The king is still roaring loud

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2007)

Turn up the word "excellent film" in the wordbook and you'll find "The Lion King", who has earned it's reputation as Disney's most successful animated feature ever. As a child I was fan to the old Disney features like "Bambi", "Jungle Book" and etc, but "Lion King" was the first of the "newest" Disney features who I really got hooked on (except "Rescuers Down Under"). I liked "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin", but they weren't my favorites ("Beauty and the Beast" I liked when I was older, since it's a more mature movie).
I remember seeing "Lion King" in theaters when I was 10 and it was a life experience. I was totally blown away of the opening and the rest of the film. I got tears of the sad moments and laughed a lot of the funny moments.
Afterwards I saw this movie many times on VHS and as a teenager I was taking care of some kids who saw "The Lion King" over and over again as well. So I got really sick of it.
But I'm still enjoying it this movie now. "Lion King" has some of the greatest moments in Disney history ever. My favorite characters are Simba, Zazu, Timon and Pumbaa. Scar is a good and unusual villain, although he's never been my favorite Disney villain. As a kid I liked the hyenas, but now I think they're annoying.
The songs are very memorable (except "Be Prepared"), "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever. The score of Hans Zimmer is also great. The animation is absolutely stunning and gorgeous.
It's ironic to think that this film, who is based on a loose script (ok, it's has borrowed from other stories), was going to be Disney's most successful financial feature ever. The only bad thing in this movie it's the moral becomes a little bit overwhelming beyond the story. Besides that, Lion King it's a excellent movie and it's a shame that the movies afterwards didn't restore Disney's reputation (even some of those movies were great).