I had a lot of problems with the original film but despite its shortcomings, it was a very good film. It was always meant to be a traditionally animated film and changing it to anything else was always gonna be a disaster. But what made it worse is also probably the best thing about this film, the photorealistic animation. The brilliance of the technology really makes this film stand apart from anything else. The way they were able to make such realistic animation is mindboggling but it came with a huge cost. As the animals became real-life looking they also became emotionless as the real animals. Without emotions, the story falls flat on its back. The thing that worked the best for them is the use of the soundtrack from the original even though it is reworked. It really helps when the movie loses all of its emotions. Other than the showcasing of the visual innovation there was really no reason for this film to exist.