I give this version of The Lion King '3 Stars' for looking fantastic but i only give it a rating for its visual effects.. the actual film was completely boring, flat, had no entertainment value, stagnant, emotionless performances and awful versions of the classic songs...THROUGHOUT!

Such a huge shame... and to prove the point I showed the first 15mins to my almost 4yr old daughter.. she was bored after Scar's first scene.. Then I put the original animated version on... wow what a transformation... she was instantly engaged and stuck with it UNTIL THE END!

I could not believe how bad the dialogue performances were in this film.. Even James Earl Jones sounded as though he didn't care...

Disney should have done themselves a favour and just created the 'live action version' directly on top of the soundtrack of the 1994 film.. it may have saved this film but what do they care? it cost them 250 million but made over 1.5 billion so why would they care!!!???

Another classic destroyed by Disney... First Starwars and now Beauty and the Beast, Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, Aladin, Lion King.... when is this awful fad of making mediochre re-boots of our classic films going to end??? I suppose Lady and the Tramp will suck too.... oh dear!