Original is a masterpiece, this one doable, came at the right time for me personally

Rating: 4/10 (29 February 2020)

"The world for once in perfect harmony" This resonated with me more than I thought it would. I thought that was just a nice thing to hear. What I realize now is that it's divine order playing out in the story. Simba was raised by his father who was constantly attracting or inviting conflict: his brother Scar, the Hyenas, Simba himself in defiance. He even said that he's in more fear than Simba would ever know. His father lived in a harsh, warrior environment which put him constantly on guard. Simba was raised in a more chill environment, found the grown up version of the love of his life, and then became the King he needed to be, not the King his father was. His father was almost always on edge and Simba was raised to be in a relaxed environment after he left. Ironically Scar helped him by scarring him from a life of constant threat and into a more peaceful lifestyle. Then when he was ready to be the King he needed to be. The best of both worlds. Peaceful when he can be, competent when he needed to be. When the call came in, he heeded it and had the life he needed to live in perfect harmony. When they made love, everything for them was in sync from being mature enough to be in love to being able to have kids to and they didn't have to worry about being distracted or some other threat. The relationship they had when they were kids got to evolve. Simba became fully grown and Nala became committed to a better life with her survival and friendship to Simba being her agency. Her dedication to finding Simba and being able to have a more adult discussion with him along with him wanting to have a partner resulted in their ability to have the ideal conditions for their love. Nothing else could have let that happen. It wouldn't have worked if he had stayed at his home and it wouldn't have worked if Nala didn't have the motivation to leave hers. Timon and Pumba help to craft Simba's personally to be more naturally easy going than his father who was indirectly training him to be risky and prideful in the ways that don't help. Those lessons worked for Mufasa, but didn't work for Simba. There was even a scene where Simba got in trouble with Hyenas trying to act as "brave" as his father in trying to establish his dominance. This also resulted in arrogance when he told his uncle how weird it would be when he rules over him. Simba went through the journey he needed to, not the journey everyone in his Kingdom wanted him to have. When he returned to his original home, he had the agency to confront Scar of his own merit showing that he was still not seasoned enough to be King, but with the revelation of Scar being his father's murderer had the King summoned out of him and even used Scars own logic against him I their final battle where he chose to defend himself, but didn't actively want Scar to suffer. scar ended himself and only with Simba's childhood of being more free in his expression could he unveil Scar's true motivations and nature which Mufasa either ignore d or tolerated were brought out fully under Simba's reign. Simba exposed everyone's true nature by being honest and free and had the right character traits to come into his own at the end and all deception and incompetence was revealed and unmade at the end. Perfect divine order starting with his birth. The circle of life. Mufasa confronted one conflict at a time. Simba's nature created a series of events in which he became the best king they needed and all conflicts were ended at the same time. If anything Simba's new challenge will be to simply maintain peace and new harmony rather than spending a solid portion of his rule putting out fires. The perfect king for their era. I never saw this as a kid, but I'm glad I've seen it now - yes should have probably started with the original, but this works for me. It's a beautiful movie when you can fully understand it.