I hear a lot of people state that it's a pointless rehash, but I think think this movie is much worse than a rehash. there is no substance to the movie whatsoever. all the lions look the same, I didn't like any of the characters, the colours were dull, everything was just lifeless.

the dialogue was also genuinely painful to listen to, it's like the entire script what ad libbed because it's just so unnatural and awkward. this made the jokes especially unfunny, even if they used the same jokes as the original it was still unfunny because every line in this movie was delivered horrendously.

I want a special paragraph to talk about the be prepared scene- oh my lord. like why even include it if you're butchering it that's much. it's not really a song, it's more scar yelling the lyrics with some generic stock movie music in the background. i'm not kidding when I say he's yelling, he yells a lot of the lyrics which makes the song a lot less menacing.

it seems no one wants to be there, the voice acting is just so dull and everything about this movie is dull. god, i really dislike this movie. perhaps i'm just butthurt because I really liked the original but I just can't stand this movie.

I gave it 2 starts though because the animation was gorgeous! it was not meant for this movie in particular but I can still appreciate the undeniable effort put in by the animation team, a lot of the scenes are so beautiful and you cannot tell them apart from reality.

anyway, I don't recommend this movie at all. sorry for the negativity in this review, i just really wanted to point out things I noticed.