The Emotionless and Expressionless Lion King.

Rating: 5/10 (20 July 2019)

First and foremost I love the lion king, one of my favorite movies of all time. The live action version was beautiful visually, but unlike the original, this version lacked emotion and expression, especially in the eyes.
I get the fact that many animal movies gets humanized through expression, but the live action remake did not have much or any at all. Not even a simple flicker in the eyelids. Sure real animals do not possess a great deal of expression but they sure do not lack any. Aside from that, the voice over felt rushed in certain places and did not carry a great deal of depth. Surprisingly hardly any excitement or anger from the great James Earl Jones: it felt like Mufasa was tired. Grown up simba was meek and Nala was just the same. You knew it was Beyonce.
Overall the movie didn't feel epic like the original. Most of the time it felt like you were watching a documentary from Nat Geo. If it wasn't for Timon and Pumbaa, the film would've been boring. I still did like the movie because the original is so dear to my heart.