Multiple remakes are being released per year, but the quality and box office returns are significantly declining.
The second highest-rated remake is 2016’sPete’s Dragonremake, which has a score of 88% onRotten Tomatoes.
The third highest-rated remake is 2015’sCinderella, which has a score of 84% onRotten Tomatoes.
Rachel Zegler leads the cast for the live action remake of Snow White.
But who else has joined the ensemble and what characters do they play?
2022’sPinocchiois the lowest rated of the remakes onRotten Tomatoes, with it having 27%.
Things start to get better the further back you go, with the trend peaking in 2015 and 2016.
However, characters like Baloo and King Louie were still expressive enough to resemble their original counterparts.
However, praising the visuals of the live-action remakes is far less common nowadays.
Movies likePinocchio,The Little Mermaid, andLady and the Trampare downright ugly.
However,hyper-realistic lions aren’t all that interesting to look at during a story.
Movies likeThe Lion KingandThe Little Mermaidhave been criticized for being nothing more than beat-for-beat remakes of the original.
Meanwhile, movies likeMulanthat significantly change the original films seem to misunderstand the point of the classic animated movies.
The modern remakes either made too few changes, or the changes just aren’t good.
Meanwhile,remakes likeThe Jungle Book,Pete’s Dragon, andCinderellafind balancesthat are far better.
Firstly, the studio needs to put more time and effort into the remakes.
Disney also needs to focus more on movies that would naturally work in live-action.
There was a reason that these movies were originally created as animated films.
However, these franchises may not be as well-known asThe Lion King,The Little Mermaid, orSnow White.
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