A remake that is truthful to the original.

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2019)

I rarely review on imdb. But seeing all the negative reviews here, I felt like I should review this movie. First of all I'm a huge fan of the original animation movie. I watched it after being an adult. So I don't have any childhood nostalgia attached with it. Still its one of the best movies I ever watched. I love all the songs and listen to the soundtrack often. So I was waiting for this remake ever since it has been announced. The early mixed response from critics made me a little scared, but I saw it on the first day itself. It was a mindblowing experience. The visualization of many of my favorite songs in live action (CGI) was amazing. Such a beautiful movie. I liked it so much. Its true that this is not a perfect movie. The animals lacks expression as in animation. It is totally acceptable since the filmmakers want the movie to be as realistic as possible. This lack of expression lost movie's soul in some scenes like Mufasa's death scene which was the best scene of the original animation. But I still think this movie doesn't deserve all the hate it is getting. It was a good movie as its own when original is not considered. One think I can say, it stayed truthful to the original. The cast including James Earl, Donald Glover, Beyonce, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, etc did an incredible job. Jon Faveruo's direction was good too. Overall an amazing film.