The King and I

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Here's the story: When I was a toddler, I went over to my Grandfather's house and he had a copy of the old classic King and I. He set me off to watch it and I loved it through out. Well, in the presence, I watched this on STARZ and I didn't know what to do but sit through it and think about it. I had to rate it a 1/10 because of how awful this was. Look, I don't remember if the original King and I had this, but this was waay too frightening to look at for young viewers. There is a villain named whatshisname who puts on an evil scheme to distract the village with scary dragons, scary animals, a bloody-colored river, and there is a near death experience with the king. This movie is way to scary too look at with your kids. There is this woman who almost drowned at the part where she gets carried away in the river. I don't think this is nothing copied off of the original classic King and I but here are some subjects about it: The animation was beautiful (almost like a Disney animation film). The script was flat. And the storyline was mostly predictable. The songs were forgettable. The characters are unfavorable. Skip this floppy animated version and watch the original King and I.

Believe me. This film is one of the worst. You won't like it. Your kids won't like it. No one will ever like it. The animation is shoddy, cheap and resembles that of a 70's Saturday morning show. The voice actors are terrible, the kid who Louis tries to put on an English accent, but fails terribly. Anna and the King is annoying too. The movie starts when they are on the way to Siam, the the Kralahome is now an evil sorcerer with magic powers for evil and conjures up a serpent. The serpent isn't even scary, the animation ruins it. They also jump into song with stupid hand movements. They all whistle and the serpent is gone. Wow, I was drowsy by this time. Master Little is also an annoying, dental crazed thing that tries to be funny but just plainly doesn't. They all arrive, the only good bit is when they show you the actually good castles. You see the king, with his friendly panther. Who is also plastically played and hardly has so personality. Then is introduces the love between Tuptim and Prince Chululongkorn, which is all wrong!!! It tries to give a forbidden love feel to it, but all it gives is a teenage crush feel. Don't get me started on those annoying animals! A monkey, panther and elephant. The monkey is terrible, you almost want to ring it's neck, the panther is the sly tame panther ( *cough*JungleBook*cough*) and that elephant Tusker, grr!!! Then it goes through, I want my house faze. Which is really boring, throw in a few cheesy songs and thats really it. There is no real climax in this. Oh yeah, and a huge moody from Anna to the king. Tuptim is thrown into a huge river to await her death, unfortunately the king has to save her. The balloon starts to burn and Prince Chululongkorn and Tuptim jump in the water. Why didn't the king, he just sat there inhaling toxic gases. The balloon goes down and here comes the main character death, but then comes back to life part. Haven't we had enough!!! Everyone is happy and Anna gets her own house (surprise surprise). The Kralahome is captured and sentenced to poop scooping. Overall, terrible film. Don't go near it, if you have to watch it, watch it on TV don't waste your money renting it or buying it. I give this 0/10.

I dont care if the movie got bad reviews! It was one of my favorites growing up and i still love it. I really love the songs to it and i still sing along with it. I seriously dont get all the hate about it. Its really funny and classic. I honestly wished they did more movies for this but sadly it wont happen. Im almost 30 and i still love

I was extremely disappointed in this cartoon. I was recently in the play, and the 'King's kids' from the play and I went to see it today. I knew that there were some changes, but these were ridiculous! Why have Tuptim fall in love with Chululongkorn and not Lung-Thai? Why have the Kralahome be a stupid, evil guy when he actually had some intelligence in the play and movie? Why have some guy who can play mind tricks -- what purpose in the movie does he have? Also, the ballet, one of the best parts, was left out. I don't see why they had to add a monkey that seemed to be taken from "Aladdin," a jaguar, and elephants, when the plot would have been so much better w/o them. I definitely don't think that the king should have lived at the end.....I don't care if its Disney or not. The real movie/play is much better. And as I said at the end, "We were SO much better!" It's true. Don't plan on seeing it if you are faithful to the real story.

Contrary to other comments, I think this is a great movie. It's true that liberties have been taken, and I'ts true that they've re-written parts of the story to allow for a happy ending. I have absolutely no problem with that, since we must remember that this is a movie intended for children, who can't understand many of the adult themes in the original story, like the harem, the 109 children, and the death of the king. For a story like this to work for children, you have to have new and exciting characters, and you absolutely have to have a great villain too. I thought the movie was just wonderful, and I loved the fact that they've used most of the music from the original. I firmly believe that this movie is not getting the credit it rightfully deserves. Two thumbs up for "The King and I"!

Obviously this does not measure up to the original musical but there is still plenty to enjoy. The songs are there and I also enjoyed the three animals. I'll admit that some sequences were ludicrous (especially the sea serpent) and they gave it a happy ending and glossed over some issues but they didn't bother me that much. 8/10

Having two younger children, I try to take them to movies like this, sight or review unseen, when I can. They, like most kids, have seen the violence, heard the profanity, and fell into the lowest common denominator of most movies being made today. That's what makes this such a disappointment. I like to observe their reactions and their responses and not rain on their parades. But all they talked about when the thing was over was the guy who kept losing his teeth (remember that from the original Broadway musical?), and the mango throwing monkey. This is their memory of "The King and I." Both my kids have visited Thailand and I thought perhaps this would bring up some of the spirit of that world. Instead, we have this exploitative mess that throws out most of the cultural issues and the dramatic impact for a supernatural villain (where did he get these powers? The King didn't have any, other than incredible athleticism). And, of course, is there a movie around that doesn't have a Martial Arts component? I know that kickboxing is big in Thailand but.... I am generally very accepting of the things that are put out there for the kids, but this was terrible. A message to the producers: "Please, please, please, leave Rodgers and Hammerstein alone. I don't want to watch an interplanetary war version of "Oklahoma"!

My kids (preschool and first grade) wanted to see this movie ever since the promos started running. I read all the comments here, and in spite of them, we went to see it. The kids loved it. They were glued to the screen every second and talked about it for the rest of the day. In that regard, the movie reached its target. I was a bit disappointed, but certainly not to the passionate degree I've seen here. I certainly was not expecting a line-for-line remake of the Brynner-Kerr film, nor a remake of any of the dozen or so live productions of the play that I've seen. This clearly was an attempt to reach a new audience, a late-1990s audience that's seen years of _Aladdin_, _The Little Mermaid_, _Pocahontas_ (oddly enough, all long-lived stories that were messed with at some level in the interest of making a movie about them) and I think they connected on that level. The animation was average at best, and Quicktime-Movie-running-on-a-386-bad at worst. Perhaps I've been spoiled by Disney features or the wonderful Fleischer material of the 1930s. The musical numbers were buried under visuals that didn't match-- I agree with the other posters who complained about the scene in which "Whistle a Happy Tune" was sung-- and some of the 1990s devices such as the cute animals and the martial arts demonstrations simply left me longing to see the original film again. But that's me. I'm renting the original movie for my kids to see which they prefer; this is more an experiment in learning what reaches them as opposed to the appalled father saying "Good Lord, what an abomination! Watch this instead!" After all, they prefer Froot Loops to cantaloupe, and we all know what's better for them. :-) What we can do is introduce them to quality and see if it takes. If you are reading this before seeing the movie, take all the comments in these postings in the proper spirit; don't expect a remake of something that's too wonderful to be remade properly (so why would a studio even consider bothering with a line-by-line/scene-by-scene animated "mirror" version?) but don't expect something lower than horrible. It's actually quite entertaining. My rating: 6