Top 10 Biggest Problems with Disney Live-Action Remakes

The Lion King remake is probably the worst live-action remake yet. I'm quite baffled that there are so many people who cut this film slack. It's literally just a shot-for-shot revisiting of the original Lion King except in live-action. Don't get me wrong, the realistic animation in this film is monumental, but that's to be expected from Disney because all they do every year is flex on other studios on their technical achievements. I like the animation, but that is not surprising in any way (not to mention, they've done this kind of realistic animation years ago with the film Dinosaur). Other than that, the film had very little emotion and the personality of the original film was practically nonexistent here. The voice acting sounded so off for these realistic looking characters. It looked like I was watching a BBC animal documentary that was dubbed on a random YouTube channel. You see what I'm getting at here? The original films already had a bar set, and the creators don't do much to ...more

Disney's a greedy money-making machine these days. They don't respect anyone & only care about themselves & money. They want money more than anything. They're taking it too far. The live-action remakes are nothing but disasters & wastes of money. The original animations are the best & nothing can replace them.

The original Lion King is good, but the live action remake (along with almost all the others) is an abomination.

That's not true for the live action Snow White movie! Kristen Stewart did a wonderful job as Snow White ❤

Disney films are among some of the most difficult films to recreate in live-action because they had their own personalities that made them stand out in the animation industry, with their themes, settings, music, animation, and especially characters.

True, but the only way Disney can be greedy in movie-making.

It worked in Beauty and The Beast.

A majority of the people who go see these are not kids. They are adults. In fact, you could say the same thing for pretty much ANY modern Disney film, because in this day and age, adults have a strong appreciation for animated films and have had a long history with Disney. Adults are going to want to pay money to see these remakes for the nostalgia factor and absolutely nothing else. This feels like the Call of Duty series all over again. People will continue to pay for it until they finally realize that Disney doesn't care about you or their artistry. They just want your money.

It's pretty obvious when you see that in 2019, 5 live actions have been released (Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, Maleficient: Mistress of Evil and The Lady and The Tramp) whereas classics were released one every year. Since its creation, Disney wanted to make profit, but now, with this live action remakes tendance, it seems like a production line industry.

So true. They're greedy money stealers who only want money more than anything. Disney used to be magical, but now they're desperate for money & don't care about the fans anymore. They're charging countless $ from live-action wastes. They're screwing themselves & their fanbase up with these abominations.

Not always true. Look at the upcoming Live action Scarlet Witch series.

Totally agree. When you think of the magic and legacy of Disney, you think of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies, Snow White, Cinderella, the Renaissance, and it's role in revolutionising animation and it's place in the Golden Era of American animation. It's the animation that makes Disney so magical and so memorable. Of course they have amazing original live action films like Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and cult classics like Hocus Pocus and Enchanted. And there's the awesome Disney Channel Sitcoms. But it's the animated films that lead the way for Disney.
If I can think of a positive mark Disney is leaving currently in the 2010's and now 2020's, it's again the animated canon. Encanto is just out of this world and I love and appreciate it so much. We Don't Talk About Bruno in my opinion is way better than Let It Go. Then there's Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Moana, Wreck-it-Ralph, and there's the upcoming film that I'm really excited about which is Wish. And of course Pixar is ...more

I'd rather watch Frozen a thousand times over any live-action remake from Disney. I'm not that big on Frozen, but at least the movie has personality and is original, which Disney live-action remakes do not have. Animation is what made Disney such a successful company in the film business, way before they even bought Marvel and Lucasfilm. While the quality of their later animated films don't compare to their classics, a majority of them are still really good and outstand any live-action film they've ever made in general, not just remakes. I swear, if I see a live-action remake of Frozen in the next decade...

True. Animated movies will NOT be replaced by live-action. They were a classic staple in Disney & charmed many fans. The live-action remakes are disgraces to the classics & show Disney's no longer magical & only wants money now more than anything.

This one is obvious. Animated traits are not going to fit well with real life versions. With animation, you have more freedom with the style and exaggeration of characters. The same usually can't be said with real people. I'll never forget that reaction everyone had seeing Will Smith's genie form.

Real actors cannot deal with the originals. For example, Will Smith isn't bad at playing the Genie but I miss so much the craziness and funniness of the 1992 dubbed by the awesome Robin Williams and Richard Darbois (French). And that is the same for every characters: Belle and Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Mowgli in The Jungle Book...

Seems like the problem they are having with the live action Little Mermaid movie.

Their animated movies were classic & can't be replaced.

You know all of those Disney classic films where the original stories are much darker and messed up? If they were to make live action versions of these fairy tales, I think they would've been better off following the original stories instead of the colorful and goofy Disney retellings.

Disagree, you follow the original story you get crap like lion king, but if you keep the stuff that made it special and provide enough difference to make I if wholly original you will have a movie that can stand alone. A remake in spirit if you will

FAR better. They're the real deal. They're original masterpieces that made everything magical. The live-action remakes have no magic value whatsoever & only garner on money hunger. They're disasters.

I don't know how you could mess this up, but the remade versions of the original Disney songs sound nowhere as spectacular as they are in the classic films.

Enough with Beyoncé! The original soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Elton John was already fantastic. Her song is completely useless. It's just a marketing opportunity for both sides: for Beyoncé to advertise her single and for Jon Favreau who put one of the most popular singers in his cast

That's so true. The originals will always have the best music compared to today's remakes.

This is obvious. Everyone knows why Disney is releasing so many remakes year after year. Simply because they unexpectedly made so much money off of Alice in Wonderland in 2010, they've gone haywire with these live-action remakes that utilize CGI. That was the only reason Alice in Wonderland made so much money, because there was a huge CGI film craze during the time which also applied to films like Avatar and Transformers. Disney is taking full advantage of the CGI trend and nostalgia factor to draw people in, and it's undoubtedly working. Do I blame them? No. If you offered me a million dollars to tell you a story that you already know about, why the hell wouldn't I take it?

Disney's so greedy they only want money now. They've been desperate for it since the 2000s. They only want that more than anything now. They haven't made good movies for years & only do all this garbage. There's lack of creativity & value & they only serve money rather than entertainment. Mary Poppins Returns was the last good movie they made & they decided not to make anymore such good movies. All proving they only want money more than anything. It's like a drug to them. Since Alice in Wonderland 2010 got so much money, they decided to go too far on the money-making. They only want money more than anything.

For sure. Just wastes of Magic more than anything.

Not true. Look at the upcoming Thor movie.

For the most part yes, put some are pretty descent, especially the ones that aren't shot for shot remakes

Aladdin remake in a nutshell.

Just shows you lack of originality they have nowadays.

Seems to work for the live action Atlantis.

Yep. They are so freaking woke and PC that it's insane.
Belle in the live action Beauty and the Beast sorta lost her charm and personality because they wanted her to be a 'strong feminist' character. Which lead to her being pretty mean. Because apparently accordingto Feminism strong women can't be sweet and nice.
And of course the race bending. Look at Ariel in The Little Mermaid. This is forced representation. Of course representation matters but this is not how you do it. You do not recycle old classic characters that have already established features in the name of representing black characters. It's also blatant hypocrisy. Imagine if a live action remake of Princess and the Frog made Tiana white? Imagine a remake of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and Will Smith's character was made Asian? Imagine if Black Panther was whitewashed? The outrage!
It's all just complete disrespect to the original character. Plus redheads are a minority hair colour so don't they need ...more

Yeah... a lot of scenes that were fine in Walt's era are now replaced with filler, Lady And The Tramp Disney+ replaced the Siamese Cats with generic cats.

And Black Ariel... On race, I was fine with Smith playing the Genie (Genie's blue), and updates to outdated human characters (the thing is, there's a difference to replacing Siamese Cats to depictions that were kinda ment to be updated over time) But oh my... BLACK ' ARIEL! "oH yEaH sHe'S a MeRmAiD" doesn't cut it, you wouldn't change the few black mermaids from the T.V. adaptation to white, would you Hollywood?

It's not about "white tears", it's about how being "inclusive" is now the number one priority of filmmaking these days over plot and characterization.

Disney's become extra racist & stereotypical. They don't care about the fans anymore. They've crossed the line & gone too far.

Kids today are going to be watching the live action movies and think it's the original, without truly knowing the classic cartoon movies.

That's not true. Look at The Live action Kim Possible movie. Nobody thinks that is the original Kim Possible.

For real. Who would make live-action remakes without humans. Disney's taken it too far.

Definitely the animals had absolutely no emotion, not to much the computer animation wasn't that great, it wasn't bad, but you can definitely tell they weren't real animals

Just because they want more money doesn't give them an excuse to remake the most beloved classic movies into live-action waste.

If your going to make a Live Action version of a movie choose the movies that aren't as popular that can actually be improved on with a new look, like Lion King 2 would have been a better chose than Lion King, lion king 2 had terrible animation but great story, there is no way to screw that up

Sometimes it works. They are making the live action Black Widow because so many people love the character and she is a badass strong female lead ❤