The Lion King | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary 

I like how pumba accurately guessed what stars are

8:49 A parent calling a child with such a voice and their back turned ... you just know you're in BIG trouble.

4:21 Scar expresses a low opinion of Mufasa's intelligence, but here, Mufasa expresses an understanding of ecology that keeps the Pride Lands thriving; an understanding that Scar apparently does not have.

Probably the best Disney film they've ever made. Timeless.

James Earl Jones was perfect as the voice of Mufasa, same with Jeremy Irons as the voice as Scar

Scar's statement "Life's not fair, is it?" reminded me of a saying ... "Expecting the Universe to treat you fairly because you're nice, is like expecting the bull not to charge because you're a vegetarian." 🤔😕🙂

13:48 ..."This is supposed to be like a childrens movie"... Back then, people tend to treat children like rational human beings that can actually deal with hars themes (not by being explicit, but definitely not by shielding them from that stuff), unlike nowadays, were parents are so goddamn frail that they think their offspring are gonna be traumatized for life just for watching a scene. Anyway, this is the light stuff, if you want to watch some hardcore traumatizing material in kids movies, try with "An american tail" or "The land before time" (Don Bluth knew how to really put you on the edge)

Poor Dasha. Rafiki had her thinking Mufasa was still alive literally rather than metaphorically. Love your work Dasha. Keep up the great work. I love it.

Circle of Life always brings me to tears. There is nothing like the opening of this movie. And of course, Mufasa's death with Simba trying to wake him.

The fact that you saw Timone and Pumba show before Lion King and in your head it feeling like a cross over and seeing them as a cameo is the coolest thing. You are the first person I know this happened to. 🫨

This and "The Land Before Time" 1988 always hit the feels.

Everyone should watch Lion King. Every grown up & child alike. It’s so good.

Saw this movie in the theatre with my father when I was 8 back in the summer of '94, 6 months later he was dead. Still hits me hard in the feels every time I rewatch it.

"She's so pretty. Like Nala, from The Lion King. And she talks so smart, like... Nala from The Lion King." -Jason Mendoza

13:45 Because storytellers used to understand that children need to learn coping skills at an early age. Unlike today's writers (and parents), who think everyone is too sensitive to handle life.

"The Lion King" has many details in common with "Hamlet", the famous novel by Shakespeare. For me, it´s the best animated film ever, with one of the best OST ever composed (by the great Hans Zimmer). ALWAYS touches my heart in some scenes. It´s a truly masterpiece.

I trust Dasha because she cried when Mufasa died.

And also, the voices casting it´s incredible; starting with Mufasa (James Earl Jones, who was the voice of Darth Vader among another epic roles), and Scar (Jeremy Irons).

This is my favourite Disney movie ever it's got a fantastic story, fantastic animation, amazing characters, an all time great soundtrack and one of the greatest villains in history just a beautiful film

Remember Ferris Bueller? He's the voice of grown Simba! And, of course, Darth Vader is the voice of daddy Mufasa!

This is the first movie I ever saw in a Theater. I was six years old and Mufasa's death made cry so hard that my older cousin had to escort me out to the restroom 😅 I came back halfway through the Hakuna Matata song.... Such core memories I can't to watch you react to this, Dasha! ❤️ from Texas!

5:38 "I can't marry her. She's my friend." Who better to marry?

Can we get a slow hand clap for Pumba knowing that stars are big burning balls of gas?

Nearly all Disney films before late 90s had an evil relative, many times stepmother, and the main character usually had a parent who died during the film or was already dead before the film began.

The opening dialogue is Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson) with Jeremy Irons (one of the greatest Shakespeare actors on the planet)..that is in itself INSANE. Also watch the next parts..they are brilliant as well

2:05 Mufasa and Sarabi: “(Individually and nonverbally to Simba) I’m *SO* proud of you”

Wow, The Lion King, this is going to be a fun watch.

Timon and Pumba make a great duo! Im surprised you didnt know they originally were in this movie! Where did you see them first? Uncle Scar was devious but I iliked his character! Jeremy Irons gave him great presence! The Hyena's were great comedic relief and well done by Whoopi and Cheech Marin! Thanks for sharing Dasha ❤️💛

"I'm going to be crying the rest of the movie" *enter Timone and Pumba*

Such a great flick, classic and has a very dark and real story. That's something Disney was very good at doing.

by far the best movie version of hamlet

I don't think I've ever seen someone who had seen Timon and Pumbaa, but not The Lion King! Such a unique reaction to them! The older I get, the more I appreciate the duo. They are much-needed comic relief after the tragedy of Mufasa's death and Simba's exile, and they provided Simba with a safe place to grow up after the trauma he endured. They were pretty much his parents for most of his life. Then, they willingly leave their idyllic home to help their friend/son fight for his home. I hope you check out more of the classic animated movies. Any of the 2D Disney films from Snow White to The Princess and the Frog are winners. I'd also recommend anything by Studio Ghibli. Another trio of movies to check out, if you're interested in Irish folklore, are The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and Wolfwalkers by Tomm Moore.

As a martial arts lover I did chuckle when I first saw Rafiki doing his martial arts on those hyenas! 😄

"He would make a very handsome throw rug" ... ... imagine how different the world would have been

It doesn't matter how many times I've seen this movie, the scene where Simba finds Mufasa dead in the gorge always gets me in the heart. Especially the fact that Scar gaslights Simba into thinking it was his (Simba's) fault. Also, I am very glad they cast James Earl Jones as Mufasa. As much as I respect the actor, they almost cast Christopher Walken. Side note: Some of the character's names have meanings translated out of Swahili Simba: Lion Nala: Gift Mufasa: King Sarabi: Mirage Taka (Scar's birthname): Waste Rafiki: Friend Timon (actually Greek, since there's no Swahili translation): He who respects Pumbaa: Slow-Witted Zazu: Movement Shenzi: Savage Bonsai: Skulk or lurk

Saw this movie as a kid back then😃 This was the peak of Disney Renaissance era

Opening Intro: Dasha: "I don't know many children..." ^with her personality, she strikes me as someone who would be very good with children, but is at the age where she's just not around many yet.

15:34 Your joy when realizing this has made all of America fall in love with you.

Great reaction Dasha ❤ fun fact: the animators of this film spent weeks at a zoo watching all the animals so that they could get all the movements down correctly. Talk about dedication 👍🏻

You get baby fever when you watch this movie. I get baby fever watching your reactions.

She’s watched 2 renaissance movies. She’s still got to watch The Little Mermaid (1989) The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Aladdin (1992) A Goofy Movie (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Mulan (1998) Tarzan (1999)

Happy 30th Anniversary To Disney's The Lion King (1994-2024)

To this day, the whole stampede sequence is the saddest moment I ever seen in a movie. I always dread it. As a kid to now. Death was not underplayed with Disney back then. But The Lion King is a very special movie. I’m glad people can still enjoy it today, but back in the day seeing it was truly remarkable. Interesting that you saw Timon and Pumbaa before The Lion King!

Great reaction Dasha. This Disney movie came-out in 1994. Disney was well-know for this kind of movie back then. It was a known as a coming-of-age film. A very good children's movie. ❤

Hello Dasha!😊 Wow! I can't believe you are just watching this one now!🤯 I actually bought the CD soundtrack to this after I saw it in the theater.💿🎶 James Earl Jones is the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa here, LEGEND!🎙🏆 Jeremy Irons was a great choice for voicing his brother Scar. I totally forgot about the Timon & Pumbaa cartoon. That is cool you have seen that. TRIVIA: James earl Jones & Madge Sinclair are the voices of the king and queen here. In "Coming to America" they are the king & queen in live action.😉 Super emotional reactions to this classic animated musical, Dasha!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏 Have a fun Canadian weekend!😊

БУДЕМ ЖДАТЬ!!!! This, I believe, is the Disney movie with the most foreign dubs. There's a special Zulu dub for South Africa (the only Disney movie to be dubbed in a native African language), and the most recent ones are for several Russian Federal Autonomous Republics. The list is: -Arabic (Egyptian) -Arabic (Gulf Standard) -Armenian -Bulgarian -Cantonese -Catalan -Crimean Tatar -Croatian -Czech -Danish -Dutch -English -Estonian -Farsi (Standard) -Farsi (Glory) -Finnish -Flemish -French (European) -French (Québécoise) -Georgian -German -Greek -Hebrew -Hindi -Hungarian -Icelandic -Indonesian -Ingyush -Italian -Japanese -Kabardian -Kashubian -Kazak -Korean (Southern) -Latvian -Lithuanian -Malay -Marathi -Norwegian -Polish -Portuguese (Brazilian) -Portuguese (European) -Putonghua -Romanian -Russian -Serbian -Slovak -Slovene -Spanish (Castillian) -Spanish (Latin American) -Swedish -Tamil -Thai -Turkish -Ukrainian -Zulu

This is one of my favourite films and played a massive part in helping me understand and dealing with losing my dad when i was a kid

13:50 Because it's a good Disney movie. Al most all parents of protagonists die in a good Disney movie (e.g. Bambi, Frozen).

13:45 "This is supposed to be like a children's movie, right?" And it is one. There are children who were more prepared to cope with death when it happened in their real lives, because this movie helped them understand what it was.

This movie was my childhood

Timon and Pumba was a fun show, i remember that. But yeah, you get to meet Rafiki here, and he's the total Yoda of the movie. Best character.

I saw that movie in theatre with my mom when I was 6 LOL

the first 5 minutes of this movie is literally the greatest animation in a movie period EVER. but the entire film's animation is incredible Mufasa was voiced by James Earl Jones, who did darth vader in star wars. also,in that song when scar was singing "be prepared" the hyenas were literally doing the nazi goose step that they did for hitler.

This was the first movie a remember it bring me to tears at 5 years old... But the second one is called: The Land Before Time(1988) oh Dasha... You must see it, I hope you do

Easily one of the greatest animated films ever made. I see many people talking about James Earl Jones' fantastic performance which I totally agree with, but there is another I think would have made an excellent Mufasa that I wonder if Disney ever considered; ironically also named James: James Avery. Avery was already established as one of America's favorite dads in Fresh Prince, not to mention he had that deep, raspy, powerful voice that I think would have fit very well.

I literally just got the connection when ppl say 'a monkeys uncle' 😮😅

9:39 Ed is my Spirit Animal 😂🤣

I love your reactions so much! Thank you, miss Dasha!

Great reaction to Hamlet with animals! Love this movie. Funny how you knew Timon and Pumba but not where they came from. Actually, Disney movies are not without parental deaths (e.g., Bambi) and young characters without parents (Cinderella being subjugated by her stepmother).

5:06 Scar Warns Simba To not to go to the elephant graveyard it's really dangerous

So Jeremy Irons voices Scar. In the song, Be Prepared, he tried to sing it but i cant remember if his voice went out a bit or he just couldn't hit some of the notes. Anyway, Jim Cummings, probably most known for the voice of Winnie the Pooh, took over. So they patched it up with both of their voices. Itd be interesting to see who can pick out when its Irons or Cummings

18:38 "You know, I was hoping that Mufasa was actually, like, turn out to be alive, but looking how much time has passed, it doesn't seem it's gonna be the case." Well, it hasn't really been that long, Dasha. Male lions reach full sexual maturity by the time they're two years old. It's typically _another_ two years before the average male lion actually _breeds,_ but it hasn't really been all that _long._ They're not like human beings.

Oh btw! If Mufasa sounded slightly familiar, it's the same voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars :)

The German & Russian versions of "Be Prepared" ("Seid Bereit" and "Будем ждать/Budem zhdat" respectively) are equally more intimidating than the English version!

Fun fact: Hanz Zimmer composed the music for Lion King and both Dune movies. You should do a reaction to the latest Dune 2 movie, it’s also interesting to compare and contrast how both Lion King and Dune 2 deal with the issue of a king and his right to the throne.

1:53 Knowing what's coming, this made me chuckle. I watched the crap out of this movie as a child. I haven't seen it in decades now. Watching you go through all these old Disney movies has been a blast. Back when they knew how to make good stories. I never bothered with the live action. From what I heard all the magic is gone from it, but eh. Maybe they're wrong.

Cried as much as you did to this reaction.

Well, normal family ties don't work in ruling families, because here relatives are rivals for the ultimate career move in the family business. The line of succession is practically a stabbing order, where your place in line denotes exactly how many people you have to kill to become king (the so-called Richard III. method of succession; whereas at other times, the standard practice was more of a battle royale, with everyone killing everyone, last one alive becomes king). History is full of that and it's the stuff for great royal drama - after all, this is a Shakespeare plot ("The rest is silence", I'd say).

Dasha: _shock that the dad_ actually dies _in a _*_Disney_*_ movie_ Me: Clearly, you have never seen Bambi…

"This is supposed to be a children's movie why do we see a parent die?" -- You sweet summer child :D, this is basically Disney 101. Whenever they do NOT do it is the exception, not the rule.

Fun fact this was the very first movie I saw in the theater back in the day

I feel like I'm the only one who didn't cry when Darth Mufasa(if you know you know)died. I probably realized it was coming due to foreshadowing and being familiar with Shakespeare's Hamlet, which this movie is based on. Fun fact: actor Johnathan Taylor Thomas(Young Simba)couldn't create the sound Simba makea when he slides down the elephant skeleton by himslef so the audio crew put him in a harness and bounced him around the to get the sound right. You should watch the sequel to this one(Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) then do the live action remake of this one Dasha.

12:37 We call those "wildebeest" in American English. Also, "gnu", but that is much less common.

Disney's Magnum Opus. I'm BEYOND HYPED for the 30th anniversary re-release. I never saw the original Lion King in theaters, but I did see the live action version in theaters.

It always weirds me tf out when Sarabi says, “Tell me it’s not true” and looks all distraught when Scar says that Simba killed Mufasa. Like, bruh, how tf would it have been his fault?? He was a small child. Like, I just don’t understand. Obviously, even if it was “Simba’s fault”, he was a little kid. Like, obviously he didn’t murder his fucking dad. Why tf did she respond that way?? Wouldn’t everyone immediately know that Scar is making shit up??😂

Nala was about that action tho. Notice when the jig was up that hyena steadily creeping and when scar confessed and they ran to jump simba. Immediately nala ran in, even before his moms lol This movie was also why my mom told me to watch what i say bc you dont know whos listening

I don't know why Disney suddenly took an interest in CGI-live-action reboots of previous hits. I've seen the CGI-live-action reboots of _The Jungle Book, Pete's Dragon, Beauty and the Beast,_ and this, and they're just not the same. And, somewhere along the line, I became disenchanted with the notion.

This was the first animated movie i saw in theaters at 18. Had absolutely no expectations of even liking it.I still love it to this day

Hakuna Matata Dasha. I miss this era of Disney

So very glad you enjoyed this Dasha. Truly one of Disney’s best ^_^

I can’t believe adult simba is voiced by the actor who played ferris buhler! 18:32 I learned this last year 😮

Dang. You are the first person I’ve heard made a reference of the Timon and Pumba show.

"I'm upset that the dad died" Yeah, you and every kid in the 90s.

great reaction Dasha, The Lion King was my favorite movie in my childhood, it was impressive, and I still remember the shock I received when Scar's plan worked and Mufasa died, I felt a lot more sorry for Simba

Great disney movie. Would recommend jungle book from 1967 aswell one of the best.

22:22 Oh no

Honestly though, Be Prepared is on my list of Top 5 villain songs.

It’s soooo good! I had the cassette tape soundtrack and alllll the gear 😂

A similar movie is "The Land Before Time" from 1988. It's also animated and deals with some of the same themes as Lion King, except it's about dinosaurs.

My mother always laughs when I play Circle of Life 🤣

Great reaction! If you like animations then, please, consider *Bambi* (1942) and *Watership Down* (1978).

2:13 ... -"We're here to worship our future king!!!" -Why he look at us as we were some Happy Meals?" -"... Well, shit"

Another great reaction Dasha. I saw this in the cinema when it came out and has seen the stage production of it. I still like this movie after all this time.

Hard to believe this is your first time watching this movie

Keep up the great work Dasha!

My favourite movie from this era was Hercules.

Dasha - Please now watch Reversal of Fortune in which Jeremy Irons (Scar) repeats a line from Lion King in responds to someone who also repeats a line from Lion King. (Actually, I think Reversal of Fortune came out first but, you know what I mean).

Those were wild-beasts that were in the stampede

Fun fact theres a part 2

I grew up watching this all the time