I love animated movies. I find they always convey a deep, meaningful message, they aren’t obsessed with ‘glitz’ since there are hardly ever any stars and almost always tend to be fun.
I have many favourites but a couple that come straight to mind are ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ and ‘A Bug’s Life’. While Pixar and Dreamworks have pushed the boundaries of animation significantly over the years, my undisputed all time favourite is still an old school Disney movie – The Lion King.
I have lost count of the number of times I have watched this movie. As a kid, I used to own a cassette of ‘The Lion of King’ (and Sound of Music!) and I’ve watched it more times than I can count. I recently even went for the famous musical here in London and found myself walking away feeling it didn’t do justice to the movie, and ended up watching the movie again the next flight I took a couple of weeks later!
There’s just something about this movie that draws me to it. It’s the typical hero’s journey story – everything is good, something bad happens, hero is doubted, he goes away to a distant land, get reawakened, comes back and reclaim his throne. But yet, I find it wonderful to watch.
There are 2 scenes from the movie that make cry and laugh, without fail.
First, 4:50-5:20 on this clip and in particular the part when Simba cries ‘Somebody, Anybody’. Never fails to strike a chord..
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