Same storyline as the original

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2019)

This is not a movie for the ones like me that grew up with the original from 1995, but for a new generation. Some songs were amazing here, a couple were a bit stumped, but the visuals were breathtaking.. and I felt the message that the original tried to tell came across a lot better in this. The circle of life and natures natural delicate balance.
You have to enter the cinema not trying to compare it to the old one, but rather trying to see it from fresh eyes. I saw all the bad reviews, and thought I might just get disappointed.. but I didn't. Everything is just so well made.. the animations are so lifelike it is a joy to watch, and it also makes it understandable they had to change parts from the cartoon that had lions smiling or obviously unrealistic parts to the way animals look or behave.