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Having seen the original when I was six years old (and multiple times after it), I went for the new one with the dialogues learnt by heart AND also with an expectation that there is NO WAY life-like animals will be able to give the expressions the older ones had. The movie was a visual masterpiece to say the least.

Having said that couple of scenes that comes to my mind that was a let down for me were when Nala and Simba reunite and when Mufasa speaks to Simba through the clouds. In the former I felt the surprise element that was there in the earlier movie upon seeing each other after years, was very short in this one. And in the other scene, which I feel was one the most important scene/conversation of the movie didn't live up to the mark. I personally believe that scene shouldn't had been altered with.

Having said that, it was still a great movie and I will be watching it again! And this time, with my father.

I went to Saudi Arabia in 1996 as an eight years old and lived there for fourteen years. Never realized that I have lived through such a troubled time in the Kingdom's history. The documentary showed Al Qaeda's attack on a compound in Khobar and it all came back to me as I was in the city at that point and I did hear about it the same evening. Sadly we lost one of our neighbour who was in THAT area and was shot dead! Hats off to the Saudi Special Forces who eradicated these menaces who are hell bent on using religion as a veil to carry out their evil deeds. The documentary was an edge of the seat thriller and as a Muslim, it was even more disgusting to see how the actions of few are tarnishing the image of the Islam.

A must watch!