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The Lion King - 1994
"Hakuna Matata"
This movie was just one of those cultural touchstones. For whatever reason it just resonated with people. It had fun characters for kids but felt like adults could enjoy it too. I think a big key to it's success was the music, but that was true of a lot of Disney movies during that time period. It just has some absolutely timeless songs. "Hakuna Matata", "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", "Circle Of Life", "Just Can't Wait To Be King.". All of those songs are still well known today. I feel like Elton John gave the movie a level of respect by joining it and Hakuna Matata sort of elevated the characters of Timon and Pumbaa to iconic status.
I am disappointed the new Lion King did so well because it just seemed like a soulless money grab of a movie. Heard it was really bad because it was like watching an animal documentary instead of a film with the animals unable to show no emotion. I really wish they would stop rebooting these animation movies into live action but it's hard to blame them when they turn such a profit. It's hard to describe the importance of the Lion King to a new generation of kids that will grow up with the live action being their version. I am just not certain an animated movie has had a bigger impact ever before or since then Lion King, maybe Toy Story or Frozen. However, I still don't think they were as big as the Lion King when it first came out.
Director - Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
Best Performance - James Earl Jones as Mufasa
Rotten Tomatoes Score - 93%
Factoid - The team working on the film was supposedly Disney's "team B," who were "kept busy" while "team A" worked on Pocahontas (1995), on which the production had much higher hopes. As it turned out, "The Lion King" became a huge critical and commercial success, whereas "Pocahontas" met with mixed reviews and a much lower box office.
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I came here to do two things, drink some beer and kick some ass, looks like we are almost outta beer - Dazed and Confused
101 Favorite Movies (2019)