Wow - 'The Circle Of Life is Complete'

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2019)

There are some films/series etc that cannot be remade because of the era they they were made in. Having said that, a remake that follows the codes and conventions set by its original telling can work to an equally powerful effect. A remake should never try to replace the original; in fact the best remake will easily stand second place to its original and recapture the magic & nostalgia that was remembered long ago.
Animation is an art form that achieves emotion in a very different sense to Live Action, VR & CGI. The Lion King 2019 beautifully references and recaptures the nostalgia and the energy of the original whilst at the same time bringing some new injected life. It achieves the effect differently but that's the point. The imagery is very reminding and iconic. Live Action can work well if handled sensibly. Han's Zimmer's iconic score and the musical numbers are reworked and recaptured and the films pacing references the original. Doing certain things differently in a remake is important providing the iconic and nostalgia based parts are untouched. Mufasa is recreated exactly by originasl actor James Earl Jones. John Kani's Rafiki lives up brilliantly against Robert Guillaume's original and the story is retold and recaptured very well. It was the hardest Disney Classic to remake but references the original to a T.