The Lion King 2 - Simba's Pride (2-Disc Special Edition)

OK, I'm a sentimental sort of soul, but I really did love this Romeo-and-Juliet but without most of the dying movie. The songs are lovely...well, 'Upendi' I found rather...er...random, but hey. It's a Disney movie. 'Love will find a way' is nice, a good successor to 'Can You feel the love tonight'. And 'he lives in you' is beautiful. Better than 'Circle of life' in my opinion.

And we get to see the characters all grown up! Simba is the typical overprotective father, but still retains some of his sense of humour. Timon and Pumbaa are there from the start, much to my delight (for some reason, I can't stand them in a movie on their own, but I love them when teamed up with Simba et al). Nala is...well, I wouldn't mind her for my mum. Their daughter Kiara is much like the young Simba, and very sweet.

Highlights: Rafiki. What can I say, I love his little chat with Mufasa on the subject of the kids. Zira, Kovu's rather villainous mother, is particularly good (well, evil, but y'know). I also liked 'One of us', sung by the animals of the Pride Lands and added to layer by layer.

As Timon and Pumbaa would say:

"Love. Not like. Love."

I enjoyed this sequel. The songs are enjoyable. I like the songs "He Lives in You," "My Lullaby," and "One of Us." Plus the story is a sweet one. The romance between Kovu and Kiara is sweet. Also, the story is dramatic. This second film is darker and grimmer than the first film. It does have some funny parts, though, provided by Timon and Pumbaa and also by Nuka. I also like the bonus feature "Proud of Simba's Pride," which is a backstage behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie. It's good even though it's really short.

I'm a big "Lion King" fan and I was pleasantly surprised back in 1998 to find out they were making a sequel. I was diagnosed with cancer before this film came out, and it provided me with a means of escaping my illness. I really ejoyed the movie and hopefully you will, too.

Excellent family fare - our family(ages 70-3) sat glued to the set the first time around. By the 3rd time around only the three year old was still requesting it.

Simba's pride is a great sequel to the lion king this movie is one of the best sequels and you normally dont get many of them.

I was very impressed with this sequal. I'm usually not very impressed with disney sequals, but this one was actually pretty entertaining. It had very good music, which is very rare for a Disney sequal. I liked the music so much that I bought the CD. The storyline is also resonable. One of the better things is the animation which is also very good. Overall this was one of Disneys best sequals, and that is why I gave it 4 stars.