Not as good as the animated version but still worth watching

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2019)

The visuals of this movie were stunning. The beginning nearly exact as the animated version. It was done beautifully and I felt most of the actors did a great job. Timon and Pumba were very funny in this one, same with the hyenas. Donald Glover had a nice voice for Simba. James Earl Jones as of course good. Chiwetel Ejiofor did excellent as Scar and I feel like Scar is even scarier in this version. A lot of people I noticed on here seem to hate Beyoncé and are saying the movie was all about her and calling it The Lion Queen.... I honestly don't know what movie these people were watching there was only a couple of extra scenes of Nala that weren't in the original and honestly don't last that long. The other scenes she's with Simba just like in the original. They added a snippet of Beyonce's song "Spirit" in one scene but it's not like it's played through out the whole movie. And of course Beyoncé and Donald Glover sing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and I will say, for me, it was nothing extraordinary but both are obviously talented singers so it wasn't bad. I'm not a Beyoncé fan at all and maybe someone better could have been casted BUT I feel like some of these people in the reviews are weirdly obsessed with Beyoncé and are wrongly bashing the entire film simply cause they don't like her. It's honestly not that bad! One thing I do agree on is there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of emotion in some of the actors voices and that is unfortunate but overall this movie is done well and if you're truly a fan of the original you should give this version a try.