Watchable but not on the originals powerful level

Rating: 5/10 (31 July 2019)

The good:
The CGI was amazing.
The Circle Of Life was just as good as in the original.
Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen were great and very funny as Timon and Pumbaa. They are the best characters in the film.
John Oliver was also great and funny as Zazu.
James Earl Jones was spot on as Mufasa.
Donald Glover was good as Simba.
The actors for young Simba and Nala were surprisengly good for both acting and singing.
More Screentime and development for Nala, Sarabi and Shenzi.
It really liked the longer versions of Hakuna Matata and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
Hans Zimmer provides a very good soundtrack as usual.
The bad:
Can You Feel The Love TONIGHT was sang in broad daylight. It is not better that Beyonce almost took over the song because you barely heard Donald Glover and that is supposed to be both Simbas and Nalas song.
Beyonce's Nala overall was very bland.
Chiwetel Ejifor was too aggressive and angry as Scar. I really misses Jeremy Irons who made Scar way more sadistic and bellivable, pity he didn't return.
John Kani was pretty good as Rafiki but he got only a very few lines and not the same crazy humor the old Rafiki got.
Some scenes that were only a few seconds in the original are some minutes here like the beginning with the mouse and how Simbas mane got to Rafiki. It felt like i watched a documentary when i saw these scenes.
Some really good dialogues in the original were either shortened or skipped totally.
Be Prepared was more of a speech than a song and was disappoingly much shortened.
Mufasas death and the final confrontation berween Simba and Scar felt rushed.
Overall, this movie is watchable but do not have high expectations.