Bad artistic choice and lure of profit ?

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2019)

It is now obvious that The Lion King story doesn't suit the Live Action movie format.
Because of its realism, the movie loses the expressivity, fantasy and humor of the original one. The songs have been shorten and some dialogues have been rewritten, only not for the better.
At least, the movie could have been smarter. It is in certain points, some incoherences have been fixed but not all, but in general the ideas lack of developments.
Jon Favreau may not have been the better choice because he is not really good at filming landscapes (I already saw it in The Jungle Book). James Cameron (Avatar) and Ang Lee (Life of Pi) would have done a better job.
I had shed a tear or two in some key scenes, but it was very modestly made.
Doubtlessly, this movie has been made only for money's sake.