The emotion of animals

Rating: 7/10 (29 July 2019)

First of all, this film is stunning. There's no denying that. While people hate remakes, I fully appreciate the efforts to utilize technology that did not exist at the originals release. The detail is really something to marvel at.
I see a lot of complaints about "lack of emotion" and I completely disagree. There are no exaggerated emotions, or human emotions. But there are subtleties and inflections and I think it's important for children and people in general to understand animals emotions range high and low and many take it for granted because they cannot express it in ways we always understand. An animal does not need to cry for us to know it's suffering, nor smile to know it feels joy. There was enough for me to feel the emotions there, and I loved that they were not overly animated (I realize this sounds too deep for a movie with a singing pig, but still.)
That being said, it was a beautiful take on the original. I loved the original to death. The changes I saw were small but pretty enjoyable. It wasn't overly animated. Scar and the hyenas felt more menacing, and the action felt very intense. Eichner and Rogen's improv cracked me up. I actually felt giddy over the cubs and little Timon cause they were just so darn cute (the meerkat behaviors were spot on). Beyoncé sung with Glover beautifully, but her single that came out of nowhere ruined the pacing. It felt jammed in there, totally unnecessary; sorry Bey.