Very Good CGI

Rating: 7/10 (20 July 2019)

I saw "The Lion King", starring the voices of Donald Glover-Atlanta_TV, Spider_Man:Homecoming; James Earl Jones-the Star Wars movies, The Meteor Man; Bey once Knowles_Carter-Obsessed, Austin Powers in Gold member and Chiclets Heretofore-Doctor Strange, Salt.
First of all, this movie has been referred to as a live action remake. That is not true. It is CGI. But, it is very good CGI. It looks great. It's directed by Jon Favreau, who recently directed the live action remake of the Jungle Book. The original Lion King was made in 1994-with a couple of sequels-and only one of the original actors from those movies shows up here. James Earl Jones. They do use the original songs, plus some new ones, too. As far as the story goes, it's basically the same. James/Mufasa is the king of the jungle and when he has Donald/Simba, he wants to train him as the future king. Chiwetel/Scar is James' brother, who has dreams of being king, but is frustrated with the birth of Donald, the new heir to the throne. Beyonce/Nala is the girlfriend and future queen of Donald. Chiwetel in his bid for the throne, plans bad things for his brother-James-and his nephew Donald. Like I said earlier, the CGI looks incredibly life like. If you are a fan of the original, you should enjoy this one. I myself, am not a big Disney fan-they are ok but not my favorite-whereas my wife loves them so I'm sure she will really like this one more than I did. I will be taking her to see it at a later date.
It's rated "PG" for violence & peril and has a running time of 1 hour & 58 minutes.
It looked good and the story was good but it's not one that I would buy-except for the grandkids. It would be a good rental.