Excellent live action

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2020)

A film that had a lot to live up to, and on the whole I think they did it.
The CSI was so impressive, with amazing detail and really did make the film come to life.
I absolutely loved Timon and Pumba - the voices were spot on and filled with lots of humour.
My only gripe, and sorry if I'm repeating anyone else here (I've not read the others) was Scar. Unfortunately I don't think anyone could live up to Jeremy Irons terrifying Scar - I found new Scars voice and presence simply wasn't there. There seemed no depth or feeling in the performance. In fact his voice was rather soft and almost kind sounding - no no.
I'm not a massive fan of the Disney live action remakes but this is definitely a watchable one. I'm kind of glad they didn't deviate from the story - because how can you mess with The Lion King.
I do wish Disney would work on coming up with some good new material though, remakes of classics for me seem to be a little bit of a cop out.