YMS Lion King (2019) Editing Highlights (Part 15)

[@RickRaptor105]

"We're past the 1 hour 45 minute mark. ... I haven't talked about Beyonce yet."

[@bananaempijama]

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[@Wired4Life2]

At this point, YMS _Lion King_ (2019) Editing Highlights is the anime series and the final review will be the compressed/distilled anime movie.

[@garethross8890]

"Evangelion: Death and Rebirth" "The Lion King: yEs and BEEP"

[@Not_an_alligator]

@@garethross8890 "The Lion King: You Can (Not) Remake"

[@polstam9202]

That sounds like a thing Kimba did

[@Wired4Life2]

@@polstam9202 That was the mid-season spinoff feature.

[@awesomebacon1075]

The Lion King Arc

[@tom-tom2905]

I think the only thing Adum is enjoying about editing is getting to watch Scar frame by frame every day

[@inefffable]

I think thats what this is all about. The review is a cover

[@MisterDriskul]

"You are such a naughty boy." -Scar

[@smaakjeks]

As if he doesn’t already do that regardless

[@soso-chan5075]

I don't blame him lol

[@vrabo3026]

This theory will be but to the test when we move on to scenes where Scar isn't so prevalent. Wouldn't it be funny if Adum breezed through the review but slowed down during the last fight?

[@Midknight824]

The duality of “Yes” in Lion King 2019: Mufasa: Yeeauus Scar with Reverb: Y E S ! !

[@gh000stful]

@@davidwilson6577 unfortunately

[@vrabo3026]

@@davidwilson6577 Did you think it was Simba?

[@Wired4Life2]

It’s like “law” from _Judge Dredd._

[@Shadow7Silver7]

@@davidwilson6577 lol I don’t blame you - all the lions look so similar.

[@mariokarter13]

Scar telling Simba to roar in the original movie is the equivalent of telling him to stand on the big red X where the piano is going to be dropped. What Simba was doing there was unimportant, Scar just wanted him to stay in that spot.

[@pamelasouza7867]

YMS at the start of this journey: Jon made Iron Man, maybe he slipped real hard, I won't attack him as a person. YMS now: this is the worst thing in existence. Damn u Jon.

[@diccchocolate416]

Jon*

[@pamelasouza7867]

@@diccchocolate416 oops, thx

[@Cuuppeli]

J O N

[@1xoACEox1]

Jon didn't make Iron Man come on. Those films are made by committee. Considering everything else he's made is garbage I think we can safely assume other people involved were responsibly for Iron Man being decent. Like M.Night and the Sixth Sense.

[@videogamenostalgia]

​@@1xoACEox1 Jon actually had quite a lot of creative control over Iron Man; Robert Downey Jr was a bit of a gamble and it was almost an experimental movie (Marvel expected Hulk to gross much higher and be the basis of a more grounded MCU). It's only the post-Iron Man 1 movies where the studios really took over micro-managing the franchise. Iron Man worked primarily because it had a great cast - there's nothing particularly special about the directing (and remember there are lots of extremely average and forgettable bits - like the movie's entire climax).

[@SonicHaXD]

Adams rant about the music really makes me appreciate the original so much more XD

[@HurricaneDDragon]

You may not have noticed it… but your brain did. 🧠

[@shagarumedic]

@@HurricaneDDragon *schafrillas intensifies*

[@RinLockhart]

I've listened to _I Just Can't Wait To Be King_ on repeat because of him.

[@michaelstrong5383]

"Why is nature healed when Simba roars at the end?" I always thought that happened eventually over time after Simba became king. It wasn't as if Simba's roar made the plants better and all the other animals return immediately.

[@PaintSplashProductions]

Yeah the roar was just the transition

[@ruleofoz2207]

well... they had a baby between the scenes, pretty sure those don't pop out just like that.

[@niyaboyd3805]

Bro I’m sorry...487 comments?

[@powergannon]

Yeah, it was the hyenas overhunting in the pridelands that made it barren of food, and presumably it took at least a year after they were chased out for the prey animals to reappear. (Why it also stopped raining is another question)

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@niyaboyd3805 Yeah, I kept track of these videos. Although, I didn't know I commented that many times on this channel.

[@ashwinmenezes53]

Holy shit, I knew that this movie was a monument of animation and musical achievement. But seeing it broken down for the first time makes me appreciate it so much more

[@crimsondynamo615]

So not only does the remake fail in the story, the effects, tone, but also the fucking musical score and how it’s supposed to blend with the scene.

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@crimsondynamo615 Hell, the Broadway musical even succeeded in blending all of that and add in some new scenes that advance the plot too. All of which the remake never tried to do.

[@SR.PlayAlot64]

Same here

[@Regu269]

Guys I think we just finished the review for Adum.

[@theotherjared9824]

The original score was one of the most unique scores Hans Zimmer ever made. Besides the African inspired motifs, it was used only when necessary, leaving some scenes with only dialogue so the audience won't get distracted. The remake completely bloated the film with noise so the audience won't get bored, and made it sound more generic as a result.

[@michaelstrong5383]

I've said this in an earlier video, but the score of the remake is basically "The Lion King's Greatest Hits".

[@Wired4Life2]

@@Reiman33 _Interstellar_ would’ve served as a worthy 2nd Oscar. Too bad the overdue Alexandre Desplat had a RIDICULOUSLY great 2014. (2017, on the other hand...That should’ve been Jonny Greenwood’s Oscar.)

[@bruksphantom]

It seems that's a major problem with a lot of mainstream films nowadays coming out of either Disney or the superhero genre. No time to breathe, gotta keep having a noticeable score in the background to make the audience understand what emotions to have for a specific scene. The filmmakers basically treat the audience as if they're imbeciles.

[@bkebradley]

If you changed the word "most" to "only" I'd agree more

[@dorians.9872]

The original Lion King came out 6 years before Gladiator, which coined the whole "Hans Zimmer Style" of Composing. But now hes become lazy and a kinda self-parody. I just wanted to give Zimmer Credit for composing Rango, but then i realized that happened 10+ years ago...

[@alan62036]

I've noticed that the stampede in the new one is a lot slower. The wildebeest have been slacking on their cardio.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

This whole movie has no sense of rhythm, the sequences are always at the wrong speed, not understanding what the intension in the original scenes were supposed to communicate.

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 I wonder if a factor is how they created the animal models. I may be wrong about the exact ways it affects it, but every character is ultimately based on the Nature Documentary video clips they chose to copy from. Jon described how they picked clips of real animals from videos found online. They organized them by emotion and then in VR, they had their CGI animal models copy the behavior. However, when it comes down to the collection of Nature Documentary clips they chose to recreate...these still feature different individual lions, in different environments, all moving at different speeds... It's not like how the animators drew the original lions in every emotion, all from the same model, all from the same context. Instead, it was a mashup, and I wonder if they failed to account for the real life animal body moving in ways that are not just connected to their head/face, which does affect how they are communicating that emotion. In each real life clip, the animal's mouths may be moving in the same way, their face may look similar, they may be even feeling the same...but in the original clips, of course, there's still at least a slight difference between their speed and direction of the body that the head is connected to. There's also a difference between the space each lion is moving in, further affecting the movement/rhythm (from flat terrain, to on top of a rock in a zoo, etc.). Just the little things that add up. Idk how to adequately explain myself lol but I see a problem that may be involved in the terrible/lack of rhythm. Every original clip of real life animals had a different rhythm, you know? This was a challenge they had to overcome when taking all these clips and smashing them together, when they ultimately only took seconds from each one. (This applies to every character, every animal.) They definitely worked hard on it, I'm not saying they didn't think about it at all. If they didn't, then there would be ZERO rhythm and no followable action, and that had to be taken care of immediately in order to establish any moment to moment movement. I acknowledge this work not to be nice, but to stress how much would need to be done about it. IMO, they needed to do a lot more work on movement later in production, big picture movement. It's not the ultimate problem, they didn't literally combine all the clips in a row or anything, it's just the translation. I just see it as another problem that could have contributed to how much trouble the rhythm has. This movie needed a lot more work, that's my ultimate takeaway lol. Pretty much every department needed more time. They just dropped the models in and crap audio and released it lol. I am truly shocked at how rough every aspect of this movie is.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

@@sorryifoldcomment8596 Wow, I didn't know that. It just makes this whole production look alot lazier when comparing to how the original and other older, better, Disney project would have a pre-production process of months of research trying to get the right look of the environment and animals the were working on. But what I meant was the pacing of the stamped scene. When compare side by side you can see how the original cuts wisely between Simba's reaction and the wildebeests coming down from the cliff to create tension and a sense of urgency to save Simba. Nothing of that happens in the 2019 remake, as Adum says, Favrau tries to compensate with the overbearing Hans Zimmer score but it fails because the sequence is so poorly directed.

[@weilim10]

Real wildebeest don't run very fast. Real wildebeest are lazy. - JONNNN "wildebeest expert" Favreau

[@cardboardhed1967]

"Late march" LMFAO that's the funniest thing adam said in this whole video. See you in November.

[@johngrasis4488]

November 2022

[@dylanmcartoonell1536]

November 2090

[@superchroma]

November: 2049

[@SuperExpert]

It's May :)

[@_sofie]

It’s late june :()

[@Calcagno1988]

“If you kids can’t keep your questions to yourself, I’M GONNA TURN THIS STREAM AROUND, and they’ll be NO LION KING REVIEW for ANYONE.” “THAT’S IT, BACK TO WINNIPEG FILM FESTIVAL”

[@michaelstrong5383]

*NELSONHAHA90:* "Lion King review when?"

[@cookiemocher388]

Who slapped him?

[@CurlyFry.]

@@cookiemocher388 Jon Favreau

[@darienwest4748]

The upside to this review taking forever is that we get more of these awesome highlights in the meantime.

[@Shiro_Amada]

A fine substitute. At least he is still reviewing other films while this is taking forever.

[@michaelstrong5383]

I see this as a win-win situation.

[@219SilverChoc]

'YOUR DADS DEAD, WHAT ARE YOU DO advert starts

[@אביתרשטראוס]

30:45 don't forget, that as Zazu is diving into the valley, a harp(or another string instrument, IDK for sure) is making a "note dive"

[@amf8648]

PLUS, the way his wings are flailing about is in synk with the music!

[@smaakjeks]

LOL, using “BEEP!” as a censoring sound is perfect

[@blackvulture6818]

He finaly repaired his beep

[@caroline6218]

I know it’s hilarious!

[@alcoonslambag9999]

You people have weird ideas of what's "hilarious".

[@smaakjeks]

@@alcoonslambag9999 Is this part of KZbin Premium? Unsolicited comments checking in to give me notes on what I enjoy? I'm not sure how I turn you off, but I'm sure I'll find it under "tools"

[@YungM.D.]

The shot of Scar looming over the stampede while the haunting funeral choir builds is one of the best music to visual combinations I’ve ever seen/heard

[@rutgerhauerfan]

Speaking of low-angle shots. They're effective when you're meant to show something as being a threat, like the wildebeasts are here. Man, the entire stampede scene from beginning to end is making me emotional. Both from what's transpiring on-screen AND from the creative aspects that Adam's pointing out here. The original truly is a masterpiece.

[@GottaGoBlast]

Yeah, it's to make you empathize with Simba, like you're in his point of view.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Maybe Simba napping next to Mufasa’s corpse is supposed to be a fucked up call back to how Kimba treats the corpse of his dad. Course the kimba krowd can call it a rip off if the movie had Timon and Pumbaa were walking around inside his corpse.

[@newthejsterjacob408]

Mmmm suspicious?

[@overlookers]

23:24 _"Uncle Scar, these edibles ain't sh-_

[@Loffeleif]

This went from Year of the Lion to Decade of the Lion, and honestly I think it's great.

[@powergannon]

People said eating bugs is vegetarian? Do they... do they not know that insects and worms are animals?

[@Mwrp86]

Although in the literal sense, it sounds stupid, I think they meant both Kimba and Simba doesn't have everyday Lion Diet habits

[@averageryan4965]

Insects are on the same level as plants. If you kill a few thousand ants people are like "meh", you kill a few thousand dogs and suddenly the police have to get involved. 😄

[@dracocrusher]

The point was more that they're not eating large animal meat or anything, but it's phrased in such a stupid way. Like of course you wouldn't want your lion protagonist for kids to be gutting antalope apart on-screen, they're way too relatable for that to NOT make them look bad or raise some questions. So instead, just throw out whatever you can as a substitute because it's better than having Simba gore an entire zebra into bits.

[@mojavefry2617]

Also because most people don’t know that the term “insectivore” exists.

[@ujjwalmishra8962]

My brain

[@accursedalucard1457]

I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to watch someone tear a piece of media to shreds before.

[@nathan98000]

I know some people are saying to release the review in multiple parts. But I would personally love to see a single massive video shitting on the movie

[@argonzee7017]

Same, the impact of seeing the total runtime in the thumbnail is an advertisement in and of itself.

[@bananaempijama]

With the amount of time of production, it's going to be a 4 hour rant review ahah

[@missemeortiz]

The score rant is so spot on! When I watched the remake that's the thing that mostly pissed me off. I mean all the movie did but the treatment of the score was the most disappointing part of it.

[@imaginaryfanboy]

Scar's reverbed YES has Mufasa yEs energy.

[@aiya7894]

How ya handling the twitch ban? Or is it over I have no context for the timeline

[@imaginaryfanboy]

@@aiya7894 it's already over, it was just for a week

[@HerohammerStudios]

Thought it was an edit at first

[@Stiv64_]

8:50 they didn't even bother using real life body language of lions, like why does simba not even set back his ears in this scene?

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

Because lions, like humans and actors, are robots and do not actually feel things in the wild..... to a Disney director at least

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

Oh wait nvm Simba’s tail moves a little when he’s trying to hold onto the tree, the lions in this movie are great and john did everything perfectly...... (with his ears still up like everything is fine)

[@Rosebrickwork]

too much to animate i guess lol

[@RobotCrafter1]

It's not ~ReAlIsTiC EnOuGh~ duh.

[@bernebelmont1857]

they have never seen a real lion and didnt think to look at any at a zoo or, Animal Kingdom which HAS lions on a big ass rock it was guesswork, the OG they brought lions into the studio which was extra as hell but for this? "well I THINK I saw a cat on the side of the road once, Ill just do it from memory"

[@AquaIcIIng]

i love how he broke down the relationship between the music and animation in this scene. im an animator and the gorge scene is one of my favorite movie scenes ever because of the coordination of what is happening on screen and what you hear. really happy hes showing people in detail how amazing movies can be when creative departments work together

[@TehVulpez]

6:50 Nature was healed at the end because of the fire, burning away all the old dead grass and allowing new grass to grow. If there's no grazing animals (due to overhunting by hyenas), then the dead grass can't be cleared away otherwise. Same stuff happens in real life prairie ecosystems. Ranchers will use controlled burns every year in the Flint Hills to improve the quality of the grass.

[@peehead8532]

honestly idc when the review gets out, as long as Adam is happy with what he made, it alright, bc he always seems to make his review pretty great

[@caroline6218]

He also finds the best cringe and funny moments. Like yEs, BEEP, wow dude pride rock!, black black black black, SIRE!, I didn’t try to fix it I tried to perform it, I’m not a cub, THERE he is, BEYONCE!!!, whoa, it’s not animation it’s not live action it’s both, Simba?, lions attack!, I love Disney so much, it gets bigger, SimmmmmBA! Etc.

[@peehead8532]

@@caroline6218 its amazing to me how he can find so many funny moments in something that i would just watch unironically, love that

[@KimiraDreams]

Watching these highlight videos is every bit as entertaining as the YMS reviews, honestly. I like that I get to learn so much from Adam, both in his process of editing videos and him explaining how movies work. So interesting to watch.

[@peehead8532]

@@KimiraDreams i know right , like im on my 5th(im not joking haha) time binge watching him editing in one go because he keeps things interesting and entertaining as heck, plus I appreciate film alOt more now, so happy for that :D

[@MOTHHMAN]

@@peehead8532 same here! I love rewatching these highlights and I definitely appreciate the og lion king even more now :)

[@munjee2]

Seeing the part fifteen in the title is making me reconsider several life choices

[@duartevader2101]

You're not alone, man.

[@NinjaGodzilla]

@Harper Swan Beep

[@dankwarmouse6248]

His points about the coordination between the visuals and the score in the stampede scene draw so much attention to the art and craftsmanship of the 1994 movie. It's not like the 2019 version lacked the same control, IT WAS ALSO ANIMATED. It was just a failure in creativity.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Also, if you listen to the 1994 version on its own without visuals, you can still picture what's happening in your head. The 2019 version is just musically numb.

[@tosterg6590]

Not only that, the details in the music itself talk so much about how they cared for their craft, listen closely and you'll notice that certain instruments correspond to the characters or scene, for example the choir is only used for the wildebeest's while zazu has a violin and harp, i love this scene for all these little things.

[@dicedmeat7857]

@@michaelstrong5383 YESS! Especially the stampede scene. The music immerses you imo, like FUCK this cub might die! Oh gosh his father is here to save him! I ALSO loved that one moment where Simbas looking for mufasa when he disappears in the stampede before he jumps to the cliff, the 2019 version though... Edit: sorry to the op I just cant help it but that moment in the original worked BECAUSE of the music, especially in that specific scene. You dont know if Mufasa might be dead, you feel the same panicked urgency Simba feels. ARGHHHH THATS WHY I HATE THE 2019 VERSION

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@dicedmeat7857 The stampede scene is one of my favorite music in any film score ever made. Just the sheer intensity of it always grabs my attention every time. It boggles my mind that the original and the remake's underwhelming version came from the same composer.

[@sleshstamp]

I'll be very disappointed if I don't hear at least one, "WHHHHHYYYYY JOOOOOONNNNN!!??" in this

[@TheAverageGrunt]

I'd settle for just a "JOOOOOOHHHNNNNN!"

[@KOTEBANAROT]

im a big fan of PAPA JAAAAAAAHN myself

[@SolarDragon007]

You're tearing me apart George

[@SpellboundWolf]

As Adam talks about the music in the stampede, I can't help but to feel anxious & scared. Each time I watch it & hear this song, I am suddenly a terrified 6-year-old again (currently 33). I always cry when Mufasa is shown laying dead in the dust, ALWAYS. None of this is negative though. The Lion King causing me to get so worked up after watching it probably hundreds of times throughout my life proves that it is, indeed, a masterpiece. It will NEVER be recreated again or ever replaced. I am very much looking forward to this review, no matter the length of it. I will watch it because I love The Lion King & I respect Adam very much as well.

[@victoriapulcifer6218]

The debacle about Scar's motive is actually quite easy to explain. Scar was banking on both Simba AND Mufasa dying in the stampede. We can infer this because it would make no sense for Scar to intentionally plan to have Simba blame himself over Mufasa's death, if the next phase of Scar's plan was to instantly send the hyenas to kill him anyways. There is no need for Simba to feel guilt if he is meant to be eaten by hyenas. And the hyenas were not sent out to chase him away either, Scar said "run away and never return", and Simba had already started running away from the Pride, so there was no need to also throw in hyenas if Scar had wanted Simba to survive with survivor's guilt. What Jon Favreau does here is imply that Scar's plan all along was to kill Mufasa in such a way that would make Simba feel directly responsible and run away from the Pride. Which would be an OK angle, if Jon's Scar didn't also send the hyenas with the intent to finish him off like in the original, OR if he was shown to have a genuine soft spot for Simba. I can't believe I'm smarter than a director that made billions of dollars and don't have a cent to my name. Life is unfair

[@oddysee3030]

Ya gotta wonder why Scar yelling "YES" super loud didn't just start the stampede right then and there

[@trapadvisor]

Good point

[@ledzep1023]

I can’t wait for this 4-5 hour review. It would be Adum’s magnum opus on his channel

[@thecinematicmind]

I’m guessing the final Synecdoche, New York video is his posthumous video.

[@theMadCEHMist]

Adam’s put more time, effort and passion into this review than anyone on the film.

[@max5845]

I always assumed that the reason the landscape was so desolate when Scar was king was because they killed off too many of the animals to eat, and it upset the ecosystem, playing into the whole circle of life theme. I never interpreted it as God being angry. Oh well.

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

That's how I always saw it as well. They didn't need a supernatural force to destroy all the resources, it was done using the natural forces of Scar and the hyenas/whoever else. Not realistic, but it is established in the movie, and definitely makes more sense than God. (If a God is involved, then it definitely just hates the hyenas, more than Scar lol.)

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

17:34 - 18:20 I remember that happening with the YMS review of The Visit; people having gripes with him saying how the high definition footage hurt the believability of the film, completely ignoring the context of said footage coming from what was narratively described a used, damaged camera and going "lawl r u srsly complaining about the good quality?" Selective hearing doesn't even begin to describe it.

[@cherriegetison6093]

I think Adum fundamentally misinterpreted Scar's plan. Scar avoids killing Simba himself not because he's afraid he'll be busted by other lions, but because it's established that Scar himself looks like foreign, weak and with very female moves.

[@Eidlones]

I kinda hate how at 44:25, the music is telling me that Mufasa's a heroic lion, rather than stressing the seriousness of the situation like the original.

[@mrbanks456]

Adum kinda blew my mind with that stampede rant. I got emotional. Love music analysis.

[@cazzy243]

Using scar as the censor beep was genius 😂

[@BenS-dy9eq]

Damn, I’m starting to think Adam doesn’t like this movie

[@brainstorm9560]

Wait! If making Simba roar was part of Scar's plan, does that mean that that chameleon was secretly working for scar all along? Holy shit! I think I've uncovered the real evil mastermind of the movie. That lizard conspired to kill Mufasa and got away with it.

[@x511100x]

This whole series is just as satisfying as a completed review

[@duartevader2101]

The day this gets released will be legendary.

[@ClassyAntiVenom]

"Do I love black people? No!" I always knew Adum was racist after he gave Black Panther a -3/10 and called for the whitewashing of all the characters smh

[@rudeboyspodcast]

I just wanted it to cut off when he started saying "N-" and then the Always Sunny title card pops up and says "Adam gets cancelled."

[@HalfbreedTrini]

And what he did to Fehgit Shepard.... Scoot might forgive him, but I never will😖

[@theotherjared9824]

They hard nerfed the stampede choir in the remake. I can barely hear them unless they were screeching.

[@travissloan9411]

We're at 28 (give or take a few Kimbas) Lion King pre-production videos. I hope this shit never ends.

[@kaitlint3987]

I always thought the drought was another shakespeare reference,more to macbeth in a bit of filler they say the weather is acting odd and the horses did some crazy thing and ate each other (I think it's been awhile) and how it must be because the wrong king is on the throne.

[@TheNintendoFreak04]

im so glad he covered the music cues, now i can finally show my collegues what the hell im refering to when i talk about how much better the original ost is and was used.

[@bradwilcox08]

I love the analysis you gave on the music for the stampede scene, it makes the original seem so much better with all the attention to detail that is given to that scene in the classic.

[@ZakaZ1996]

32:00 - 32:30 Something I noticed, is that use of music feels like a mix of "Simba climbing from the stampede" and "Mufasa running to save Simba", basically both high and low instrumentations mixed indicating that the two are in the same place in the moment.

[@squidsquiddly5970]

I truly think I will cherish the final Review of this as much as I cherish the original Lion King. Thank you for doing all this work. Seriously.

[@squidsquiddly5970]

It must be AWFUL having to edit this because you can't simply fast forward or rewind to a point in the film to get an audio clip or a reference shot because there are literally 0 facial cues as to what the F is happening in any given scene.. You would have to press play and WAIT until an actor talks to have any notion of what to grab.

[@persbaderse]

Adum's attention to detail is actually making me appreciate the original lion king more

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

I love when these come in

[@storkksoundmedia7778]

Someone tell adum it’s all good, take as long as you want. More time only means more quality content

[@BigSleepy985]

The stampede scene and Mufasas death is the only time Disney emotionally moved me. The chills, the pain and the grief I felt. A film that has no people feels more human than every live action remake Disney has released

[@Scott_McKewl]

"It's a misinterpretation" - Spike Lee

[@dankwarmouse6248]

Big ups to you man, these editing highlights really help with the (understandably) long-ass wait for this review.

[@TAGDevilish]

Adam’s shelving looks like it’s always on the verge of tipping over and spilling all the Blu-rays.

[@sirraven_]

Dang, has it really been more than 4 months since the last lion king video?

[@talonsandwings17]

Adum didn’t go into this (no shade, there’s way too much to praise the original and lambast the remake for here), but that shot of Mufasa spotting Simba on the tree and the accompanying musical cue [41:27] hits me SO HARD now that the music/visual synergy has been pointed out. We get Mufasa’s heroic “Dad coming to his son’s rescue” theme as he and Scar scan the gorge and then, when Zazu points out Simba and the shot changes to Mufasa’s perspective, seeing his son in near-death peril, the music breaks from an intense but coherent heroic motif to the chorus literally staccato panic-shouting. Just like the squeal-esque musical cue when Zazu startles at spotting Simba for the first time, the music is expressing Mufasa’s internal emotional reaction. He’s panicking. The situation is so dire to him that the composed king gives way to the desperate father and we HEAR that emotional internal shift in the music. It puts us in the characters’ heads and makes us feel what they feel. It’s so fucking good.

[@DrachonaTheWolf]

6:49 The main reason why everything is terrible under Scar's rule is that he doesn't respect "the circle of life". He's an incompetent ruler who can't get food and doesn't care about balance. The idea is that everything goes back to normal, not just because Simba is the true king, but because he's a competent ruler who respects the balance of nature.

[@dwelleroftheinternet8499]

what i really love is at 29:54 the music is litterally a call and response, with the notes being played from Simbas perspective and then again from Mufasas, as if Simba is calling for help and Mufasa is answering that call

[@ADragonNerd]

7:10 cuz Simba being king literally restores order to the pridelands. That, and as a good king, Simba would make sure the animals don't overfeed again destroying the habitat like how Scar allowed the Hyenas to do that

[@babyBELUGAr]

The term "trickle down narcotics," is fucking hilarious, can't believe it was just the title of that timestamp

[@thegrimcritic5494]

Honestly Adam, your explanation of the symbiosis of music and visuals for the canyon scene is some collegiate level analysis that I could imagine a professor using as an actual lecture for film school. I was just nodding along the whole time and speaking aloud alongside you because I knew exactly where you were going with your analyses and articulations, since I felt the exact same way watching the film and understanding exactly what you saw in it. Exemplary work as always my dude. Keep on keeping on.

[@chetkazalski1925]

So is the whole aesthetic Jon was going for “echoes of the past” the main priority

[@theotherjared9824]

No one knows. That's the problem.

[@Splitter4416]

Friendly reminder Hans Zimmer won his one and only Oscar for The Lion King. Rightfully earned.

[@benenwren4110]

Huh. I never got the impression that Simba thought his roar caused the stampede, I always thought he blamed himself because Mufasa died as a direct result of rescue him.

[@ladywithpinkglasses]

This movie is really slap to the original creators' faces. What a nightmare.

[@Shadowplay4Cats]

Adam yelling YOUR DAD’S DEAD is what I needed this morning

[@thegmanofEAP]

Adum's breakdown of the music in the stampede is a great example of how something on paper might be great but in execution, it can fail. Like "Martha" in BvS, using the same amazing moments and music from an amazing movie should be good, but not understanding how and why ruins it

[@thegmanofEAP]

@@williamshelton4318 see that's the thing. On paper, I know the idea is "Batman has to take a step back and realize that this guy isn't a monster. He's kinda like him". The issue is everything around that suggests otherwise. Superman is an asshole, batman's a psycho. It shouldn't work for these characters

[@OldSlyEyes]

Their blank faces during the stampede is hilarious

[@stoutlandish580]

I really appreciated your rant about the stampede music, the musical cues, and how the visuals are symbiotic with the score. With the original score, I can close my eyes and almost visualize the entire (stampede) scene in my head from the musical cues alone. That’s how you know just how meaningful those musical choices are, and how the music tells the story in the absence of dialogue.

[@goddammithoward]

Adam you sound so much like a professor and I'm so here for it

[@fna1985]

I never knew about how detailed the score was until Adum pointed it out. Now I love the 94 film even more.

[@John_Notmylastname]

I’ve always thought it was because Simba had to be saved that his father died. Never thought it had anything to do with a roar.

[@jessus1026]

Oh thank god he mentioned the score and the animation complementing each other! Notice that when Simba was climbing onto the tree limb in the OG, the beats fell in tandem with his movements, too, it's great. Anyway, I feel like a lot of movies these days have lost that dynamic- the music is just...there. On the very rare chance I find time to do videos, I always try to make my art harmonious with the music I'm using. This is why you should have someone who has actual *creativity* directing animated movies.

[@videogamenostalgia]

The virgin yEs The chad *YHES*

[@KOTEBANAROT]

I think Scar is genuinely anxious in this scene too, he really doesnt want to mess this up

[@Handington]

Take however long you need, this project is awesome, I'd rather it be a million hours long and awesome since it'll totally be better than actually watching the remake itself

[@pinheiro...]

The long rant bit of this video was absolutely beautiful. Adam perfectly illustrated the outstanding symbiotic relationship between the score and the visuals. I've always felt it was so but he managed to put it into words and make why it works so well clear. I hope this lil nugget of information isn't left in these streams, and that he is able to talk about it in the review somehow also.

[@Adam-gj4rq]

41:56 they even move their heads in time with the music

[@maddydonuts_]

The original stampede scene is simply terrific, I get chills every time and I keep noticing new things to appreciate about it, the score, the animation, just... Wow. They didn't even try in the remake...

[@populadopula]

if my name was john I'd clip every time YMS says it and use it as an alarm ringtone lmao

[@drmorpheus2311]

You explaining the music used for the stampede in detail made me thing of the whole scene to Simba finding his dad dead which just made me almost cry. Your passion you use to explain the music used is 10/10, really good

[@chibi_jojo9000]

*THERE HE IS*

[@TheAverageGrunt]

Sick profile pic

[@pkpyro2000]

Pretty sure there’s a film theory about how Simba could have survived off of bugs Addendum: Leave the Horse alone it’ll be out when it’s out do you want it to be good or do you want it to be done

[@Ybarchov21]

I dunno if YMS will see this but when they are searching for simba, it plays the same music that played when you saw simba climb on the tree. So in a way, the music being the same is telling the viewer and listener that mufasa and scar are looking for simba.

[@LordBaruch]

41:07 It also ignores the technical reason: this oddly low key moment in an otherwise hectic score was necessary so that you could hear the dialogue, and it makes no sense to have a lull when the scene is getting more tense if you don’t need to hear what’s being said.

[@SuperJelbo]

I can't wait for the 2 1/2 hour YMS spin-off review about the entire Beyonce discography, purely to get us through The Lion King (2019) with enough context

[@Zap_R0sdower]

29:50 the music even matches up with Simba climbing and then bouncing on the tree

[@PauKj]

Everything you’re ranting about is probably exactly why Zimmer is just drunk in the interviews. He 100% just took the paycheck and got drunk. You can hear some things are adapted to the film, but Zimmer was probably also told to keep the original score for nostalgia-points even if it didn’t match up or work cinematically. In addition to that they placed absolute morons on the sound-team, including Pharell Williams.

[@KeyblademasterDovahkiin]

8:57 made me imagine a Lion King remake with Cool Cat and Daddy Derek and now I want that more than anything. Butch can be Scar.

[@ShroudedWolf51]

Since I've been watching MST3k recently: That expression is...DULL SURPRISE!!