It's all about the Benjamins

Rating: 4/10 (12 October 2019)

Having seen how much money this movie is grossing, it's a typical Disney move to keep the money train chugging along and clever that the children that watched the first movie in 1994 have children of their own to share this story. Hmm.
It's impossible to consider this film as a stand-alone. It needs comparing to the original, ostensibly because the script is 99% identical to the original, the songs are the same as are the characters.
As other reviews say, the imagery is unparalleled, however the key problem with creating lifelike animals with a relatable story means that they simply cannot convey human emotions through this media - animals simply do not express emotions similar to humans. Therein lies the problem - it lacks soul.
Pity the songs are also no improvement or development of the original.
That was two hours I won't get back, but if I had seen this 25 years ago, I would have been awestruck - visually, but emotionally it is sadly disconnected.