Brother Bear 2

This is a straight to video animated movie that should have been distributed in theatres. A sequel to Brother Bear (2003), it is surprisingly very good, the drawing is excellent, and has a story that holds up. However, the moose are irritating distractions. I thought the film would be a stinker with the blurb on the case written from the point of view of the moose, but the film turned out to be a much better experience. One problem is that Nita occasionally resembles Disney's Mulan a bit too closely. Inuit and Chinese may be related, but here she looked too much like Mulan. There was an interesting motif about Nita's hydrophobia, but Kenai managed to cure her of that, followed by an interesting sequence where they are both journeying under water. The film, like the first one, has a magic realism of a close harmony of nature, the spirits, and mankind. On occasion the film is sentimental but is also warm and full of tolerance and understanding. Some viewers would want more conflict, but this is a G rated family film, so any tense scenes are written down to a safe level. Even the times the characters fall down waterfalls is resolved so no one is really hurt. The scariest scenes come when Kenai is chased by Nita's betrothed, a hunter warrior. And it is here that Nita realizes she wants to be with Kenai as his mate. Nita is voiced by Many Moore, who later did Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled.The only extras here are a documentary on the music by Melissa Etheridge. I would have like to see a behind the microphone documentary and see interviews with the voice actors instead. However, the producers and directors believe the music drove the creation of the story and the music came early in the making of the film. Often music is done last, but not here. Here music was done during the early storyboarding, so the plot was in fact directed by the music.At any rate, a very good film, worth seeing many times, and a pity it went straight to video..

It’s a great film like the first one!What I mean is since I’ve watched the first ‘Brother Bear’ with closed captions, it shows the names of whoever’s singing which songs!

Was a hit in the house after watching the first movie!

A year ago, my grandson kept asking for Brother Bear, last week he started asking for Brother Bear 2 but his Mommy didn't tell me till 2 days ago - Mom Mom to the rescue - it arrived today, perfect timing because it came right after he got home from a dr visit - he's over the moon happy!

Best Movie for ANY age Children and Adults

I liked it almost as much as the first one...I was a little disappointed that Kenai wasn't played by the same actor, but Patrick Dempsey I guess still did a good job. I just really like Joaquin Phoenix's performance better in the first movie. I like these kinds of movies because of the meanings that are written within the storyline and them having a positive impact for a person's life. I did Love the music especially one particular song by Melissa Etheridge...It will be me. It truly effected me emotionally, as well as the storyline that led up to it's cuing up in the movie. All in all, This one wasn't quite as impactful to me as Brother Bear, but it was still a good sequel.

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Our little guy lives animals and this bear movie he loves!