![]() ![]() But too many of the Disney remakes don't know why they need to be remade and suffer for it.Īladdin is probably the best way to see this, because when you watch Aladdin, it's very clear what was made new for the movie with an original story and its own points that make a good story in their own right, but it's also very clear what's just taken from the original and fails to live up to it. Ultimately, the question of doing a remake is "Okay, but what new thing do we bring to the story this time?" and when the answer is "Showstopping musical numbers" or "We have a budget this time" or "We're going to set it in modern times and update the narrative" or "We're actually just adapting the novel again, not taking things from the previous movie version except as an easter egg" then sure, go for it. Because they were trying to tell a classic story of "The Liar revealed" and "People will love you for who you are" but they weren't just copying Disney and the dozens of other movies that used those formula - Sony and Tencent were trying to be just make own thing. There was a better remake of Aladdin called "Wish Dragon". (It's really hard to do a Bollywood or Broadway dance number where people don't look like they're having fun.) and the costumes&dances in Aladdin I will admit. ![]() (ie the interesting costumes) and the only parts of the other live-action remakes were when they were trying to do something differently. Cinderella varied between "Meh" and "Huh, cool" and the latter moments were always when it wasn't just being the original. Like, the Jungle Book was actually alright - because it wasn't trying to just copy the original movie. You're not "fixing" the original by making it in live-action anymore than Tom and Jerry "fixed" Wizard of Oz or Willy Wonka by animating them (and occasionally having Tom&Jery fight with each other). The live-action remakes are always at their best when they're trying to do something different than the original. (Also I just looked up a random James bond movie and picked it from a list - that's why I thought of that.) and instead of adapting an unadapted short-story, or making a new story that tries to take advantage of the medium, just is a remake of "The World is not Enough" shot-for-shot and beat-for-beat and the differences only being the occasional nod to bad faith critics or "See? I fixed this flaw in the original that was pretty incremental." People wouldn't hate it because it's animated, they'd hate it just because it's just retreading "The World is not Enough". Imagine if we got an animated James Bond movie. The main reason is because they're just retreading old ground and trying to "fix" it by doing it live-action. It's not because the actors all seem bored out of their minds, though that's definitely one factor. You can easily adapt folktales and general fantasy things into live-action. Read on if you want to find out about the things you completely missed while watching the live-action Dumbo.It's not because they should inherently be animated. All these tidbits are entertaining to look for, which is more than you can say for the movie itself. Dumbo is full of cute cameos, hidden references, and inane plot holes. As a matter of fact, you might have overlooked a lot of things. While watching this nostalgia-grab of a movie, you might have overlooked a couple of things. Dumbo's story takes a side seat to this human one, but the wonder of his flight is not diminished. His kids' mother passed of influenza while he was fighting in the war (how typical of Disney to off a family's mother for emotional weight), so he has to reconnect with his children upon arrival. He used to work at the Medici Brothers Circus as a horse rider, but with a missing arm and a long absence, he has to work with the elephants now. The new plot basically follows the two children of a man just came back from the battlefields of World War I. Instead of having the animals be the stars of the show, human characters are now at the forefront. This new Dumbo aims to adjust this formula a tad. It was a fairly short animated film made a long time ago, filled with talking animals you could relate to and human jerk-bags you could not. There might not be many people who remember watching the original. Thanks to the directing powers of Tim Burton, this fantastical tale of a baby elephant who learned to fly was brought to life once more. Whether you wanted a remake of the Disney classic or not, the live-action Dumbo flew into theaters this March. ![]()
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