The Lion King

This movie has what I like to call the "Avatar Principle". The movie Avatar has a cliche moral with a done-to-death story and cardboard cutout characters. Despite that, the film draws you in with the world they create and how beautiful and creative it is. With the Lion King, the story is also one we know, the characters ones we've seen before, and the associated cliches we come to expect in a Disney movie(the comic relief sidekicks, death of a family member, ec.). But GOOD GOD, the world it creates is gorgeous! The animation is amazing, the African scenery is beautiful, and the epic scope is fantastic. The music, is absolutely perfect. The songs by Elton John, the orchestra by Han Zimmer, that amazing African choir, it all sets the mood so amazingly. So even though this movie has more cliches than I can count on my fingers, I still consider it my favorite Disney movie.