I avoided this for 9 years, until tonight...

Rating: Null/10 (7 January 2003)

Right then. First things first. I do not like kids films, and generally avoid anything bearing the Walt Disney logo.
However having never had the IMAX experience and hearing from a few of my mates that The Lion King is actually a pretty good film, I had myself a trip to the IMAX theatre in Durham, and I have to say I thought the whole thing was fantastic.
Of course old skool animation looks a little dated with all these modern Toy Story and Shrek efforts done on computers these days, but the characters were brought to life by a quite fantastic casting of splendid voices. The whole landscape is right in your face in an IMAX theatre, you can almost feel a part of the jungle.
I still don't think I will be queueing up to see Disney's next multi-million dollar kids flick (and no doubt a multi-million dollar tie-in with a burger chain) but more than anything I do think it is a massive achievment on my part, having managed to avoid The Lion King for 9 years, and in a sad soppy kind of way, I almost regret that! (but I didn't cry when Simba's dad got trampled, not that I would admit to that here though, you'd think I'd gone soft, you 'orrible lot!!!).