They’ve got charm, and the characters have personality and depth. There’s a lot of effort that goes into every single frame of the sequence, and since it doesn’t require an actor to fully show himself, it’s cheap too.
Nevertheless, one of the more charming parts of those movies are the animals.
So what would happen if, say, Pumbaa was reimagined as a human being?
The good people over at Brightside , and the results are marvelous.
Source of all images is BrightSide.