thanks for sharing. cant say i´ve had your experience but reading this really gaved me a clue on the subject. for me, when simba cried for help in the movie i cried so much that i couldnt help him some how, it passed as the movie moved on. and after that night Simba has been my idol and much loved childhood charachter. that he has been used in so many ways such as porno with all that nonsense mostly, doesnt concearn me.. i still see Simba unspoiled. true, TLK is one of the greatest movies. and was one of the reason my fursona is a lion. even if im allergic to cats irl and am more of a dog person at heart

great written by you.

You know; this movie had a very profound effect on me as well. Not when it first came out (because I was only three years old) but later in life when I got back into it I felt everything that the movie was portraying. My life parallels this movie very well; my best friend since infancy is a girl, my dad didn't die but when my parents divorced he was the one who left and I barely got to see him, I almost ran away from home on multiple occasions, even the personalities of all of the characters are very similiar (if not the same as) the people they portray in my own life. I suffer from depression as well and when I was sixteen I started hearing about TLK all over the place and soon I couldn't get it out of my head. It was my favorite movie as a child and I felt like I needed to watch it again. Like you I was in High School and worried about what people would think of me watching it; so I locked myself in my bedroom and put the DVD on. I remembered why TLK was my favorite movie. It did help with my depression a while after watching it (because right after I'd always feel worse) and now I'm finally getting over it. I bought the two sequels and all of the soundtracks, and I've seen the broadway play. Now I'm proud to call myself a LK fan and I announce it to the world. I actually have fan fiction stories posted on lionking.org and have put my first one up onto this website, if you're interested. Anyway, I love hearing about how this movie has affected people and I'm glad that you shared it with the world.

I know what you mean here. One of my cousins took me to see it when I was five in theaters and I was amazed by it. When it finally came out on vhs and my mom got me it for my birthday I can honestly say I watched it at least once a day for I don't know how long. At one point I actually had the entire script memorized haha. Even worse was being a little kid on a street with hardly any other people around to hang out with, Simba was probably one of my first imaginary friends lol. I'm more of a dog person (if you didn't notice, heh) but it's still a personal favorite. I can definitely agree at least on the lines of animated movies that it is indeed, one of the best if not the best.

I remember this speech :). It was quite a milestone on the list at the time, and eventually inspired me to write one of my own..

Oh man, I just came across this by chance, and all the way through I was thinking, "Wow... wow... Elfasi's gotta see this." But I am so slow on the uptake. :)