Disney Sequels OMG!!

Hey everybody,

Just trying to make up for the three weeks that I have been gone.  I have some news for you all.  Remember my rant about the Little Mermaid 2 (LM2).  Well let me give the my history with the movie.  You see, I loved the first film.  I loved the aquatic environment, the fluid animation, and the some of the main characters.  As I stated before I did not like Ariel's personality (see previous blogs for why not).  But Ursula was so freaking awesome, and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" is still one of the best villain songs ever.

The first time I ever saw the movie was with my sister when I was about six years old, and when I heard there was going to be a sequel, I was so excited.  I remember watching the trailer, and my first thoughts were that the animation seemed a bit choppy.  I didn't care.  I kept thinking about what new plot they were going to come up with?  Who was going to be the main villain?  Would the villain have a kickass song like Ursula?  I remember my mom took me to Toys R Us, and I held the film in my hands.  I loved the "idea" of the film so much that my aunt bought the LM2 Melody Doll (which is now one of the most rare dolls in existence; seriously, the doll is like over $500 now).  I remember rushing home to watch it, and when I finished watching it I was completely DISAPPOINTED.

You can read my rant about it in the previous blog.  The reason why I am posting this is to sympathize with all those kids who remember the films from the Disney Renaissance, and the fact that that they were happy to see the sequels (until they watched them).

The only "good" (and I say this rarely) Disney sequel that I can remember is "Lion King 2: Simba's Pride."  Ok, I know it's flawed, but it has a consistent story, good music, fluid animation (for the most part), and good voice acting.  I personally thought that Neve Campbell was the perfect choice to voice Kiara.  She has this soft, innocent voice that conveys the awkwardness and naiveness of the character.  For LM2, I did NOT like Tara Strong (then Tara Chendroff) as the voice of Melody.  Her voice was just way too high and annoying.  Don't get me wrong,  I love Tara Strong.  My favorite Tara Strong character is Raven from Teen Titans.  She's awesome, but this role was not meant for her.

And yes I do own both of these films, but if I had to choose I would totally incinerate LM2 into ashes.  I really do like Lion King 2.  I will not do a review on it.  You all can watch the Cinematic Nutcase's review of it on YouTube or Blip.tv.

Thank for reading.

I'm the Movie Rant Reviewer.  I rant about it, because no one else will.