[quote="MooLion"]Overall I'd say it's more 'drama'. Though it does have its fair share of comedy moments, I would never first consider it 'comedy'. The emotional impact and all that of the film feels stronger for me, making 'drama' fit more appropriately.
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I'm personally going to say 'comedy' - I think the humorous element of this movie kind of spoils its dramatic-ness, especially with the wise-cracking Timon makes before CYFTLT. Still though I was able to feel something special from that scene (maybe it was the love, but I've never felt love so I dunno), but I believe it would have been a much more serious-toned, strictly lovey-dovey love scene had it not have made me laugh my arse off for the first 30 or so seconds of the song. This is the main reason I like the Broadway musical version (and even the pre-production version) more than the film version.
I also think that the reason Mufasa's death made such an emotional impact on a lot of people is because for the 5 minutes before he died, all we saw was mostly tragic - the hyenas waiting around to chase the wildebeest, and then Simba's
face when he saw the stampede, and then Scar telling Mufasa about said stampede, knowing that he's planning to kill them both. And then we saw Simba getting chased by the stampede and, of course, Mufasa trying to save him (and consequently sacrificing his life in the process). Really, the only thing I can remember seeing from that scene that I could consider 'comical' is how Zazu's like 'omg what can I do? Oh, right, I can fly and get help!' and then getting smacked by Scar.
This is the same for when Kovu got banished in TLK2, the couple of minutes before it happened, all we saw was serious stuff, and little to no comedy.
I'm not saying the movies weren't dramatic at all, I'm saying that the comedy overpowers the drama in some parts, and kind of ruins the serious tone that I would consider 'dramatic'.