Relied Heavily On Nostalgia....

Rating: 5/10 (19 July 2019)

Timon and Pumba carried the film. It was all off. The iconic scenes felt rushed, there was no emotion on any of the characters, and they prolonged pointless scenes. Felt like they went down a checklist of what they needed to achieve, which scenes needed a "twist" and slapped it together. I felt nothing during Mufasa's death, Scar did not have a dramatic and theatrical sequence when mildly, halfheartedly sung 'Be Prepared', and Young Simba sounded like an annoying whiney kid. While it wasn't bad, it was not good by any stretch of the imagination. It felt like a poor "live action" recap of the original. With a budget of 260M, I'm wondering if most of it went to the celebrities who voiced the expressionless characters.