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Why does Disney insist this isn't an animated film?


I don't understand. It was made on computers. By animators. Animators who animated all the characters.

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I guess Disney's mindset is that because the movie looks so realistic, it's no longer a "cartoon" so to speak.

But even so, there's absolutely nothing live action about this movie anyway. Not a single human being in sight.

I refuse to call this live action Lion King. I always call the movie "Lion King 2019"

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and they still submitted for contention for "best animated film" at the oscars. baking and eating a cake at the same time.

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