re: Where does Lion King rank on the top animation list?

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Simba was great. His personal tragedy and growth carried the emotional weight of the entire film.

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What happens to Simba is interesting. Simba himself is not. What people embody onto Simba they’re thinking of Mufasa, the interesting character. The conflict is really Mufasa vs Scar, not Simba vs Scar. Simba is merely the proxy to make that happen.

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Because, like most conquerers, when the land is won, you have to rule with actions. . .and not platitudes.

He was a shite ruler, so he ruled a kingdom that wanted him dead. He was de-fanged by paranoia.

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I don’t fault the film too much for this... but he’s so much better in the first half of the movie. I highly fault it for Simba and Nala not being interesting.

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Is good, but VASTLY overrated

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I don’t think there’s a wasted line in that movie and it’s 2 and a half hours long. In my Top 10 all time in general.

But if you’ve even seen that movie, you’d have to agree it’s better than “The Sword and the Stone”, right?