2) Timon and Pumbaa: the 2019 Lion KingĪdmittedly, some things about Simba’s best pals/adoptive parents Timon and Pumbaa have changed for the worse, between 19. Glover has the better-suited voice in “Can You Feel,” sure. In both versions, the other characters grab the spotlight, particularly Timon and Pumbaa (more on this in a bit), and neither Glover nor Broderick can ever outshine them. It may also be why Donald Glover’s Simba in 2019’s edition fails to leave much of an impression. Perhaps that’s why Matthew Broderick’s Simba (from the 1994 version of the film) isn’t as iconic as Jeremy Irons’s Scar or James Earl Jones’s Mufasa. follow what his father told him all along. For the most part, he just follows what the other animals - Mufasa, Scar, Timon, Pumbaa, Nala, Rafiki - tell him to do. This may be a controversial opinion, but here it goes: Simba, the protagonist, is the least compelling character in The Lion King. Here are nine integral components of The Lion King, and our definitive opinions on which version served them better. That said, there are at least some parts of the remake that surpass the original. The Lion King remake failed to match up with its predecessor in a lot of ways.

And, according to film critics, Disney failed to do so - The Lion King’s 2019 iteration has received mixed to low marks across the board. While the new Lion King will most likely make piles of money (thanks to heavy marketing, existing fan nostalgia, and a savvy Beyoncé casting), creating a movie that bests the beloved original is easier said than done. Now, 25 years later, Disney has remade the classic with its sights set on the coup of a century: an attempt to remake the movie and cash in on that nostalgia. It was a movie about succession, monarchies, sex, death, and nihilism - all wrapped around the story of large felines, warthogs, meerkats, and the “Circle of Life.” Called The Lion King, it became one of Disney’s most beloved animated features of all time. In 1994, Disney released an animated movie with the makings of a Shakespearean drama.

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