WYLION - Can you feel the love this afternoon!

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2019)

Beautiful! That's what this movie is. The visual side of this movie is crazy, you could tell that they took time and put effort in to make it look fantastic.
There are reasons this movie wasn't as good as the original. The first is the voice acting, I felt it was underwhelming. I wasn't feeling Donald Glover's Simba at all. Seth Rogan and Billy Eichner? Great! James Earl Jones has his distinctive voice but at 88 years old there was a lack of emphasis.
The second reason is emotion. The first movie really shows the emotion of the characters but in this movie? How can you show emotion in a real lions face? It's difficult and this movie really struggled.
The final reason is that it was all near enough the same. Aside from the end fight being more elaborate and a slap in the face rather than the throwing of paws the movie is exactly the same as before. Give or take a couple of small scenes. I feel like Jon Favreau could have added his own spin to things.
Overall I wouldn't say the movie was bad as it was still an okay movie but it's just not as good as the original. I mean how could it be?