Something Is Missing?

Rating: 7/10 (1 August 2019)

I saw The Lion King remake this afternoon at my local cineplex in this long summer of disappointing films, this title i was confident would be ace or at least i hoped it would be. Alas, the remake or should i say clone just felt stale, flat, and lifeless. OK it looks amazing in its immersive VR universe, but the Lions in particular came over as very wooden actors. The music sort of saves it, i say sort of because all the musical numbers are inferior to the 1994 original, i did however get the feeling that my audience that I shared the film with were on side with it, as there was very little restless rustling from the mostly young audience, so i guess that i have to assume that the new Lion King is at least a competent flick, but sadly no more. So I am of to my film cupboard to spin the original one more time!