~*The Lion King*~

July 19th is coming, and I have no chill!!!

It has been a long time since I have been this excited for a movie. Especially a remake, but The Lion King has been in my heart since it first debut in 1994.  Ever since the first time I heard “The Circle of Life”, and watched baby Simba be brought up high over the pride lands and presented to the Kingdom in the now iconic scene, this movie has held a very special place in my heart.

I’m looking forward to all the CGI effects and hearing Beyonce bring Nala back to life. As some people have come to say, she really was born for this part and fits perfectly into the role.

The Lion King was the first Disney animated feature to be an original story, rather than be based on an already existing work. The filmmakers have said that the story of The Lion King was inspired by the lives of Joseph and Moses, from the Bible, and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Like the play, in The Lion King Simba, the main protagonist, is faced with the loss of his father who was killed by his power hungry uncle. Simba is then forced to battle his uncle for control over their kingdom, just as Hamlet does.

The Lion King sends important messages regarding friendship, love, and hope.

 

 

 

 

Pokémon!

Gotta Catch Em All!

If you are anything like myself, you just sang that line in your head.
(This is the nerd/geek in me coming out in full force)

Pokémon became a very large part of my childhood in 1998, when it first reached Canada. The franchise began in Japan in 1995.

That year, and many after, I spent the better part of my time collecting cards, having battles with my friends, and watching episode after episode of this beloved series.

It probably helped that I lived in a very small town with not much to do, but we spent our time keeping ourselves busy and out of our parents hair playing this. After a time the Gameboy Colour came out and we would spend our hours between playing cards and taking turns playing the game on the lovely Nintendo handheld. Don’t get me started on how much we loved the Pokémon Master Trainer Board game.

Now, the sad part in this story is that I grew up and got rid of my old Pokémon cards, which like many other people, regret to this day. I don’t know what it is about these cards though that keep me coming back. Maybe the nostalgia of a less complicated time.

To this day there is something very therapeutic about opening a booster pack of cards and sorting through them order of types, and putting them in protective sleeves.

For me, the only other things in my childhood that I immensely enjoyed would have been Disney and Harry Potter.

My Monday Motivation in this little story is that things were good then, and they will be good again. Find something that you enjoy, no matter how old you are, have a hobby. This may seem like something for kids, but this franchise has been around for 24 years, so I believe that this is for all ages. The ones who began with Pokémon have all grown up now and new generations have come to love the cute imaginative creatures just as much as we have.

For me, I am lucky my children love Pokémon has much as I did growing up, and now I have a little excuse to have Pokémon around the house. Even if I didn’t have children, I would still have the cards because they bring a sense of calm to me when I just need to unwind. Again, I know how nerdy this is sounding. In the back of my head I ca  hear it.

“She organizes cards for fun. Someone has issues.”

Well there are people out there who collect dead bugs for fun. To each their own.

Keep your inner child alive!