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Beauty and the beast vs Lion King

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:00 pm
by Tim
I Think "Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" are the 2 bets classics ever. but witch one do you think that is the best? and on witch place are they.
I think Beauty and the beast is the best:
1: Beauty and the beast
2: Lion King

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:27 pm
by Jack
I love TLK, but I have to go with Beauty and the Beast. I think its a perfect movie.

Good poll idea, BTW. Should be a close race.

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:48 pm
by Tangela
They are both extremely boring films in my opinion, but I have to choose one of them, I guess I'll go with The Lion King, which is, I guess less annoying than Beauty and the Beast.

:)

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:52 pm
by Jens
Wow Tangela, you are really weird :P Not because you aren't going with the "general flow", it's because you can't see the greatness in these movies. These movies are like 1000 times better than "The Rescuers" (oops! :lol:). Anyway, I voted for TLK, I can watch that movie all over again without getting bored :) It's a masterpiece!

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:12 pm
by karlsen
There are many movies that are as great as those two that you mentioned. 8)

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:17 pm
by Disneykid
Beauty and the Beast, hands down. Anyone who thinks this or The Lion King is boring must not have a very long attention span...

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:28 pm
by Squirrel
Used to, I would've said Beauty and the Beast (as being the better of the two), but now ... after seeing The Lion King again (thanks to the DVD), I have to say: The Lion King. They're both good, though.

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 6:36 pm
by AwallaceUNC
Lion King, but only barely.

-Aaron

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:09 pm
by Tangela
Jens wrote:Wow Tangela, you are really weird :P Not because you aren't going with the "general flow", it's because you can't see the greatness in these movies. These movies are like 1000 times better than "The Rescuers" (oops! :lol:). Anyway, I voted for TLK, I can watch that movie all over again without getting bored :) It's a masterpiece!
Yeah? Well guess what? I literally watch The Rescuers up to three time every single day and you know what? I always feel that I can't wait to see it again, The Lion King, however, is played at my house about once every three weeks, and Beauty and the Beast has barely been out of it's case since it was given to me.

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 11:01 pm
by Loomis
Tangela wrote:Yeah? Well guess what? I literally watch The Rescuers up to three time every single day and you know what? I always feel that I can't wait to see it again...
:o You do know that there are other movies, right? :P

I think it is unfair comparing those two films, because they were very different in scope and tone.

Beauty and the Beast starts of like a light opera, before turning a little darker and then becoming a love story with a simple, yet effective, conflict.

The Lion King makes it clear from the start that it seeks to be epic in scope, and opens up with a "showstopper". LK is truly epic in scope, covering the LIFE of Simba and his personal journey and character arc.

Both have great animation that pushed the envelope in different ways, both have great tunes and both are genuine masterpieces of modern animation.

So there are cases for both films. Personally, I go through moods. As I said, for a pure epic dramatic piece, you can't go wrong with LK. For a love story, B&tB IS the classic love story (with Romeo and Juliet being the other contender).

I enjoy both equally, but in very different ways.

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:30 am
by MickeyMousePal
Both The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast are very good movies.
This is hard to decide both movies have wonderful plots and story lines along with great music and both romantic movies this is very hard.
I'll say The Lion King is better then Beauty and the Beast.
I own both on DVD and VHS and highly recommend to get if you don't own them. :wink:

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:55 pm
by Cressida
This one was hard! I like both movies so much but somehow I just had to vote for Lion King. It is little bit better. :pink:

1. Lion King
2. Beauty and the Beast

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:53 pm
by DreamerQ18
Both good movies but with out question Beauty and the Beast is the best!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:26 am
by Kim Olav Svines
I voted for Lion King. in BATB, the Beast really bugs me. They could've made him more likeable. I know, he's cursed and pretty bummed, but stil... that's no reason to act like a [insert what you prefer]hole. The whole time while watching the movie, I just kept thinking Belle should just flip him the bird, and walk away. I myself, would never have tolerated sich a behaviour.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:33 am
by Satoshi
Beauty and the Beast by far.

But it's losing in the poll, nooo! :(

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:15 pm
by Bway232
It has always been and will always be "Beauty & the Beast." Great movie, and made into an even greater Broadway musical.

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:10 am
by Son of the Morning
Hahaha... I just tied the vote.

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:05 pm
by Lumiere
The two movies are great but Beauty and the Beast its like awsome!!

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:11 pm
by Uncle Remus
i like the Lion King. i thought it was a good movie. but BatB is the only animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture and that is interesting.

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:04 pm
by lord-of-sith
Both films have extremely strong points. But I like Beauty better. I'll give it the edge. But it's a close race.