A Roaring Mess

Rating: 4/10 (11 December 2019)

Remaking a top notch film is never a good idea. Typical for the greediest corporation on Earth to make a money grab film that leaves a lot to be desired.
First - the decision to make everything related to the hyenas extremely dark was a mistake. The interaction between the hyenas, in the original, was part of the charm and brought a lot of humor to the movie. "I'll have what's lion around" and "Make mine a cub sandwich" were lines that delivered properly would have brought some life to this dud.
Second- all the animals look sickly and the cartoon brought more life to the creatures.
Third - voice acting. The original had wonderful voice actors and this film was just ruined by the voice acting. Seth Rogan is god awful as Pumbaa- he is annoying and ruined the entire Pumbaa character. Timon feels forced and lacks the heart and soul that Nathan Lane brought the cartoon version.
Fourth - Jeremy Irons was classic as Scar - a wonderful rendition - Scar is very forgetful in this film - looks bad - sounds bad.
To wrap it up - this was a poor remake that may visually have some nice moments, but lacks the heart and soul of the original.