Mufasa Review: It Would Have Been Better Without The Music

[@tylerjones4247]

Oddly enough….the original director of the lion king said Mufasa and Scar are blood related. This feels like what they did in Snake Eyes

[@Peter_Sokunbi]

Have you seen Simba pride

[@danmulholland1634]

Maybe they changed it to try and erase the detail of incest in lion king 2 with simbas daughter and scars son being married and such

[@nikhiljacob358]

@@danmulholland1634it was established in Simba’s pride that Kovu wasn’t Scar’s biological son

[@gideon1199]

The original 1994 isn’t connected to this. The 2019 remake is separate

[@KillJoy5950]

Every time a song came on my wife rolled her eyes, there were maybe two songs I liked the others I could have done without

[@benm5970]

This movie just seems like a huge nothing burger to me, Mufasa always seemed like 1 of those great characters that didn’t really need an origin story, we didn’t need to see him young and devoid of the amazing personality we know him for, kinda like how I don’t need to see the origin story of Master Shifu from Kung Fu Panda, because I think it’s safe to say that because he’s younger he’s not gonna be *anything* like the Mufasa we all know and love, in which case why would we wanna see it? Obviously I don’t know for sure because I haven’t seen it yet but this movie just seems so…pointless to me

[@remiroko4800]

I've seen the movie, and it's Amazing! As someone who watched all the Movies+ the tv show. I think it's really great. I have to say, this guy who thinks the songs should've been taken out Is a bit wrong because lion king is known for its music. Taking it out would be like Mulan and that was SUCH A BAD LIVE ACTION MOVIE.

[@MadnessMotive-1428AZ]

That "Bye Bye" song (and the idea in general, which came up again after the song) - was horrible. Forgettable but tolerable music otherwise, but that whole idea was embarrassing.

[@TerrellAustin19941]

I'll Wait Until Disney Plus

[@sonsofstretford3866]

The canon killed it, like how Scar's betrayal almost killed Mufasa but somehow Mufasa would let Scar anywhere near Simba in the first movie makes no sense at all And Kiara having a brother makes the whole Lion King 2 Simbas Pride storyline irrelevant now Songs were not that good either, Lin Manuel couldve focused on Moana 2 instead which had no good songs at all

[@gideon1199]

The live action isn’t connected to the animated. Two separate timelines

[@Limonelguey]

The 2 films that Disney needs to do live action adaptions are Atlantis and Treasure Island.

[@vinnyruiz118]

How about no more because they keep bombing them

[@Brook11223]

I literally said Rafiki was my favorite and the flashback with the actor who voices him sounds just like Robert Gulliaume.

[@KingBedlam]

Thought it was a solid movie. My wife and daughter loved it. I thought the evil white lions were beautiful and scary. I was also VERY disappointed by the music.The evil lion singing "Bye Bye" took. me right out of the movie.

[@amq4257]

100%

[@felicias3430]

Im glad I wasn't the only one.

[@TheBloodyPopcorn]

I watched this then went home and watched the first one, and the first one definitely looks more realistic than Mufasa. The First one looks like a nature film by comparison

[@henryedwards6030]

Most viewers said the music was not great

[@jamesgeorgi6627]

For how it handles Mufasa’s backstory story, I’d argue that why it’s done that way is because this is mainly connected for The Lion King remake compared to The Lion Guard where you would learn about Mufasa’s past in one of the episodes as it’s more connected to the cartoon

[@nomadicgamer9466]

I'm absolutely planning on seeing it. And can we just agree that this realistic art style really works for the LK universe? I think it does and I could not agree with you more with your sentiments about people being negative about the visuals. Big F you to them, honestly. It looks gorgeous and beautiful and it works!! I already love LK, I love the animated, I love the 2019 version, too. So, odds of me liking this one is already pretty high. And it's possible to love all three versions at the same time! Crazy, I know. But .. also: talk of retconning stuff - Disney's been doing that since 98. The cub was always supposed to be a son and the sequel kind of pokes and mocks people who originally thought that, but why wouldn't they as every book that ever came out in 94 said it was a future king. Also, the name Taka came from a bookset called LK: Six New Adventures where, once again, Simba has a son and not a daughter. So ... this retcon of the two brothers only being brothers by spirit, in a way - I don't know how I feel about it yet as I need to see how they're going to explain it. If it's a good reason, I can be ok with it. If not, it's whatever. Just like the retcon son with a shoe-horned in daughter. If you don't like something, you don't have to accept it.

[@ArifShahriar270191]

surprisingly i liked it a lot... songs are not as good as the original one, but the background score was excellent... people must go and watch this movie in theater... visually stunning, better storyline... overall a very good movie.

[@gonghole]

I saw Mufasa, I like it.

[@KillJoy5950]

The ending felt a little rushed, after the whole scar thing and villain came to a close it felt like with was quickly trying to wrap it up

[@michaeljohnson8868]

Not gonna lie, I actually enjoyed it. The number one thing they definitely did better this time around were the animals' facial expressions. They actually had a lot more visual personality this time and I loved how they incorporated their growls, roars, groaning, and grunting into their dialogue and feelings. Why Jon Favreau couldn't do this in the original is BEYOND ME. Movie's solid.

[@tonythomas6847]

Truely agree. I personally felt like Disney did ground breaking achievement in the character designs and their visual representations compared to the first one. Each animal had a soul in their performance especially considering that they don't get any exaggeration liberties like in the 2D animation.

[@jkowallis]

I really liked the music. I have been listening to it for about a week. I would give the movie a B or B+. My biggest issue was Scar's turn. That was Ankin level quick.

[@roycisneros97]

I agree. I always wanted a brother was GREAT. If they just left that alone, it would’ve been better. Overall it was still an amazing movie!

[@BritBox777]

The visuals are technically impressive but aesthetically bereft. Fidelity and art style are not the same thing.

[@Peter_Sokunbi]

If the music was the worst part and i love the music then the movie will be great.

[@roelofm2904]

‚The perfect jean‘ advertisement right after the ‚shallow end of the gene pool‘ quote was perfect.

[@MiniWeeny]

the songs were not memorable at all for me...and im not sure if it's the dolby audio or what, but i couldn't make out over half the lyrics in certain songs, like Bye Bye. it was just laughable and all i could make out was "something something bye bye" like THIS is the villain song?

[@nickvaughn8533]

For me, Lin Manuel is hit or miss with his music. He has a very specific style that fits in certain things but not everything. Scuttlebutt is by far the worst song he’s ever made

[@leijen208]

I wholeheartedly agree. Parts needed to be shaved off. Most of the songs were a record needle scratch. Also, Timon and Pumba could've been gone, IMO

[@Twin_Takoyaki]

Transformers getting the superior prequel is pretty crazy ngl, but if one had to come out on top I’m glad it was TF ONE Now if only the film made money…

[@Ahturos]

Yeah it´s such a "not fair" situation. I mean really TF One was soooo good. The types of movies I have graved for and people did´t go to see it. I guess my taste is diffrent from everyone else.

[@HmongMelody]

The last couple of disney movies have had bad songs. I remember watching Moana 2 and just loathing the songs...when will it be over??? Mufasa does have pretty forgettable songs. I have a feeling Snow White is headed towards the same directions. Whatever happened to songs like back in the days, little mermaid, Aladdin, beauty and the beast, lion king and pocahontas... they all had hit songs.

[@Joelio8701]

The music in this by miranda was so bad

[@desdar100]

The music was created after the script was already finished and that's the weirdest part about the whole thing

[@niustv]

I enjoyed it myself

[@josephdeluca7602]

Felt exactly the same. Some of the music was laughable especially the Brother song and the Bye Bye song. There were some great moments though, like Scar giving up to have a brother and Mufasa’s surprise at the ending.

[@sm4carnageihope]

"Shallow end of gene pool" is a line in the original film, but this is a prequel to the remake, which that line is not present in.

[@gabrielcaro]

7:21 THE JUNGLE BOOK DUDE! Are you kidding me!?!

[@PopCultureVortex-1d6]

@johncampea i get what you're saying when it comes to the whole Scar and Mufasa not being brothers thing but when you say that it retcons the original movie. It does not because this is a prequel to the 2019 remake not the original so you can watch the original with the mentality that they're blood related all you want since in that movie that's never confirmed. Also if you remember the 2019 remake when Mufasa confronts Scar Zazu does say that he should have been banished a long time ago but Mufasa insists on keeping him around and they also do say that in the same movie that Scar has challenged Mufasa and has always lost. Now I will say that I have not seen this movie yet so idk how it ends between the two but I'm just saying that in terms of it retconning the original movie it doesn't affect it at all since both this and the 2019 movie are their own separate universe

[@jean-claudebeaver6614]

Agree. I didn’t think the musical numbers worked with mostly dark subject matter. I tuned out during the songs. Otherwise it was a great cinematic experience, the audio and visuals were done very well. Worth seeing at the cinema for sure

[@ManiacGlizzy]

People don’t realize this ain’t connected to the original lion king. It’s connected to the 2019 version

[@devonwright]

how come no one is talking about how off putting the villain song was

[@matthewmartinez6922]

To me all the songs were good except that one.

[@desdar100]

Concept is but execution isn't

[@nephsavy]

Lin Manuel has a certain style when it comes to his songs I personally, in my opinion, don’t think it went well with this type of movie/story. I threw me off. And also the pacing of the movie was wayyyy too fast.

[@kevinrobinsonjr3411]

Enjoyed the movie and not a musical guy but the music didn’t bother too much. I’m also not a a huge fan of The Lion King as a franchise.

[@mikeymay15]

This is a sequel to the 2019 lion king , I don’t think the gene pool line is in that one

[@Migz2682]

Enjoyed the movie, the brother song is catchy and enjoyable. I had higher expectations but the movie is still very good imo

[@RG-gx7fw]

Amazing movie to watch for those that have kids to go with his/her inner child. Go and watch it with the right mindset and you will love it.

[@man-imetion1999]

Which have better music Mufasa or Moana 2

[@DisneyGirl2004]

Both are good

[@rodondendron]

The songs, but ESPECIALLY the lyrics, really took the movie down for me. I kinda liked the story, but the songs were downright cringeworthy at certain points. These were songs written for children, while that was not the case with original Lion King score by Elton John. Bye bye and the Brother song especially were hard to sit through.

[@AshParth560]

I'd just got out of Mufasa and thought it was enjoyable. It is better than the 2019 Lion King and can say Milele and Always Wanted a Brother were the better songs. Some of the pacing I had an issue so far. Again, it's how I thought of this film. For now, time for a late lunch break before I see Sonic 3 later on.

[@MyWorldYourView]

I said to my friend after seeing the movie, “Disney has fallen completely in the music department with this movie. The songs were terrible. One song, from the Big Bad, is him just ‘singing’ ‘Make you go bye-bye’ about 37 times. It’s like watching bad improv when the songs happen. But the overall story line was great.”

[@user-jf3qb1ci9b]

Visually amazing. Story was disjointed in parts but still interesting. Music was ok but the songs were just a bit too broadway for an epic movie much like the Moana 2 songs. Where is the African music? Best characters were Rafiki, Eshe, and Sarabi.

[@SonyaMoon77]

I was bored most of the movie. The songs did nothing. I don't even remember them.

[@courtneyharty1566]

The music was great and this is coming from someone who hates musical kind of movies

[@brettfreed1583]

You nailed it man the soundtrack for this film took so much away from the film. They should have just hans zimmer do it!

[@andreacamp936]

I liked milele and we go together a lot.

[@awakenedbyyhuhassembly6015]

Not kinda!!! it is retconning the lion king . They also make mufasa the bad guy. I'm honestly sick of this sympathy for the devil crap

[@thedisneycentralhub5876]

I really loved it! I will admit the songs weren’t as good as the original. However it reminded me of The Lion King 2 which isn’t a bad thing! The story was fantastic!

[@josephdeluca7602]

The visuals were great

[@danmulholland1634]

Not my taste of animation sorry

[@damiandekker474]

Yeah, that first main trailer really turned me off with the story beats it was hitting. Haven't watched it yet, but probably won't bother, especially if the music sucks

[@mpatton997]

I had a feeling from the original that they weren't blood brother so I googled it a decade ago, I learned they don't really have brothers. Lions move on and usually only one male in the pride. This just completed the story for me. Also, the reason he's still around in their later years is Scar saved his life like 3 times Scar's mother raised him. Have to agree with you...the music did not hit.

[@nickbraleystudios132]

There was one song by Scar that I liked a lot, but I agree the rest were forgettable. I enjoyed this movie way more than I expected to though and even felt emotional a few times. And the conclusion with Scar and Mufasa felt a bit forced and not earned. Seemed like at that point, he could’ve still forgiven Scar and been good brothers

[@WaqarDepp]

Saw it today. Loved it!

[@awakenedbyyhuhassembly6015]

I would never see it

[@605darrius]

No if you listen to the original one scar always said that He was supposed to be king and the original prince you'll just didn't catch on

[@yousefdannoun8818]

It was an okay movie if i could rate it out of 10 it would be 7/10 or 7.5/10 the music let it down big time

[@syedahmedaidan4644]

Theres definitely a ban words filter because there aint any negative comments

[@alexandremoreno7682]

Loved the movie 👏👏

[@speedlimit8073]

sonic eats mufasa alive

[@jstmarton]

Legit Bye-Bye

[@TheGreatestActor]

Yes I have seen it, the storyline was a little fast and a little rushed but I can bypass that. I thought it was amazingly great. You just have to accept that it's a different franchise from the cartoon. Again in the lion guard they explain how he got his scar and it's not the same as the Mufasa movie. I pretty much knew they were probably going to explain the scar so I decided going into the movie that this was a separate franchise from the cartoon. When I try to combine the two it bothers me kind of like you said. When I think of them as two separate franchises though I don't have any problem with it other than I was expecting a big fight between Mufasa and Scar at the end, again not in the 2019 version but in the live-action, "temper temper I wouldn't dream of challenging you again. In the cartoon he just says I wouldn't dream of challenging you but in the live-action he puts the word again into the sentence and so putting it as two separate cannons. If this is a prequel based on the live-action remake. Mufasa and Scar was supposed to challenge each other and Scar was supposed to lose but because scar needs to stick around for the first movie Mufasa would show him Mercy at least that's how I interpreted it. Even though Kairos was the main villain. I was expecting one more villain fight between Scar and Mufasa after Kiros died. Other than adding that at the end it was a good movie.

[@Tizzo1982]

I have zero interest in this.

[@drizzyfreckles]

Shame, cause it’s a good movie

[@daniellove162]

So this is Prince of Egypt where Moses and is the bad guy?

[@sm4carnageihope]

He's not the fucking bad guy. He didn't betray Taka like everyone seems to be running with.

[@deathsdoor07]

​@@sm4carnageihopeYet Taka isn't king.

[@sm4carnageihope]

@deathsdoor07 His fault, he was the petty backstabber.

[@daniellove162]

@@sm4carnageihope - Moses and Taka get taken in by a royal family. They both become brothers of a princes. Things go bad, the princes become kings, taka and Moses come back to confront the kings and end up on top but in one story Moses is a good guy and the other is a bad guy yet their story arch’s are similar.

[@sm4carnageihope]

@daniellove162 I think I see what you're saying, but Taka was already a prince from the beginning, Mufasa is the one who gets taken in.

[@alexandremoreno7682]

Liked the music! Proud of Lin

[@mariokeo7272]

I liked the movie.

[@slate49]

I think Jay Z should have done the soundtrack 🤪

[@johanmatthee2484]

Mufusa is not the lion king anymore, think they completely took the magic out of it, but hey we are talking about Disney so no real surprise there. I will not watch Mufasa.

[@nickbraleystudios132]

It’s honestly pretty good

[@Emoncjr103192]

I thought it was good too

[@opalrhue9032]

It’s nice to hear a balanced non-rant review. I get it’s not great but hearing the same rant commentary without practical reasons or examples to support is exhausting. Like tell me whhhyyy it’s bad other than ‘no-one asked for this’…I don’t ask for any movie honestly. Thanks for the HELPFUL review.

[@AS11798]

We all liked it a lot

[@drizzyfreckles]

This movie justified getting greenlit

[@TheDoDoGuy]

This movie like the last one sucked and they retcon shit

[@userq5532]

Just watched it. What a movie! Do not let critics ruin this movie for you. These people get paid to give bad reviews

[@teeahtate]

Great visuals and voice acting, but a weak story.

[@MJBUZZ317]

Thank you this movie was good..and the music was great please everyone check it out

[@Cmj5g-q2c]

Horrible

[@cobaltcrusader9841]

Musicfasa

[@AutsistcAnimationdan101]

Let’s face it the brother story in transformers one is a lot better then this And Kris u got to watch transformers one it’s way better then u thought it was going to be

[@similarrose5811]

Miranda been overrated

[@desdar100]

Nah, he's been behind two of the biggest Disney soundtracks in the past two decades

[@similarrose5811]

@ Moana and?

[@desdar100]

@similarrose5811 Encanto and if you want to get technical Hamilton since he gave them the rights

[@similarrose5811]

@ Like I said, overrated. Of all the Disney soundtracks Encanto and Vivo are the worst of the catalogue IMO. Hamilton was great, In the heights was mid, his song for new Little Mermaid was trash and now another bomb. He’s really still coasting on his Hamilton success and Moana to a point, but even then he had help from Polynesian musicians as well.

[@desdar100]

@similarrose5811 Encanto love it or hate it is one of the biggest modern-day Disney tracks, and was even more so than Moana which is now a billion dollar franchise because of the love of that first movie. The Little mermaid already had a preconceived soundtrack that was already iconic and the scuttlebutt regardless of how people didn't like it was not the reason people didn't have interest in seeing an already controversial film. If you remove his contributions from the original stuff he's worked on all you really have from a musical standpoint our wish and more recently Moana 2 which were both to cry for not having his presence. Even the music from Mufasa is doing pretty well for itself so it's not like he's lost any spark IMHO. I'm not saying he needs to be on everything, but he's been carrying the Disney musical on his back along with the Lopez's

[@Mightymelbournestars12]

It was terrible movie 😊

[@unclerayrayleon]

Sorry bro it was bad as ye music. He pretty retold Simba story in a slightly different angle n wasn’t good. 🗑️

[@nickbraleystudios132]

There was one song by Scar that I liked a lot, but I agree the rest were forgettable. I enjoyed this movie way more than I expected to though and even felt emotional a few times. And the conclusion with Scar and Mufasa felt a bit forced and not earned. Seemed like at that point, he could’ve still forgiven Scar and been good brothers