Lion King was a grandiose movie, with profound messages and symbols.

The original Lion King, not this one, unfortunately.

Here they massacred the very Heart of it, the spiritual center... and dressed the rest of it in good CGI.

Jeremy Iron is unreplaceable in his voice of Scar... Chiwetel's voice acting is too bland for it.

James Earl Jones is old... and his vocal expression reflects that. Mufasa has not the original Strength that made him King.

The other voices are so-so... moments of good and moments of bland.

P*litical c*rrectness is also a disaster for this movie. They allow nasty words, cutting out the: "Pumba! Not in front of the kids!" and letting him say the f*rt word... but they cut out the Vision of the Spirit of Mufasa (the very Core of this movie!!), and change his words into something more neutral and down-to-earth... This was the moment when this movie was ruined...

Now it looks like a National Geographic version of Lion King. Nothing more.