After the disaster known as The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, we were all convinced that The Lion King was dead. Then 2004 hit and we had The Lion King 1 1/2 Now we were kind of puzzled to see how this movie would turn out and oh my god! This movie was an undeniable masterpiece. The Lion King 1 1/2 is everything I want to see from an origin story, Nathan Lane fit the role of Timon He is so so good in this movie. And Ernie Sabella was a fantastic choice to play Pumbaa. He is so damn good in this movie. I thought Julie Kavner was brilliant in this movie as Timon's mom and even Jerry Stiller gave a great performance as Uncle Max. And Whoopi Goldberg gave a pretty good performance as Shenzi. The casting in this movie is all unbelievable. And one of the things that I loved about this movie is how it isn’t as big or fast paced as a whole bunch of other Disney Sequel movies. The film let us get to the comdey characters, I feel like the production and Cartoon design was outstanding, the cinematography was spectacular, the atmosphere was excellent, the casting choices were amazing, some of the visual effects were awesome, and it’s very difficult for me to pin point flaws with this movie.
The Lion King 1 1/2 Grade: A