They could have added more bells and whistles to it (while keeping the entire storyline from the OG)....could've made the "world" of the Pride Lands seem more expansive like Black Panther or Aquaman did the "worlds" its respective characters were based in but, outside of that I had no complaints.
The movie isn't for us. Its for little kids. The people who watched the first film are 25 - 38 years old now. And lets be honest, alot of stuff we liked back in the day was trash. We were just kids and the nostalgia factor adds to the fond memories we have. For example, I watched Casper a few months ago. The nostalgia and the music alone had me
because it represents a piece of my childhood but, if that movie came out today I wouldn't give a fukk about it. Its for the kids man.
My eyes did get a little watery when they showed Pride Rock in the beginning