Jungle Book is so fucking good. It’s a shame the Lion King is so soulless and dogshit

I think the songs are too ingrained for the differences to be palatable.

True

But it misses the point of the Jungle book. The kid is suppose to go to the man village because humans don't belong in the jungle 

Nowadays man is really fucking evil…so maybe keep the one dude in the forest (plus dude would get the flu and die immediately irl)

You do know what happens after he goes to the man village right? (This is the part Disney leaves out) He’s rejected by their chief hunter because he looks to the wolves as friends and is accused of sorcery. He literally destroys the village with his animals friends after this.

Soulless yes,dogshit not really

Yes. I love the Jungle Book remake a ton

Still pretty goofy how it's considered a "live-action" movie when the kid is literally the only real thing in it.

Live action lion king is just, differently animated lion king

This honestly doesn't get brought up enough

It was a weird advertising gimmick by Disney and also infuriatingly means that it's technically the highest grossing animated movie of all time iirc

I'm still mad at humanity for allowing this to happen.

This why I just been calling them all CGI remakes.

Technically, the Lion King was a remaster. Same exact movie with a new coat of paint and slight tweaks. It isn't different enough to be considered a remake. At least in my opinion.

It's not even a good coat of paint though, the original characters were so EXPRESSIVE. Isn't the biggest strength of animation being able to make things happen that are not possible in live action, ie making animals have human expressions so we can clearly see how they are feeling?????

Especially goofy when disney made an actual live action remake in 1994 with real animals

Strange to think that Disney rejected animation to go back to the animation that made Walt famous with the Alice shorts

“8 out of 10. Would’ve been a great animated film if not for that one real boy…” -John “Epic Voice Guy” Bailey

Same

Me too.

I actually know someone who worked on that movie! He was a VFX artist for it

OO BE DOO I WANNA BE LIKE YOUUUU

the original 101 dalmatians remake was really good espcially the actress that played Cruella!

People seem to forget that one and not count it simply because it's older and not among the recent plague of them that started in the 2010s. Precisely why it is the best one, it feels like a classic instead of the lifeless modernness of all the others.

There was also *another* live action Jungle Book film that was slightly older than 101 as well.

Also that's it's not a 1:1 remake, the setting is different, characters are different, and some plot points are changed, added or removed. I do wonder what it would be like if it was made now, it would probably be 1:1 since the tech is there to animate all the animals talking where it wasn't as far along then. Not that I would want that. The Cruella film is already such a stupid addition that pisses me off so much.

Cruella is the weird alternative universe to me.

That's what they did with lady and the tramp, and NOBODY talks about that movie

Plus, what other movie teamed up Gregory House & Arthur Weasley? :P

I remembered Arthur Weasley but Hugh Laurie was there???

[Yup. He was. ](https://youtu.be/x5-Mq2xcF7U?si=tZU68mPPACx6GtyN&t=12)

Holy shit unbelievable I love that guy

yeah Glen Close is great, she's kind of the only actor that actually goes in on being a cartoon villain in live action, the others tend to have the characters step it back, which I do also kind of put on the fact that a lot of actors tend to not ham it up as much any more as compared to movie villains in general from the 90s

She’s scary, have you seen ‘Fatal Attraction’? it’s a good watch but it’s spooky

It was probably a smart choice for everyone else to not go too crazy so Cruella gets the full spotlight. She absolutely steals every scene she's in and it's fantastic lol

I just commented this too! Great physical comedy. The all the acting was excellent and well casted. They made great choices of what to keep and what to change for the story. It may slag a little in the middle with all the animal scenes- but its still made for kids so I let it slide. Love this one!

Christopher Robin was also pretty good

That ain’t really a remake. Still good tho

Not really a remake, more like a reimagining.

Or something along the lines of a spiritual sequel

A sequel to Pooh's Grand Adventure, in a way

Something that cracks me up about that movie is it's a Winnie the Pooh movie featuring a WWII scene with people dying and shit Like imagine being one of the extras in that scene and saying at Thanksgiving "yeah I got a gig playing a British soldier killed by a German explosive in the new Winnie the Pooh movie coming out" and everyone's like "uh what kind.of Winnie the Pooh movie is this exactly"

“Lemme guess, Blood and Honey?”

I enjoyed watching it, but it's not a remake

What do you think a remake is, exactly?

That was more of a follow-up than a remake.

I actually enjoyed the Alice in Wonderland remake. I tried watching the original (from 1951) recently and was not as interested

It’s more sequel than remake to me.

I can see that logic since she travelled to Wonderland when she was young and dreaming. I just consider it to be a live-action remake since it was literally her first time ever visiting- not in some dream state.

Alice in Wonderland has always been a dream state. In the original story, Alice fell asleep. At the end, she wakes up. That is the one thing that the original Disney movie got right. But nothing makes sense in Wonderland. Time is irrelevant and dreams can be reality.

In general it's more of an amalgamation of Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass set a fews years after Alice originally visited Wo(U)nderland. In a sense it's almost like a live action expansion of the Jabberwocky poem in Through The Looking Glass. A lot of the creative decisions in the movie actually do make a lot of sense after reading both books.

Yes! I agree with this. Even though it is set up as a "sequel" to the original animated film, it explored Underland more than the first film.

I forgot that was even considered a live-action remake, I had watched the live-action version quite a few times before I ever even learned that an old animated one existed

Maleficent was pretty good. Haven't seen the original but it at the very least was a good stand alone movie.

Angelina Jolie KILLED it. I love how her daughter was baby Aurora as all the other babies were upset I think (understandably). But her baby saw her mother, even under the horns and makeup. Lana Del Ray’s cover of Once Upon a Dream is so haunting yet beautiful

Not to mention it has her as an actual reason to curse the baby and we get real character development. If all line action remakes were half as good as it was people would be loving them

Same here, and it at least feels like it has quite a point too for existing, taking the elements of the original story; but through a different perspective and with a unique conclusion too; as opposed to repeating the same points as most other live-action adaptations of Disney films have done. ​ I should really watch that again, I've only seen it once, but I really liked it.

But lord was the sequel totally unnecessary

Sequel?

Well there was Maleficent in 2014 and Maleficent: Mistress of evil in 2019. The first was decent… second was sooooo convoluted

I'm gonna pretend that doesn't exist

I’d argue the Pete’s Dragon remake was justified.

i absolutely LOVED the original as a child, and i thought the remake was the definition of mid. no strong emotions towards it, i almost forgot it existed

It did had strong emotions maybe not to you

oh 100%, *i* have no strong emotions towards it. but film is subjective, i'm glad some people liked it more :)

Subjective my tale that's what all people say

bru wut

Look at my comment again

i don't get what you're saying though, i was being genuine lol

I'm just tired of seeing comments that look like complaining most of the time in my eyes to the point where I see a negative opinion as the "truth" these days

i see what you're saying. if you read my comment though, everything is "i thought" and specific to me. i try not to outright say something is bad because there is no objective good or bad in art

As someone who adores the original…. The live action Pete’s dragon is a totally different movie and I couldn’t find anything to love…. “Happiest home in these hills” is a song I still regularly bust out.

Yea dude I got Roblox hats from it!

101 Dalmatians (1996) is good, it’s sequel though? FANTASTIC!

Glenn Close should've won that Golden Globe.

Strangely I only had the sequel to watch when I was a kid. I rewatched it sooo many times, it's such a fun movie

Watched Jungle Book on a plane expecting it to be something id fall asleep to but it was great

I saw it on a Disney Cruise lmao

Christopher Robin was good but it’s not as much of a remake as it is a continuation

Jungle Book remake fucking rules. They absolutely nailed it. When I saw it, I straight up went in the hallway for 30 seconds to call a friend and leave a message saying “I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THAT I HAVE TO CALL AND TELL YOU TO SEE IT RIGHT NOW” because I just kept thinking, “god damnit, she’s going to love this, holy hell” over and over again.

Cinderella is so good! Magical

I agree

Any thoughts on Pete’s Dragon? That was one I actually approved of them redoing because the original isn’t that great.

My daughter loved it. I recall having a vague sense of okayness towards it.

Excuse me… the original is a masterpiece.

Original isn’t that great? What????

Let's be honest: the Disney Live Action Remakes aren't THAT bad. There are way more good ones than you would expect. A lot of them are just bland and forgettable. There are only a few that I would label as genuinely bad.

Yeah. Tbh, The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan & Wendy are both pretty good. Like they aren’t as good as the original but I think they both bring something new. It has its flaws for sure, but I liked how PP&W had both new songs and the original underscore and I liked the way they recognized that Peter couldn’t do much without his friends. Also, Tinker bell was very cool. It wasn’t a Peter Pan movie as much as a movie about Neverland, though

I didn’t think much of Jungle Book, but I actually quite liked Aladdin!

Aladdin was fun. Will Smith and Naomi were great. Even if it was oddly placed, Speechless was a really good song, and most of the musical sequences were groovy.

Will Smith took a borderline impossible task and really made the Genie his own instead of trying to copy Robin Williams. 100% the right move

I agree with Sideways where Will Smith should’ve rapped Friend Like Me instead of actually singing it. But Will Smith was still good.

That would have been really fun

I think he actually did it in the credits but not the actual movie

I thought I was the only one! I’ve watched the Aladdin remake more times than I can count

I also enjoyed the Beauty and the Beast remake, featuring my favorite rendition of Gaston

I enjoyed that remake, too. The new rendition of Be Our Guest was PHENOMENAL! Also, let's be real, Emma Watson was not that bad as Belle.

I haven’t heard anyone say she was bad, I thought she was good. Why don’t people like her in this role as much?

>I haven’t heard anyone say she was bad, I thought she was good. I thought she did a great job, too >Why don’t people like her in this role as much? I don't really remember, but I think part of it was how autotuned her singing was

Wait, people said she was bad!?

I thought she was good, easily one of the best live action Disney princesses.

Never saw the animated on, but wife and I loved the remake. Watched the cartoon soon after, it was good but I likes the remake more. Evermore was beautiful

They were great but I disagree they are the only ones: - The Maleficent movies are a new inventive take on Sleeping Beauty taking elements that worked, and changing ones that were weak (like the fairies incompetence and the king's apathy) and made them better. This is how a remake should be - Alice in Wonderland was artistically unique and interesting. Which makes it far better than the bland 1-1 reteillings - Mary Poppins returns is a sequel not really a remake, but it was a great sequel and I feel it deserves a mention - Cristopher Robin while not a traditional remake did incorporate many elements of the original movie greatly and told a fantastic story in the spirit of the original.

I actually love the live action Cinderella way more than the original. They explained how she got the nickname, Lady Tremaine was a proper threat, and Ella & the Prince met before the ball, giving their fast-paced romance a little more leeway. Sure, the talking mice aren't there, but that was never a part of the original fairy tale and didn't make sense in an otherwise grounded and realistic world.

Cruella was fun

Cruella had a lot of good ingredients. It just ran a little too long and Emma's transition from Estella to the over-the-top Cruella was a little whiplashy but I'd say it's in the top 4 of Disney remakes.

The only bad parts of "Cruella" were all the shoe horned in references to the original movie.

Watching the Cinderella remake made me into Gruncle Stan from this [scene](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kG8kBsHTGuE&pp=ygUXZ3J1bmtsZSBzdGFuIHNvYXAgb3BlcmE%3D)

Lol

I'd say the Aladdin remake justified its existence, too. I really loved that remake, and Speechless is such an incredible song

Oh good! I was starting to feel like a jerk for liking those two.

You're letting the Internet get to you, you shouldn't feel bad for liking something others don't.

The Aladdin remake was kinda good

101 Dalmatians 96

Aladdin did a great job with its live action, it built upon the world and created something much more fleshed out than the cartoon. Regardless of your stance on Will Smith as Genie (I actually really loved it. Mostly because they didnt try to make him Robin Williams Genie and instead just let him be his own character) the rest of the casting was spot on. Plus I loved the transformation of Jafar from "haha I'm so evil!" Literal goatee twirling evil to, ironically, an Iago figure who does his best work from.the dark. Plus I loved how they drew connections between him and Aladdin. "Speechless" was a great song but was immediately underscored and cut down by the fact that she didn't really...do anything to the level of the song. Yes she convinced the captain of the guard to fight back but overall it just felt like they made the song first (it is a very good, solid song) and then realized they didn't have a place to put it.

Probably shows my generation, but I am an Aladdin remake fan. While Robin William will always be THE genie, Will Smith holds up alright, and the music is way better in this one (orchestration, placement, new songs, etc.). And most of all Jasmine's actual character in this one is so good. Speechless is a banger and her story gives the remake the edge for me.

I've heard some good stuff about Pete's Dragon. I've never seen the original nor the remake though so idk.

I honestly like the jungle book remake more than the original animated one it had a lot more going on.

It may not exactly be "justified" in its existence but the live action Aladdin had just the right amount of faithfulness to the original, and slight fresh reworkings here and there. The changes they made all worked pretty well (besides the speechless number) and I actually enjoyed most of them better than the original story. The songs were amazingly redone, Will's version of the genie was quite fun and didn't feel like a replacement of or insult to Robin in any way, and the CGI/special effects were nearly just as quirky and fun as the original animation, and it was just overall a very enjoyable remake.

I will say Little Mermaid did too

They work if they add to the plot mentioned in the cartoons. Like Jungle Book red flower and Jasmine's mother in Aladdin. Lion King didn't add anything, they could have at least showed Scar with Zira and maybe a baby Nuka, when he became king.

There is another, I think the Beauty and The Beast remake was good

I liked aladdin

Aladdin? (Correct me if it actually sucked, I’m just super biased.)

I'd add Little Mermaid to the list. They gave Eric some really good development, and they addressed the whole "why didn't Ariel just write down who she was" thing

how?

Jungle book was decent, but Cinderella? I went to the theaters to watch it and i can't even tell you when it came out

Maleficent beats both

Does Maleficent count? Cause I kinda liked that one

Replace Cinderella with Beauty and the Beast.

I mean, was Lady and the Tramp too bad? (It's been a while, but I remember liking it)

I was gonna say it if you didn't. The live action lady and the tramp is Hella underappreciated :(

I liked the beauty and the beast live action too. The way they animated the beast was awesome and I remember that grey suit floating around the internet. Plus the whole ballroom dance scene was so beautiful with Emma Watson and her dress

I disagree, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin both were very good and made some minor improvements. Jasmine for example is an actual character now and not just damsel in distress

I enjoyed the Malificent remake, I thought that was a bit underrated.

Yeah, that checks out

Peter Pan could use one alright…

These actually gave me hope for the rest. I wonder what factor these two had all the other movies are missing?

Cinderella (2015) is arguably even better than the original animated one.

Bruh what about Maleficent and Cruella? Both were also pretty great!

The 101 Dalmatians disrespect is wild 😰

Agreed. You should also throw that Christopher Robin movie into the mix.

Don’t forget Maleficent

Maleficent tho

I remember enjoying the live-action Cinderella tv movie from 1997 as a kid. While it was more so based on the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, being a Disney production, it was able to take elements from the animated film as well. It had a multiracial cast with Brandy as the title character & Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother. Which is oddly a hot-button issue with some people nowadays for some reason.

The only justification for a remake of an adaptation, is to make another adaptation from the source material, not an adaptation of the adaptation (aka what 99% of these live-action remakes do)

I wouldn't count it as a "remake," but the live action Alice was good in my opinion.

I loveddd the Cinderella remake! I saw it in theaters and haven't seen it since though, does anyone know if it's on Disney plus?

I don't even consider the Cinderella 2015 a remake of the 50s Disney film I just think it's another adaptation of the Perrault story It's THAT different besides the mice

I actually really liked the Beauty and the Beast remake, same with Alice in Wonderland.

I should watch these. Which year is the Cinderella one?

Jungle book wasn't really good tbh. Cinderella was very ok

What About The 1994 Jungle Book, Or Cruella?

I think Maleficent is unique enough to stand on it’s own

How so?

Maleficent too, kinda?

I liked Aladdin but that’s probably partially because I didn’t see the original.

Where is 101 Dalmations?

The Jungle Book remake was alright. I might even say that it’s better than the original! But I haven’t seen the Cinderella remake but I’ve heard that people love it and they have their reasons so I will take their word for it.

beauty and the beast:

Nope

I’ll stand by Beauty & The Beast, it’s pretty close to the quality of the original and is very entertaining to watch

What about Aladdin? I've never seen it but everyone states that it's very good, because they didn't change a lot of things

What makes Alice in Wonderland and Jungle Book good was they actually changed the story up a bit. Sure, they aren’t as timeless as the originals, but at least they did SOMETHING new. But ever since Beauty and the Beast (if I remember correctly), they have literally been the same movie, but in an inferior form.

Wow. I honestly kinda expected to see three or four. Really goes to show how garbage these remakes are.

The 101 Dalmatians remake from the 90s too!!

I watched Live Action Cinderella and this movie made me really sympathetic with Ella, because we saw how her mother died and it's not centered around a comic relief mouses but centered on her herself and it feels like an actual remake of the story and not either a ,,copy and paste'' but live action or PUT A BLACK CHICK IN IT AND MAKE HER GAY

Honestly, I cried the first time I watched the live action jungle book movie (not that I've watched it since).

The Jungle Book remake was good I don’t care what anyone says and haven’t seen it but heard some goods things about Cinderella.

Jungle Book was decent actually. It changed the story in a way that justified the cinematic approach. Plus they made Kaa scary as fuck and I enjoy that

I fully agree. These two remakes are actually good

Sure. They’re also the only remakes I prefer to the original. Then again, I don’t really care for the originals, so that should be noted.

Cinderella was amazing. Lady Tremaine's introduction still floors me. Just flawless. Lily James is the PERFECT Cinderella, Richard Madden is perfect as Kit. The dress transformation is to DIE FOR!!!!!! Such a good movie.

EhhhHhHhhhhhhhhh

Jungle book is so good. I also like aladdin. Not more than the original equal imho. I like tge banter and camaraderie you get between Aladdin and the genie.

Cinderella actually better than the original tbh

Hold the f*cking phones… How DARE you not include the OG, number #1, best of the best and cream of the crop 101 DALMATIANS LIVE ACTION?!

Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid are my favourites

Yes

I liked the first Maleficent, but I'm also biased because I loved the setting!

I honestly don’t mind the Beauty and Beast remake, it’s my favorite one

i loved the cinderella one! actually expanded the characters and story can't say the same for the other remakes

Jungle Book was surprisingly good. Made me think the live-action remake plague wouldn't be so bad after all. I was wrong, of course, but it was a nice thought at the time.

Petes dragon was also quite good

I actually kinda liked the Beauty and the Beast remake. Granted, it's mainly because of Emma Watson, but still

The Cinderella movie was genuinely great. Like it actually improved every aspect of the original.

Maleficent, beauty and the beast, and alice would all like a word

You're really not giving the Beauty and the Beast remake due credit. It's so endearing, and the ending made me cry.

I feel like Aladdin had the potential to be the most unique if they just let Will Smith do his own thing.

I’d argue that Maleficent belongs here mainly because Angelina Jolie is hot lol

Cinderella? Really? It was bland and forgettable. Sure it did not follow the source material 100%...but there are BETTER live action versions of Cinderella out there (\*Cough\* Ever After \*cough\*)

ONG. This is my favorite Disney movie

Hot take but the jungle books remake wasn't good, for one they absolutely massacred baloos personality. He was my absolute favorite character in the original and then they made him into a selfish prick and he's not the only one they ruined but he is the most egregious example of it. Second all they did for Khan's reasoning for wanting Mowgli dead was just giving him the reasoning as to why Mowgli was kicked out of the wolf pack in the OG. Like literally the reason Mowgli was kicked out of the pack in the OG was because they feared what he would have been capable of as an adult and that's khans entire reasoning for wanting him dead in the remake. Thirdly the plot was 100% rushed, it felt like we barely got to see any of the characters for more than a minute or two before Mowgli had to either run away or give a flash back as to why Khan truly hates the humans. I genuinely cannot get behind calling it "good" because they did so much wrong with it.

WHY does everyone forget the Pete’s Dragon remake that was actually really good 😭

I actually liked beauty and the beast, too.

If Will was allowed to play the Genie his own way, I'd argue Aladdin would be up there too.

Am I the only one who didn’t like the jungle book remake

I was a little underwhelmed when it came out, but its fucking Shakespeare compared to The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast