It will never beat the original

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 2019)

The original is obv a 10/10 movie...this one came close IMO...but there was some aspects that had me questioning it and would have been better if they just stayed true to the original instead of trying to "make it their own" in those instances. If they had it would have been a 10/10. If Irons was cast as Scar and the emotional parts were more true and heartfelt feeling like the original 1994 animated version. The key scenes (memorable parts) fell flat. All in all its at minimum a 8/10 but I always rate on the entire aspect of a movie and leave politics out of it. (something critics cant help themselves nowadays is rating something based on their political bias, its sad) Because you cant rate by intervals on IMDB I have to give it a 9 because its better than a flat 8.