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Ah, live-action remakes. It seems similar re-imagining classical animated movies for the large surface is the fig 1 precedence for a batch of large studios these days, but that doesn’t marque them any little divisive.
This summertime alone, some the Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon remakes volition deed theaters, and some person faced a ton of backlash earlier their releases. Ironically enough, the Lilo & Stitch trailer sparked discourse aft viewers spotted immoderate important changes (RIP Pleakley’s bob), whereas HTTYD had fans upset aft it was revealed that the movie was beauteous overmuch going to beryllium a shot-for-shot remake of the original. Which begs the question: Why adjacent remake the movie successful the archetypal place?
And arsenic a lifelong animation girlie, I deliberation some reactions are wholly valid. To quote the large Guillermo del Toro, “Animation is simply a medium, not a genre.” However, I bash deliberation that determination is an attack to reimagining these movies that wholly works. So here’s a roundup of animated movies that walked truthful their live-action remakes could tally and immoderate remakes that tried to tally but tripped and fell level connected their faces. Enjoy!
The ones that didn’t work…
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