I just came back from seeing this. I did not see the 2019 remake. I enjoyed it. At first I had completely mixed thoughts, but ended up clapping at the end. While they are not *my* Timon & Pumbaa, and I was nervous about the framing device, they got some laughs out of me. I also thought that Blue Ivy Carter did a really good job with Kiara; I was impressed.
I think the lineage thing makes sense in my head. Without Taka saving Mufasa, Taka would be in line to be king. Without Mufasa spending so much time with Taka's mom and feeling super close with her and saving her life, Taka's dad would not have accepted Mufasa. But Mufasa "marries" Sarabi, and Sarabi is a princess, so like Taka isn't king of his own pride, and he didn't marry the princess to be king of that tribe...I'm super sleepy so I don't know if I'm even understanding any confusion.
I've heard "I've Always Wanted a Brother" a few times, and the way they say "brother" still bothers me, but less so. It's a super catchy song. I think besides that song, I didn't listen to any other songs before going to the theater. I really liked "Milele"- super pretty. "We Go Together" is really catchy as well. "Tell Me It's You" is also pretty. "Bye Bye" was pretty catchy, too. I agree that it was a little jarring seeing the photorealistic animals sing (I didn't see the 2019 film so it was new to me), but I mean it's an animated film so it's fine.
I don't think it's a perfect film, but I enjoyed it a heck of a lot more than I was expecting. I liked the relationships between the characters, whether the parents or the lions or the other animals. I liked the music.
But I was wondering, and maybe I'll find the answer in one of my open windows on the computer, but Who animated this movie (and the 2019 movie)? Not WDAS. I read the above-posted Barry Jenkins interview, but it didn't specify who animated it. Did Disney farm it out to a VFX company or did in-house, non-WDAS animators work on it?
*edit* MPC did the animation? Like, I guess because Disney hired for the script/storyboard/director/producers/music, etc, it's a Disney film, and more of one than let's say Valiant or The Wild, but it's an animated "Disney" film not animated by anyone at Disney...? I'm trying to make sense of it in my head.
https://www.technicolor.com/studios/mpc/ (https://www.technicolor.com/news/mufasa ... fx-oscars/)
I think the lineage thing makes sense in my head. Without Taka saving Mufasa, Taka would be in line to be king. Without Mufasa spending so much time with Taka's mom and feeling super close with her and saving her life, Taka's dad would not have accepted Mufasa. But Mufasa "marries" Sarabi, and Sarabi is a princess, so like Taka isn't king of his own pride, and he didn't marry the princess to be king of that tribe...I'm super sleepy so I don't know if I'm even understanding any confusion.
I've heard "I've Always Wanted a Brother" a few times, and the way they say "brother" still bothers me, but less so. It's a super catchy song. I think besides that song, I didn't listen to any other songs before going to the theater. I really liked "Milele"- super pretty. "We Go Together" is really catchy as well. "Tell Me It's You" is also pretty. "Bye Bye" was pretty catchy, too. I agree that it was a little jarring seeing the photorealistic animals sing (I didn't see the 2019 film so it was new to me), but I mean it's an animated film so it's fine.
I don't think it's a perfect film, but I enjoyed it a heck of a lot more than I was expecting. I liked the relationships between the characters, whether the parents or the lions or the other animals. I liked the music.
But I was wondering, and maybe I'll find the answer in one of my open windows on the computer, but Who animated this movie (and the 2019 movie)? Not WDAS. I read the above-posted Barry Jenkins interview, but it didn't specify who animated it. Did Disney farm it out to a VFX company or did in-house, non-WDAS animators work on it?
*edit* MPC did the animation? Like, I guess because Disney hired for the script/storyboard/director/producers/music, etc, it's a Disney film, and more of one than let's say Valiant or The Wild, but it's an animated "Disney" film not animated by anyone at Disney...? I'm trying to make sense of it in my head.
https://www.technicolor.com/studios/mpc/ (https://www.technicolor.com/news/mufasa ... fx-oscars/)
Statistics: Posted by blackcauldron85 — Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:20 pm