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Summary: A Wonderful tale of life that kids can enjoy
Review: for spanish purpose info. The Platinum Editon series 1st Snow White, 2nd Beauty and the beast, and this year Lion King have all had a second edition made in Spanish. So you will only get French choices on the English version. This seems only to be with the Platinum ediitions Monster's Inc. Others such as Sleeping beauty and Finding Nemo seem to have boyth English and spanish in ine set. I don't know why they choose these technical details, but for my Aunt who wants to teach her daughter Spanish, I did some research as to what titles were accible in Spanish. Most of them are produced in Spanish in VHS and easier to find, such as Alice in Wonderlad, Tarzan, etc. Please emai me if I can help find you a disney spanish title.
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Summary: Not Just Bambi in the Pridelands
Review: Disney's Lion King looks at first glance to be very similar to Bambi - the storyline is complimentary. Look at the facts. Simba's father dies in Lion King. Bambi's mother dies in Bambi. Bambi and Simba try to run away from their problems. Finally, Bambi returns to take his father's place as ruler. Simba does the same thing. But on second glance, there is much more here than Bambi in the Pridelands. Bambi only has one motivation to return - because of his girlfriend, Faline. Simba, however, has both Nala - and the revenge he eventually takes on Scar for killing his father. Thus Simba has a deeper, more well developed character than Bambi. Simba starts as a youngster wanting to be king, then is forced out of his future role by Scar, then is placed back into it by Nala and Rafiki. This gives him a much more complex character than Bambi. Simba's travels add to the richness of his character and his eventual decision to return and face Scar (who has ruined the Pridelands in the interim) is much more meaningful. Simba's hilarious misadventures with Timon and Pumbaa had me laughing all the way to Simba's reunion with Nala. The music is good and compliments the movie well. However, the new musical number, "Morning Report", does not seem to be well placed in the story, and, although it does make sense in the whole story, it almost distracts a person from the real reasons to watch. This movie has a great story that was partially responsible for the revival of Disney movies in the present era. Disney did us a favor by including both versions of the film - the newly "restored" original and the "Special Edition" which includes the new song, so you can watch both and decide for yourself which is better. The moral of "wanting to escape from reality might be fun for a while, but your responsibilities eventually catch up with you" is well stated, but not shoved down your throat. Scar is a wonderful villain. Watching him set up the hyenas to goosestep in huge battalions in front of him was a little chilling. The eventual fate of Scar was even more chilling. I can actually see where some children might be remembering the death of Mufasa and/or Scar even more vividly than the death of Bambi's mother. This Platinum edition DVD presents all of the extra material that DVD fans have come to want, and kids have come to love. This 2 disc collection is much richer than the original release. Many bonus features, including a cool "virtual safari" game you can play on your home DVD player without any extra controls make this edition a better value than the original DVD. The two extra music videos are fun, and the usual sing-along track had my daughter trying to sing along just as expected. The Lion King will be one of the Kings of Disney DVD for a long time to come.
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Summary: Wonderful movie--one of Disney's Best!
Review: My 3-year-old son and I watched the Lion King together and it was just as wonderful as it was when I saw it in the mid 90's. It is a great movie! A must have for your Disney collection.
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Summary: Boring Movie
Review: What type of nonsense there is. Just you won't even take a laugh at it. The Lion King should overall get a C. The Lion King is like one of the most unfunniest films I had ever seen. The Lion King sends the horrible message (during its movie not the end) to children. It sends a lot of killing in horrible than there's truly a disaster. Well, it did send a wonderful message to children at the end. This is the horrible message The Lion King had ever sent. Killing. If your friends suddenly get smushed by a steamroller in .5 seconds, you can easily blame it all on The Lion King. If you hire a talented lawyer who just got too much cancer just by losing its touch, stake in all on Disney. I don't even define that film such a funny movie at all. The Lion King was all like boring. The music sounded so boring. Well, I use to like the movie when I was a kid, now I don't. I think there's a lot of gore and a lot of blood. It should be Rated PG (for death sequences). The Lion King, I should say, wasn't that much of a good movie. It's just an average movie. It would had been better if Disney should just make it a little funny.
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Summary: Great movie. But the new song is awful
Review: I liked the way it was before. The new scene is clunky, pointless, and that's OBVIOUSLY not Simba singing. (Yes, I realize it can't be, that JTT is all grown up, but still - it's so godawful bad, why put it in?
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Summary: This "King" Really Is On Top Of His Game
Review: From the first moments of the film, as the sun creeps up over the Sarangetti, introducing the audience to the sweeping plains of Africa, there was no question that Disney had created a masterpiece. The opening song "The Circle of Life" drives the message of the movie home and sets the tone for the entire 90 minute film. Mufasa, king of Pride Rock, and his mate, Sarabi, have given birth to a lion-cub, Simba. The entire kingdom celebrates his birth, save for Scar, Mufasa's brother, a coniving, manipulative lion whose jealousy of Mufasa's rule drives him to turn against the pride of which he is a part. Simba, curious and anxious to become a lion ("I Just Can't Wait To Be King"), finds himself often getting into trouble, and when spurred on by Scar, heads off to an Elephant graveyard with his future mate, Nala. Mufasa saves them, but not before the cubs have a close encounter with a pack of mangy hyenas, who have pledged an alliegence to Scar, unbeknownst to Mufasa. Scar, angry at the hyenas failure to kill the cubs, sets out to destroy Mufasa and Simba both so that he can take the throne ("Be Prepared"). Scar once more deceives Simba, insisting that Mufasa has a suprise for him, by taking him into the middle of a gorge as a pack of wildebeests are sent stampeding when suprised by the hyenas. Mufasa rushes to Simba's rescue, narrowly pulling Simba from the gorge and taking him to safety before falling back into it himself. When Mufasa, with his remaining strength, again jumps from the gorge and claws his way up the steep wall, he is met by Mufasa, who betrays him crying aloud "Long live the KING!" before throwing Mufasa back into the cavern, where he is crushed. Later, Simba discovers Mufasa's remains, and Scar approaches, admonishing Simba to leave Pride Rock since it was Simba's actions that killed Mufasa. Simba, distraught and terrified, does as Scar suggests, and flees, leaving behind Pride Rock unchallenged for Scar to take the throne. Simba, depressed at his father's death, collapses from exhaustion, and is saved from certain doom by Timon and Pumba, who teach him "Hakuna Matata", which means "No Worries". They advise that when the world turns your back on you, you turn your back on the world. Knowing thats not right, but still lost in his own grief, he embraces his new friends advice and ventures off with them, where he grows into a lion. As an adult lion, he saves Pumba from Nala, who has strayed from the pride, which is now in desperate disarry after Scar took the throne, proclaiming to have forged a new alliegence with the Hyenas. When Nala discovers that Simba is still alive, she is enthralled, because it means Simba is the rightful heir to Pride Rock. She encourages him to go home, but Simba resists, still feeling the guilt of causing his father's death. All the same, Nala stays with him, and begins to feel a bond with Simba ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). In the pivotal moment of the film, Simba meets Rafiki, a wise baboon whose magic has foreseen his return, and is given the wisdom that he must not live in the past, but learn from it, and take his place in the circle of life. Simba, still unconvinced, is visited by the spirit of his father, who admonishes him to "remember" his place and the wisdom his father once instilled in him. Simba returns to Pride Rock, and, upon confronting Scar, learns the truth-specifically that Scar killed Mufasa, not Simba. Simba overthrows Scar and reclaims his throne, restoring Pride Rock to the kingdom it once was as he continues the "Circle of Life". This film features an all star cast: James Earl Jones, Johnathan Taylor Thomas (of "Home Improvement" fame), Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowin Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Cheech Marin (of "Cheech and Chong" fame), and Jeremy Irons. With lyrics and music by Tim Rice and Elton John, and additional orchestrations by Hans Zimmer, the music stands alone, and is one of the finest Disney soundtracks ever. This movie is destined to become a Disney classic. It is already, arguably, the strongest Disney film in the past 20 years. It is suitable for all audiences, and has a strong and powerful message for young and old alike. This is a story about friendship, family and about the parts we all play in the circle of life. Watch this one again and again. It is worth the experience, no matter how many times you experience it. Scott Kolecki
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Summary: Horrifying "Special Edition"
Review: My husband and I popped this into the DVD player to watch one night when we wanted something friendly and comforting. The intro sequence with Zazu (minus his proper voice) was dull and endless, but we were most horrified to reach the scene with Simba's pouncing lesson to find a hideously extended version. We literally had to stop the DVD, it was so bad. We realized at this point that Disney had allowed the selection on this DVD to default to their new special edition. Hey Disney folks--if we want to see crappy extras, we'll go watch the special features.
If the regular cinema version hadn't been on this DVD, I would have returned it in a heartbeat.
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Summary: probably Disney's best
Review: Ok, first of all, was Bean busy or something? why couldn't they get him back to voice Zazu for the menu page? i do not think that's the same voice and its sad. oh well. that said, if you haven't seen this movie, you're either a fool or too young to read.
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Summary: The clown of DVDs
Review: Disney had an great opportunity to provide an in-depth look at one of the company's most beloved animated features. With its top notch animation, good plot, excellent characters, memorable songs and an evocative musicial score, The Lion King is amongst Disney finest. The 2-disc edition, however, are far from memorable. There are some good features on the disc -the audio commentary, a couple of deleted scenes and a extremely brief look on the computer animation are the highlights of this DVD release. The first disc opens with a flat computer animated sequence with Zazu flying towards Pride Rock. At least it's a slight improvement to the sequences on the two prior releases in the "platinum" series, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. The second disc serve some really nice menus with black silhouettes of animals towards warm backrounds. The content is shallow however, even though surprisingly few seem to notice. Many of the features have good potential. But just when they are starting to become interesting, they end. No features are longer than a few minutes, which naturally limits how informative they get. They creators have even decided to leave out the original 25 minute featurette. None of the trailers or TV spots are included. Many of the features easily serves as promotions of other Lion King related products. It is hard to take this "platinum" edition seriously. Buy this to get the great animated feature (note that the "Original Theatrical Version" is a slightly different version than the actual 1994 theatrical release (some of the animation is altered prior to the IMAX release)). The picture is clear, the sound is good and the atmosphere is as captivating as ever. Just don't expect much from the supplemental features.
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Summary: The Lion Kings stills # 1
Review: This masterpeice is still the best animated film ever! Its my #5
fav. film tho my fav. movie is Finding Nemo . Good songs too !
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