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| The Jungle Book 2 | 
| Director: Steve Trenbirth
Actors: John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk, Bob Joles
Studio: Walt Disney Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 31783
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Running Time: 72 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
UPC: 786936155020
EAN: 0786936155020
ASIN: B00008Y47T
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2003
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: no artwork, comes in case, plays great ~B
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 Getting with the Jungle Rhythm April 21, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well! I LOVED this movie and there are several reasons why. Before I go into them, let me give you a brief summary of the film.
The Plot:
This movie takes place about a month or two after the original one ended. Mowgli has been adopted by a nice family and has a new little brother, Ranjan, who idolizes Mowgli for his life spent in the jungle. The movie opens up with Mowgli telling his new family and new best friend, Shanti, about his former life in the jungle through a puppet show. As he gets to the part where he fought Shere Khan, the ferocious tiger, Ranjan decides to put his own twist on the story and in doing so, manages to destroy the set and embarrass Shanti in the process. Ranjan's comment that, "Shanti blinked her big, beautiful, brown eyes at you. And you follow her into our village," prompts Shanti to turn red and deny she did anything of the sort. This prompts a little argument between Mowgli and Shanti, forcing Mowgli's father to break it up by revealing that his wife used the same trick on him. Shanti then makes fun of Mowgli before leaving and Mowgli tells Shanti to "watch out for Shere Khan on your way home." Shanti dismisses his warning by retorting that, "You and your stories. Everyone knows tigers don't come into the village." With that, she leaves. But Mowgli soon finds that his theory is right when Shere Khan comes back, seeking revenge against Mowgli for what Mowgli did to him.
Meanwhile, Mowgli still misses his jungle friends and they miss him. Baloo, especially. Baloo wants to bring Mowgli back to the jungle, but Bagheera won't hear it. He tells Baloo that Mowgli belongs with his own kind. Baloo disagrees and sneaks off to visit Mowgli. Meanwhile back in the village, Mowgli and Ranjan spend their day teasing Shanti and playing on her fear of the jungle and especially of tigers. But Shanti's fear is tested when Baloo is successful in whisking Mowgli back to the jungle and Shanti must save him. She is accompanied by Ranjan who wants to find Mowgli too. They encounter Kaa, who is searching for a snack and almost has one, but Ranjan stops him right when he is about to eat Shanti by hitting the snake over the head with a stick. Mowgli and Shanti are soon reunited again and must face Shere Khan together. The movie ends on a good note and not only does Shanti face her fear, but Mowgli is able to have the best of both worlds. He is able to visit his jungle friends and remain in the village with his family and Shanti, who he discovers he cares for-a lot.
The Music:
This movie had some good songs and even though the Bear Necessities was reprised three times, it was still a good song for the movie. There are also two new songs that add to the movie's greatness as well. "The Jungle Rhythm", which is sung by Mowgli and his new friends in the village. This song is one of my favorites because it's really catchy and really jazzy. Mowgli sings this song to show Shanti, Ranjan and his other new friends just how happening the jungle life is. His plan almost succeeds until Shanti sees what he's trying to do and gets him grounded by accident. The other new song is "W-Y-L-D", which is sung by Baloo and several animals in the jungle. This song is not one of my favorites, only because I liked "I Wanna Be Like You" a lot more. Other than that, the instrumental score was really an attention grabber. And I also enjoyed the first and last version of "The Bear Necessities".
Musical Extras:
The DVD also has some deleted songs that you can enjoy too. The first song is called "I've Got You Beat". This song was originally done by Mowgli and Shanti as a sort of competition to see what was better. The jungle life or life in the village. Although I didn't' like the version the DVD showed, I LOVE the version on the soundtrack. The other song which is one of my absolute favorites is called "Braver". It was supposed to be in the movie, but it never made it in because the producers and writers of the movie thought the song would give too much away of Shanti. In my opinion, I think they made a huge mistake in not putting this song into the movie. It's on the soundtrack, but I like the deleted version on the DVD a whole lot better. I guess it's because I LOVE Shanti and she is my favorite character next to Mowgli, and Bagheera. I love the way they developed her character and I really think Mae Whitman brings Shanti to life and she portrays her very well. The reason I think "Braver" should have been in the movie is because it's a really pretty song and Shanti has a very pretty singing voice. The other reason is that it showed how much Shanti was willing to risk for Mowgli. She was willing to risk her fear to find him, which I think is a perfect example of what friendship really is.
The humor in this movie was easy to see too. The humorous parts for me were when Kaa, the snake, kept getting beat up. But my favorite Kaa scene was where Ranjan hits him over the head when he is trying to eat Shanti. And then after Shanti snaps out of her trance and tells Ranjan to stop, he gives Kaa another whack before doing as Shanti says! I find that totally hilarious! The other thing I really liked about the movie was the one liners between Shanti and Mowgli. I especially love the scene where Mowgli makes Shanti fall into the river and drop her water jug. The look on her face and the way she growled at him was priceless!
In conclusion I really think anyone who has seen Jungle Book, should really pick up this movie. It's a really good one and I even think it's better than the original. So get with the Jungle Rhythm and join Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, Baloo, Bagheera, Kaa, Shere Khan and all their friends for another adventure full of humor, friendship and learning where you belong.
Favorite Scene:
Mowgli (to Shanti): Well, keep your eyes and ears open and always watch your back, or the last sound you'll hear is... (Ranjan jumps out of the bushes and roars. Shanti screams and falls into the river, dropping her water jug.) When does the tiger roar?
Shanti: You're horrible! Horrible, stinky boys! Come on, Ranjan. He's a bad influence. (They walk into the village.) Now, don't move. That wasn't very nice you know.
(Ranjan growls like a tiger.)
Shanti: Stop that! You're not a jungle boy.
Ranjan: Why are you so ascared of the jungle?
Shanti: Because it's dangerous.
Ranjan: Dangerwis? But Mowgli says...
Shanti: You shouldn't listen to everything Mowgli says.
Ranjan: But I thought you like Mowgli.
Shanti: I do. I-I like Mowgli. I...I... (She turns around to see Mowgli standing there.)
Mowgli: You left this at the river. (Hands Shanti her water jug back.)
Shanti: Thank you.
Ranjan: She's in a bad mood.
Mowgli: Hey, Ranjan, want to see a little trick I learned in the jungle?
(Ranjan nods and Mowgli lassos some fruit down off a tree.)
Ranjan: That's a pretty neat trick.
Shanti: Well, here's a little trick I learned, right here at home.
(She does the same thing, but manages to get the whole lot of fruit down.)
Ranjan: Wow! That's a neater trick!
Shanti: Like I said, Ranjan, don't listen to him.
 Eh....it's alright. April 20, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It seems like Disney can't keep their greedy little fingers off any original Disney film. They had already come out with a few sequels....namely "The Little Mermaid 2", "Peter Pan 2", and "Pocahontas 2", so it was only fitting that "The Jungle Book 2" would be next in line.
I have to admit that this movie wasn't horrible, but it wasn't the greatest either. The main plot/storyline is this: Mowgli misses life in the jungle, and it shows not only in his songs, but in his stories also. Baloo misses his little "man cub" too, so one night, he decides to "kidnap" Mowgli and take him back to the jungle. The upside is that both Baloo and Mowgli are happy again. The downside is that Mowgli's two new villiage friends -- Shanti and Ranjan -- miss him, and go out in the jungle to look for him. The story turns into a two-way tie....following the adventures of both Shanti and Ranjan, and Mowgli and Baloo. In the end, Mowgli realizes that his heart lies in the man villiage.
The animation seemed kinda so-so in my opinion. They obviously did their best to copy the original animation, and they achieved it in a way that I think was ok, but not great.
The voice acting was superb. John Goodman did a pretty good (but not great) Baloo, Haley Joel Osment presents himself nicely as young Mowgli, and Jim Cummings does a wonderful job of portraying the sly and sinister thoughts of Kaa the snake. (I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Cummings once when I was about 8-10 yrs. old, actually. Nice guy.)
All-in-all, it's a film that'll keep the kids on their toes clapping and laughing, but will have the parents waiting for it to end. *wink* It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that great either. I gave it three stars because I'm a "kid at heart", and I enjoyed it. *smile*
 Where is the old hunter Buldeo? March 10, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The best of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories took place in the man village because that's where Mowgli meets a superstitious old hunter named Buldeo. Buldeo claims that the tiger Shere Khan is supernatural, the ghost of a wicked old money lender. When Mowgli says that Shere Khan is only a very disagreeable tiger Buldeo threatens to spank our young hero.
When Buldeo learns that Mowgli has a vendetta with the tiger and a black panther as his personal body guard the old man tells the other villagers that Mowgli is a demon child who is able to turn himself from a boy to a wolf, and back to a boy at will. This is great story telling. But where is Buldeo? He isn't in the movie at all! It's like leaving the Wicked Witch out of the movie version of "The Wizard of Oz".
On a side note, in the Kipling stories the black panther Bagheera has a secret so shameful he can tell no one but Mowgli. Bagheera was born in a zoo, chained and keep in a cage for the amusement of men. But rather than blame Mowgli for the cruelty he suffered in captivity Bagheera sees the boy as a kindred spirit. They were both separated from their own kind at an early age. Once we have that bit of information the relationship between the boy and the panther makes sense. We are able to understand Bagheera's total devotion to the Mowgli. But the movie never explains that. I realize that the movie shouldn't follow the book completely. But since the book was so much richer the movie seemed like a let down.
 'Jungle Book 2' DVD (Walt Disney Studios) November 2, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Can the Walt Disney people still assemble a good animated movie or what?I've just recently even become aware of this sequel to the 1967(was it?)original.Well,THAT movie will always have a special place in my heart as I remember seeing it when it first came out when I was,like ten.The 'Jungle Book 2',I thought had a real good storyline and production.Most of the beloved jungle characters return here,like Baloo,Bagheera,Kaa,Sonny(the baby elephant),Shere Khan and the two vultures(did they even have names?).The animation is(as always,of course)top rate.My two favorite scenes were where Mowgli and Baloo step over to King Louie's temple to join everyone else for a memorable dance number while there were animals strutting their stuff on EVERY square inch of the temple's foundation and the dramatic/eerie scene where Mowgli,the girl and Baloo try to draw Shere Khan away by secretly banging on the temple's ancient gongs and the tiger ends up being trapped...(you'd have to see the movie yourself).Their remake of "The Bare Necessities" was good.A movie that the whole family could enjoy on especially a rainy night.By the way,whatever happened to King Louie?
my son love this movie October 15, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
My 2 1/2 year old son loves this movie. He dances and sings (and marches) with all the songs, and he loves the little boy. If you, as an adult, remember the original and are going to be annoyed about different voices, songs, etc., by all means, skip this one! But your kids will be missing out on a cute, fun movie. (To my son, this is an original!)
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