Movie Essay
The name of this movie is The Lion King. It is a Disney animated
cartoon, which came out in1994. It takes place in the animal society of
Africa. The voice actor of main character, Simba, is Jonathan Taylor Thomas
and Simba’s father, is James Earl Jones. James is a well known for providing
the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars.
The Lion King is a wild animal life story, it starts from a lion’s
prince, Simba’s, birth ceremony. He is expected to be a king in Pride land
where his father governs. Simba learns the animal code from his father
when he is still a little cub. The animal code is strict because it’s eat or be
eaten, it is the law of the jungle. One day Simba is involved in a power
struggle, his uncle was out to kill him. He was saved by a hairsbreadth,
because his father helped him. Sadly, his father did not survive and Simba
thought his father’s death was his fault. He was exiled from Pride land.
Then he was brought up outside of Pride land with his new friends. His
new friends aren’t lions, one is a meerkat and the other is a warthog.
Normally meerkats and warthogs are eaten by lions, but Simba didn’t do
that. Simba learned “Hakuna Matata” from them. It means "there are no
worries", he liked this phrase and followed the motto. As time passed,
he grew up and he started to worry about his home, Pride land. He set his
heart on going back and battling with his uncle.
In the end he won the battle and Simba ascended to the throne in Pride
land. After the end of the war, peace finally returned to Pride land. Simba
then becomes a father and celebrates his new cub in the birth ceremony just
like his father did. My favorite scene is the death of Simba’s father, he
protects his cub from the attack with his own body. This scene affected me
profoundly, it was very touching.
In conclusion, this movie is unforgettable for me. At first, before I
watched this movie, I thought that it was childish but it is not. Now I think
it’s quite rather for adult, because this movie, The Lion King, is rare in
killing off a main character in Disney animated cartoons. It shows us just
how important life is and one gets a feeling of the zest of life from this movie.
