You need to watch this!

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2019)

Ok so first off let me start by saying, I'm shocked at the awful reviews, just baffled and shocked that words can't express how confused I am that some people had the gaul to give this 6 stars and under.
I love Disney films so much I named my daughter Disney so take it from me If the movie was crap I would say so. I'm not suggesting my opinion counts for more than anyone else but as a Disney fan I have high expectations of remakes.
Visually I personally felt privileged to watch such a stunning coming together of effects with the voice overs. The animals faces DO show emotion and lots of it. Of course it's suppose to look realistic so naturally the expressions are not going to look human or too exaggerated, if they were then people would complain they were not true to how animal facial expression looks. They actually get the animals to dance whilst looking so realistic it was amazing.
Now in terms of the voice overs Myself and partner felt most of the actors did a terrific job. Mufassa was, well...Mufassa haha. Pumbaa was so close to the original with Timon sounding different but the actors spin on Timon totally worked and the banter between the two had us in stitches. I must say we preferred some of the new jokes. Live action scar was not as depressing sounding which was strange at first but Chiwetel Ejiofor gave him much presence and his rendition of 'BE PREPARED' was different but felt more natural. Donald Glover was almost perfect, could have done with a bit more spark in his voice in the end scenes but he did very well. Can't forget Zazu, was missing some of his old jokes but well fitted to the role.
Now for the burning question...BEYONCE. What can I say......We were enjoying everything about the film until Beyonce began singing. I must say that for me she ruined can you feel the love tonight. She was over-riffing and getting far too egotistical over what is supposed to be a very simple song with very soft simply sang lyrics. I hated her rendition. In saying that, I'm not about to deduct a star due to that as I think that would be unfair on the other actors who were a bit more modest in their performances. Beyonce sings once as Nala and her other song is only in the background and kind of catchy. What was disappointing is that with a voice like hers, Beyonce honestly doesn't need to 'show off' she let the movie down a little by doing that here in my opinion. Her speaking voice as Nala was just fine but, yes 'Need to come back down to earth miss B' and I say that as someone who likes Mrs Bs music, usually :)
To conclude. Just watch it You won't regret it. My partner actually preferred this to the original and was mind blown by the effects. Lots of laughs and great graphics and songs sung by' real' animals (even a funny beauty and the beast reference in there that shouldn't be missed) What more do you need to be entertained, just watch it and stop complaining, enjoy!