The original Lion King is without a doubt one of the best movies ever made...So why would you change it in such a drastic way.

1. WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE THE DIALOGUES SO MUCH?!?!!?! I understand that this is re-make, that people will have different interpretation with pronunciation and stressing on different words but this has changed the tone of the conversations in several crucial moments. Not to mention that some important lines were completely omitted - what happened to "It is time"?!?!?! I am sorry but this was the main thing that ruined the movie (for me personally). There are so many wise and important quotes that were simply lost. Mufasa - even though had the same voice actor (whose voice is really calming) - his lines were again butchered and all of the wisdom was faded away.

2. The visuals of the movie were true - great, but it lacked all the facial emotions that can be seen in the animated version. I appreciate they have made it more realistic (same as Aladdin's carpet ride not going around the world) - with for example Rafiki not standing when he's presenting the cub - great but no emotion can be seen in their faces.

3. Music - timing. As this is so well known and beloved movie by many generations it was always going to be difficult to replicate the success of the original movie but simple things such as the music being on time and the same sound effects (the lion's roar) had to be on point but for some reason they were not. And the tune with Timon and Pumba before the hyenas - really?!?!?!

4. Some characters as mentioned in other comments have completely changed. I didn't mind Scar at the beginning up to when he tells about the elephant graveyard but then even his iconic song is ruined. The hyenas I'm not even going to comment on. Rafiki is playing such a small part and his important life lessons are lost. Zazu ... overall everyone was a meh really which is sad.

Overall I don't get why Disney would re-make an animal based animation - I get Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast even the Jungle Book (not huge fan of either) but seriously animals... It's a NO NO. I made the mistake of watching it and I regret it and that's something I would've never thought I would say for The Lion King as it is one of my top 3 favourite movies of all times if not the most favourite ever.

I am giving 3 stars as the visuals are beautiful and impressive but that's all.