I've seen the sequel to Disney's Brother Bear and it was.....meh.I absolutely loved the first movie. The music was fantastic, Phil Collins is a genius, and the story was one I would read if it were novelized. The art and color were fantastic, especially the scenes with the "Great Spirits".
However, the sequel did not live up to the first. The drawing lacked, and there were no more fantastic colors or effects. The music was not Phil Collins and so it was not even done in the same style as the first, which makes no sense to me since sequels should demand continuity. The music was fine but it didn't seem to fit with the style of the film, the previous movie's music matched every mood down to the expressions of the character's faces.
I'm dissappointed to see yet another sequel by Disney be unsuccessful. What is it with them? Why can't they make a good sequel? They make great movies, but as soon as they try to continue them it all goes downhill.
Toy Story2 was great, but it's more PIXAR than them so it doesn't really count, but Mulan 2 bombed, so did Hunchback 2 and Cinderella 2.
The only Lion King sequel that was great was Lion King 1 1/2, and probably because it was the same story, AND animators, as the first only from a different point-of-view.
I haven't seen "The Return of Jafar" in years but the other sequels I remember were horrible as well.
I will never understand why if they create such beautiful stories and movies the first time around, they can't repeat that.
Brother Bear 2, thumbs down. C'mon Disney...
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the reason their sequels suck is because the originals are usually based on a pre-existing story. Some sort of base material. And that base material is already known to be a good story, even before disney touches it. But their sequels are ironically made from nothing? These original stories don't have sequels so disney has to pull a whole new story right out of its butt. Also, because they don't CARE about the sequels. Their sequels are only meant to cash in on the fame of the first movie. They have a whole division of the company dedicated just to sequels. And they always sell. They'll continue to make lousy sequels until people start voting with their wallets and STOP BUYING THE DAMN SEQUELS! but that'll never happen because people are stupid.
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