Worst Disney Remake for me so far

Rating: 5/10 (3 August 2019)

Some minor spoilers!
So I absolutely love the original Lion King. I have rated it a 10 on IMDb since it means so much to me. Once it was revealed that this movie was going to come I was actually pretty excited! But the more got revealed the more confused I got over what I was going to think of this. The only way to know was to watch it. So I did...
I have strong emotions about this (unlike the animals in here...). And this is definitely the most disappointing 'live action' remake for me. Even though I think Disney is making way to much 'live action' remakes at the moment, I don't really have a problem with the ones I've watched (except this one). I liked that Maleficent had a new perspective on the story and the Jungle Book is also a bit different. I like seeing different interpretations of the originals. But The Lion King doesn't do that at all. It's almost exactly the same as the original.
The only thing that is the big difference is the animation. I actually really think the animation looks amazing, but it's not good for this movie. It just doesn't work. Because the style is so realistic especially the lions have almost no emotion on their face. It also makes some songs who were amazing in the original look very underwhelming. Especially the song 'Be prepared' is so horrible and doesn't live up to the original at all. Also the famous 'Long live the king' and Simba's reaction to Mufasa's death is so underwhelming because it lacks emotion. The scenes where I came closest to feeling emotional where scenes where the characters faces weren't visible.
What is good about this movie? The things that are exactly the same as the original; like the plot. This makes the movie way better. But I can't really give this film credit for that because it's the EXACT same as in the non 'live action' version. I'm sure that if I would have never seen the original I would like this movie way more because the story is so good! But the original already did that but way better!
There are two things this movie adds that I appreciate. First some extra funny moments with Timon and Pumbaa where the whole audience chuckled. And second BeyoncÃ©'s songs. I thought 'Can you feel the love tonight' was beautiful, except for emotionless lions and that it wasn't night? (Disney why?) When BeyoncÃ©'s Spirit started playing was the only time I felt a bit emotional, because the song is beautiful and I couldn't see the lions faces then.
In short: I don't recommend this movie. Instead watch the original and listen to Spirit on repeat.