Female Film Critics 24/375
While Favreau gives his take on “The Lion King” a striking new look – although it has widely been referred to as a “live-action” remake, the naturalistic animals are actually all computer animated – the rest of his changes are largely insignificant and unfailingly safe.
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Computer animation has become so advanced, so realistic that the result is “virtual cinematography,” meaning the African animals look as if they were photographed on-location. Credit veteran cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, working with visual supervisors Robert Legato and Adam Velez, who previously collaborated with director Jon Favreau on The Jungle Book.
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