by RoxMad » December 6th, 2009, 8:58 pm
To be completely honest, I thought TLK 1.5 was a stupid movie; just a quick job Disney did for whatever reason, and I didn't think it was necessary for there to be another TLK. I think that the more sequels Disney makes of a movie, the stupider they get. I felt that TLK2, while still a nice movie, was a HUGE step down from TLK. I think they could just as well gone without any sequels at all. TLK1.5 seemed to be thrown together quickly, and a kind of half-*** effort that didn't really need to be made. One thing I really hate about sequels is that they exaggerate the character's personalities, quotes, and quirks from the original movie. In the original, they may be a joke made about an instance or in any case, relevant to the film. Rather than working on new material to provide a smooth transition and a continuation of a character, they are stuck in ever ridiculous references to the original movie. For example, in TLK2, aside of protecting Kiara, Simba is overly concerned with "becoming Mufasa." In the first film, Simba took his place, but his goal wasn't "be Mufasa." After learning that his death wasn't his fault, Simba is able to overcome the "obsession" with Mufasa's death and move on with life. In TLK2, he appears to be re-stuck in this rut.

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