A bit meh

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2019)

10/10 for visual effects. 1/10 for originality. And a meak 6/10 for everything inbetween.
Quite clearly in the efforts of creating a visual masterpiece, there has been a sacrifice in humour and story. Apart from a few relative fresh scenes from timone and pumba, it seems that the other characters had to be stripped back to achieve pure realism. Perhaps this could have been saved by the music and artists singing the classic songs, but a different and severely shortened take on 'Be Prepared' and the choice to keep the musical hit 'He lives in you' omitted leaves the music falling short also. Worthwhile to see for the visual effects alone, but don't bother comparing it to the 1994 original.