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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2020.Keeping it real: A behind-the-scenes look at 'The Lion King' visual effects
By Sarah Mills LONDON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Neo_Rio
Technically it was an amazing movie — but it just didn’t work as a piece of cinema. The realism and wildlife documentary feel of it was constantly snatched away from you with the film’s lighthearted and comedic dialogue.
As a tech demo, it was pretty amazing though.
JonathanJo
The technology has progressed a long way since the first Toy Story. Makes you wonder what the next 25 years will bring.
WilliB
The cartoon characters were cute, real animals are of course amazing to look at but really do not work in a cartoon movie. Why did they even try this?
lostrune2
Unlike other movies, there were no mocaps used - everything was created from scratch as animation
But Disney doesn't want it to be classified as an animated film, but rather like photo-realistic live-action film
Disney intentionally did not submit Lion King for the Oscar Best Animated Film category, nor any other award's animated category