Rating of
4/4
Best of Animation
Epic Fan - wrote on 02/20/08
This is the best animation movie ever made in my eyes and frankly just a great movie period. Now of course being a Disney film it's geared towards kids, but Disney always throws in innuendos for adults to enjoy and this movie is no different, as an adult if you can look past the silly parts you will find a great Hamlet-esque picture here and a very good one at that. While this tale is about the young cub Simba as he struggles with his personal demons, I really do believe the villain of the movie, Scar, steals the spotlight. An amazing portrayal with some of the best voice work I've seen done by the amazing Jeremy Irons. Not to put down any of the others I mean come on you have James Earl Jones in here, you know the voice work is going to be AAA. Now I usually hate "song & dance" in my movies but there are a number of really fun songs in this movie that even I find myself singing from time to time, except that awful "Morning Report" addition in the Special Edition. Every child and adult alike should see this movie at least once. If you really enjoy this movie, you really must see Lion King II: Simba's Pride. A surprisingly excellent and worthy sequel to this movie, which is rare indeed.
