Wilmari Du Toit

The animation was soo beautiful , I could feel the years of "crusts" break off - and my heart was bleeding and pumping with love and pride for the majesty of my homeland - Africa. Graphics were spectacular (I could see they correct anatomical placement of veins) and it was obvious that the animators put soul into the graphic/animation part of the film.I recognised soo many Authentic African animals, trees , flowers/landscape and animal background sounds. Nala, Mufasa, Timon , Pumba and Rafiki's voices fit in perfectly but I do wish that Disney animators paired up with South African animators and actors so that we could have more Authentic African sounding voices for Simba , the Hyena's and Scar. It would've given just the right amount of African spirit in combination with a bit more animal sounds for eg. When Rafiki joins the fight he opens his mouth but not much comes out ,instead a powerful baboon bark would've given some power to the scene. Simba and especially Scar's voice actors sounded very unsure of what they were saying - not enough power/confidence which left some viewers feeling that there wasn't enough soul, power/majesty put into the audio part of the film. Overall I believe Lion King 2019 has yet again set new hights for animations to come and has created a whole new genre of quality animation. Thank you to all of the people involved in the making of this film - spectacular job !