So everybody talks about the great
films that teach you life lessons, the classics and all that. Well to be honest
I probably haven’t seen most of the films. Give me a good horror, chick flick
or anything with some eye candy to look at and I’m happy. Amongst my favourite
films are the likes of “Dirty Dancing,” which to be fair is a classic, but not
really the thing you watch to learn about life, it’s more of a rainy day, duvet
and ice cream film. And there’s the heart wrenching “Remember Me,” that a lot of
people dismiss as “the guy from Twilight,” and assume will be a yet another
cheesy generic chick flick, but turns out to be a devastating tale of misguided
love and tragedy.
But my all-time favourite film, ever
since I was a kid, has to be “The Lion King,” and its sequel “The Lion King 2,
Simba’s Pride.” I know it’s a kids film, and really, at 20 years old I should
be over it, and have a more mature sounding favourite film, and after all these
years I should defiantly be over crying every time Mufasa dies and give up hope
that he will wake up and everything will be ok. But I’m not and I haven’t,
because no matter how many times I see Simba’s poor shattered, bawling face I
can’t help but cry with him. That’s just me.
Along with making me cry like a lost
puppy every time I watch it, both “The Lion King,” and its sequel have taught
me, and subsequently everyone who has watched it a good few lessons.
- People will do things,
things that they shouldn't, and they will blame it on you, and
consequently convince all your family it is your fault, before finally
admitting to everybody it was them. The key here, don't listen when you’re
crazy uncle tells you to run away. He IS evil, especially with a name like
Scar, that one is kind of a giveaway.
- Next - Hakuna Matata.
"It means no worries, for the rest of your days." So listen to
the Meerkat, because we all know talking meerkat’s are the way to
go.
- Your family might be gone,
but they live on in you. They will never be far away from you.
- The past hurts; you know
life sucks and all that. “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I
see it, you can either run from it, or ... learn from it." You can't escape from the
past, you can't forget about it and you can't outrun it. But you can stop
history repeating itself and learn from your mistakes.
- Finally - the entire sequel teaches that different races (Simba's lions and the "outsiders") should be together as one, and that we should be tolerant towards anybody and everybody.
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