I guess besides the obvious brilliant cinematic qualities, for me it has been something that has always stayed the same during what has been a dynamic and sometimes turbulent life. I returned to TLK when I was fifteen after some four and a half years of having nothing to do with it and it was just as brilliant and magical as it had been before, even though my life and views of myself had changed a lot. When times have been hard in the last few years, TLK was always a great way to calm down and just forget about everything that was going wrong for a little while, even if it was only for 5 or 10 minutes at a time.
There is no other movie that makes me feel as good as TLK does.
Some come close , but TLK is definitely the most special. In a way it is what ties my childhood and adolescence together, and I'm positive it will be the same for when I eventually become an adult (that's not very long away
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When I was aged 2-10 I loved TLK for the story, music and characters. Now, aged nearly 18, I love it not only for those things but also because now I'm able to appreciate it on a more emotional level: love, loss, overcoming the odds, facing up to your fears and responsibilities, letting go of the past... there's genuinely so much that adults can relate back to their own lives, way more than for any other Disney movie, in my opinion.