With apologies to my friend Sara:

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2003)

Animation's crowning achievement? I don't think so! Sure it looks great, sounds great (except for that annoying "Can you feel the love tonight"), made tons of money, but it certainly pales compared to something like Beauty and the Beast. If anything deserves to be called "Animation's Crowning Achievement", it's Beauty and the Beast (And I usually don't go around giving praise to Disney's non-Pixar films!). In that, you have a connection to the characters that is noticeably lacking in this film (And the music and story are better too.).
The Lion King is ok, not great, but ten times better than its sequel. I'd still rather curl up with Toy Story or Monsters Inc. than this though.