The Lion King came out in 1994, and was based off the plot of Hamlet. The 2019 remake is what I just watched. The remake begins with something. I wouldn’t know because I missed it due to our lateness. Anyway, when I entered, the iconic song was playing, and the scene with the monkey raising Simba was nearly ending. After that scene, we cut to a mouse scampering about the rocks and grass. In the 1994 version, Scar is introduced by abruptly catching the mouse, surprising the audience. In the remake, Scar is introduced with him talking, and then catching the mouse. I think the original introduces Scar better since you see how desperate he is for food first. Then, bird dude whose name I don’t know comes in. He scolds Scar for not being present at Simba’s ceremony. In response, Scar tries to eat bird dude. That’s when Mufasa arrives. He prevents Scar from eating the bird dude. We get a nice exposition on how Mufasa became king instead of Scar, how Scar and Mufasa are brothers, and that Simba will be the next king. Next, we see Simba. I’d like to mention that they gave Simba the most annoying voice ever. In the original, Simba had a voice of a ten-year-old; pretty deep, but still childlike. In the remake, Simba sounds like he’s five years old; it sounds way too high. There are also moments when he tries to sound like a gangster. I don’t know whose idea that was. Back to where I was, Simba is trying to wake up his father, Mufasa. After he does, Mufasa shows him all the land Simba will own when he is king. Mufasa also warns him not to go the darkness beyond the pridelands. After that, Mufasa sets off to fight some hyenas, and the bird dude takes Simba to the other cubs. There, he encounters Scar. Scar “accidently” lets Simba know about the elephant graveyard, the darkness he was not allowed to go to. Simba immediately goes to Nala(?), his best friend. Together, they set off toward the graveyard. Unfortunately for them, the bird dude follows. Simba then breaks into a song about what it will be like when he’s king. I was kind of hoping they would remove the songs since the realistic CGI didn’t exactly mix with the up-beat and colorful songs. The song was sort of hard to watch. Another thing I disliked was that in the original, we got to see the bird dude get abused by all the animals during the song. In the remake, they toned it down a lot. After escaping from the bird dude during the song, Simba and Nala make it to the elephant graveyard. In the original, it was night when they arrived, but in the remake, it was day, which made the scene a lot less scary. Simba and Nala then get jumped by hyenas. The bird dude arrives just in time to distract the hyenas. There’s a huge chase scene, which was way more exciting in the original, since there were giant cliffs of bones and green fire holes. The remake had to take those out since it was going for a more realistic tone. Simba and Nala are suddenly cornered by the hyenas. Simba attempts to roar at them to scare them off, but it’s extremely weak. Then we hear a louder roar; it’s Mufasa’s. After Mufasa saves them, he and Simba have a short talk about stars or something. Scar enters in the next scene. We learn that he was trying to kill Simba by sending him to the graveyard. So, Scar hatches a plan with the hyenas to kill both Mufasa and Simba so he can become king. The next day, Scar leads Simba to a gorge so he can practice his roar. After a few tries, Simba manages it, and at the same time, a herd of animals stampedes in. Simba mistakenly thinks that his roar caused the stampede. In actuality, it was Scar and the hyenas that lead the animals to the gorge. Scar tells Mufasa and the bird dude what is going on, and they rush over. The bird dude finds Simba hanging onto a tree, and tells Mufasa where he is. Mufasa then jumps into the gorge and saves Simba. Mufasa climbs to the top of the gorge, only to have Scar knock him back in. After the stampede, Simba goes back into the gorge and finds his dead father. Scar arrives and tricks Simba into thinking he killed his father. Then, Scar orders the hyenas to kill Simba. Simba narrowly escapes. Simba runs as far as he can, and then collapses. That’s where Timone(?) and the hog finds him. Timone and the hog decide to take Simba in. Then, they sing the iconic song “Hakuna Matata”(?). The song was pretty cringy in the remake. Timone teaches Simba their lifestyle, and that’s where Simba lives until he’s an adult. Meanwhile, Scar and the hyenas have hunted all the prey in the kingdom. Nala leaves the kingdom to seek help. Simba and Nala finally encounter, but when Nala wants Simba to come back, he refuses. Annoyed, Simba stalks off and encounters the monkey from the first scene. The monkey shows Simba a ghost Mufasa. Ghost Mufasa tells Simba to go back, which he does. Everyone, including Timone and the warthog, goes back to the kingdom to take down Scar. Timone and the warthog distract the hyenas so Simba and Nala can enter. In the original, the warthog put on a costume and started dancing, which was funnier than what happened in the remake. Simba and Scar have a pretty intense fight, which results in the hyenas betraying Scar and eating him. So it’s a happy ending, I guess. The End.