Today my husband and I are going to see the new Lion King movie. I expect it to be cute and think the artistic style will be cool, but I don’t expect it to live up to my love of the original cartoon movie as it is probably my favorite movie of all time. I also heard they took out the whole scene with Scar and the hyenas singing “Be Prepared”. Super bummed about that as Scar is my favorite character. I also don’t like how the Scar in this remake looks nothing like the original Scar.
Overall, I’m not really crazy about all the live action remakes of the Disney Classics. I did like the Jungle Book one ok and Beauty and the Beast wasn’t that bad (I do love Emma Watson, so that was a plus), but I didn’t even have a desire to see the Cinderella or Aladdin ones. I like Will Smith overall, but he is no Robin Williams.
I did like Maleficient quite a bit, but I’m not sure if that was really a remake as it told an entirely different viewpoint and story when compared to the original animated film. I’m sorry if I’m boring you lol, but I take my Disney seriously 🙂
Maranda Russell 
That’s why I haven’t gone to see it yet, but I’ve been told that there aren’t any huge changes. I also enjoyed maleficent, I’m looking forward to the second movie.
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I didn’t know they were doing a 2nd Maleficient. Cool.
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I doubt I’ll end up watching it. It seems hard to imagine that it could possibly live up to the original.
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It actually was pretty decent. Sticks to the original fairly well. They didn’t cut Scar’s “Be Prepared” scene entirely either, although I still like the cartoon version better.
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I would watch this with lower expectations too, because I think the classic is just too good and there’s a lot of hype with these types of things. Lower expectations also means you can be pleasantly surprised if it ends up being incredible. Have fun & I hope you enjoy – will look forward to hearing what you think of it!
Caz xx
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It was better than I expected. Scar had more scenes than it sounded like from what I had heard and it stuck pretty close to the original. The cubs are really cute.
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I went to see it on a First Date over the weekend with a healthy dose of scepticism and I was left 100% BLOWN AWAY! I LOVED IT! Please go in and watch it with an open mind and I promise you’ll love it too Xxx
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Yeah, I enjoyed it. Pretty close to the original, but obviously visually different.
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