The Lion King 1½
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King (1994) from their own perspective.
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"This is a straight-to-video movie, so it should go without saying that it's not going to rival the first Lion King, but that said, this was downright good. My kids loved this, but that's a given, they love anything that's a cartoon. The big shock was that *I* liked it too, it was laugh out loud funny at some parts (even the fart jokes*), had lots of rather creative tie-ins with the first movie, and even some jokes that you had to be older to understand (but without being risqué like in Shrek ["do you think he's compensating for something?"]). A special note on t..."
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While "The Lion King" is inspired by "Hamlet," this film clearly takes inspiration from the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," which features the events of "Hamlet" through the eyes of two minor characters.
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Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King (1994) from their own perspective.