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| Topic | The SephG Top 250 [movies] - Topic II: the top 75 |
| Nelson_Mandela 06/27/19 12:16:27 PM #70: | #48. The Lion King https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/The_Lion_King_poster.jpg Dir: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff Genre: Animated, Musical Year: 1994 The Lion King capped off one of the most incredible runs for a studio ever. This is not to say that Disney didn't keep churning out classics in the years following this, but none of them quite matched the cultural saturation of The Little Mermaid through the Lion King. Everyone knows the songs from this movie, whether you're an old man or a little kid. It's hard to overstate how much Disney knocked it out of the park by recruiting one of the most prolific musical artists of the century to write hit after hit for them. In addition to the songwriting, there is also the beautiful setting (people don't realize how in vogue Africa was from like 1985-1995, so this was particularly meaningful), the perfect voice acting, and of course its universally beloved retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The Lion King really has it all and remains the apex of the Disney Renaissance (though not the best one!). --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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