Jon Favreau is a very talented guy

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2019)

He is very talented. But sometimes the very best batters can strike out. There are technical aspects of this film that are impressive. There are others that add to the failure of this remake. The lions faces are just not expressive enough. Some of the voice over falls flat compared to the original, Seth Rogan being a notable exception. I thought the Alladin movie was a success... because of the way it expanded on the original. It wasn't a copy. It used the original as a jumping off point then gave it a very fresh take and update that really succeeded. This is a pale imitation.