The Lion King (2019) — Did Disney actually learn anything?

I went to see the Lion King remake with a five-year-old and two eight-year olds. The five-year-old is very sensitive and did not remember much of the first Lion King. I was worried about the (spoiler) Mufasa death scene and the crying that would follow from my group. However, the only instances when these kids had any reaction was when the hyenas were introduced. Why weren’t they completely destroyed seeing Simba’s dad killed so graphically, like I was watching the 1994 movie? Somehow the gravity of the situation was not “acted” well on the real-life lions’ faces, and therefore didn’t evoke any emotional response from the viewers. But the remake still made it clear that the outsiders were to be feared…and male lions know best…and Africa is just a country. Did Disney learn any lessons from the 1994 version to the 2019 version?

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