The movie is the exact replica of the cartoon with non of the magic. Anything and everything that made me fall in love with the original was stripped away.

They focused so much on making it realistic, they forgot that the lion king is not a documentary, it's a fantasy, a story. Where was the green smoke in Scar's number? The apple in Pumbaa's mouth when he was offered to the hyenas as a distraction? What did they do to Rafiki? They stripped away his personality completely! It was just sad to watch.

Save your money, go watch something else.