Germany: Lion King

I received this card from Anja, from Gelsenkirchen in Germany:

As a big Disney fan, I absolutely loved this Lion King card! Of course, I love every card I receive, but Disney is one of my favorite themes.

The Lion King was released in 1994 and is the 32nd movie in the Disney Classics series. It tells the story of the young lion cub Simba, born to Mufasa, who is the King of their pride lands. His father shows him their territory and explains that after he dies, Simba will become king and tells him about the responsibilities. Mufasa's brother, Scar, would've become king after him had it not been for Simba, and out of anger, he sets up a scheme to kill both Mufasa and Simba. He personally made sure that Mufasa died, but Simba survived, so Scar makes him believe that his father's death was his fault and that the pride will blame him for what happened. Simba flees, and meets Timone, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog. He befriends them, and stays with them in the jungle until he's an adult.
Under Scar's rule, things have gone downhill in the Pride Lands, and the herds started hunting elsewhere. Simba's childhood friend, Nala, stumbles upon him in the jungle, and begs him to come back home to the Pride Lands and take his rightful place as King to put a stop to Scar's rule that is causing all the animals to starve. Simba eventually agrees and fights Scar over the kingdom. He learns his father's death was Scar's fault, which gives him the extra push to win the fight and become the rightful King. In time, Simba and Nala have their own son, continuing the Circle of Life.

I was quite surprised at all the big names that are in the cast line-up of the movie: Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Matthew Broderick (young and adult Simba respectively), James Earl Jones (Mufasa), Jeremy Irons (Scar), Rowan Atkinson (Zazu), and Whoopi Goldberg (Shenzi).

One thing I've always liked about Disney movies, is that as a kid, they were fun stories to watch, but as I grew older I started noticing the stories they were based on, and the life lessons hidden in them. What I take away from this movie is that Simba was trying to run away from his responsibilities, living it up with his two friends Hakuna Matata, no worries!) while the herds he was supposed to take care of were starving. In the end, he went back and did what he had to do, and the herds flourished again.

Now all that's left to do is to start singing (you know just reading the words got the song stuck in your head!):

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