Meh!

Rating: 2/10 (17 July 2016)

I have always loved Disney animations with a few exceptions and this, I am afraid, is one of them. The actual animation is pretty good, though I hate the anthropomorphism of the animals and the dreadful americanisation of the young lions' voices.
Rowan Atkinson and Jeremy Irons are the best things in it. The most dreadful thing about the film, though, is the music. Horrible "modern" pop does not work for me and Elton John /Tim Rice combo was a bad choice for writers. I am watching it now as I type and like it even less than I thought I did. I guess an old curmudgeon like me was never the target audience for this as I am aware of it's huge success with most of the cinema-going public. I hanker for the days of Pinocchio, Snow White and Bambi - they never seemed to be as cynical as this movie. They were made with love and commitment rather than an exercise in multimedia marketing.