Review of The Jungle Book 2 (2003) by Forestwolfy — 03 Oct 2017

I loved the original Jungle Book film that I watched as a child and adult. So much so I thought I could take a look of this sequel created by Disneytoon Studios. However as I watched it, I was not impressed.

The story is unoriginal, pointless, lackluster, and predictable. Even the plot is reminiscent to the original, making the film less entertaining and flat. The personalities of every character in the sequel were hammered down just for the sequel.

The music is also unoriginal and cringy, making the songs unlistenable. The Bare Necessities was played 4 times without a point and that made me sick. Mowgli and Shanti doesn't look like they are really into each other as boyfriend and girlfriend because he had still cared much about the jungle where he grew up with the wolves, which is heartbreaking.

Also they never kissed in the movie, which was very disappointing because I was expecting for them to have a real close relationship for each other after Shanti purposely brought Mowgli into the man village with her stalking girl eyes from the last movie.

Now the worst of all this is that the film is INDEED pointless. Disney's Disneytoon Studios never inteneded to make this movie to smile their audience or entertain them. They just did it only to get over $100 M, in which that was surprising, giving that the original movie was also successful.

But I think it's best for this movie to NOT be made, or maybe it would've been re-written as an animated short by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Because if it was an animated short film, it would've been a better, well-written, joyful, purposely entertaining, appealing, and fun short film sequel with Mowgli and Shanti having a stronger and close relationship.

Despite all the negatives I can find in The Jungle Book 2, I do have the positives to give out. The voice acting was surprisingly great for most characters in the film, and the animation was top-notched for modern day traditional animation similar to Walt Disney Animation Studios' animation style.

But that's really all the positives I can give to this movie. Overall, this movie is a waste of time and you better think twice before you watch it because you won't like this one. Just always watch the original and/or the new remake that was equally pleasing and fun as the original.

**** Disney sequels and this one.