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(Note: this theory is mainly filled with my own opinion and is also my own interpretation of events in The Lion King) The Lion King is one of the greatest animated films of all time. It's gorgeously done with classic characters and catchy songs that you'll be humming for days after you watch it. One of the things that people remember the most about this masterpiece of a film is the devious Scar who rids the kingdom of the beloved Mufasa in order to be king. We follow Mufasa's son Simba throughout the film as he discovers what it means to be a king and that Hakuna Matata is an alright philosophy every so often. How could Disney possibly continue this story and have it be on par with the original? What would they need to do to make a sequel justifiable? How could they make it memorable? Everyone that I've talked with about The Lion King 2 almost instantly brings up the wicked lioness known as Zira. Zira is a villain who is on equal grounds, if not higher gr...

I've recently re-watched the Jumanji reboot, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle for the first time since I saw it in theaters. The first viewing of it that I had resulting in my sides splitting from laughing so much. I knew that when it came out on blu-ray that I would have to add it to my collection. Is it worth the money or should it be buried in the style of the original board game where we see it being placed at the end of the first film? I still suffered from sore ribs from laughing so hard but it made me realize that it isn't the story or the Robin Williams tribute that makes the film work. . . it's the main four characters of the game: Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), Shelly Oberon (Jack Black), Franklin "Mouse" Finbar (Kevin Hart), and Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillian). The film works because every audience member can see themselves in one of these four characters. Even though these are simply avatars that the four teenagers experiencing detention i...