Aw, but they were two of the best characters! My wife loved the way they held hands, like a married couple (which I guess, they were!).
I really enjoyed this movie. Ditto what COBOL said. And I like to add that it was one of the most clean and decent movies that I've yet seen. This is rather unlike most movies nowadays. The scene of the death and resurrection of the Lion was just so incredibly well done.
The suprising thing is that critics blasted the hell out of this movie, to the point where I was actually convincing my friend not to go see it.