The animated version of The Lion King, when I was in college, I bought the original soundtrack of the movie in Crazy English. At that time, it was still two cassettes in a box, and there was also a full text of the movie dialogue, so I started listening to the tapes to practice listening. The scenes, dialogues, and even the songs are all very familiar. At the same time, I bought Mulan to listen to. A child from a small town went to college and thus began his English listening journey. I learned a lot of vocabulary and expressions in it, and it also broadened my horizons. It turns out that English can still be learned in this way. This is also when I recalled that experience later, I sighed that I still have such a relationship with "The Lion King".
I can't say how much I like this cartoon, but because of my familiarity with the movie, and because the director of this real lion version is Iron Man's assistant Happy, I think I should come to the theater to see it. Besides, there haven't been any good movies recently.
Compared with the original animation, the picture is definitely more beautiful. After all, it is played in IMAX, and the visual effect must be wrong; after watching the movie, I get a lot of wallpapers. The plot basically maintains the original story development, with only some minor changes. There are places where the story feels more fluid and coherent and more plausible. Other places are less than satisfactory.
First of all, the plot added a section where Nala escaped from Pride Rock to rescue the soldiers, which also got the help of Zazu; at the same time, Sazu also secretly returned to report the situation to Sarabi when Scar ruled Pride Rock. These all show the characters more abundantly; unlike the original cartoon where there was only one-line development of Simba, other characters also disappeared after leaving the Glory Stone, and everyone reappeared after Simba returned.
Secondly, when Simba confronted Scar, the flow of the plot in the original animation was rather blunt and abrupt. Sarabi's questioning was added to the movie, which made Simba's return and the secret unveiling more acceptable to the lions.
Some of the details of Pumbaa and Timon also add to the film's humor; two of the coyotes are actually arguing about personal space; however, the original silly coyote is missing.
What I am not satisfied with is that some changes have been made to the original music, especially Scar's Prepared; the songs in the original version are still very good, and this version is a pity. There is also a place where little Simba and little Nana go out to get rid of Zazu's singing and dancing scenes, which are not as entertaining as those in the original animation.
Finally, I looked at the dubbing list, and there are many actors from Marvel (including the director).
The classic reappears without too many surprises and without too many mistakes.
After so many years of re-watching, I have a whole new feeling. Why Simba listened to Scar's words so much, obviously his parents didn't give him a good crisis education, and didn't learn to distinguish right from wrong. It is very dangerous to put too much trust in one person, and it is a person in the family who is obviously at odds with everyone (is it more accurate to say a lion, haha). Therefore, Mufasa's education for the future king, if not to say failure, was unsuccessful.
However, the addition of some details makes Nala's image more plump and more likeable. She is brave, but she can also see the danger; when they were children, the two of them went to the elephant cemetery to play, and it was Nala who kept reminding Simba not to go any further and to go back; later, when the Glory Stone was occupied, it was also Nala who insisted that they should go out to find rescue and New opportunities, rather than sticking around to show loyalty; this segment not only makes the reunion of Simba and Nala more plausible, but also makes us love the future queen even more. Sure enough, behind every successful man is an excellent woman (of course, I want a good man, hehe)!
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