Rating of
3/4
Circle of Life. Another Disney remake. It's fine.
Indyfreak - wrote on 07/23/19
Jon Favreau delivers a good remake of a beloved animated classic.
The visual effects and the CGI characters are incredible. Just when you think they cannot push the boundaries of mo-cap technology, they do it again. The meat of the story is the same as the original film with some minor adjustments.
Scar gets more nastier thanks to Chiwetel Ejiofor's voicework but the charm from Jeremy Irons is lost. Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner are great fits as Timon and Pumba. Donald Glover is alright as Simba but Beyonce shines as Nala. It's great to hear James Earl Jones' voice again as Mufasa.
The action scenes are surprisingly brutal even for a PG rating. The pacing is good despite it being two hours. The hyenas are far more menacing and scary looking in this incarnation.
It maintains the epic adventurous tone of the original film splendidly enough and I'm sure that's all fans want in the end.
