{"id":1793,"date":"2011-09-14T07:28:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2011-09-14T07:31:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T14:31:43","slug":"review-the-lion-king-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=1793","title":{"rendered":"Review: THE LION KING 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Another Disney classic gets a makeover. \u201cThe Lion King\u201d can be seen in 3D starting this Friday. I was treated to an advanced screening of the film in the new format and I am pleased to report that it looks really wonderful.<\/p>\n

My daughter and step-son also enjoyed the \u201cimproved\u201d version even though they grew up watching \u201cThe Lion King\u201d and were intimately familiar with the story.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve not seen the movie, it\u2019s loosely based on Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cHamlet\u201d and follows the birth and growth of Simba, after the suspicious death of his father. Simba must find himself in order to become the title character and help save his people. <\/p>\n

The voice talents include Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Jeremy Irons and other celebrity voices. The 1994 film won Academy Awards for Best Music\u2014Original Score and Best Music\u2014Original Song for \u201cCan You Feel The Love Tonight\u201d by Elton John and Tim Rice. Hans Zimmer\u2019s fantastic score stays with you and is showcased immediately during the film\u2019s iconic opening sequence.<\/p>\n

The 3D gimmick really pays off here without distracting from the original 2D traditionally animated material. Unlike the last Harry Potter film where the post-conversion process made it look overly dark and even less in focus, the process applied to \u201cKing\u201d does not have that effect. Instead, while the overall picture might be dimmer than if it had been in regular 2D, the depth is much greater. And for an epic animated tale like this one, adding visual depth is a plus. Now, a whole new generation can discover the classic and those familiar with it already can rediscover it as well.<\/p>\n

Editor Note: On this week\u2019s Film Fix, I hope to interview Philip S. Boyd, an artist and a member of the animation department responsible for \u201cThe Lion King.\u201d I had a chance meeting with Philip last night and have scheduled an interview for today. It is so special to have such talented people living in my home town of Newnan, Georgia. Check back for the interview this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s good to be King in any dimension!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","has-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1798,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/1798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}