Exceeded expectations

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2019)

To be completely honest, I went to watch this film with NO expectations whatsoever, and it absolutely exceeded that. I was very pleasantly surprised when Circle of Life came on and it was frame-by-frame the love action representation of the cartoon version. (I know the animated version by heart, also hence why I had no expectations). I think the movie was a tad grittier and not as comical as its cartoon version, but several of the changes they made gave it a more logical and linear plot.
All that being said, I really -hated- what they did with Be Prepared. No actual song? No hyenas marching? Just Scar, slightly musicalizing his war plan is NOT the way to go.
All-in-all , this movie is better than I expected, but still not as good as the original. 8/10