Well...the visual effects are groundbreaking but it lacks heart and flare - and feels soulless compared to the original. Donald Glover and Beyoncé felt like miscasts - it feels like they're reading lines from a sheet. See this remake for the visual effects; but go back and watch the original animated masterpiece in all its glory.

"The Lion King" (2019) is an absolute atrocity to cinema. The Disney foundation has once again spoiled the hearts of many with another soulless live-action remake. There was a time were Hollywood was at it's golden age: films were unique, memorable, emotional, funny, interesting, etc. However, modern-age Hollywood is being deprived of that glory. You want to know why? The Lion King (2019). When the primary objective of Hollywood executives and filmmakers is to create the biggest cash-grab of all time, I can't imagine myself watching films in the distant future.

So anyone else notice it has a high score of 7.5 on here yet everyone's ratings don't really stretch beyond 3?? Horrendous rendition of a childhood classic. I mean at lest our beloved Mufasa was the same or else there probs wouldn't be any hope of recover from such a flop of voice acting prowess demonstrated in the movie.