Would've been a prefect remake if only...

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2019)

Nothing wrong with the movie, great tweak with the story, a bit spice here and there, music top class, noticed the low-profile Broadway-ish and tone it down to more realistic character approach, not to mention the CGI works they've done that surely would be rated as one of the best animation ever or at least stand toe-to-toe with The Jungle Book.
The Lion King (Re-Make) started with its trademark song (The Circle of Life), which was great - no complaint whatsoever about it, but somehow I wondered if that's the best opening scene for this movie? Its phenomenal song and magical moment should be started with something more "enchanted" I would say. Went through the movie and then the scene when "Rafiki had a vision about Simba, with bugs, worms and fireflies", suddenly I realized that this particular scene should be the opening scene for the movie before the song. I believe this is the huge error and Walt Disney definitely messed-up the production, because the scene itself is not relevant to be placed after the song and doesn't add-up with the rest of story-lines.
I just couldn't believe such mistake happened at the level of Walt Disney. Many people said that the movie should be spotless mirror of previous edition, and I think such perspective only goes to people with no imagination. I believe there are many ways to tell a story or we could say "repack the product", but to allow such mistake are just dropping the standard and excitement after all of these hypes.
Sorry guys, just because all the high-techs and the hype doesn't mean we should just ignore the logic of the story-telling. Huge disappointment!