by TheLionPrince » May 21st, 2014, 1:30 am
There is no doubt that the comedy outweighs the drama in the film. However, it depends on how you define what's full-on comedic and full-on dramatic because there are scenes like the tunnel-digging climax and Timon leaving the colony where there was a mixture of both.
The dramatic scenes (in my opinion) are the hyenas' attack on the meerkat colony, the aftermath of the attack, Timon's decision to leave the colony, the "Friends stick together to the end" scene, Timon and Pumbaa arguing over whether to help Simba, Timon and Pumbaa making up in the desert, the ending portion of the climax where Ma thinks Timon is dead. I'm not sure if Timon bringing his colony into the jungle can be defined as drama, but if you define drama as the "feelings and relationships" of the characters, then it counts.
All the comedic scenes (in my opinion) are most of the theater scenes, the "Everything the light touches" parody, the "Circle of Life" parody, Timon knocking down the animal tower, Timon and Pumbaa in the Elephant Graveyard, both of them in Scar's lair, the stampede, cub Simba waking up Timon, the snail slurping contest, the hot tub scene, Timon and Pumbaa trying to break up Simba and Nala, Rafiki "helping" Timon, and Timon and Pumbaa stalling time for Ma and Uncle Max during the climax.
Other scenes were either musical numbers ("That's All I Need", "Diggah Tunnah" reprise) and exposition ("Diggah Tunnah", Uncle Max teaching Timon sentry duty).
By my estimates, there were eight dramatic scenes, and thirteen comedic scenes. So, the movie is more comedic than dramatic.