I was left asking why was this necessary

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2019)

And the answer is that we keep paying to see these remakes so disney keeps making them.
The visual effects and animation was amazing. Hats off to all the artists that worked on this.
However, because they've made it so close to photo realistic, the talking and singing lions just felt wierd to me. I just couldn't suspend belief that much.
So why did disney feel the need to remake one of the best animated movies of all time? They couldn't recreate the magic. They almost did it shot for shot too. But the appeal of the 2D version just didn't translate into this version. If they'd kept the character designs cartoony, maybe it would have. But it felt like watching a nature documentary with singing animals.