Review

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2020)

The Lion King
Do you want to set the mood for a movie? You need to realize that music is the best way to create an ambience to a scene, and it's, besides visuals, the most important thing in a movie.
Simba is a lion, the son of a king, but the nephew of a frustrated, evil almost-king.
Simba goes from place to place discovering new things, until one day, his father dies in the hands of his uncle, who claims the throne and exiles Simba. The little lion goes far away from the pride and is found by a warthog and a meerkat, Timon and Pumba, the ones that some time later, convince him to go back and claim the throne, so he does.
I heard that this movie was based on Hamlet, but the emotional impact that the Lion King has on kids is huge, not just because of the story, but the music that goes with it creates such a synesthesia that you cannot disconnect your feelings from it. Hanz Zimmer did a really great job on this soundtrack.
This movie is, in my opinion, one of the most revolutionary animated movies of all time, but without its music, the impact wouldn't be as huge as it is. The Lion king is the complement of its story, characters, emotionality and music. A total masterpiece.