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Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

jchir-92110 In constructive criticism, it is recommended that one starts with good feedback about a show, followed by negative feedback. With a show like The Lion Guard, I'm afraid that good list is minimal to say the least.The animation style is colourful with vast different landscapes and characters given decent characteristic details keeping the world of the original Pride Lands. The soundtrack is alright, especially with the use of Swahili language, keeping The Lion King's ethnic strength that made the film a unique success.That's about it, really.What's sad about this show is aired on Disney Junior, unbeknownst to the fact that it encourages barriers between different "races" of animals. The reptiles are villains unless you pose no a threat like a turtle or a gecko. The hyenas are given bad credit despite being starved to death thanks to the lions without resolving their characters' dilemmas. Whoever is writing the scripts for this show gives poor credit to the original screenplay written by Linda Woolverton, Irene Mecchi and Jonathan Roberts. Familiar characters such as Simba and Chiara are underdeveloped; they've lost their charm and character development that they possessed in their original movies. I was appalled to read the production team's intentions when creating this show on Wikipedia who stated that they wanted to "hold the essence of The Lion King". Whilst the essence is visually there, the plot and originality isn't. Kion is a spoilt child who sets up a biased crew based on the production crew's "choices of what strength is". Contrarily, realisation of weakness is what builds into strength. The honey badger, Bunga, is an annoying creature that is loud, empty and big-headed and his catchphrases are unnerving. Cheesy jokes with farts and silly catchphrases is understandable for bringing a child to chuckle. However, I'm sure that serious adults (and parents) watching this series won't help but wonder: how much of this is entertaining?***SPOILER ALERT*** The return of Scar, for instance, is well animated and brings back the ominous look of the character. Yet, the script and tone of his words are a letdown to his villainous prowess Lion King fans are familiar with.I only hope that young children are wise enough to ask their parents to watch the original Lion King or get the opportunity to watch the musical to truly learn something of value. The Lion Guard may succeed in being pretty, but it fails to deliver the essence of storytelling and the lack of emotional characters leaves little to taste one's empathy for the cast.

panda cutie baby I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this but this movie is just awful I love that they decided to make a next lion king but this just ruined the whole point in lion king 1 and 2 my reason for saying that is cause simba don't have a son he have a daughter and that was the ending in lion king 1 now in lion king 2 simba daughter grew up and got with kovu an outsider that was the end of it but now they release this as simba have a son no that certainly messed up the whole movie series it would of been better if kion was kiara and kovu son then it would of made a'lot of sense as "lion king 3 return of the roar" what also messed it up was (spoiler alert) i saw a episode that kion used the roar and sent zira and the other lions flying to the outlands when in lion king 2 simba was the one who banished them so this new movie is just bullshit (sorry for my language and if my paragraph isn't that good)

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" is a 44-minute animated short film from last year that was well-received enough, so it got turned into a new series actually. Good job for the makers I guess. Still, my reception is only slightly positive. I think it is accurate to call this a poor man's version of "The Lion King". This does not mean it's bad though. It just means the original Oscar-winning film was great and this one here is pretty mediocre for the most part with a couple good scenes. The most interesting aspect about it is probably the inclusion of the old characters. Sure, Simba, Nala, Mufasa, Rafiki, Timon and Pumbaa do not get a lot of screen-time, but it was certainly intended to get older audiences to give this one a chance. However, 80% of it is really exclusively about the adventures of the next generation. A negative deal-breaker for me was that I am not particularly interested in Kion, Simba's son and the male protagonist. I found the little skunk Bunga much more entertaining, even if he is mostly included for comic relief. The story was so-so. Could have been better, could have been worse, but certainly takes itself too seriously for the most part. After watching these 44 minutes here, I cannot say it got me interested in checking out the series anytime soon. Still, it wasn't a boring or cringeworthy watch by any means. Just not good enough. I guess the topic "Lion King" is through pretty much and we got all the good we could hope for in the film and a handful forgettable sequels. Like this one here that includes a couple semi-famous television actors such as Sarah Hyland. Still a cautiously positive thumbs up from me overall for this newest addition to the franchise (unless you count the series).

thepinkpanther-76591 To put it briefly, Ford Riley is not a producer let alone a writer. He creates brain junkfood for two year old s. So why would Disney put HIM in charge of making a sequel? Why so bad? First, Plot holes galore. Taking place during the lion king 2 only makes the lion guard make zero sense. Kion was never apart of the previously established lore so why would they shoehorn him into the "canon"? second, the writing is awful. the dialouge is more cheesy than a can of cheese whiz, the characters are either as one dimesnional as a sheet of paper or are more annoying than jar jar binks, the whole supernatural roar thing is stupid. and thats pretty much it. Its apparent Disney didn't care much for making a proper sequel