Disney has decided to have live action remake of its classic cartoons with mixed critical results so far. The box office though has been very good.

The Lion King is not even live action though. It is a CGI version of the 1994 animated movie.

The Lion King cartoon was a kid friendly version of Hamlet. Young cub Simba's father is killed by evil brother Scar but Simba blames himself as he does not know the truth of what actually happened.

I would have thought director Jon Favreau would had shaken up the story but it is almost a straight remake of the 1994 cartoon.

However this remake has a longer running time and it showed. I felt listless as the movie went on. I realised the film lacked energy because it knew it was a bland copy.