If the writers had left all the dialogue out except for zazu, Timon and pumba....and if the animators had animated the emotions onto the lions (HOW DO CGI ANIMALS HAVE POOR ACTING SKILLS) this might have been a 5 or 6 star movie. Music was better than I anticipated considering the soundtrack that came out prior to the movie's release (mehhh).

Echoing others: no soul. It was apparent in the opening scene. an ICONIC scene in Disney animation was just- flattened. I would have rather had a totally different shot list with the same music. Why try to recreate something we already know? There's no magic in that.

And I have to agree with everyone else. I love Bey...this wasn't her greatest moment.