Here's why you should and shouldn't watch the 2019 Lion King

Lately, Disney’s been making remakes of some of their most famous movies of all time.

They are Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, Dumbo, Pete’s Dragon, Snow White and Aladdin just to name a few.

The most recent was arguably the studios’ finest work “The Lion King.” Remaking a movie like “The Jungle Book” or “Beauty and the Beast” that’s no problem most people wouldn’t mind seeing a different perspective.

But a movie that’s universally loved and praised liked “The Lion King.” It’s either going to be better or worse. So how did the remake do?

Honestly, this movie has it’s good and bad sides. Let’s go through the good first.

Visually this movie is insane. The behind the scenes cast who worked on this movie deserve an award for their work. Everything looks incredibly real, it’s incredible. Everyone else I’ve had a conversation with about this movie all agree visually this movie is a masterpiece.

Timone and Pumbaa steal the show. Seth Rogen as Pumbaa and Billy Eichner as Timon both are incredibly funny just as they were in the original. I didn’t realise it until I watched the movie but Seth Rogen laughs in real life similar to the way Pumbaa laughs. Seeing that satisfied me in some way. Shenzi and Zazu also stood out. Shenzi in this movie was more of a menace. She’s actually intimidating.

It had scenes that weren’t in the original movie that stood out. For example, there’s a scene between Sarabi and Scar that I really liked. So if you want to see “The Lion King” with more visuals and a few new scenes that weren’t in the original, you should watch this movie.

However, that’s where the praising stops because there are gripes I have. The characters, the dialogue and the facial expressions are so dull. They are stiff and lack some level of emotion in this movie. In the original, the lions had a bit more emotion than they do in this one.

This movie is basically a remake of the original shot by shot with the exemptions of a few new scenes here and there. Otherwise, it’s the same thing with new characters who were unable to deliver the same level of enthusiasm as their predecessors. I can’t blame them cause if they did put a new spin on it they risk destroying the reputation of “The Lion King.”

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