The Lion King (Remake) Official Teaser Trailer

Apparently the “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” sequence takes place during the day lmfaaaaooooooo...

It'S mOrE doCuMENtaRy-LiKE thAT WaY

Maybe? I believe the chorus was at least sung in nighttime. I dunno, I just saw that somewhere and found it hilarious.

Judging by a lot of the reactions, I feel like the filmmakers may have painted themselves into a corner by choosing to update the animation with supposedly photorealistic imagery. Many people are complaining that in doing so, the filmmakers have divested the characters of all human expression, but I think Bilge Ebiri makes a point worth noting in his review that perhaps that's sort of the idea (as misguided as it may seem) since the goal seems to be to present the characters with zoological authenticity and to not anthropomorphize them too much... but of course when you have the animals talking and singing, it really does create this weird disconnect that seems to have resulted from the filmmakers' vision at the outset.

It becomes a question of how to update the visual presentation of these characters without duplicating the kind of cartoonified animation from the original that allows them to be more expressive and human-like. The difficulty of finding a solution to remaking a film like this probably just reflects back on the misguided nature of the project on the whole, but it makes me wonder if the film had tossed out all the songs would that make it more palatable? (Though hardcore fans of the original would probably riot) The act of singing requires more prolonged and extreme facial expressions, so I can understand how viewers would feel something is "off" about how it's handled here. The issue might still be there when the characters speak, but perhaps not to the same degree. It also makes me wonder if the film could have been done in a similar way to the recent Planet of the Apes films, which often used subtitles instead of spoken words. I can't imagine audiences going for that though.

Why is it that shocking?  By all accounts, its just a shot for shot remake that adds nothing new (other than the tech aspect of it).   I think critics are wising up to what Disney is doing here.  And  Disney has been phoning it in with all these remakes recently.   All the remakes have been uninspiring / lifeless cash grabs.   

It'll still make a billy with ease though but I'll stick with the Jonathan Taylor Thomas version thank you very much.

I never had faith in this one so I'm not that surprised by the reaction. The Hakuna Matata clip lacked any kind of charm or soul.

Honestly I think the Aladdin remake is probably better than this.