Let's talk about Lion King ripping off the story of Eddie Murphy's movie Coming to America

[UpAndComing]

Coming to America just came on TV, and I got to thinking

Lion King basically ripped off the entire storyline


- Akeem is a prince, who is heir to the throne... so was Simba

- Akeem was pampered growing up, never knew any adversity in his life, his wife already arranged for him... Simba grew up pampered, being followed by his father's assistant, his mate already arranged for him

- Akeem traveled to a land different to his home, to learn more about himself, see what he was made of. Simba went to a different village to learn about himself

- Akeem met his future bride when we went to a different land. Simba found Nala again when we was living in the different village


The father of Akeem was played by James Earl Jones
The Father of Simba, Mufasa, was played by James Earl Jones


The mother of Akeem was played Madge Sinclair
The mother of Simba was played by.... you guessed it... Madge Sinclair

But don't get it twisted, Lion King is still the Greatest movie of all time though

 

[jwinfield]

 

[Mastamimd]

Two of the Goats....best comedy best Disney cartoon

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Nah...but the lion king did rip off another film.

 

[Larry Lobster]

 

[1 other person]

I though most people knew where this story came from but i guess not. It's from a Mali legend.

Was "The Lion King" story based on the Mali legend of Sundiata? - Twin Cities Daily Planet

Sundiata Keita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[UpAndComing]

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

Inception is ripped off a old scrooge mcduck comic. nikkas is sharks b. nikkas bit off a nas shyt.

 

[Knuckles Red]

The Lion King finds inspiration from several different old stories the main one being The Odyssey.

 

[dennis roadman]

the bay area invented the lion king

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Two of my favorite movies

 

[Smoking With Cigarettes]

Here I was thinking it was a rip off of Macbeth or Hamlet or whatever that shakespare story was

 

[UpAndComing]

Two of the Goats....best comedy best Disney cartoon

Yupp. Eddie Murphy is probably the most underrated Actor of all time