A vapid remake

Rating: 1/10 (19 July 2019)

When the highpoint in a Disney film is a musical reference to another popular Disney film, we are in for an unoriginal evening.
This remake excruciatingly follows the animated version, except for one thing: in the remake, Simba the cub looks like a plush toy.
I don't have to comment on the plot and it would be impossible to write a spoiler because every detail of the original is repeated here.
Every.
Last.
One.
And the CGI. Sitting still, the animals were animals. Moving, though, was dangerous for the poor things. Sometimes jerky, sometimes not. Lion laying down? Either have the Lion hit the ground smoothly and naturally or keep the creature standing up. Chase scene needs multiple openings just small enough to slow down the predator, except for its big ugly face? (Maybe in 3D that becomes more exhilarating)
I've also seen more than a few films where the actors look onscreen like they're waiting for stage direction and somehow the awkwardness makes its way into the final cut. But CGI animals? How could they possibly have been drawn that way?
The kids in my life loved it, ages 4 to 15. So that's something.