Monday, October 8, 2012
The Lion King (1994)
As
Disney’s Pixar continues to dazzle eyeballs with animated CGI fare such as
“Incredibles” and “Toy Story” sequels, it’s easy to forget the unbeatable magic
of hand-drawn animation, and “The Lion King” is absolutely one of the best of now extinct ink-and-paint glories. This is a jaw-dropping beautiful epic with a
capital “E” movie with music catchable, happy, and chilling, and characters straight
from Shakespeare. You know plot: Young African lion cub Simba is the apple of
his father/king’s eye until the latter is killed, leaving Simba on the run, under the impression that he did in his daddy. It is, of course, the uncle, to
blame. In other words, “Hamlet.” The voice cast is perfect, from James Earl
Jones as the king/father, and full “Reversal of Fortune” evil Jeremy Irons as Uncle Scar, to Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Matthew Broderick as young and
adult Simba. But it’s visuals I love -– the exact strokes made by men and women, not
computers, of a cub sinking in the grass in fear of dad’s wrath or the
same cub trying to awaken his dead father. Breathtaking. Amazing. Art. The
18-year-old “King” has aged like royal wine. Classic. A+
Labels:
1994,
CGI,
classic,
Disney,
epic,
hand-drawn animation,
James Earl Jones,
Jeremy Irons,
lion,
Lion King,
Matthew Broderick,
Pixar,
Shakespearean
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