A genuine summer blockbuster

Rating: 8/10 (23 July 2019)

Ok, Disney are unquestionably guilty of milking cinema goers this year with Dumbo, Aladdin & now Lion King remakes but where Dumbo was truly joyless the same can't be levelled at Aladdin or Jon Favreau's Lion King.
From the frame for frame replication magic of the opening sequence to the utter joy Seth Rogan's Pumba brings this is surely what going to the cinema is all about?
It's not perfect, BeyoncÃ© can't read with any degree of personality & the film doesn't flow as well as the original, but these are minor quibbles though, just sit back, ignore the overt agenda politics Disney are playing & revel in this awesome spectacle.