Lion King – Sarabi needs to swallow the pride
Hold onto your nostalgia and get into the spirit while we talk about Jon Favreau’s Lion King. Oti also shares his experiences as a Kenyan and how he feels about the ‘African’ aspects of the movie.The post Lion King – Sarabi needs to swallow the pride appeared first on For Your Reference.
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Hold onto your nostalgia and get into the spirit as we talk about Jon Favreau’s Lion King. Oti also shares his experiences as a Kenyan and how he feels about the ‘African’ aspects of the movie.
Stats
Released: July 2019
Budget: $260,000,000
Box Office: $543,600,000
Breakdown and Analysis
- We are aware of the influence Kimba the Lion had on Disney but decided to put more focus on the movie. We are cultured, I assured you.
- Oti expected David Attenborough to start narrating credit to how realistic the CG is.
- First movie Oti saw with Swahili included. Beyond the names with the song Hakuna Matata.
- Not sure kids would enjoy or appreciate the realism of the animation. This was more made for nostalgic adults.
- As humans we have a tendency to project human characteristics on animals. The human relatability that is lost in the realism of the animals is gained and acheived through the score and soundtrack.
- Some moments felt like Beyonce’s appearance was more important than the narrative
- Oti was moved by the Spppiiiirrrriiiittttt
- C’mon lionesses let’s get in formation
- The richness and orchestral instruments really built to the rsiing and coronation of Simba. Being introduced to Pride Rock.
- If you are constantly nitpicking on the movie it is nearly impossible to enjoy it
- If James Earl Jones is telling you off. You know you’re in trouble.
- Donald Glover has a very youthful voice.
- It seemed a bit conflicting that Sarabi was standing up to Scar but also did not become his queen. Consent is very important but it seemed like a necessary sacrifice for her pride.
Unrelated but vital points
- We are not family friendly, but we do love our daddys.
- Sometimes we come from our Frame of Reference, if you’ll pardon the reference. Check out Black Panther and Get Out for more Oti/KT stories.
- Mulan is KT’s favourite. Lion King is Oti’s favourite.
- Jungle Book is dodge.
- If you want to make a ripple effect as 1 person, support local filmmarkers, arthouse films, locally produced films.
- Bambi was the first movie to make Oti cry.
- Oti is an expert in digital and physical clouds.
- Donald Glover got his reparations for Spider Man through Simba. They really did not want Idris Elba to be Bond. At. All!
For Your Reference
Our suggestions on what you should watch in supplement of this movie!
Oti’s pick
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KT’s picks
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Kimba the White Lion
The adventures of a brave and optimistic little white lion, moral leader for good animals in a jungle surrounded by dangers.
Hamlet
Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother Gertrude's (Julie Christie's) wedding to his uncle Claudius (Sir Derek Jacobi). In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, who he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot, the most complicated and most interesting in all literature, he manages to (impossible to put this in exact order) feign (or perhaps not to feign) madness, murder the "Prime Minister", love and then unlove an innocent who he drives to madness, plot and then unplot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on-stage, including his own and his mother's.
The Lion King
In Africa, the lion cub Simba is the pride and joy of his parents King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi. Mufasa prepares Simba to be the next king of the jungle. However, the naive Simba believes in his envious uncle Scar that wants to kill Mufasa and Simba to become the next king. He lures Simba and his friend Nala to go to a forbidden place and they are attacked by hyenas but they are rescued by Mufasa. Then Scar plots another scheme to kill Mufasa and Simba but the cub escapes alive and leaves the kingdom believing he was responsible for the death of his father. Now Scar becomes the king supported by the evil hyenas while Simba grows in a distant land. Sometime later, Nala meets Simba and tells that the kingdom has become a creepy wasteland. What will Simba do?
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