If Jon Favreau's 2019 live-action version of The Lion King left you with a painful scar (get it?), then at least Barry Jenkins' directorial effort Mufasa: The Lion King provides the plaster. Favreau's shot-for-shot attempt was completely soulless, lacking the emotion of the classic animated film, ultimately failing to justify its existence despite the star power of Donald Glover and Beyoncé.
And while it showcased the boundless technology resembling a nature documentary that David Attenborough would be proud of, to echo Jeff Goldblum's Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should."
