Beyoncé. UK, USA. Creator=Linda Woolverton. Duration=1 H 58 minutes. Liked It=187980 votes.

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While Beyoncé is a lovely singer, I was so put off by the cast. It was too unfamiliar. They put their "own" twist on the characters and turned it into a seemingly cheap musical. It was missing so much, it was slow and too much extra singing.

I have to say I went in with an open mind even though I adore the original.
Basically it's the exact same film except with stunning CGI. But that's it the choice of voice actors was terrible. The voices did not suit the film at all.
I'm not sure if it was just the showcase cinema I saw it at or if it's actually intended to be so quite. None of the music was hard hitting like the first and even James Earl Jones' voice did not boom like the original. I'm so disappointed.

The Lion King is an all time Disney classic, it was a movie that didn't really need a remake but with all the remakes Disney is bringing out, they wouldn't forget this movie of course, but I don't think it was a bad idea to bring this to live action.
From my perspective this remake does still capture the magic of the original but not to its full potential, the cast is great! and I have no criticisms towards them.
The CGI is a major eye catcher and it is mind blowing!
Now one reason why the movie never fully captures the originals magic is mainly due to the animals not showing much expression, the amount of emotion the characters expressed in certain scenes in the original made it more emotional and effective but the fact they don't show much expression in the remake doesn't bother me because this is supposed to be real as its live action, as if they show too much expression it could come across as weird but I will admit they could have made the characters show a bit more emotion to make some scenes really stand out but thankfully the voices are perfect so that makes up for it!
In conclusion this movie doesn't really add anything new but what do you expect its a live action CGI remake its meant to be the same movie. I highly recommend you go watch this if you have the chance.

2020.06