Are Disney Classics The Same After Being Turned Into Live Action Movies

  Over  the years Disney has brought us countless of  movies  from the classics to the renaissance   to  the present  movies.  Sometimes  to  get more audience Disney brings  them to live action.  Some of these work but others ruin the  original  movie.   There  are three   basic ways that this can  work or  fail.  The producers    Portrayal, casting and change  to see if the live action can surpass the original.

  Let's  start  with  the portrayal  of the classic  and  see if  it  sticks to the  events  in the original movie.  Usually  when a movie  gets  adapted  it  follows  the  basic storylines. One  of  the   best  example  would be the Lion King  which  mostly  sticks to the original  material. Most of the scenes  are  accurate and  you  can  feel  like the classic movie is  reborn.  Other times  they  try to add many unnecessary scenes  that throws off the movie a little bit.

This brings me to the next topic  the changes and side stories normally this would help  but sometimes they ruin it.  An  example would be Mulan which changes the entire premise   into  a war story taking away key characters that made the original iconic. There are also  good things that come out  of  change like new scenes giving character development and stand alone films like Maleficent that  tell the story from a different point of view.  

  The Final part is the casting   the  characters.  Since the original  voice cast   are mostly  gone you have to find   new  people to fill in the void.  Some of  them come back others fit  the role and the last ones destroy the character.   In the  Lion King remake James  Jones   voices Mufasa just  like in the original.  He sounds a  bit slower but he still fits the role.  Even a  new portrayal can do  well an example would be Will Smith's genie in Aladdin where he is funny and likable.

In the  end  the audience decide which movie is better  the original or the  live action.   All these characters brought to life by the mouse house are  perfect for one another.  Even if the live action movies  make a lot of money  the original movies win.  They  may have big name actors like Emma Watson, Will Smith and Johnny Depp  but  even they won't bring the magic of the original tale.