Decent but hollow

Rating: 7/10 (9 August 2019)

Does this movie have to be made? No, is this film better than the original? No. But it is an enjoyable film although it has a lot of short comings the cgi is absolutely amazing but like most people have said its so realistic the animals show no emotion which is a massive problem the voice cast for the most part is good although im on the fence with chitwel ejiofor as scar mainly because the biggest line in the movie is terribly given. Donald glover and beyonce are both terrible choices to play adult simba and nala but i was most disappointed in james earl jones although most of his lines remain the same his delivery of them is rather lackluster compared to the orignal quite similar to when he reprised his role as darth vader in rogue one his voive wavers and isnt as commanding. I like certain minor tweaks to the story like the fact its implied that mufasa gave scar his namesake injury and thus thats why he scartches mufasas face sending him to his death in the gorge, the hyenas are more of a threat in there own right not just comic relief and are ar war with the lions and not just scars henchmen although this change propably why the best villain song "be prepared" is cut down to the bone and is more of a battle cry but i suppose scar cant go around insulting the hyenas in a song when they have just threatened to eat him although a lot of the lyrics could of been reused it just seems it was just thrown in because of the outcry when it was rumoured it wasnt in the film which tbh it may well of not been in there. Also the fact were told sarababi chose between mufasa and scar and scar doesnt just want to be king but to have sarabi as his queen but apart from these the story is practically a shot for shot remake of the original and i do feel they could of done alot with this but decided to do a cash grab of a film that plays of peoples nostalgia