Thoughts on The Lion King
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Chrispy_G — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 08:30 AM)
Well, I just meant that to some degree they did have sets that the child actor was interacting with and present on.
But without any human actors, this could essentially be a 100% "animated" film, and I'm curious if they will consider incorporating ANY "live action"(sets, plates, whichever) into the filmbecause in theory it would allow them to spend more time/money/attention on the CGI characters.
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saxondale7 — 9 years ago(October 03, 2016 04:23 AM)
I think Trevor raised a great point before, however, about the fact that a human character anchored The Jungle Book, gave the animals something of an excuse to talk, and I do think it made the film look more impressive, as you had a real person interacting with an entirely CGI world.
No humans puts me in mind of something like Dinosaur, especially if Disney attempt to go for the photo-realistic route, where talking lions might look silly.
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TrevorAclea — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 05:14 PM)
On one level it makes sense with the growth in China, though there have already been several films and TV series about her - with 2009's Hua Mulan being heavily promoted by the Chinese government as rescuing a national heroine from Disneyfication - so the Disney approach may not be as welcome in China as they think.
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dalbrech — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 12:09 PM)
Western studios are certainly trying to appeal to the Chinese Market, with mixed results. Independence Day:Resurgance made a big effort for the Chinese Market (casting one of China's most popular pop singers in a major role,giving China a big part of the storyline)but it still underperformed. Frankly, "The Martian" was a lot smarter in appealing to the Chinese market;it did so without looking like it was panderingwhich can backfire.
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Wartle — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 03:23 PM)
It sounds stupidbut it'll probably be a big hit. I was skeptical about Jungle Book but apparently my finger is nowhere near the pulse of the average audience because crowds ate that movie up. On top of that even Tarzan did vastly better business than anybody gave it a chance of doing before it was released. I'm really not sure how you could turn a movie with an all-animal cast into a live action filmbut if there's a way to do it I can see it doing well at the boxoffice.
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Evangelion217 — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 02:09 PM)
Personally, I didn't love "The Jungle Book." But people seem to really enjoy Jon's approach with that film and families really enjoyed it. So if he can have even half of that success with "The Lion King", then this film could still make 900 million dollars worldwide. And if it's a better film, then a billion dollars is not out of the question.
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