THE LION KING Live-Action Remake

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The movie is overall faithful to the original. The main difference is that there is a message of equality about the lions and hyenas. The lions rule over the hyenas as part of the “circle of life” and are kinda’ dickish about it until Simba changes their ways.

Scar is a tragic villain. He is indirectly responsible for the death of his and Mufasa’s father in a stampede when they were cubs, and Mufasa and Pride Rock resent him for it. Scar plans to earn their respect by luring Simba into the stampede in order to save him, but Mufasa intervenes and saves Simba himself. When Mufasa finds out Scar purposefully endangered Simba’s life, he announces he’ll exile Scar. In a fit of rage, Scar attacks Mufasa and accidentally pushes him over the edge into the stampede, and doesn’t save him when Mufasa calls out for it.

Simba thinks it’s his fault that Mufasa died. Fearful that Simba might expose him, Scar terrorizes him into running away. Scar is then crowned king. He is reluctant at first, but slowly goes mad with power and subjects Pride Rock to a tyrannical rule. “Be Prepared” is replaced by a new song called “Heavy is the Crown”.

Nala has a larger role. She sets out to find Simba once it is discovered that he is alive, and is chased by the hyenas, but manages to outsmart them. Once she finds Simba, they realize their feelings for each other, but part ways when Simba refuses to come back to Pride Rock.