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I just saw the remake at Rogers Cinema on Tuesday, and it was just as funny and awesome like the original film! The remastered songs played out really good.

Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner were perfect for the voices of Timon and Pumbaa, and as well as Donald Glover as Simba, Beyonce as Nala (especially her song "Spirit" as Simba returns to Pride Rock), Chiwetel Ejiofor, the villainous Karl Mordo, as Scar, and the return of James Earl Jones as Mufasa.

Zazu's design was perfect to make him look like a realistic Tanzanian red-billed hornbill, and as well as Pumbaa and Timon's for a common warthog and meerkat duo. During the scene when Timon and Pumbaa have Simba go on a new grub diet, the guinea fowl, the bush baby, and the elephant shrew were one of the new characters I've liked. Bat-eared foxes, that were in original concepts of "King of the Jungle", and as well as aardvarks, impalas, antelopes, and klipspringers also appeared as the neighbors of Timon and Pumbaa in the jungle!!

My favorite songs include: "Circle of Life", "I Just Can't Wait to be King", "Hakuna Matata", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", and... "Be Our Guest" for a brief moment as Timon distracts Shenzi's hyena clan and Pumbaa is acting as a roast pig. But I recieve mixed criticim for "Be Prepared".

My favorite memorable moments are: the wildebeest stampede and Mufasa's death, which are more dramatic in the remake than the original film; the hyena chase in the Elephant Graveyard; Simba's pouncing lesson; "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" performed by the neighbors of the jungle; Timon and Pumbaa using themselves as live bait; the final battle involving Simba vs Scar; and the ending when Rafiki holds up Simba and Nala's newborn cub.

I saw the film with my Dad, Kelsey, her Mom, and Spencer. I will be able to see it again with my mentor Kaitlyn since she hasn't seen it yet.