Looks fantastic - Doesn't sound great - lacks soul!

Rating: 5/10 (20 October 2019)

Visually I found this stunning, and I liked the fact it didn't move away from the original too much!
That being said, it just didn't seem to have any soul and I can't really put my finger on why! Some of the voice acting was pretty poor, particularly adult Simba and Nala, there just seemed to be a disconnect to what was on the screen and how it was voiced. You need voice charisma by the bucketload to do these sorts of things I feel, and it just wasn't there, which is unfortunate!
Also, some of the songs missed the mark too, I mean it's quite a tough ask to replicate such iconic originals, but a few did actually work, it's just that most didn't, particularly Circle of Life at the beginning!
So, an ok film, wouldn't watch it again though and my 7 year old went off to play after an hour or so! Says it all really!