Disney knows how to sell stuffed animals to children and capture the hearts of adults with stories of love and loss. but this time it doesn’t matter what disasters befall these cute as button cubs trying to escape ghost lions and an eternally wrathful mother nature… What money lessons do we learn from Mufasa and Taka’s adventures in the wild Savannah
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Dear Disney, no matter how eye-opening and heartbreaking the cliffhangers (literally!) you can create in the name of adventure, know that people will compare the sheer joy of the original animated film. Imagine how scared children might get when they see snarling lions fighting to prove their ‘alpha’ status in proud National Geographic style instead of animation. Furthermore, the heartbreaking consequences of a little cub’s adventurous nature in the original animation involved crying in the grass… Here the banishment feels much more terrible. Not something you would want to explain to the kids… I wish someone had stopped senior management from being blinded by the high tech and stayed focused on the one true North: making kids laugh and adults cry with the story …Why try to fix something that isn’t broken?
As an investor, it is recommended that you keep an eye on your portfolio so that you don’t miss an opportunity to get rid of non-performing assets or slow-growing investments in favor of new, better offerings. But if your portfolio is working well and you have no reason to cause turmoil in your portfolio, count your blessings and don’t chase flashy stocks just because others are doing so.
Be aware of friends becoming enemies
Mufasa is the hero of the story, we all know that, but if you watch the movie we see how his best friend Taka could turn into his enemy number one. That’s how stories are written, unfortunately: the hero always gets the girl. so it’s only natural that Taka can’t tell Kiara that he’s fallen for her. And Queen Eshe encourages Mufasa to spend time with all the female lions too… You remember how Scar is mean to Mufasa in the original movie, right? Well, the seeds of hatred have been sown here… And for some reason I thought it was justified too…
As an investor, it is best not to invest for your friend. You can introduce your money manager to them, but other than that, it’s best to diplomatically admit that anything more could get in the way of your friendship… right?
I wish Disney had released this movie on Netflix. It would have been a wonderful distraction from the vanilla Christmas meal. We could have totally passed on the scary-realistic Pumba!
Manisha Lakhe is a poet, film critic, traveler and founder of Caferati – an online writers’ forum, hosts Mumbai’s oldest open mic, and teaches advertising, films and communications. She can be reached on Twitter at @manishalakhe.
