![]() This zombified digital clone of the studio’s first original cartoon feature is the Disney equivalent of Gus Van Sant’s “Psycho.” ![]() But “The Lion King” isn’t an echo, it’s a stain. With the possible exception of 2015’s “Cinderella,” which was touched with just enough magic to feel like a new wrinkle on an old fairy tale, all of Disney’s live-action rehashes have been faint echoes of their animated predecessors. Instead, this soulless chimera of a film comes off as little more than a glorified tech demo from a greedy conglomerate - a well-rendered but creatively bankrupt self-portrait of a movie studio eating its own tail. ![]() Unfolding like the world’s longest and least convincing deepfake, Jon Favreau’s (almost) photorealistic remake of “ The Lion King” is meant to represent the next step in Disney’s circle of life. ![]()
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