Amazing Movie

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2019)

Young, bubbly and naive, Simba bounces through his always happy world that has always been kind to him. He is in line to be King, faced with little challenges. Then everything changes, his family deals with great loss and he flees the kingdom, while his uncles true colors are revealed . He lives worry free in his new life away never wanting to return home to face his family until he has to. After watching this movie just once you will fall in love, this spectacular movie that can make you cry, laugh and sing and remind you what is like to be young and dumb just like simba. The Lion King Is a Phenomenal movie because of the relatable themes and the amazing soundtrack.
When the movie begins we see a baby simba held up by Rafiki to the whole kingdom, as his proud parents Mufasa and Sarabi look on proudly.This make his envious uncle Scar second in line for the throne. We then see this little lion cub grow through his experiences, good and bad, and learn life lessons from some of the people he looks up to most.
Throughout this movie we see simba, a spritely and spunky lion cub, go through life and the challenges that are thrown his way. We constantly see how he chooses to deal with them and we can use these decisions to help us. Throughout the movie simba gets a lot of good advice from people around him,for instance mufasa says, "You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become." Simba is having to deal with great loss here and ,"1 in 5 children will experience the death of someone close to them by age 18." so for kids who can relate to simba are given this advice and by seeing someone on screen go through something similar will help them work through their own personal challenges.Children LIke this also can appreciate the advice from Rafiki, a slightly crazy baboon who has been a trusted family friend ever since simba was born. As simba is in an open field of grass at night searching for himself he has a conversation with Rafiki about the past where rafiki says," Oh yes, the past can hurt. But, you can either run from it or, learn from it." This quote instills in children from a young age the massage that life happens but is how you react to it that will affect you. One more thing that simba learns is a motto to live by,"hakuna matata," which is Swahili for no worries or no troubles.
This movie has not only amazing quotes and life lessons but it also has one of the best soundtrack. The movie starts with the intenceness of "Circle of Life" and instantly all Disney fans know that this isn't just going to be like any other Disney movie, this opening scene inst stereotypical where we have princesses singing a love song or a narrator with whimsical music in the background, it's different and it was the first time that this was seen on a major motion picture. This is not the only hit song we got out of this soundtrack either, we got "Hakuna Matata", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", and one of the most epic Disney Villian Song of all time, "Be Prepared". These songs are great songs not only for the time they came out in but can live on with this timeless movie.
This was a revolutionary Disney movie.This movie was published in a time called the Disney renaissance where Disney was failing and needed to make money or he was going to go bankrupt. So he produced some groundbreaking movies like Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, one of these Movies being The Lion King. Even when comparing this movie to other Disney movies it will blow them away making a total of $968.5 million which at the time it was published was not seen. The reason this movie made so much money is because people fell in love with how good this movie was. The Lion King had everything you could want from a animated movie,you had great life lessons, great music a well thought out plot, and humor that all came together to form a great movie that will a lifetime.