My Lion King Forum

Altough I LOVE the Lion King 1,5 there's one thing that bothers me. In the first movie Rafiki says ''Yes, the past can hurt. But the ways I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.'' So he's actually saying Hakuna Matata is a bad thing. But in this movie he tells Timon ''Hakuna Matata''! I know Simba and Timon were in a different situation, but it still seemed a little hypocrite.

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I think it is difficult to compare the situations of Timon and Simba. Rafiki showed Timon that he wanted to find.

Simba should have another destination than it was when he lived with Timon and Pumbaa. And Rafiki wanted to show it to him.

But Timon wanted to change his life, which ultimately led to the fact that the entire colony of meerkats has a new life and he understood that he can't be alone. That is Rafiki was right again. So Hakuna Matata have done very good thing not only for Timon. And it is very appropriate to him.
In general, all have different destinies.

Great statement about both having different destinies, though eventually they ended up crossing paths and being part of the circle of life where everything is connected. Rafiki used Hakuna Matata as a bridge that not only led the meerkats to a danger-free life. It gave Timon the true meaning of the phrase. Friends stick together to the end. From my point of view at least