Atrocious Voice Acting

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2019)

There is something seriously off about this movie. The visuals are absolutely stunning but you think with all that effort they could give the faces a little more expression. There is disconnect between the script, the voice actors, and the characters expressions on almost every character.
Baby Simba was by far the worst. The emotion in the voice never matched the scene. Mufasa was a decent voice but the animation was lifeless and his lines (that weren't copied) were super cheesy and didn't make me care about him. Scar and the hyenas were probably some of the best characters in the movie. Scars face could have used a bit more expression but the voice acting was terrific. I was rooting for them after watching baby simba and mufasa for the first half of the movie. Child Nala was bearable but adult Nala was actually pretty good. Adult Simba was good in parts and terrible in others. Pumbaa was probably the best character in the movie. Seth Rogan did a fantastic job and made the character similar to the original but also made it his own. Timon's voice didn't really match the expression on the character but his lines were funny. Zazu was pretty good and had good lines but it took a while to get used to the animation.
I really liked the addition of some of the jungle animals and much of the jungle scenes were very fun to watch. They followed the same plot but were changed just enough to make it enjoyable. The rest of the movie is practically a carbon copy of the original but with less emotion. Some of the plot holes from the original were filled in which was nice but in an effort to make it hyper realistic, a lot of the fantastical scenes were altered.
Overall, it was pretty boring as it is exactly the same movie as the original, except that the characters are lifeless and have childish scripts. Don't bother watching this unless solely for the the visual effects. Don't give Disney any benefit from their complete lack of creativity. They butchered a fantastic opportunity. By far the worst remake so far.