I just left asking "why did they even try?"

Rating: 2/10 (20 July 2019)

Seriously given how timelessly classic the original is, was there really any need to do it with more "realistic" graphics?
A constant issue throughout the film is that the human emotion of the lines is lost when the realistic looking animal faces are unable to reflect what the dialogue is trying to deliver, purely because if they did over-animate to move like a human face would, then it would look corny and lose the realism.
As an unfortunate side-effect of the dialogue and facial animation not matching up, some of the dialogue feels forced and as though the actors were just not feeling it.
As many others have mentioned, a lot of moments from the original have been cut, some of which were my favourite parts of the original, but also parts that gave important context to inform certain character decisions. As a result of this there are moments where a character seems to jump too quickly to a decision or reaction without enough context to back up why, and these moments lose their immersiveness.
I'll leave it there, but suffice to say that I left deeply underwhelmed, and I'll need to rewatch the original to remind myself why I love it.