Outstanding but not perfect.

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2019)

For the one's who've grown with the original and also for the one's who are watching this version the first time it's an outstanding movie. It was faithful to the original yet added small new elements here and there. The movie would have been perfect if they brought back Jeremy Irons as Scar as the new voice actor just couldn't do anything remarkable. Scar became dark and boring 😴. The very esscene of the humorous sarcastic Scar was lost. Beyonce's spirit song was completely unnecessary and did not at all fit with the mood of the movie. Rafiki was not as eccentric anymore. Other than that the movie was great. Of course the visuals were just out of the world! Mufasa's death scene, the pivotal point of the movie was extremely well executed. It had the same impact as the original. I like how they changed the hyenas characters to fit with the real relation between lions and hyenas in the Savannah. Hands down the best Live action adaptation so far.