Das Dschungelbuch 2 (2003)

Das Dschungelbuch 2: Directed by Steve Trenbirth. With John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk. Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he’s in by going back to the wild.

“I was pretty entertained by this sequel. What I found most impressive was the excellent voice-over work. I have gone back and checked what the deal was and found it very interesting that both the Winnie the Pooh crews (new and old) were very much involved in the Jungle Books.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKaa the snake was my main interest, being done by the same voice over guy who now does Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings). Just as the original Kaa the snake, Sterling Holloway, was also the same guy who did the original Winnie voice .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe other was the Black Panther, Bageera, originally done by Mr. French of Family Affair, the great Sebastian Cabot… now being done so well by Bob Joles who also narrates the Winnie series these days, just as Mr Cabot did in his day. Haley Joel Osment did a fantastic job of being Mowgli as well. John Goodman… good I guess… but the original Phil Harris just had that fluid jazz scat thing DOWN. So Baloo just isnt as cool as he used to be. No offense John, I seriously canu0026#39;t think of anyone who could have done better. But sometimes greatness is just great, and canu0026#39;t be duplicated. Nice try though.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSure the story wasnu0026#39;t really all that rivoting, the animation wasnu0026#39;t as full or rich in color. And no King Louis, but then again… the elephant marching army and the Beatles Buzzards were so great and are back again.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJungle Book was a great classic, certainly my favorite of all Disney animations… but Jungle Book 2 is certainly worth seeing for the next bunch of little guys who need that Disney fix.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have to agree with another critic in here… they should have spent a little more time and added a few more minutes of something. 70 minutes… and 15 of it in shadow puppet credits… stop short changing the Disney legacy with trying to reissue a cheaper version of the actual foundation that Disney was built on. Walt is shedding a few tears where ever he is.(actually I guess he sheds ice cubes, isnu0026#39;t he frozen somewhere?) Eisner, get with the program already.”