The Lion King

I have been asking my friends what is their favorite Disney film, most of them have told me that it is “The Lion King”. I like it too but I think that it is sometimes very sad and I prefer funny films. My favorite character in this film is Rafiki because, despite the fact that it is not a principal character and he does not appear a lot of times in the film I laugh I lot with him. I also like Timon and Pumbaa for the same reason.

Reading about the film I discovered that it is based on the Bible stories of Joseph and Moses, the Epic of Sundiata and the William Shakespeare play Hamlet.

The film starts when Rafiki presents Simba (the new son of lion King and Queen) to the rest of the animals. In the future Simba would be the lion king, so he is taught about the lands where he would be the king but there is a land where it is not recommended to go because it is inhabited by hyenas.

Simba’s uncle, Scar, have always wanted to be the king, so, one day he provokes a stampede where Simba’s father, Mufasa, dies. Then, Scar makes Simba feel guilty and Simba decides to run away from there, allowing Scar to be the King.

Then, Simba meets Timon and Pumbaa (a meerkat and a warthog) and he grows up with them without knowing that Scar is allowing the hyenas to stay in the kingdom making the rest of animals run away from there. Because of that, the food starts to be scarce and the lions have a lot of problems to survive.

One day, Simba, Timon and Pumbaa were attacked by a lion but then, Simba recognizes that she is Nala, a friend of his childhood. They start talking and Nala tells him about what is happening in the kingdom. At first, Simba decides that he is not going to do anything because he feels guilty about what happened with his father. The wise Rafiki tracks Simba down and summons Mufasa's ghost for him. Mufasa tells Simba to remember who he is and that he must return home to take his place as king.
Simba, with Nala, Timon and Pumbaa returns to the kingdom and the hyenas with Scar start a battle against the lions. At the end, the lions win and Scar dies. The hyenas run away from there and the animals start to come back. Simba starts being the king and he has a puppy with Nala.