Day Five: The Lion King

So I just heard some very depressing news about a death of one of my family's close relatives earlier today, and just now, when I'm posting today's post, I smile because it fits into what I want to feel today, which is happy. Today's post is a musical that makes you happy.

I really hope I don't need to explain The Lion King too much. It's about a cub who "can't wait to be king" and rules with his dad. Meanwhile, his dad's brother has been planning to kill him, which he succeeds by making his death look like an accident (i.e. Simba gets stuck and his dad saves him but his brother refuses to pull him out, resulting in the dad being killed by a stampede.)

Simba feels guilty and runs away. After, the dad's brother (Scar) rules the kingdom and makes it a living hell (this happens over a span of 10? years). Simba's living a great life in the wild, until he runs into a childhood friend, who tells him what happened to the kingdom. 

So Simba comes back, turns the hyenasm that ruled under Scar, against Scar and killed him (for the greater good.) Simba regains his crown and marries the said childhood friend and lives happily ever after.

I think there are a couple of reasons why I like this movie. One is that I used to watch the cartoon movie version of it all of the time, and I loved it! Another reason is, there's nothing very gory about the show at all. It's true Simba's father dies in a stampede but it's not like murder is the main theme (cough cough *Sweeney Todd*) Plus, the songs are very catchy and the full musical version is very G rated, which means it's appropriate for all to see!

This clip is one of my favorite songs, the Circle Of .