A perfectly great modern remake with a little extra punch!

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2019)

If you want a brand new tale, this isn't for you. If you want to see some state of the art, near flawless, CGI animation of an already legendary film, then yes, this delivers and then some. Currently this may be the most incredible lot resolved CGI out there. Everything is artificial, nothing is overlooked. Literally nothing. Simba brushes by a plant that's near water and the water ripples from the plants roots just the right amount. That attention to detail is so thorough that unless you look for it any disbelief is lost and you're enjoying dramatic or funny talking wildlife at National Geographic levels of realism. I am a CGI fan and this was more awe inspiring than the first Sully fur. The story is the same with some side by side exact scene copies, the actors, all of them, are great. Seth, John Oliver and Billy Eichner are the real treat redelivering old lines with such modernity, you think you're hearing them for the first time. There are new adlibs as well and overall the movie is the very best of exactly what it was supposed to be. Go out, see it on IMAX if you can, enjoy!