One of my favorite animated movies

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2001)

Ah, '94. One year I'll always remember. I made one of my best friends, who I would get together with and promote the Street Fighter series and cut on Mortal Kombat. Beavis and Butt-head had a huge following. Any movie Jim Carrey starred in would get my money. Nintendo dropped their 'squeaky-clean' policy with the release of MK2. Oh yeah, and Disney made one of their best movies, "The Lion King".
An animalistic 'Hamlet', this movie (if you don't know by now) is about a lion cub named Simba, who 'just can't wait to be king.' His uncle Scar has other plans, killing good king Mufasa and blaming it on his nephew. After some time in exile, Simba, along his childhood friend/betrothed lover Nala, exile friends Timon and Pumbaa, and wise old Rafiki, sets out to right the wrongs.
The music, while not as memorable as, say, "Aladdin", is great. (Howard Ashman died before this movie was made, may he rest in peace.) It kept me going for a long time. As a result, I like Elton John's music.

Timon and Pumbaa kept the laughs coming. (Don't bother with that Saturday Morning cartoon they had, it doesn't do this movie any justice. A lot of its humor felt very contrived.) Like the Genie in Aladdin, who doesn't appear until two-thirds of the film, Timon and Pumbaa also work.
One of the better, more memorable Disney animated movies. Try "The Lion King," and buy the soundtrack.