The Great Movie Re-Watch
Director:
Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff
Writers:
Irene Mecchi
Jonathan Roberts
Linda Woolverton
Starring:
Rowan Atkinson
Matthew Broderick
Niketa Calame-Harris
Jim Cummings
Whoopi Goldberg
Robert Guillaume
Jeremy Irons
James Earl Jones
Moria Kelly
Nathan Lane
Ernie Sabella
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Blurb:
Lion Prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
Thoughts:
This is definitely the golden age of Disney. The songs and animation are top-tier. I wish they made 2D animated movies like this still. I actually have a little card of Mufasa roaring that I got from McDonald’s when the movie first came out. I can not tell you why I kept it all this time, except that I was unable to suppress my hoarding tendencies when it came to it.
Anyway, I started watching the movie on Disney+ because I’m lazy but because of my connection the sound kept getting out of sync. So I switched to my blu-ray. The quality was incredibly noticeable and I started comparing it to The Beauty and the Beast. I highly recommend watching this in physical format if you have the option. The movie is beautiful.
Elton John did the songs and Hans Zimmer did the score, I’m not sure if you could get a better combo than that. To this day I will randomly start singing these songs. I used to play Can You Feel the Love Tonight on my recorder. It’s my mom’s own damn fault for buying me the Disney recorder and music set.
I chose to watch this movie with my kids because I felt that Mufasa’s death was a good next step in the trauma of kid’s movies. There were tears and screaming. Lots of questions about why I would subject them to this, but hey, at least it wasn’t My Girl.
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