Movie of the Week: 12-09-2008

Every week over on TV Media Nation, we have a movie of the week. Members write down what movie they would like everyone to watch, then we work through the list of films and each week we have a new movie to watch and you can talk about it with your friends. This weeks movie is:

Aladdin (1992)



Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil Jafar (the sultan's advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up in Jafar's plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp. Legend has it that only a person who is a "diamond in the rough" can retrieve the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fight that description, but that's not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince.

IMDB Page

Rating: 7.7/10

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The Lion King (1994)



Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

A young lion prince is born in Africa, thus making his uncle Scar the second in line to the throne. Scar plots with the hyenas to kill King Mufasa and Prince Simba, thus making himself King. The King is killed and Simba is led to believe by Scar that it was his fault, and so flees the kingdom in shame. After years of exile he is persuaded to return home to overthrow the usurper and claim the kingdom as his own thus completing the "Circle of Life".

IMDB Page

Rating: 8.1/10

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