Mesmerising, beautiful, perfectly cast and highly emotive.

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2019)

Having seen the original in 1994 we had to go and see this. We've also seen the Westend version a few times.
I had read a few negative reviews and heard the BBC film critic criticise this.
We viewed this in the amazing Odeon Luxe Isense in Stafford which is an awesome cinema.
If this is the new form of animation then let's have so much more of it as is truly amazing. People have criticised talking animals but how is that any different to cardboard looking talking and singing animals?
The CGI that Disney now employ is absolutely state of the art. How on earth they achieve this is beyond my comprehension, totally. Genius's they are.
The casting for the voices were all spot on and first class acting.
This version really brought the story to life in a way that the original didn't and oh how pertinent is this story now in these dire times.
During the final scenes which talks about lies and more lies this reminded me of Trump and Boris Johnson, but they will reep their cumupance as the bad guys always do, in the end.
This film made both my wife and me cry, for me it was the sheer masterpiece of a production that got me going, as well as the deep morale storyline.
I wanted to stand up and applaud at the end and in the final moments where 'The Lion King' title suddenly hits the screen with a bang, that was it for me, totally choked and couldn't speak for a while walking out of the theatre.
If anyone from Disney read this, please keep up this grand work. You transport us away from this mostly evil world just for a short time and give us memories to treasure for ever.
Don't miss this BUT see it in a really good theatre, otherwise you risk losing the way it was meant to be screened.
Awesome, totally and utterly awesome!