I’m going to be a little bit off topic again with this post. So I was watching some videos the other day of YouTube when I saw one particular video about the Lion King. As I have mentioned earlier, Disney’s “Lion King” is the only movie that surpasses the Wizard of Oz and I realized I had never spoken about the movie on this blog before today. I don’t know particularly why the movie is so appealing to me; I’m not sure if it is because I first saw it when I was young and really enjoyed it or if it simply is an incredible movie.
Anyways, the Lion King tells of this free land in Africa which is ruled by a pack of lions. The main character is the son of the king, his name is Simba. However, one particular member of the royal line is evil, the king’s brother and Simba’s uncle, his name is Scar. Scar had always envied the king (His Brother) and one day formulates a plan with the infamous hyenas in order to take the throne; this plan was one which involved the death of the king and the heir to the throne (Simba). The plan succeeds to the point where the king is killed; however, Simba manages to escape from the grasp of the hyenas.
I believe what most appealed to me in this film was how free the world was. The story line being so pure yet intriguing, I honestly don’t know what has happened to the old Disney films, better said, the GOOD Disney films. Now-a-days movies are filled with complicated story lines that are overly confusing. I miss those classic films of The Lion King, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, etc. What ever happened to the greatness of that movie era? Are we cursed to producing “realistic” movies from now on with complex plots? Is this was our advancements in movie making have brought us? I wonder if maybe, someday, we will get the chance to produce another one of those movies that use to fill me with laughter, but, I doubt it will happen…
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