This topic has been discussed in
this thread. In that I also asked for a pic from the actual scene in the final version of the movie to which StarlightChill was kind enough to do. Looks pretty much like a smile, doesn't it? If you ain't content with the quality of this then a better one can be fixed easily, at least when the blu-ray version is released. Unless Disney decides to change the animation.
As my personal opinions are that the deleted version is better, it adds to her villainous character and shows that she is too proud to accept help from the enemy.
[quote="StarlightChill"]Zira as she falls into the river.
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