100111 -- Run, Simba, Run, Simba
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memorialrainbowRaise your hand if you don't remember The Lion King.
Okay, now that we've singled out absolutely nobody, let's continue. XD
I'd wanted to see The Lion King in 3D ever since it was announced...not because it was a new movie, but I wanted to see what they did with the 3D element of it. That and nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. Dylan and I finally worked it out so we could go, and we went last night. We sat in the theater, watching the young cub Simba as he grew up. I'd seen the movie moderately recently (I have the VHS), so I now got all of the jokes I didn't before, but the movie presented itself in a dramatic that it hadn't before. I could identify better with the element between Mufasa and Simba. There's just something about the bond between father and son that I can tell better now that I can see it in my own life -- not with me, but with, say, my dad and my brother. Then Timon and Pumbaa get on screen and tell Simba that life is about 'no worries.'
And I turn to God and I'm like, "Ok, this is one of THOSE movies now?"
I hate and love it when I see myself in movies. I could draw parallels to Simba running away from not only his past, but his destiny. Since he is Mufasa's son, he has been chosen, regardless of his own wants and needs, to be the king. That is his job, given to him by destiny, or in our sense, God. But considering the circumstances of his past and the lies he's been told, Simba stays away from his destiny. He's trained himself to shy away from any memory, to live the 'hakuna matata,' who cares lifestyle.
Of course, destiny/God sends people our way to shake us up, to remind us of what we're supposed to be doing. Nala, and then Rafiki, found their way to Simba to knock some sense into him (literally!). With Rafiki's help, Simba was able to honestly realize that he wasn't doing the right thing. And come on, if your Father came in a vision to tell you what to do, wouldn't you listen?
When Simba told Scar, "Everything you ever told me was a lie," that's when the tears started. I didn't want to cry. But that one line hit way too close to home. I watched as Simba stood up and fought for his destiny, fought for what was important to him. Rather than running away anymore, he got moving. He left that very night. And when it was all over, he climbed to the top of Pride Rock and I started bawling my eyes out. Climbing up a huge slope is rough. There will be rains in your face, rocks in your path. Life will be hard, but this is what you're supposed to be doing. This is your destiny. It's all come full circle, no pun intended.
It's honestly what I'm doing right now. And now, I have one more thing to remind me of what I'm supposed to be doing.
Thanks, Dad.
Okay, now that we've singled out absolutely nobody, let's continue. XD
I'd wanted to see The Lion King in 3D ever since it was announced...not because it was a new movie, but I wanted to see what they did with the 3D element of it. That and nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. Dylan and I finally worked it out so we could go, and we went last night. We sat in the theater, watching the young cub Simba as he grew up. I'd seen the movie moderately recently (I have the VHS), so I now got all of the jokes I didn't before, but the movie presented itself in a dramatic that it hadn't before. I could identify better with the element between Mufasa and Simba. There's just something about the bond between father and son that I can tell better now that I can see it in my own life -- not with me, but with, say, my dad and my brother. Then Timon and Pumbaa get on screen and tell Simba that life is about 'no worries.'
And I turn to God and I'm like, "Ok, this is one of THOSE movies now?"
I hate and love it when I see myself in movies. I could draw parallels to Simba running away from not only his past, but his destiny. Since he is Mufasa's son, he has been chosen, regardless of his own wants and needs, to be the king. That is his job, given to him by destiny, or in our sense, God. But considering the circumstances of his past and the lies he's been told, Simba stays away from his destiny. He's trained himself to shy away from any memory, to live the 'hakuna matata,' who cares lifestyle.
Of course, destiny/God sends people our way to shake us up, to remind us of what we're supposed to be doing. Nala, and then Rafiki, found their way to Simba to knock some sense into him (literally!). With Rafiki's help, Simba was able to honestly realize that he wasn't doing the right thing. And come on, if your Father came in a vision to tell you what to do, wouldn't you listen?
When Simba told Scar, "Everything you ever told me was a lie," that's when the tears started. I didn't want to cry. But that one line hit way too close to home. I watched as Simba stood up and fought for his destiny, fought for what was important to him. Rather than running away anymore, he got moving. He left that very night. And when it was all over, he climbed to the top of Pride Rock and I started bawling my eyes out. Climbing up a huge slope is rough. There will be rains in your face, rocks in your path. Life will be hard, but this is what you're supposed to be doing. This is your destiny. It's all come full circle, no pun intended.
It's honestly what I'm doing right now. And now, I have one more thing to remind me of what I'm supposed to be doing.
Thanks, Dad.
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Date: 2011-10-02 08:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-02 08:37 pm (UTC)*shakes her head in crazy disbelief*
Nuts, man. Nuts.
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Date: 2011-10-05 05:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-04 09:58 pm (UTC)But I don't know if I ever would've thought to identify with him. I'm glad you put that thought into my head, along with the reminder not to run away but to face forward to get to where we need to be. Methinks I need to watch this movie again; if not in theaters, then perhaps at home if/when the kids get it on DVD.
I don't know what kind of direction I need to be going in or what I'll be moving towards, but I do know I'm going somewhere. Hopefully in time I'll know what/where that is. ^ ^