Beautiful but flat.

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2019)

The Lion King is a technically beautiful movie to be sure. That being said, the acting, the lack of emotion in the animation and the total lack of emotion in the music itself all make the movie completely flat and boring. It seemed the voice actors were more interested in adding unnecessary vocal melisma than they were in relaying an emotional undertone. I appreciate that they stayed true to the original script and didn't add the social commentary du jour, like Disney has done with every other live action remake, but this one was just dull.