The
Lion King
2D’s classics of all classics has to be The
lion King, The Lion King is the highest grossing 2D animated film
of all time in the United States, and received positive reviews from
critics, who praised the film for its music and story. During its
release in 1994, the film grossed more than $783 million worldwide,
becoming the most successful film released that year, and it is
currently the twenty-ninth highest-grossing feature film.
The storyline that is unforgettable and encouraging making this film
more than just a 2D film full of comedy and heart breaking scenes. The
storyline takes when a young lion prince is born in Africa, thus making
his uncle Scar the second in line to the throne. Scar plots with the
hyenas to kill King Mufasa and Prince Simba, thus making himself King.
The King is killed and Simba is led to believe by Scar that it was his
fault, and so flees the kingdom in shame. After years of exile he is
persuaded to return home to overthrow the usurper and claim the kingdom
as his own thus completing the "Circle of Life".
Regarding the success of the film the film, second and third films were
released years later, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later re-titled
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) The film centers around Simba's
daughter, Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was
raised in a pride of Scar's followers, who are Simba's enemies.
Desperate to be together, they must overcome the two obstacles that are
keeping them apart: Simba and Kovu's mother, Zira. While the original
film's plot seems to have been inspired on the Shakespeare play Hamlet,
this sequel's plot is similar to another Shakespeare play, Romeo and
Juliet. The Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata
in some countries) is a 2004 American direct-to-video animated film
released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on February 10, 2004. The
DVD went to the Disney Vault in January 2005. The film is a parallel to
the 1994 film The Lion King, and focuses on the meerkat/warthog duo
Timon and Pumbaa before and during the events of the original film. The
film, setup as a frame story, starts out playing the very beginning of
the original film. Timon and Pumbaa are shown in silhouette commenting
on the movie being shown before them, in a style nearly identical to
that of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
