Emotionless

Rating: 2/10 (24 July 2019)

Honestly I kept up high ups up until the end, but seeing it was a huge disappointment. It followed the original fairly well, which I liked. Moving too far away from source material with a classic like this would have been a mistake, people would probably be upset by the changes made to the plot. The reason why I give it a 2 is because while the plot is still great and all, the overall movie is emotionless. It was more like watching a narrated animal documentary than anything else. The faces of the lions showed held no emotion. The voices almost seemed like they were oddly synced up to the animals, and lacked charisma.
As a result this movie evokes little to no emotional reaction, which is sad. They put too much money into making it "realistic" instead of telling the story. Expressions are an important part of story telling.