Clever marketing can sell anything. And just because 'the masses' have seen it, doesn't mean they 'enjoyed' it, either as much as the original or at all. Like I said, the preview looked good to me.
I went.
I saw it.
I didn't like it. (*others may have had a different impression or reaction)
But the real measure of any movie will be dealt in the court of popular opinion decades from now after all the marketing hype has died down and only the reputation of the film stands. A couple of things to consider: when James Cameron's Titanic premiered in 1997, hype for the movie was whipped up world-wide, the tween and teen set heavily targeted to appeal to the Jack and Rose angle. It worked. The picture did repeat biz and was a runaway financial success.
However, in 2006, when Paramount Home Video polled a select group of retailers as to how home video sales of the picture were doing they were stymied by the fact most retailers reported they could not even move the stock quantities they had on DVD, much less get their knickers in a ball for a new Blu-ray on the horizon.
Contrast that dwindling popularity to the many - and varied reissues of The Wizard of Oz on home video, which have never undersold and continues to sell out regardless of the vintage of the audience or how many times people have collected the movie thus far on home video. Soooooo, The Lion King live action reboot - classic, cult classic or forgotten relic? Only time will tell.
Finally, Murray Burnett, author of the play 'Everybody Comes to Rick's' which became Casablanca said it best of a classic; "True today. True tomorrow. True always." Amen!
I went.
I saw it.
I didn't like it. (*others may have had a different impression or reaction)
But the real measure of any movie will be dealt in the court of popular opinion decades from now after all the marketing hype has died down and only the reputation of the film stands. A couple of things to consider: when James Cameron's Titanic premiered in 1997, hype for the movie was whipped up world-wide, the tween and teen set heavily targeted to appeal to the Jack and Rose angle. It worked. The picture did repeat biz and was a runaway financial success.
However, in 2006, when Paramount Home Video polled a select group of retailers as to how home video sales of the picture were doing they were stymied by the fact most retailers reported they could not even move the stock quantities they had on DVD, much less get their knickers in a ball for a new Blu-ray on the horizon.
Contrast that dwindling popularity to the many - and varied reissues of The Wizard of Oz on home video, which have never undersold and continues to sell out regardless of the vintage of the audience or how many times people have collected the movie thus far on home video. Soooooo, The Lion King live action reboot - classic, cult classic or forgotten relic? Only time will tell.
Finally, Murray Burnett, author of the play 'Everybody Comes to Rick's' which became Casablanca said it best of a classic; "True today. True tomorrow. True always." Amen!