Cheesy and predictable, but has its moments

Rating: 5/10 (28 April 2014)

Cheesy and predictable movie, but has its moments.
Pretty standard plot, which, but for a few minor detours, can be foreseen from start to finish. Some of the detours are quite interesting though.
The humour is mostly quite child-orientated and lame, but there are a few good lines.
While most stuff is dumbed-down for kids, there are some decent edgier scenes. Most of Scar's scenes were worth watching. Basically the story was so syrupy-sweet, you got to support the bad guy (even the plot is so predictable you know it won't end well for him).
Making it a semi-musical didn't help either. I dislike musicals intensely (though there are a few exceptions): all the music serves is to pad out the movie.
Star-studded cast for the voices: Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin. Pick of the bunch was Jeremy Irons as Scar - suitably evil voice, with gravitas.
A kid's movie, and nothing more.