Not as bad as the reviews suggest

Rating: 7/10 (27 September 2019)

As Disney continue to create live action versions of their classic animated movies it was inevitable that they were going to eventually get round to creating The Lion King, arguably one of the most popular and most critically acclaimed Disney animations to date. Due to it's popularity I felt this was destined to be hated from the off as people just don't want new versions of their old favourites, I felt like the film was always going to struggle to win over the masses and that appears to be so having scrolled through the reviews and being met by a barrage of 1/10's. For me I enjoyed my time watching The Lion King as it was visually superb and Seth Rogen as Pumbaa just gave me constant laughs, he was perfect for the role. I would've like to have seen a few more characters re cast such as Jeremy Irons as Scar and Rowan Atkinson as Zazu just to add that little extra dose of nostalgia which I felt was lacking despite having James Earl Jones reprise his role as Mufasa. My main critique with this version of The Lion King was the casting of Beyoncé as Nala, I seriously hated the sound of her voice throughout as it just didn't seem suited to the movie and I felt Nala was given a bigger platform in this film because she was being voiced by Beyoncé, trying to justify her casting and the vast fortunes she was probably paid for lending her voice to the project. With that put to one side I enjoyed the movie, the songs for the most part were good to listen to and although I would've liked a bit more nostalgia and a little less Beyoncé I came out of the cinema feeling satisfied.