When the live-action The Lion King came out in 2019, the biggest complaint for the movie was the lack of emotion in the animals, but it appears that Mufasa: The Lion King has corrected the earlier movie’s mistake. Disney’s efforts to revive many Disney classics with live-action remakes has been hotly debated for years, but despite the box office success of their 2019 live-action The Lion King, it received a lot of backlash. The movie earned $1.65 billion at the box office (via Box Office Mojo), making it the most financially successful live-action remake from the studio, but the look and feel of the animals was criticized.

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