Entertainment news outlet Deadline has reported that Disney is working on a live-action remake of the 1942 animated classic. bambi. Recently Oscar-winning writer and director Sarah Polley won her Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2022 film. women speaking Earlier this year, negotiations were underway to direct the film.
As with all entertainment news, many people on Twitter wanted to share their thoughts and feelings.
is this a joke?
Many moviegoers found the announcement ridiculous. Others said they needed to check whether the news was satire.
I should have checked that this was not an Onion article.
— Anthony Duran (@AnthonyDuran) June 13, 2023
Some have pointed out that this is satire and should have been left alone. Two years ago on a TV show, two others He predicted that Disney would go ahead with making a film that was “exactly like the original, but only cost more and didn’t look as good.” And eight years ago, saturday night live A sketch inspired by a live-action film bambi Remake as a hard-edged action movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
‘The Other Two’ is really incredibly accurate on all things pic.twitter.com/KVLu1uJOeI
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) June 14, 2023
— Olly V Comedy! (@O_Ree_Ba) June 13, 2023
What does “live-action” mean anymore?
Some moviegoers objected to the term “live-action” for movies that are necessarily entirely computer-generated, like the 2019 movie. The Lion King remake.
Could you stop calling a movie that uses obviously photorealistic computer animation a live action?
— Tamara Fuentes (@tamara_fuentes) June 13, 2023
Some echoed that sentiment, joking that if the 2000 computer-animated movie Dinosaur came out today, it would be marketed as a live-action film.
If this movie came out today they would label it as ‘live action’ 🙃 pic.twitter.com/qMubbo1mT9
— 💙SpongeBandiMark🎨 (@SpongeBandiMark) June 13, 2023
Others argued that the realm of animal-based live-action entertainment already exists in nature documentaries.
If you want to see a live-action version of Bambi, go see a nature documentary.
— pavitr Stan account (@JoeyCoyfox) June 14, 2023
Horrible Violence Against Children?
Of course, many fans speculated as to how the original’s most iconic moments would be recreated in the live-action film. bambi: A young deer’s mother is shot dead by a hunter. Some joked about the intensity of violence the film would bring to the screen.
The scene where Bambi’s mother dies will be GoPro footage where the hunter shot the deer in the eye
— Columned (@Columned_) June 14, 2023
This is how they do Bambi’s mom in live action pic.twitter.com/bfmU8RbbCB
— 😜 (@awnuhaha) June 13, 2023
Others honestly stated that they didn’t want to take a closer look at such scenes.
I don’t want to see Bambi’s mom die in 8K 😭
— Shaakira Lindsey (@ShaakiraLindsey) June 13, 2023
leave the animation alone
Animation enthusiasts shared images and clips from the original 1942 film, arguing that no live-action film could match the beautiful animation of its “masterpiece.”
You will never be able to recreate this masterpiece in live action pic.twitter.com/PX6l4HV54T
— becs (@unrulyheartz) June 13, 2023
Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it for some time, so do you know what would improve this? What if it was a real deer with few colors and liveliness!pic.twitter.com/VYMAzu0JPr
— Gunner Dobbins (Vox Machina era) (@GunnerDobbins) June 13, 2023
Some have stressed that the backgrounds of the original film were drawn literally, making it impossible for a live-action film to compete with the art displayed in that film.
Did you know that all of Bambi’s backgrounds are hand-painted?
The whole movie is an amazing work of art that gives gorgeous images that cannot be replicated in live action because animated films are literally paintings. pic.twitter.com/a6JvQGxt9n
— 🏳️🌈Werewolf Brain – Nicole FJ (@NicoleFJimenez) June 13, 2023
Author of the remake?
Cinephiles lamented that Pauley’s next film will not be the small-scale, character-driven drama she specializes in, and will instead focus on large-scale remakes of Disney films.
Leave it to Disney to watch someone direct an award-winning film and say, “Yeah, help me make the most artistically soulless movie imaginable.”
— Christian Paystrup & ⊃∪∩⪽: Part II Supertramp (@ChristianPayst1) June 13, 2023
Many took it as a reflection of the film industry’s dire state of loss of original films to intellectual property.
This is very depressing. I want a film industry that rewards Sarah Polley for making art that only she could make.
— Rat Milk Oreo (@morrtis_) June 13, 2023
It’s nice to see Sarah Polley making big bucks making a live-action version of Bambi, but this is why the studio’s IP-driven tentpole obsession is a bad thing. It steals the future of the art form and reorients it to the factory workers the individual filmmakers collect the trash.
— Den (@noldorian) June 13, 2023
Other Pauly fans cited a version of the age-old Hollywood mantra of “one for them, one for me,” claiming that Pauley’s salary paid for the live-action film. bambi Remakes would allow her to make more films that interest her.
Let Sarah Polley cash a huge Disney check so she can make 10 more important little movies.
— Drew McWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) June 13, 2023
I can’t see the end
whether bambi Whether or not the remake becomes a reality, the Disney live-action remake trend is in sight, and at least three other animated films are currently in development.
Live-action movies currently in production at Disney:
• Hercules
• Bambi
• Moana
• Lilo & Stitch pic.twitter.com/suu1ifsCw2— Pop Base (@PopBase) June 13, 2023
Kyle Logan is a film and television critic and general pop culture writer for Alternative Press, Cultured Vultures, Film Stories, Looper, and more. Kyle has a particular interest in horror and animation, as well as genre films written and directed by queer people and women. Kyle organizes her queer film Her Challenge at Letterboxd in parallel with her writing endeavors.
