of the film genuinely falls off a cliff after Scar went incel mode. Legit hated what they ended up doing with Scar
not saying it justified his actions but he WAS promised to be the king. of his pride. and then list his family. mufasa too but he gained a girlfriend taka wanted FIRST (and broke the bro code). and regained his mom. AND his entire pride in the end!! he also was the one to kill one if the members if white lions. not scar. yet they went after scars family.
@@Maggie66112 Taka's kingdom was destroyed by the white lions, Mufasa only killed the white lion in self-defense, Mufasa didnt stole Sarabi but she fell for him (no bro code broken). Mufasa was chosen by everyone else because of who he was. The white lions went after scars family because they were already planning too, even if mufasa wasnt around. Taka still shouldnt have flipped completely and teamed up with the murderer of his family
And btw, the bye bye song of Kiros really just keep on reminding me Deadpool’s bye bye bye😂
FINALLY SOMEHODY WHO RATES THE MOVIE
Finally some positivity about this movie, i loved it ❤
The only complaint i had was timon and pumba, rather than the strapping, charming personalities they had in the original and second lion king movie, they were aggressively annoying, embarrassing, and they just plain didnt need to be there
Right? They were especially absolute peak in the 1½ midquel. Look what they took from us.
Sorry. All the YMS stans are gonna keep seething at a movie they never seen with the same recycled "its lifeless" jabs
Wow finally an actual positive review of this movie? I might give it a rent. Had high hopes but all the reviews have made me not want to bother.
I would honestly say this, the choice is yours, do not go by what all the other reviews have said, because at the end of the day different movies appeal to different people, there are movies I love that have gotten negative reviews and people have said "do not bother" with. if you feel you really want to see it, give it a chance, you may love it, now if its something you want to wait till streaming for and want to go watch Sonic 3 or another movie thats playing in cinemas, then by all means, its your money, its christmas season and you wanna go out to see the movie your choice of movie.
@@kaijufan2001 I’ve seen it now, there are some parts I really liked but others that kinda ruined it. So often (especially at the start) it felt like the characters were talking superrrr fast and not taking a breathe. There’s a part where Taka is talking to Sarabi which is regular paced and really nice. His turning evil comes outta no where though, *spoiler* he just flips and becomes murderous because of a little teenage love triangle. Also I don’t get why Mufasa still let him be First in line for the throne if he knew about his betrayal? Also Takas dad brings up Mufasa’s name meaning King. Which is weird. The names have always African meanings which are purposely never mentioned in the show. The name Taka means Dirt/Filth. So why would Obasi call his son that, if name meanings were important to him? Overall I’d give it 4/10. There were some good parts but I wouldn’t want to watch it again.
@@Sponglor "Taka" also means to want, which better portrays taka's ambitious character (desiring Sarabi, the crown etc). Overall the movie is good and a step in the right direction for Disney
@ishaansarkar5905 so he named his son “Want”?
Something else I noticed: despite what characters tell him, throughout the story Mufasa is shown to have a very poor sense of smell. He can never sense when the white lions are near, or where they are (Taka can instantly), he can’t small them on Taka even after Taka has just visited them. And in TLK he can never smell the hyena on Scar, never suspects a thing. Yet he claims he can smell flowers on Sarabi back from where she grew up. This is either poor writing, or Mufasa lied and he heard Sarabi mention the duck flowers, OR everyone is lying to Mufasa to make him feel better about his bad sense of smell…. but that’s never addressed. So likely the writers just forgot and wrote him to not be able to sense anything that the other lions can.
This must have to be way better than the 2019 version
This movie got a lot of uneeded hate. Its not that great sure, but still pretty decent. While I had more fun with Sonic 3 personally, id watch Mufasa again
I mostly enjoy it for background animals but they made the actual original story as it has emotions compared to KotPotA as I didn't feel anything
I loved this movie - Mufasa The Lion King more than the 2019 The Lion King. This one was more engaging with the emotions and screenplay. Great sound design but the music fell flat - didn't quite connect or placed well. With that kept out, the overall movie was fantastic!! Worth a rewatch!
I absolutely loved the movie! Will be watching it again on Monday 😊 Ignore the critics. They are definitely off about this one
It was okay but i prefear what the lion guard did with scar
Right I'm extremely critical of Disney, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. I think I could've done without the framing device they used, but it was a lot better.
I just think they couldve spent more time on Scar becoming more bitter and showing more forshadowing because it seemed a bit drastic when he betrayed Mufasa.
It was surprisingly good in 3D 👓
This looks like a wonderful movie!
I watched it and it was..ok. It doesn’t really feel like a Lion king film (if that makes remotely any sense? It probably doesn’t but something about the story felt off). It also felt really long yet rushed at the same time and the villains were very wasted. Visuals were gorgeous though