by Arbystrider » April 23rd, 2013, 10:25 am
My favourite scene in the movie would be that one shot during Not One Of Us when Kovu stops running away from Pride Rock to look back and try to see if he could get one last glance of Kiara, finds her from what appears to be a full kilometre away, and then Simba just slides in to the shot, blocking Kovu's view of his love.
It shows how powerful the love between Kiara and Kovu's love must be - I can certainly never find one specific person at any range beyond 150 metres (partly due to bad eyesight), and yet their love was powerful enough for him to actually pick out that one lioness he loved from such a distance, especially in the short amount of time he has been glancing back for.
It also shows that Simba (because of his grudge against Scar/Kovu) was the one responsible for separating the two. His grumpy face during that shot just made me want to reach into the screen, pull him out and yell at him to let the two be together.
All that, and the music really helped to make Kovu's state of pridelessness (he belonged to neither the Pridelanders nor the Outlanders at that point) feel and seem like a big deal - because it was. And it wasn't even his fault!
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My least favourite scene would be... My Lullaby because it felt weird to have a lullaby, a peaceful song used to induce sleep, become something like a war chant/creed because Zira keeps emphasising how Kovu was destined to kill Simba and stuff when he grows up and becomes fully trained. But then again, Outlanders work in mysterious ways.
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Since everyone here's giving In Upendi a whole lot of flak, I thought I might as well put my two cents in and express how I feel about that scene.
I view In Upendi more of a comedic fantasy sequence than an actual story element, because the only thing I thought of the entire time was this:
"Rafiki! What are you doing! Rafiki! Stahp! You're insane! The two already know they're in love, for crying out loud! No need to direct a musical about it! Rafiki, YOU'RE INSANE!"
Being a fantasy sequence, it conveys the message that love makes crazy stuff happen in the minds of those in love - You know, things like defying Newton's laws of motion, literally holding stars in your hands, using a lilypad as a gondola, sitting on clouds, using large leaves as parachutes, etc, etc.
That's right, I don't hate In Upendi.
and I still love the scene, with the outlands scenery and the song itself. I also loved the bit when the outlanders and pridelanders face each other. I mean, the animals clearing, the vultures, the music, all that just makes it so tense and awesome XD Nuka's death was really powerful too, along with Zira slashing Kovu on the face, and him running off. Must have been pretty guilt-ridden. o-o
I guess my least favorite part is the Not One Of Us scene. Idk, I don't really like it.
