It's definitely cute, but loses a bit of the human charm of the original and the previous sequel. Cloudy, the cloud experiment, rains on people; Babyfier turns adults into babies; Hammerface has a ... hammer for a face. Once there, though, the King refuses to meet with her because she is a savage, so amnesiac Pocahontas, who now thinks "Colors of the Wind" was about arts and crafts, decides to learn manners to prove she is worthy of the King's attention. Previous. Unlike everything else in the movie, Forte the Organ is animated with CG instead of traditional 2D work. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the 2002 direct-to-video sequel, Tarzan & Jane. Metascore: N/A. Out of all the “this movie is actually a couple of shorts,” Cinderella II: Dreams Come True shines the brightest, giving Cinderella more agency than she has in the original. But there have been some truly great (and not so great) direct-to-video releases, too. This time, the fake death from a plummeting height isn't of the love interest — it's Tarzan who everyone believes to be dead. In The Lion King 1½, Timon and Pumbaa tell the story of The Lion King, but this time from their point of view. Don’t worry, though. While I have a soft spot for seeing Jafar return as the villain, this could definitely be seen as one of the best as well! Copper wants to join the band and leave Tod behind but, as in most prequels, there are no stakes or tension because we know already that the two grow up together and Copper does eventually turn his back on Tod for different reasons. He munches on rocks and sleeps in fireplaces! At the other end to "Leroy and Stitch," this film introduces us to the TV show. Drama! Perhaps that incredibly high set of expectations is why The Lion King 1½ fell a little flat to me on rewatch. The Movie" leaves its finale too open-ended and therefore doesn't really work as a stand-alone film like the rest of the "Lilo & Stitch" sequels. There are elements of Ariel’s Beginning that are really amusing — Sebastian, for instance, becomes the lead singer in the underground club. That’s fashion, baby! Here are 30 ridiculously bad Disney sequels with almost 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Edit source History Talk (0) Comments Share. When I was a lass, I had a crush on Aladdin. But at least they got their nomenclature right, as, despite being the third film in order of release, "Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch" picks right up from where the original left off. However, Jafar's lamp very quickly gets picked up by a thief who also happens to want to take revenge on Aladdin, so the two team up and head back to Agrabah. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. The Lion King 2, Aladdin 2, Beauty and the Beast 2, Mulan 2, Lilo & Stitch 2 — from 1994 to 2008, Disney churned out sequels and prequels to nearly all of its classic animated movies. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. What makes The Little Mermaid II better than the other kid sequels is that Melody — Ariel and Eric’s daughter — as a character is more interesting and developed. The first of the this-is-actually-a-bunch-of-stitched-together-TV-episodes movies, and definitely the worst, the film revolves around humdrum castle life, with Belle fixing everyone’s problems and everyone generally being an asshole to her. From Pinocchio to Peter Pan to Beauty and the Beast, they very rarely disappoint and always provide a little something for everyone. ... An Extremely Goofy Movie ©Disney The Lion King 1 1/2. Potternerd97 Featured By Owner Oct 15, 2010. i liked the little mermaid sequels, to be honest. Disney Acid Sequence (4) Fairy (4) Fox (4) Hawaii (4) Husband Wife Relationship (4) Ice (4) Kidnapping (4) Lion (4) Orphan (4) Parents (4) Prince (4) Princess Jasmine Character (4) Revenge (4) Rivalry (4) Scene After End Credits (4) Snake (4) Straight To Video (4) In "Atlantis: Milo's Return," Milo, Kida (who I will forever argue should be a Disney princess), and the Atlantis crew travel the world exploring other myths and legends. Instead, they were usually promos for the next cash-grab B-movie Disneytoon sequel to one of those box office smash hit classics. The 100 Best Sequels of All Time. And considering how rude the other kids are to her, it’s understandable. In order to contrive a situation where Pocahontas can feasibly fall in love with John Rolfe without cheating on John Smith, she thinks Smith is dead for the first three quarters of the movie. The sheer number of sentient objects in this film begs the question: how many servants did the Beast have before they were all turned into furniture? The plot barely makes sense, and it’s “resolved” with wide-open holes: Mulan and Shang are getting married, and Mushu is pissed because this means he won’t be Mulan’s guardian, so he tries to sabotage their marriage. Every character in Mulan II is incredibly and massively out of character from the original film. In the sequel to Beauty and the Beast, Belle ... confronts the emotional issues of the entire anthropomorphic object population! 1. His whole thing is that he feels forgettable in his family of 101 dalmatians, which definitely makes sense, considering the family forgets him Homeward Bound-style when it moves out of London. Anyone who says Cinderella isn’t a feminist needs to watch Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, where the Disney Princess challenges the stifling roles of women and uses her new position as princess to actively to dismantle the rigid class system. Second time's the charm? Also, whoever animated Shang’s expressions (see above) must have had a fun time. Imagine Footloose without feet. The Rescuers is also on Disney Plus so you could end up watching the two movies back-to-back. Once again, Belle is at work helping her furry love interest and his family of talking Ikea furniture deal with magical imprisonment. Get it? Stitch Has a Glitch, however, manages to balance the alien story with the human one. A Twist in Time is one of the better liked recent sequels, maybe because its plot sounds exactly like any given episode of Once Upon a Time. Kiara — who looks just like Nala — falls in love with Kovu, who looks like a young Scar, but has no relation. That lets us sweep in most of the movies here: Star Trek: First Contact, Spider-Man 2, John Wick 3, Toy Story 4, Star Wars: Episode V, the sixth Mission: Impossible, and Furious 7, all the way up to Blade Runner 2049. But Dr. Hämsterviel creates a super evil experiment named Leroy (aka red Stitch), and wants to use it to take over the world. In particular, we find out that the organ in the Beast's castle is haunted by the spirit of the organ player, who really doesn't want the Beast and Belle to fall in love because that will mean he would turn back to normal and not be able to play music all day, as opposed to being human and still being able to play, amongst other things. Here are all the Disney classic's direct-to-video sequels, prequels, and midquels ranked from best to worst (or better put, from pretty bad to very bad). Toy Story could make 100 films and I'd still watch them TBH. The first film was alright. The 5 Best Direct-To-Video Disney Sequels (& 5 To Completely Avoid) Disney is perhaps best known for its theatrical animated films. People are sharing their cartoon doppelgängers, and the photos might make you do a double take, 10 Disney sequels that are better than the originals. Hot Daddy aside, Aladdin and the King of Thieves is an adventure-filled romp. The early 3D character animation of the organ is so hauntingly bad that besides the film not having much in the way of stakes (as with many of the prequels in this list — we know Belle and the Best do eventually fall in love) it makes for a memorable entry. - Read the results on this vote and other les classiques de Disney votes That is basically the film, until she gets arrested and John Smith has to come and rescue her. He is evolved enough to make tools. It’s actually a pretty touching tale of father and son learning to communicate with one another. The best part, though, is that Cruella De Vil is back in action and hooking up with a ridiculous artist. The solution: Burn it with him in a specific place. Well, she doesn't remember that and as a new John arrives on her land — John Rolfe — she decides to board a ship with him and sail to England to meet with the King. Lilo wants to keep on living her normal life in Hawaii, this time focused on entering a hula competition to commemorate her mother, but she also doesn't want to abandon her friend Stitch, even though his hardware malfunction is causing a little more than a glitch in her life. Again, it is obviously a very aware attempt by Disney to reinstate Cinderella's image as a modern and progressive princess but hey, it kind of works. 4 Cinderella II and III (2002) A classic romance fairy tale, Cinderella is one of the best and most loved Disney stories. She has this strange obsession with the sea and wants to go live in the sea but thinks her mom Ariel is just too stupid to ever understand, since, you know, she doesn't talk to her about this. Aladdin then tries to gain his dad's respect and join his gang before inviting him again to his wedding. The reveal that Flounder now has five kids and a beer gut. (Fun fact: The love interest in Footloose is also named Ariel.) Aladdin got lucky when sequels ideas were handed out — even the second sequel is pretty decent, if a bit more of a hot mess. The DTV sequels are a lot of things, but not canon. 7 Avoid: Tarzan & Jane. Turns out Kenai gave Nita an amulet in their childhood, and now the Great Spirits think they’re hitched. as the quality simply isn't there, likely due to budget. (Remember, Kovu is not Scar’s kid, so it’s OK. He eventually returns to his tribe, followed by some evil gorillas who terrorize his family, but Tarzan swings in with his new skills and chases them away. So, she is tasked with seducing Quasimodo to gather intel — i.e. Twelve years! I think that the Aladdin trilogy is arguably the strongest series of movies that Disney has... 3. SHARES. THE LITTLE MERMAID II: RETURN TO THE SEA (2000) Disney The other two follow Jacques the mouse as he turns into a human (delightfully goofy!) "Mulan II" would have been way better if Mulan hadn't been in it. She has been trying to kill Melody since she was a baby, so Ariel and Eric took a parenting tip or two from Elsa's parents and locked her up and forbade her from ever going into the sea without any explanation. Rafiki winds up intervening by taking them to some weird pocket of the jungle with a Tunnel of Love-esque ride. Unfortunately this didn't get the money Disney was asking for, so as a result Disney decided to release the future sequels directly to DVD. In the movie, a group of lions who supported Scar (but not his offspring, let’s remember that) have been exiled to the Outlands by Simba. But because the movie didn’t do well, Disney canceled the TV show. However, the second film was way better thanks to the various film references (especially the Empire Strikes Back spoof), fun in-jokes (i.e. In fact, it demonstrates that even third installments can be magnificent. Here are a few classic Disney follow-up films that even die-hard fans have probably forgotten about. Feel free to disagree, but here is my quasi-official ranking of 21 Disney sequels... from just as magical as the original, to not so magical at all. Cinderella is gutsy and determined. This movie revolves around Kronk dealing with the fact that he can’t match his father’s expectations of masculinity. It’s basically a Frasier episode (his father is voiced by the late John Mahoney). What gives this one a leg up, though, is that because it takes place at the end of the series, all 626 experiments have been recruited. The quality of animation also takes a drastic hit in Hunchback II. The most controversial S-word in movies? All in all, the most solid of the stitched-together-episode sequels, with a framing device — the mice making a storybook about their new adventures in the castle — that doesn’t detract from or complicate the narrative. The original animated Disney movies are iconic, but some of their sequels are easily forgotten.