Why do you love The Lion King?

[Numbuh973]

I'm not just a KND fan, but a TLK fan as well! Great storyline, awesome music, and the characters are awesome. Go Nala!

[Morai]

Because it's a Disney masterpiece.

[AustralianChaos]

I love the Lion King because it is, quite simply, and example that ALL movies should follow!

The storyline is deep and meaningful, whilst still being extremely engaging, and fun for both kids and adults! The kids learn some valuable life lessons through the movie (facing your past, etc.), and the adults can probably learn a thing or two along the way as well!

The characters are some of the best I've ever seen from Disney, and among the most realistic from an animated film, period! The animation is top-notch, and the voice acting is unbelievably believable!

The music is fun and catchy without being annoying (a trap many films fall into), and matches the scene pefectly. As for the musical score...it's Hans Zimmer, and it's his BEST work, enough said!

It's just such a well-done film that you can't help but become lost in the gorgeous world of the Pridelands, feeling Simba's excitement, pain, sorrow, and elation with him! It's an animated film the likes of which we will probably never see again!

[SuperBabySimba]

1.) The story's basic point is in my opinion beautifully portrayed: Life, and the changes that can happen in it, and how different people cope with them, especially with loss, guilt and heartache. When all this is put through an interesting story about a child's tragic life story, using cute and mostly very well written animal characters, I can't help but love it to bits.

I think especially Simba is very relatable character, with losing a close parent at very young age, carrying a false guilt for years, and with the desperate efforts to ignore when something too bad had happened. And Mufasa is a wonderful character for a king.

2.) Among Disney classics, I consider this a rare jewel. Because this is one of the very few that does the above mentioned, as in teaches childre life lessons, in a rather realistic way. Meaning -> the main villain hasn't been turned into a total clown, his plans actually work, whatever mistakes they make, are humane instead of for the sake of comedy element, and they do NOT raise the dead back to life. Not really, as it's just Mufasa's spirit summoned. So even that is relatively more realistic than Disney's usual habbit of bringing the dead characters completely back to life, which usually completely ruins the point of why they died in the first place.

3.) Also, I find this film exceptionally dark for a Disney cartoon. As in, an evil, jealous guy, in order to steal the king's crown, murders his brother and this murder is shown in a close-up. Then he blames the death on the young child of the murdered king while he is still crying over his father's body, and intends to have the child brutally ripped apart just right after that (as in having the child die an ugly death in such a state of mind.) For years this child carries the false guilt inside and in the end the evil uncle intends to kill him again right after revealing him the truth that he'd been carrying that guilt for nothing all those years and blindly trusted his father's murderer. In the very end the evil uncle, who among the other unspeakable things, had also condemned his followers into starving to death, gets eaten by some of his followers.

So, in Disney standrs, the refreshing style of portraying the characters and the story, is also why I love this film to bits.

4.) I fell in love with this as a child. I was 11 when the VHS first came out, which was when I first saw this. This has a great, great emotional value to me for every possible reason.

[Cappio]

Unique. Nothing like it before. I never liked lions. Saw the movie. BAMM! Fell in love. Then I saw the second and I married Vitani.

[JustinS]

I love everything about The Lion King I love Cubbie Simba,I think the characters are great. It tells a amazing story of putting the past behind you. It also teaches you not to run from your troubles. That is why I love The Lion King. It is just a fantastic movie.

[NalasTrueMate]

The characters, the plot, the awesomeness. I watch it whenever i can.

[Cdot]

Simply because it's a true masterpiece.

[SarabisMate]

The story within it.

[Gwen]

^same here