Pretty good if you're not a hard core fan

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2019)

I like movies, but I dont live my life by movies and I dont waste time watching "a classic" a thousand times over and remembering it word for word. I've seen the original maybe twice when I was younger, of course I thought it was good but then I continued to live my life, and also watched OTHER movies. So, I actually thought this was pretty damn good, but I didnt compare it to the original, which I only kind of remember. But I dont think its fair that it's getting slammed the way it is, while it falls a little flat here and there its certainly not as bad as the hardcore fans are saying. The cinema I was in had heaps of laughs, I thought Rogen and Eisner were great as Timon and Pumba, Donald and Queen Bey were pretty decent, scar was a menacing villain, overall I actually really enjoyed it. And the CGI was scary good, I forgot the landscape and animals with no talking parts were fake for a lot of the movie. So I thought Id leave a review in this movies defence because if you're a casual fan of movies and dont treat the original like its some kind of holy artifact to be preserved for all time, you'll probs like it.