It is a mostly lifeless, less fun, less energetic and less- fun-musically recreation of an original that was fantastic and didn’t need to be remade. There’s less music, which detracts from the energy level, and much less humor. The CGI-rendering and less energetic voices and depleted soundtrack leave the audience feeling like they’re watching a nature documentary that’s been staged. We get what amounts to vampires: on the outside they appear like normal animals but on the inside, they’re dead.
The only deviations from the original plot made the film worse, not better:
1) Butchering “Circle of Life”, “I Can’t Wait to be King” and “Be Prepared” songs
2) Excluding Scar’s response to Simba’s question, “What does that make you?”
3) Replacing Jeremy Irons as the voice of Scar with another British (but much less accomplished) actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor
4) Omitting Timon from scene in which the hyena sentries are distracted by prospect of dining on a warthog so Simba and Nala can sneak into the Pridelands to confront Scar
Shame on you, Disney, for taking the easy way out (again) and instead of giving us new story lines, fresh characters and new plots, you take the path of least resistance and slap new technology on the same story and give less energetic and less visually interesting film. The result: audiences are uninspired and at times even bored (at least Stephen Craig, my co-host on “The Movie Review Show” on YouTube, ere). It’s very shameful indeed. I’m not paying another cent to watch anymore of Disney’s CGI remakes and I don’t think anyone should either. Moviegoers deserve better than that. It’s time to boycott Disney CGI-remakes of classic Disney films. Thank you for your time and attention.
Best Regards, Lee A. Eide
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