Those who hated it apparently hated the original too

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2019)

The original Lion King is my all time favorite animated movie so was I especially pumped for this "´real live" feature Remake. You can Dispute if it was necessairy or not, but I Judge it as a film itself and since it was basically shot-by-shot the same thing I of Course loved it for its Story, its tragedy and the fantastic Soundtrack. The visuals are among the best we have ever encountered on the big screen so that was another big plus. The only thing it lacked a Little bit was the emotionality that wasnt presented through the CGI characters as good as through the animated characters in the original. Sometimes the facial expressions (logically) were not as charismatic as they were and thus it was not posible to connect or engage to the characters as it was in the original. Also the Voice work was not as good, there are exceptions of Course James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor were especially good and when Beyonce starts singing "Can you feel the love" I was won over.
Generally Nothing new at all (except for a few Scenes especially with Timon and Pumba) but still a great film for a whole new Generation.