This is a 4 at best

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2019)

I grew Up with the Lion King just like everybody else did and although admittedly I did go and see this for nostalgia reasons like most the audience. While I was watching the Lion King I was getting the sense that this film was only holding about 60% of the potential it could have done. I was of the opinion that Live Action could add a lot to the Lion King, Different visuals and a different style can often work for many new movies from old properties.

I was pretty optimistic that the The lion King could live up to some of that potential, If the movie could only live up to 80% of the potential of the last movie, then I'm satisfied but unfortunately this didn't happen.
The Songs Be Prepared was butchered and cut down to size, the voice acting is like they are only doing it on one take, The emotion for any of these scenes is simply not there and goes into the realm of being forgettable within 1 or 2 days of watching it.
The voice actors are pale imitations of the previous cast, Earl Jones did a fantastic job as always as always, Buoyance's song was out of place and should be cut from future releases as it was that off-putting.

The positive side was that the some visuals were impressive and only some but that's all I can think of.