+5 story/cinematics , -5 emotion/voice

Rating: 5/10 (20 July 2019)

THE SPOILER ALERT IS AT THE BOTTOM AND IS NOTED BEFORE READING FURTHER
So this is the first review I've ever done for a movie.. and I've seen a LOT!
if you're going to watch this, and hope to see the original story and beautiful cinematic's, then you'll love this. However if you're hoping to walk out of the theater with a smile on your face and say "omg they nailed it!", instead you will be walking out disappointed and wonder why Disney didn't even try to put effort into the emotion and voice. Other than Pumbaa, I felt like the entire movie was abridged, like a horrible voice over.
I mean no disrespect for the actors/actresses who voiced the rolls, but Disney picked the incorrect cast for the voices. Simba has a voice that, at times, sounds somewhat natural.. but other times..like he's a Lion from the hood. Nala.. has absolutely NO country twang to her voice whatsoever. That cute little "pinned ya" and "pinned ya again"... is no longer cute, and sounds like Beyoncé was reading the paper as she continued to voice the cub/lion. Some people liked Timon.. but I felt like the voice was stale and pieced sentences together. Also.. until I looked it up, I swore Timon sounded just like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory. Mufasa was alright, but they could have picked someone who sounded more like the guy from State Farm to cover his voice. Scar.. I can't explain scar, but he didn't sound right.
Simba - should have been a more clear.. straight American accented voice
Nala - should have been voiced by a country girl
Pumbaa - I have no complaints
Timon - should have fluently voiced the dialog

Timon's rule here also applies for Nala

Scar - just weird
----//SPOILER ALERT!--////
So I don't remember Ed speaking in the original.. if so, wasn't much.
When Nala pins Simba, in the original, Simba ends up on his back, with her paws on his chest. How hard is this to duplicate? He ended up each time turned sideways with her paw pinned on his cheek
Zazu never got put into his cage singing the coconuts and Pumbaa never did his hula hoop thing.
The way Scar reveals the truth that he really killed Mufasa is done differently.