Is this movie based on a book?

[FlipMode]

To be fair, Romeo and Juliet was a play originally and not a book. It is based on a book, which is based on a play :D.

[DGFone]

Also to be fair, so many things are based on Romeo and Juliet, that most likely you will come across a clone before the actual original play.

[TheGunner18]

The thing is, Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy (they both die at the end of it) whereas TLK:SP is a happy ending but, then again, children wouldn't really like TLK:SP being a tragedy, would they? Still, I think it's definitely based on Romeo & Juliet other than the deaths.

[Nitro]

I was 9 when I first saw SP, so I wouldn't have cared either way. But you're right, small children would have cried or something if themain characters had died.

[SophieCub]

I think this movie was based on Romeo and Juliet.

This ^

[KopsTheTerminator]

Also to be fair, so many things are based on Romeo and Juliet, that most likely you will come across a clone before the actual original play.

Yeah, sad.. I may not like SP all that much but I find Romeo and Juliet ridiculous, so... XD

Not many people know it, but TLK 1 1/2 is based on "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". :p

[StarlightLioness]

The thing is, Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy (they both die at the end of it) whereas TLK:SP is a happy ending but, then again, children wouldn't really like TLK:SP being a tragedy, would they? Still, I think it's definitely based on Romeo & Juliet other than the deaths.

Ah, but the same is true of Hamlet. (Almost) Every main character dies at the end. So of course TLK couldn't follow it exactly and gave it a happy ending.

[SimbasGuard]

Yes like just about everyone else has said Lion King 2 was based off Romeo and Juliet. The creators even sad so in various articles (if I remember correctly).