Lukewarm in every sense of the word

Rating: 2/10 (27 July 2019)

This had to be the most disappointing theater experience ever. Like everyone else I desperately wanted to love this film but I couldn't trick myself into liking it. Everything was just so lackluster and I was embarrassed I took my family to see it. This movie was so lame, it was like the Avatar movie to the TV show or a Transformer movie: all style and political correctness, no substance. I'm not good at writing reviews but I know this film was not crafted well at all, so I'll just list points as I think of them in no particular order:
*Disney biggest problem in general is they know how to create atmosphere but not the actual product. You can see the same even at their parks, like on the Finding Nemo ride, the queue is more exciting than the actual ride
*The music just falls flat. The lady they got to sing the Circle of Life was not a strong singer like the original. Just Can't Wait to Be King was boring. I learned Donald Glover can't sing through Hakuna Matata. Spirit was a nice song but seemed forced. They cut out the Can you Feel the love instrumental prelude from the betrothel scene and the Hula Song. The final duel scene score was changed.
*They wanted to give the hyenas and Nala extra dignity but it just made them boring
*Pacing was dragged out to make the movie longer instead of short and sweet, like a large and colorful but flavorless strawberry
*Nobody projected, everyone's voices sounded so "thin" with no emphasis or tension
There's more but that's all I can think of for now