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Agreed. I think the BB sequel had a good ending and really doesn't need another sequel (True, a good story to follow BB2 would be hard to write, but I think some people would make one anyways.)!

- Juuchan17

Haven't seen it yet. I really want to!

I don't think they should make a BB3. The second one ended it perfectly.

I hope they make one, after I saw BB 2 tonight! I want to see Nita and Kenai have a cub of their one, that would be awesome!

I have not yet seen BBear 2. It looks very unlike the first, and I really don't like the fact that somewho, Kenai suddenly knows this girl that he supposedly knew from the first film. But I have to admit the animation and music of the first was so good, I am deffinately willing to see this one! I know it's more of a random "Hey, let's make a sequel," I'm pretty sure they didn't plan a sequel to come after thefirst, but they made one anyway. But I will see it, it does look like an alright movie.

Well Kodiwolf, when you watch it, all of your questions will be answered!

(You know, I don't think they planned on making a sequel at first either. I suppose the idea came along because of the "booming success" of DTV sequels nowadays, so they just worked on ideas and Voila! Brother Bear II!

Again, I still hope they don't plan/make a third Brother Bear. I thought that the sequel made sense, and *gasp!* followed the original pretty well!

*is capping it as we speak*

- Juuchan17

OK, thanks!! Hopefully I'll see it soon - within the next 4 months or so.

Hmm, I didn't know that, SimbasGuard (I usually don't listen to the commentary track, but I think I might make an exception!)! So I guess BB2 was in process of becoming real when the first movie was released on DVD. That's cool!

(Too bad the BB2 disc was so skimpy on the extras, unlike many other DTV sequel releases from Disney recently (Bambi II and LatT II had a lot if you think about it.). It would have been nice to hear a commentary or a couple more interviews with directors on how they were able to make BB2 so similar to the original at least!)

- Juuchan17

Oh dear, I thought BB2 was too much. I dont think they could possibly think up another sequel for BB3, since BB2 was a complete knock-off of SO MANY movies, if you put two and two together. I must say, I've never rented the DVD I only watched it on youtube.com, but if they have no Extras, I can clearly see why, because the whole thing would be about certain scenes of BB2 being "inspired" by other movies (me and gk managed to pick out the movies Pocahontas, Mulan, Tarzan, Lion King, and a few more scenes from this movies that were almost IDENTICAL to the scenes in those movies)

Now to tell you the truth, the first movie was AWESOME to say the least. Very original story and twist, with heart-warming songs, and beautiful animation and backgrounds. They managed get keep the beautiful animation of the first movie in BB2, but they failed with the story. Ok, sequels are supposed to change character or show another point in a character's life where it changed. Now, I wouldve been mad if they turned Kenai back into a human, then it would've reversed everything about the first movie and would basically be telling the first movie that it was "incorrect" making Kenai a bear. But for this sequel...all they did was give Kenai a girlfriend. Big whoop, they could've done that in the first movie, but they didn't (for good reason too).

And honestly, I could not even believe that the sequel was in the making before the first movie was even out. I thought that was a VERY. Desperate attempt to make money on Disney's part, which is both laughable and pitiful. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "Uh! Cat NEVER likes sequels! She doesn't like anything!" That's not true XD There are a few sequels that I thought were better than the original movies. For example, I thought that An American Tale 2: Feivel Goes West was better than An American Tale.

But yeah, back on subject...I don't think BB1 deserves a second sequel...

Hmm, I never thought about that, Cat. You make a good point that some of the scene were "inspired" by previous Disney successes (You know, Nita, in some scenes, reminded me of Pocahontas . . . mainly with her flowing hair.), but BB2 did sum up the series pretty well IMO.


So true, so true. I liked it . . . and the ending surprised me when I first saw it. The story, basically, was not "original" original IMO, but it was told in a way that made it seem like a story that was new and original.


I think that all BB2 was nothing more than Nita's story. Kenai only had a part in Nita's journey for her own happiness (from what I think), but by reintroducing the other main characters (Rutt, Tuke, Koda), it made the journey interesting.

But yeah, mainly the sequel did what most sequels do: give the main character of the original a girlfriend/boyfriend . . . er, lover. (Remember TLK2? Pocahontas 2? (*shudders*) There's probably some more, but I can't think of any more.

Agreed. If Kenai returned to his human body, that would have destroyed everything, so I suppose the best thing to give a bear bachelor like Kenai would be a girlfriend . . . er, a friend from his past.


Uh, isn't that what companies always want to do? At least they could have put some more thought into whatever the heck they were thinking/doing/whatever.



Well, I don't like some sequels either *cough*SecretofNIMH2*cough*, but I wasn't thinking that. That reaction is only natural when a company destroys the original glory of the film's basis.

And yes, Fievel Goes West was soooo much better than the original. It was less depressing and more adventurous. Just a fair warning: Don't watch the other sequels (Mystery of the Night Monster and The Treasure of Manhattan Island) - they destroy the original two to bits. Ick.

(Shrek 2 is another good example of a sequel that I think is better than the original. This is a difficult task to achieve, but when a sequel is made that can actually stand out as its own movie and not just a sequel, well, you got something good there!)

- Juuchan17