A beautiful groundbreaking cinematic experience that was missing so much emotion.

Rating: 4/10 (26 July 2019)

Don't get me wrong, this movie is GORGEOUS! The animation is breathtaking, but sadly there were a few things missing that made The Lion King, well, THE LION KING.
I'm just going to do a quick rundown of what was lacking in my opinion.
The emotionless faces most of the characters had, the only time emotion was shown is when someone was angry and they were able to make them growl.
I get it they might have wanted to make
it very realistic, but i mean, the animals are talking and singing.
It just made it hard for me to connect with them emotionally since i couldn't see any emotion. Maybe this had something to do with the voice acting because I thought the voices were great, but as i said before it was just lacking the emotion.
The fact this was almost EXACTLY frame for frame the 1994 version. I was hoping for something a bit different and original but obviously still keeping the heart of the animated version. This was such a bummer, the only redeeming quality was "Be Prepared" which was different to the point of being intriguing and yet still had the same feel as the original.
There were only a few moments like this in the movie and I was just hoping for more.
Overall, I'd recommend this movie to anyone because of how beautiful it is, yet don't get your hopes up too high of you are into feeling emotional with the other characters.
Honestly, I feel like this movie would have been better with no voices, no singing, just a bunch of animals living life. I seriously feel like it could have been beautiful with just a nice soundtrack and the gorgeous animation.
THE END.