Young cub Simba (Donald Glover) is cast out of his homeland after his power-hungry uncle (Chiwetel Ejiofor) has Simba’s father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones, reprising his role from the 1994 film), killed. The story should be familiar to anyone over the age of 8, especially anyone who had both a young child and a VCR back in the 1990s. This particular “Circle of Life” has taken 25 years to complete its rotation, and now Simba, Mufasa and the once-ubiquitous songs of Elton John and Tim Rice are back again. Which brings us to “The Lion King,” Disney’s latest effort in its quest to remake many of its animated classics. And the circle continues forever - or until the 2,000th Spider-Man reboot. Instead, its carcass decomposes, to be plundered and ultimately serve as fuel for future generations. Rated PG (for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements)Īs metaphors for Hollywood in 2019 go, it’s hard to beat “Circle of Life.”Ī thing is born, it lives (hopefully turning a nice profit for shareholders) and then it dies, but is never really gone.
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