A few months ago I took part in a blogathon/questionnaire type
thing in which one of the questions was ‘Which ten classic movies haven’t you
seen?’ Among my answers were the likes of Citizen
Cane, Casablanca
and North by Northwest (which I’ve
since seen) but by far the biggest response to this question came from people
who couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen The
Lion King. So when a friend at work (who was equally shocked) offered to
lend me a shiny Blu-Ray copy I had to take it and give it a go.
Mixing a coming of age story, Hamlet, Bambi, parts of
Genesis (the ridiculous stories, not band) and anthropomorphic animals, The
Lion King is about a young Lion called Simba who was set to ascend the throne
after the death of his father but was halted by his evil Uncle Scar. Wandering
for years in the wilderness he learns about the world with the help of a
Warthog named Pumbaa and a Meerkat called Timon before rising to the challenge
of deposing his wicked Uncle.
