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After Watching This Film 100’s Of Times Throughout My Life Seeing This Disney Masterpiece On The Big Screen For The First Time Is Truly The Way It’s Meant To Be Seen. “LONG LIVE THE KING.” This Film Is Simply A Masterpiece, Maybe That’s A Understatement This Is Disney Animation’s Magnum Opus Not Only One Of My Favorite Childhood Films Of All Time Or Even Animated Films Of All Time But Genuinely One Of My Favorite Films Of All Time But Seeing This On The Bigscreen For The First Time Was A Genuine Reminder Why The Handdrawn Animation Is Top Tier Every Frame Is A Majestic Piece Of Art Seeing The All The Colors And Handdrawn Movements Of The Bigscreen Was Breathtaking And Majestical The Whole Time I Was Watching This On The Bigscreen I Was In Complete Aw Of All The Visuals And Cinematography Put Into The Animation With All The Colors This Film Truly Looks Like A Piece Of A Kaleidoscope/View-Master It’s Just So Unbelievably Gorgeous For The Eyes And Man Is This One Of The Greatest Written Scripts In The History Of Men The Story Is Top Noch And Has So Much Heart I’m 15 Years Old And Still Shed A Tear To Mufasa’s Death Even With The Length Of 90 Minutes It Really Doesn’t Feel Like It They Explore And Introduce The Characters So Greatly That It Doesn’t Even Feel That Short Of A Runtime And Man Is The Music To This Film Just So Uplifting Weither It Be Elton John’s Banger Of Songs Or Hanz Zimmer’s Fantastic Of A Score This Film’s Soundtrack Still Goes Down As One Of The Greatest Soundtracks To Any Film Period I Legit Love Every Song In This Film From Circle Of Life To Be Prepared To Can You Feel The Love Tonight To I Just Can’t Wait To Be King To Hakuna Matata When I Mean Every Song I Mean EVERY Song And Man Is This Whole Cast Just So Perfectly Casted Both Jonathan Taylor Thomas & Matthew Broderick Are So Great In The Role Of Young & Older Simba They Give Such Great Performances With There Voice, James Earl Jones As Mufasa Is Just One Of Those Classic Castings That Can’t Be Overturned By Anyone Who Tries He’s The Definition Of Perfect Casting As Mufasa His Voice Is Legit Perfect And I’m Convinced He Was Born To Voice Both This Role And Darth Vader, Jeremy Irons Always Crafts And Gives Us One Of The Greatest Animated Villain Performances (Perhaps The Greatest) As Scar Another Instance Of Just Such Perfect Casting, Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella’s Voices Are Just So Perfect For The Comedic Relief Characters They Are Just So Funny, Charming, And Overall Great As Timon And Pumba Everytime They Are Onscreen You Know It’s Going To Be Great And Part Of That Is Just There Such Great Voice Performances They Capture There Respected Characters So Perfectly, That’s Just The Tip Of It Even The Rest Of The Cast Including Whoopi Goldberg As Shenzi, Moria Kelly As Nala, Robert Guillaume As Rafiki, And Rowan Atkinson As Zazu Give Such Genuinely Good a Performances And Man Is The Directing From Rob Minkoff And Roger Allens Just So Exceptional And Such Elevated There Directing They Do For This Film Impact The Greatness This Film Already Is Just So Much More And They Give Perhaps The Greatest Job In The Department Of Directing Animated Films That I’ve Ever Seen And Overall There Isn’t More That Need To Be Said This Film Is And Always Will Be A Classic.
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