by TheLionPrince » October 22nd, 2011, 11:11 pm
I've noticed that a looong time ago.
Both The Lion King II and Disney's Pocahontas are very similiar to each other because they're both adapted from the same story, Romeo & Juliet. I believe Jeffrey Katzenberg (then-Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios) said about Pocahontas during its production, "it's got hit written all over. It's Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story, but with American Indians." TLKII director Darrell Rooney stated on the Proud of Simba's Pride documentary that TLKII, you can find on YouTube, was adapted from R&J.
However, Pocahontas is more similiar to West Side Story, which is in itself, is a story adapted from Romeo & Juliet because Kovu is banished by Simba like Romeo was banished by the Prince after killing Tybalt causing Juliet/Kiara to go after him. In Pocahontas, it's slightly different because John Smith isn't banished, but captured by Powhatan's men after the killing of Kocoum.