I think a lot of people speak badly of
TLK2SP, because they were hoping for a complete rehash of
TLK and were not open to a new storyline. That, and the typical stereotype of Disney Sequels being utter garbage might have some affect upon swaying people's opinions. Me personally, I honestly didn't like
TLK2SP the first time I watched it, for those very same reasons, but once I opened my mind and let go of the fact that this movie wasn't going to be the same old thing, which in reason, is much better as far as movies go, but yeah, once I did that, I thoroughly enjoyed the story, characters and songs just as much, if not, more so than the original. ^^ I wouldn't have it any other way now and probably wouldn't have liked it much if Disney did give us a plain old rehash of
TLK with a simple
II after it. hehe. Now, that raises the question for the next sequel though. Will it be male or female for the cub? Me, I'm hoping for both. lol. One male, one female, but that's more in part to my Fan Fic views and how it would impact the storyline. ^^ Won't get into that though here, since this thread isn't about that topic. lol.