Better than the original

Rating: 5/10 (19 March 2020)

Unusually, here's one live action remake that I preferred to the original, although I should say that I have no love or affinity for the Disney movies of old; even as a kid I remember avoiding them where I could, finding them twee and unfunny even then. If the original animation left me bored rigid, this one's a step up in the right direction. The excellent CGI effects surpass the old-fashioned cartoon look of the original movie and I couldn't fault them for the most part. The voice cast are nothing special (aside from James Earl Jones) and the songs aren't handled in as iconic a way as the original film, but otherwise this is fairly watchable viewing.