The Lion King Research Paper

Movies, or the cinema, are one of the most satisfying and enjoyable forms of art on the planet. They have the power to transport you to either a real life place, like Africa or to a far-away imaginary land like Middle Earth within the span of a couple of hours. But very few movies have the power to not only transport you to diffrent place, but have that special something that makes you come back to them again and again. Disney’s The Lion King is one of those movies. The reasons why I like it are: it blends humor, family drama and memorable music into one movie, it has the resonance to stand not just as a great cartoon but as an emotionally charged movie, and it has that certain Disney charm that makes it enjoyable even for adults. Before I

Upon maturing with two societal rejects named Timon and Pumba, Simba is given some valuable perspective from his childhood friend, Nala, and his shaman,Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny and take his proper place as king. The cast includes such actors and actresses as Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, and Whoopi Goldberg. The film itself was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, with a musical score done by Tim Rice, Hans Zimmer, & Elton John. The story of the film was influenced by such stories as those of Joseph and Moses from the Bible, and William Shakespeare’s world-famous play,

An example of this in the Lion King is early on in the movie, when right after a young Simba and Nala visit the elephant graveyard and almost get killed in the process due to Simba’s stupid courage and Mufasa then comes in and saves them, afterwards sending Nala home and then seriously reprimanding his son for his stupid courage. But seeing that his son meant well, Mufasa then gives Simba something that resonated deeply with him as he got older, and that idea was that no matter what happened in the future, Mufasa and all of the other past kings would be in the stars at night ready to help Simba whenever he needed it. That scene showed that certain Disney charm that not only resonated to some extent in everyone who watched it, but to me as well and I’ll tell you why. When I was 3, my grandfather died and I didn’t know how to deal with it because I never had someone die in my life before. One of the only things that helped me get through it was the Lion King because just like me, Simba lost someone very close to him at a very young age and had to learn how to deal with it, which made me believe that I could also learn how to deal with it given enough