Disappointed!

Rating: 3/10 (22 July 2019)

I had been looking forward to watching this film for months and months. And when I finally got to see it I was just disappointed. When the film started I was at first awed by the breath taking CGI effects. The animals and the surroundings looked so very realistic. And the opening song Circle of Life was great but not great as the original film. Obviously the film is a direct remake of the 1994 classic we all know and love. Once again we see Mufusa die and we see Simba befriend Timon and Pumbaa.
But this film was just plain awful. Obviously because this is not a cartoon the animals lacked emotions and I even felt James Earl Jones was disappointing as Mufusa. He simply did not sound natural enough like he was in 1994 although he is understandably elderly now. Chiwetel Ejiofor was not bad as Scar but he was nowhere as good as Jemery Irons. Even Beyonce was terrible as Nala.
I also felt the film was rushed. For example the scenes between Simba and Rafiki was shortened and Mufusa never said as much as a ghost as he did in 1994 and it was annoying we never seen his ghost.
I really wanted to like this film but I sadly felt Jon Favreau ruined one of the greatest Disney films of all time. I will watch it again as I did not hate it but I never enjoyed it very much either.