Amazing!

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2019)

The original "The Lion King" is my all-time favorite Disney movie, so I had high expectations going into this and I was not disappointed. Nay-sayers complain that the hyper-realistic animals strip this movie of all emotion, but I beg to differ. What's sadder than a cartoon Simba trying to wake up his dead dad? A tiny, adorable, super realistic Simba trying to wake up his dead dad. Of course, I can't make it through a David Attenborough nature doc without crying, so I guess I find animals emotional enough without them having human facial expressions. The visuals are stunning and harken back to an Africa that existed before humans decimated its population of amazing wildlife. As for those claiming this is nothing but a cash grab, I can only hope that none of them support the legion of D.C./Marvel movies that seem to be released monthly. I deducted one star because although Beyonce wasn't as bad as I feared, I would've much preferred someone else as Nala.