Okay, time to go back to your childhood for a second and possibly ruin a little of it... check out the sequence from ~1:30-2:10ish. What do you guys think? Do you think they borrowed a little from the types of grand exhibitions portrayed in Triumph des Willens?
Oh my god...at first I was in denial because The Lion King is my favorite movie...but the similarities are uncanny!
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This makes me so sad.
Its definitely similar and actually makes a lot of sense. At one point Disney produced a variety of cartoons that characterized and poked fun at Hitler and the Nazi party. It makes sense that these characterizations would be recycled to make Disney villains.
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I hate this movie/most Disney films and have always wanted to go back to watch it for all these little things that get pointed out to us later in life. but, I just avoid it until it pops up in classes like this.
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