This makes it a pretty accurate adaptation, but it also keeps the new movie from doing anything creative with the story. Still, it’s The Lion King, and The Lion King is a pretty great story.
The newest adaptation isn’t really a live-action movie, as there isn’t a single living thing on the screen and only one shot that’s live action.
It’s also, for better or worse, the movie that keeps the closest to the previous source material.
All the characters and nearly every shot were created entirely through computers.