I've never seen Lion King II, but this is a nice appraisal. This forum should offer script doctoring services.

He's not likable? He's Nathan Lane. He's the most likable guy ever.

Of any complaints I have about the Lion King Timon not being likeable enough isn't even in the same universe. My brain boggles trying to understand how someone could NOT  instantly like Timon.

And yes, NATHAN FUCKING LANE. Period.

No I was not the guy who hated the Wizard of Oz. I can't hate a film that I've never seen all the way through. And yes Nathan Lane is awesome but that doesn't mean Timon is. Hell one of my top ten favorite movies is the Birdcage. Okay if you take out those line where Timon says that he's basically having him around for protection and not for actually friendship like Pumba. And all Scar seems to do is lazy around unconcerned with actually running his Kingdom properly. At least the musical implies that he's lost his grip on his reality.

Side Note: One of my biggest issues with the movie is all the things that were either cut and added to the musical (which I love) or taken out because executive meddling. I love the musical because it actually adds things like having Nala being an actually character instead of little more that a love interest. Hell "Madness of King Scar" and "Shadowland" are probably my favorite parts. Oh and Morning Report is the weakest part song in the entire thing. I have no idea why they added that to the film.