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Summary: Must have Disney movie
Review: With almost every word memorized, this movie still has the power to move me. Disney really did it right when they made The Lion King! The story can easily be related to in everyday life. I enjoyed everything about this movie. The character personalities, along with the music, along with the beautiful animation...everything! :)
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Summary: The best Disney movie of all time; defineately a classic.
Review: I first saw The Lion King in the theater when I was 6 years old, in 1995. And since then, it has always been my favorite Disney movie. And yes, I have seen Finding Nemo, which is also a good Disney movie. And some say Finding Nemo is better then TLK. In my opinion, it's not. I mean, you just don't get that classic feel that makes you sort of "fall in love" with the characters. Anyway, the Collector's Gift Set is well worth the extra []bucks. Even with the detailed sketches of the characters ALONE are worth it. And in 50 years, I can see them being worth a pretty penny. Though, I should hope there's not one youthful mind who hasn't seen this classic 9 years ago. ;) And to that concerned parent: The word 'kill' was only mentioned two times that I can think of. And I've watched this movie well over two hundred times. It's rated G because there is no harsh language, and there is not really any blood. I am slightly agrivated when "concerned parents" try to make a good thing bad. I sincerely hope you will let your daughter play great First Person Shooter games, without putting up a fit that it influences violence..
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Summary: These People are Retarded
Review: OK... the extended version sucked... but duh that's why they cut the extra stuff... the platinum version is remastered in dolby 5.1 that should be in itself worth the extra bucks... and the special features... there's all these "adults telling you that they're boring and dumb... the movies from Disney... he was a communist what do you expect?... Lion King still is king of the Plains... so you better recognize!!
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Summary: G-rated with this much violence?
Review: Am I the only parent who's troubled by how incredibly violent this movie is? The majority of the scenes were fights and struggles, or fear-creating. Obviously it's a good vs. evil movie, but rating it G when there's so much violence (Scar hitting Simba's mother and knocking her out, constant violent fights between lions and hyaenas, etc.) seems ridiculous to me. I had never seen it until I just rented it for my 3-year old daughter, and I'm horrified that it's rated G. It should be PG--the subject matter is too old for a G audience. I can only imagine how many times the word "kill" was uttered in this movie. G should mean that any kid who is mature enough to sit through a movie should be able to watch it, but obviously that's not the case--it's G simply because it's animated? Ridiculous.And what, tell me, is Disney's fascination with killing off parents before their time?
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Summary: Excellent DVD!
Review: This 1994 Disney animated masterpiece is arguably one of the greatest movies they have ever made. Teh story is of a lion cub who is driven into exile by his traitorous uncle after his father is killed but as an adult lion, he now has to return to Pride Rock and take back the throne from his evil uncle and take his rightful place as the king. This movie is just awesome. The DVD edition has tons of new features such as two version, that's right, TWO versions of this film. One is the original theatrical edition and the other is the IMAX version with previously unreleased footage incorporated into the film. There are also some fun commentary and a hilarious deleted draft called "Bug Football" that is so funny. I could honestly do without "Morning Report" as it is rather dull and too short to really have an impact. An excellent movie benifitted from an excellent DVD! Like another reviewer said: Buy this DVD today and throw out your old VHS tapes!!
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Summary: A wonderful journey through the circle of life
Review: The Lion King has been my absolute favorite movie ever since it "pounced" it's way into theaters. The story of Simba is a complicated one, with tragedy and facing one's responsibility being the key moral issues dealt with. The story, animation, score, and characters are top notch. This is probably one of Disney's most original works, and is a masterpiece on all fronts. Whether you are a fan of lions in general (which just so happen to be my favorite critters.) doesn't matter.
The Lion King is a masterpiece, and well deserving of the royal treatment Disney has bestowed on it for it's inaugural DVD release.
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Summary: The best DVD of all times
Review: Dear all people who think of buying this DVD,
THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO BUY THIS DVD. Unless you hate Disney, which then you shouldn't be reading this review, this has a new great song. It has TONS of other things, but I won't tell you those. You have to buy this DVD and find it out yourself. And just because I won't tell you, doesn't mean you shouldn't buy this DVD. Trust me, IT IS GREAT.
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Summary: One of Disney's best!
Review: The Lion King, in my opinion, is one of Disney's best films. It's an animated, youthful, and modernized adaptation of Hamlet: The King (of the jungle) is murdered by his jealous brother, Scar, who takes over as King by running the young heir of the throne (and his nephew), Sinba out of the Jungle by convincing him that HE was the one who killed his father.
A young Simba leaves behind his freinds, family, and home in shame and creates a new life for himself with two new friends, Pumba and Timon, who teach him how to survive on bugs and a carefree lifestyle: "Hakuna Matata!" But, years later, Simba is discovered and revealed as the living heir to the throne which was stolen from his father. Now he must go back to the past which haunts him and face the uncle that took his life away from him and reclaim his true destiny as the King of the Jungle. This is a fantastic movie with wonderfully catchy songs (by Elton John and Tim Rice)and a great story line. It's funny, heartwarming -and in the tradition of all Disney movies - has a great ending!
I don't recommend this movie for kids under the age of 6, though. There are some scenes that younger kids find scary, not to mention that there are some graphic scenes (violence, and especially the scene in which Scar murders his brother Mufasa).
But over the age 6, I recommend for everyone!
If you are a Disney or DVD collector, you MUST own this DVD!
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Summary: GOODBYE VHS! HELLO DVD!
Review: "The Lion King" is arguably one of Disney's most inspiring and most brilliant animated features that they have ever created. The people behind this project both the artists and the story writers deserve every bit of praise that they get. Even to this day, "The Lion King" remains one of the greatest animated Disney movies ever made even when placed shoulder to shoulder against classics like "Pinocchio", "Robin Hood", and "Aladdin". To me, this is one of the last great animated Disney movies. The story tells of a king lion named Mufasa who has a son named Simba who will take his place when 'the sun sets' on Mufasa's time as king and the sun rises with Simba himself as the new king of Pride Rock. However Simba's evil uncle Scar lures Simba to a gorge and Mufasa to rescue him. Scar however, causes the rocks that Mufasa was trying to climb back up to safety to collapse, sending Mufasa to his death in a stampede. Simba, feeling guilty over his passing, runs away into exile while Scar ascends into becoming the evil and tyrannical new king of the lion pride. Simba on the other hand, while in exile, is saved by a meerkat named Timon and a warthog named Pumbaa and Simba grows from a cub to a fully grown lion with them but Pride Rock has become almost uninhabitable due to Scar's tyrannical rule and Simba now has to confront his past to defeat his evil and traitorous uncle to save the pride and inherit the throne from his late father Mufasa as the new and rightful king of Pride Rock. "The Lion King" in a lot of ways succeeds in many ways that many other Disney movies seem to not quite do so. The landscapes of Africa in the movie are colorful and vibrant; it's more than likely the same with real life African landscapes. The storyline idea is very original in my opinion and very deep. Be warned though, this isn't one for those who are for like the "Little Mermaid" or "Great Mouse Detective" audiences although both are great too. While this may be a Disney movie, the movie is a bit violent especially by Disney standards but I've watched much more violent movies when this came out (Die Hard, Terminator movies are examples) so the violence here doesn't bother me that much. Even I got a bit scared by some of the scenes such as the hyenas but was more scared by the suspenseful tone of them. However, this is a very important film not only for Disney but also has such a strong message about the value of family, friendship and our place in the "Circle Of Life" on this earth. It doesn't matter whether it's a bug like a scary house centipede, a cat, a human, or a lion but all of them are part of the earth's circle of life. In some ways, the movie is a bit sad to watch because in real life, the lions, warthogs and countless other animal species have become increasingly rare in many areas of the world outside of protected areas and zoos because of human poaching and destruction of their habitat. This new DVD Platinum Edition though is what makes this movie such a treat. While most of them are more geared towards children, even I as an adult have no hesitation with saying that the new features on here are just such a treat for the kid in me. The movie itself comes in two versions, one is the original theatrical edition and the other is the IMAX edition. Both of these are on disc one. There is a huge number of amazing new material found on both disc one and disc two. You can see a rejected scene called "Bug Football", Oh my God it's so funny! I was laughing when watching this extra scene draft and I am baffled at why they never put this into the movie itself. The main treat on the second disc is the Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari Tour. This is also one of my favorite features on this Platinum DVD edition. You can go on "Virtual Safaris" by means of Boat or Jeep but may find yourself running into dangers but it's all played for fun. Oh man, is it entertaining or what! There are countless other new bonus features for parents to teach kids about the animals in real life (Lions, hyenas, warthogs, etc.) but also for entertainment for adults and older audiences as well. You can find some awesome commentary on the making of this film. It took four years of hard work in making this film but it all paid off. I don't want to give out more about what's on these two discs but I must say that if you are still stuck with the lousy VHS, you are missing out on such great features. After the older VHS edition unfortunately got wrecked by my defective VCR, I had to wait for such a long time afterwards but thanks to Disney, the wait is long over and was totally worth it. There is a flaw or two on here such as "Morning Report" which isn't my cup of tea and so short that it could almost have been left off completely but other than that, this DVD is the closest to perfect that I've seen Disney come to so far and one of the greatest Disney movies is finally available again with even greater sound and picture quality plus the new features, games and quizzes. I am so proud to be able to own this new DVD set! If you have the older VHS edition which has nothing new on it, then trash it and get this new Platinum Edition of this fantastic movie as soon as possible! You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Not for young children. Promos mask its real darkness.
Review: The advertisements for this film that you see on other DVDs and videos are purposely and horribly misleading. You buy this video expecting a joyous musical romp with animals of the Serengeti for your children. Plain and simple this is a movie of death. The lead character dies a horrible death and there are fights to the death. This is not a children's movie. See the first "Editors" comments. Compared to NEMO, artistically the animation is simply not that great. The background scenes are repetitious. Disk 2 is basically an advertisement for the musical. My youngsters never get tired the the original Disney Jungle Book. We've seen it hundreds of times. We viewed this movie once and that was enough.
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