BLACK IS KING: Reviews & Reactions

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84 on Metacritic with 16 reviews so far.

Debuted on Disney+ on July 31, 2020.

Described as a “musical film and visual album” directed, written, and executive produced by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé. The film serves as a companion to the 2019 album “The Lion King: The Gift,” a tie-in album curated by Beyoncé for the 2019 remake of “The Lion King.”

What are your reactions to Beyoncé’s latest opus?

Discuss.

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[Regina Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 6224 View Predictions]

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Honey, there is already a Beyoncé thread.

Beyoncé keeps releasing the same visual album over and over again.  I wonder whose concepts/ideas she stole for this “musical film and visual album.”  Beyoncé lacks originality.

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[Kay Joined: Feb 22nd, 2019 Topics: 1 Posts: 1576 View Predictions]

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It is a visual feast, as described by The Guardian. This was an incredible celebration of Black people, of African people. Beyoncé clearly did her homework and chose the most talented cohort of African creatives to work with. It’s a great retelling of The Lion King, for Bey the music is interesting to say the least and the visuals are so aesthetically pleasing, you simply can not take your eyes off anything. There were moments of intense gravity (Otherside, Spirit), of levity (Mood 4 Eva), free spirited fun (Water) and heartfelt tearjerkers (Brown Skin Girl).

I hope she continues doing visual albums. She’s clearly good at it!

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[JennyLewisFan Joined: Sep 3rd, 2019 Topics: 13 Posts: 1321 View Predictions]

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BLACK IS KING was the most airheaded Beyoncé project to date. It was pathetically pointless IMO and a glorified waste of money. She also seems to have ticked off a lot of Africans but what doesn’t get at least 500 people ticked off these days?

On a positive note, it was BEAUTIFULLY shot and had such nice visuals.

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[Robinladen Joined: Sep 9th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 786 View Predictions]

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I agree that it was a bit of a wasted project. Luckily for her payed by Disney. It’s not like anyone really cares for Beyoncé her filmmaking if it’s not attached to a hyped album. But it did look beautiful and something no other popgirl could or would even try to pull off.

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 2192 View Predictions]

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The concept was exaggerated.

FYC:

Chromatica: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album.

Rain On Me: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Music Video.

Alice: Best Pop Solo Performance

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[Karen Joined: May 10th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 55 View Predictions]

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Less than 4% of Disney subscribers watched. I didn’t think it would flop this bad. There was no hype at all.

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[kenboi99 Joined: Aug 30th, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 740 View Predictions]

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Viewers don’t care about African culture. It did great for what it was.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 346 Posts: 20987 View Predictions]

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It’s a beautiful work of art, and no one else but Beyoncé would have even attempted this. So for that, I’ll give her deserved kudos.

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