Stop the Comparisons already!!!

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2019)

If I read one more time that this movie was " not as good as the original" I'm going to lose my mind! Of course it isn't as good as the original- I mean, how COULD it be??? The 1984 film was one if the best movies ever made- certainly the best animated movie ever made. So how could a remake ever live up to that?
With that said, the new version can stand on its own. Yes- I can find fault with several things- most notably the casting of Scar (why wasnt Jeremy Irons brought back???), some of the song remakes, etc. But the movie still maintains its emotional soul, and the message remains the same. And that Hans Zimmer score still brings goosebumps to my arms when I hear it!
Don't listen to the jaded 20 and 30-somethings who saw the original when they were little kids. Their understandable faithfulness to the original is expected. See this movie with an open mind- your heart will still be touched, 25 years later!