Yes I'm going to be "THAT" guy (with reasons)

Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2019)

Firstly I would like to say that this film was visually stunning...however....it fell flat in terms of emotional impact and intensity. For example I give you a simple scene from the original "Zazoo, take Nala home, I need to teach my son a lesson". This scene follows the run in with the hyaenas at the elephant graveyard.We are all familiar with this. This scene was intense and had feeling to it in the original. Little Simba knew he had made a mistake at this point and was upset by the fact his Father (a person he looks up to and respects) disapproved of his actions and it shows. This led to a special moment where "all is forgiven" after the lecture and father and son bond. In the remake this FELL FLAT. Young Simba just doesn't appear to take it on board or show any remorse for his actions but instead appears to be a little brat that is prepared to just accept 'what is'.
Moving on, the instrumental musical score (which remains the same as the original), appeared to carry the voice actors through the emotional scenes. The popular songs with lyrics were performed well (if not a little overdone at times with yodelling).
I was not a fan of unnecessary changes to the script in certain scenes especially at the expense of removing humour. I mean let's be real, we are talking about an almost shot for shot live action remake but with changes to script???? Ok. One scene in particular from the original "Hey who's the pig?" "Are you talking to me?" "Uh-oh they called him a pig" still makes me laugh to this day. Instead we have this thing about Pumba feeling bullied....if your going to remake something, REMAKE it.
Off topic: Rafiki's name wasn't even mentioned in the movie, again from changes to script. No "you follow old Rafiki he knows the way". Rafiki's lively personality was not in the remake. Simba never got hit with the stick. I was unable to relate to the character in the remake as it FELL FLAT (overuse of an overly saturated description of a remake). Instead Rafiki was a quiet and wise which was alright to a degree but not at the expense of removing character development.
Timone and Pumba - I did enjoy these guys and laughed at times.
Conclusion - I gave this movie a 5 for it's visuals.