I probably shouldn't post here, but I think this topic is safe so... I'm going to give it a go.
Everyone probably knows by now that I rather like SP, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to criticize it.
So there's something I've always wondered. So during the "Not One of Us" sequence, or whatever you want to call it, Kiara protests Simba's decision and tries to run forward and two lionesses jump out to block her.
Yeah, these two.
But after a little while of listening to the other animals singing and watching Kovu run away, they suddenly seem to be exhausted and their bodies just suddenly can't lean down in Kiara's path anymore, and then she gets past them.
They look pained as they lean up, like she forced them aside or something. But she was just standing there, looking and sounding upset and frustrated, not pushing against them or anything. After she "defeats" these two, another duo jump into her path. Based on those pictures, she could have gone around them, so they weren't ever really in her way, just an inconvenience, and that makes it all the more strange.
So, firstly, since she apparently couldn't walk around them, I wonder why didn't she just jump over them, she's shown to be able to jump rather well in the final battle scene, so why not jump over these two gals? And secondly... why did they stand up? Did they suddenly realize that there was nothing she could do even if they didn't block her path? What happened there? And why did they make it look like it was taking a lot of effort to stand in her way? I mean crouching like that for a quadruped isn't exactly difficult.