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Rating: 9/10 (10 April 2020)

The decade from 1989 to 1999, known as Disney's "Renaissance," not only saw the company come out of its box office slump, but also, more importantly, revived Disney's understanding that animated films were not just for children, but for adults as well. The lion king, released in 1994, was arguably Disney's most serious work. Stripped of its lighthearted comedy, and stripped of its musical flourishes, "the lion king" at its core is an old, serious storyline. Roger Ebert, a film critic, even called it "too cruel for young children".What makes a classic a classic is to a large extent that the story patterns of these classics are consistent with the development of human history as well as with human nature. In turn, these classics have shaped people's expectations through word of mouth: people are used to ending stories in which good triumphs over evil, the princess meets the prince, the prince regains the throne... History has become a classic in this countless retelling and adaptation, exaggeration and imagination. In fact, throughout the history of film, those most sought after by the audience, often have such a well-known classic story model as the basis.