On Sunday, we were invited to the screening of The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar.
Intrigued by the name? Sounds familiar?
I’ll give you a clue – The Circle of Life…
Yes, Disney is bringing to your small screens Simba and his pride with all your favourite Lion King characters and a few more in
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
In preparation for the film, we saw and watched all the films in The Lion King series – The Lion King, The Lion King II – Simba’s Pride and The Lion King III – Hakuna Matata on Disney Life
A little bit about the The Lion Guard as we saw it…
The Lion King II – Simba’s Pride saw Chiara take up her role as future queen of the tribe. The Lion Guard takes you back a bit to when Chiara was younger and introduces us to her younger brother Kion – a cheeky lion with a mohawk mane is set with the task of preserving the Pride Lands and hence maintaining the Circle of Life.
The Lion Guard used to be a group of lions known for their fierceness, bravery, speed, strength and keeness of eye (there’s a twist here) but Kion breaks this tradition and chooses his friends who to his knowledge display these virtues to the hilt. Together with Bunga the honey badger, Fuli the cheetah, Beshte the hippo and Ono the egret, Kion must show this father, Simba that he has made the right choice.
So when the pack of hyenas under Janja decide to attack the pride lands, it is up to the Lion Guard to defend the Circle of Life. Are Kion and his friends up to it?
I don’t want to spoil things for you so I’m not going to let on any more. Let me just add that this television movie is a lovely addition to the Lion King series of films and the fact that it will be continuing in the form of a television series means that we will continue to have our fill of these lovable animals.
The film has all the fun and music that the other films in the series have and we loved it. The animation was amazing and it was great to be taken back to the Pride Lands and the world of Simba and his friends. Yes, Timon and Pumba feature too. I would so love to tell you ALL about it but I think you need to watch it for yourself. Needless to say the children and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
We saw the film on Sunday but we look forward to watching it again on the 8th of February when it will air on Disney Junior at 5.30 pm. And then we will be eagerly awaiting the start of the series in April. I’m as excited as the children but Disney seems to do that to me. 🙂
Have you watched all films in The Lion King series?
This sounds lovely! I’ve only seen the first Lion King movie – I didn’ t know there was a series of them. I’ll have to check them out 🙂
There are 3 of them in the Lion King Series of films and now there’s this out on Disney Junior in February. I love the Lion King. 🙂 Thanks for linking up. xx
We really enjoyed it!