1 Dumb, Stupid, Idiotic but FUN
Lets face it, no one expects a cinamatic masterpiece with "George of the Jungle" either 1 0r 2. They are based on a dumb but funny cartoon. So those people who expect something terrific are handicaping themselves from having a good time. It is nothing more than a cartoon done with humans and some CGI. Face it, any film with a sarcastic narrator lets the audience know exactly what type of film they will be watching.
The cast is just fine. It doesn't matter that there are new actors for George and Ursala. They are both very good in the roles. Anyone expecting an Oscar winning performance needs serious therapy. Christopher Showerman gives life to the stilted dialogue and is a perfect George. To play it differently would be to deny the character. The dialogue is also a satiric take off on that of the Tarzan films - "You Jane - me Tarzan".
There are many "inside" jokes in the film. One very funny bit is that evil lion who wants to become King, is standing on a recreation of Pride Rock from "Lion King", the whole scene is a take off on that part of "Lion King". There are many other such items that make the film really fun for the adult with the ability to recognize them.
Not a "great" film, but certainly a fun 90 minutes.
2 BACK IN THE JUNGLE
While not as good as the first one, GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2 still made me laugh. Director David Grossman keeps the cartoonish feel of the animated series and Christopher Showerman impersonates Brendan Fraser just fine. His opening explanation for why Brendan isn't in the movie is funny; in fact, most of the "narrative voiceovers" by Keith Scott add a lot of fun to the film. Julie Benz replaces Leslie Mann as Ursula, and she did a good job in playing the "second banana" to Showerman. Christina Pickles is fun as Ursula's Mom and Thomas Haden Church must be baffled himself that he's an Oscar nominee considering his one-note performance in the two films, but he fits the role. Voices of John Cleese and Michael Clarke Duncan add some fun as well. Kids will love it, although there is some sexual innuendo and scatological overkill, but I admit they made me laugh...and that's what a silly film like GOTJ2 should do!
3 it stunk....
it stunk what else can you say about it? brendan fraser wasn't even there. the whole movie was dull i almost slept through it , and another thing people just stick to the first one , you don't want to be dissapointed. i collect disney movies , but this one forget about it , the one you shoyld really watch are the incredibles , and the polar express , you won't be dissapointed.
4 George is back! Or kind of!
George of the Jungle returns in this sequel to the hit 1997 movie. Only this came to video and dvd, and it is misses at least 2 people from the first film, but for some Thomas Halden Church returns in this movie, along with John Cleese and Keith Scott who provides the narrator's voice. But this time, Disney decided to take a live action movie, and make a sequel out of it, usually they do this with animated movies. As the movie opens, George of the Jungle (Christopher Showerman replacing Brendan Fraser). And now he is king of the jungle, and has to divide time for both the animals and his wife Ursula (Julie Benz) and son Junior (Angus T. Jones), and usually he ends up late for things for his family including lunch! But one day, George's mother-in-law Beatrice Stanhope (Christina Pickles) comes to the jungle for her grand son's birthday, and has secretly has plans, to return her daughter and her grand son to cvilian, and reunite Ursuala with her ex-fiance Lyle (Thomas Haden Church). While Lyle has plans win the deed for Ape Mountain, fro Ape (John Cleese) who is now in Las Vegas, during a poker game, Lyle hides in disquise, and plays, Ape, and cause him to go broke, and when Lyle suggests to play for the deed to Ape Moutnain, he reveles his doesn't have it, and that it belongs to George of the Jungle. And has serious debt, and has to work in a casino for 17 years. And when George learns that Ape is in trouble, he goes to Las Vegas to talk to Ape, becuase Geroge thinks that Ursuala is not happy in the jungle.
5 A sequel so bad, hardly anyone from the first film is in it
I wanted to see this movie for two reasons. The first is that my daughter and I both really enjoyed the first film, with Brendan Fraser as George and Leslie Mann as Ursula. The fact that neither of these actors reprised their roles didn't bother me, especially since the second reason I wanted to see this film was because this time, one of my all-time favorite actresses, Julie Benz, would be playing Ursula. I was disappointed on both counts.
First off, this film is really, really bad. Okay, I expected it to not match up to the first film, since few sequels do, and rarely does a movie that skips the theater and goes straight to video have much going for it. But this one took the prize. The jokes are contrived and overworked - in the first 20 minutes of the film, the same three jokes were recycled several times, and they stopped being funny after the first time they were told. And then there's Christopher Showerman's performance as the "new George". The film does have a few moments of fun with the Brendan Fraser lookalike's appearance in this film (including a jab that the studio was to cheap to hire the now-superstar Fraser for the sequel), and newcomer Showerman shows signs of being a fine actor in his own right. But he works way to hard trying to be Brendan Fraser, and the simple fact is, he isn't - no one is. Fraser brought a certain magic to the role the Showerman never manages to capture, no matter how much he may look or act like his predecessor. He'd have probably been easier to stomach had he tried to develop his own version of the character, the way Fraser managed to take the original cartoon character and make the part his own.
The other disappointment was Julie Benz. In interviews, Benz had said the reason she wanted to do this movie is because she wanted to do comedy. Benz is best known for playing the highly devious vampire Darla on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", a role which most might think of as being highly dramatic. But there have been many moments where Benz got to show her comedic talents in that role; she has proven time and again in that role that she is an extremely talented actress with a remarkable sense of comedic timing and delivery. So I can only scratch my head as to what she was thinking when she agreed to play Ursula. This isn't a "funny" character, not even when Leslie Mann played her in the first film. Ursula is more the straight man; the funny stuff mostly went to George, or to Lyle (Thomas Haden Church, reprising from the first film) or an ape named Ape (voiced by Monty Python's John Cleese, also reprising from the first film). Benz spends most of this film just mooning over George or huffing over his antics, and wasting her ample acting talents as a result. Hopefully she will get the chance to prove she can do comedy, and this film (coupled with her work in sci-fi and horror films/shows) won't interfere with that opportunity.
Sad to say, I can't even recommend this movie to fans of any of the actors. Mostly, I spent the whole film simply embarrassed for Julie Benz, as well as for John Cleese, Thomas Haden Church, and for Christina Pickles, who takes over in the role of Beatrice, Ursula's mother (played by Holland Taylor in the first film).
In the end, I recommend you spend your money on something worthy, like perhaps the superior original George of the Jungle film.
6 GEORGE IS HOT!
Ok, so the basic movie really is dificult to sit through, unless you don't mind looking at Christopher Showerman and his incredible body. Chris trained months and months to perfect his body and how beautiful it is! Imagine this George swinging into your living room or finding a guy like this living in the jungle. Would you ever want to leave?! It's Disney, it's light and silly entertainment but serious for fans of Christopher Showerman and fans of body building. Thanks Chris for giving us motivation in the gym!
7 Younger Kids Will Love It
My three year old got this for Christmas and loves it. Don't expect a cinematic masterpiece. It's kind of corny but it's a cute movie. Lots of talking animals, colorful scenery, action, one liners that 3yr olds will like to repeat... "Eat fur jungle boy". I agree with an earlier reviewer that Jr. doesn't get enough screen time. It took me a little while to get used to the new George, but I think he's just as good as the first one, and equally as hubba hubba.
8 Julie benz)
I am a huge angel fan. This dvd has darla in it. lol. her hair is longer and lighter but she has her voice so you can tell it's her. GO ANGEL
9 Disappointing Sequel
I'm not one to go into a movie that's meant to be silly, expecting shakespere. But like a lot of comedy sequels, the jokes were too set up and too planned instead of coming from the situatution. Angus T. Jones was sweet as Junior and didn't get enough screentime, Julie Benz is a wonderful actress but suffers in this role, Chris Showerman would have made a fine 'new' George with a better script, as would Thomas Haden Church returning as Lyle. But everyone suffers do to a bad and very unfunny story that attempts to manipulate you into laughing. But beyond the line about the reason for a new 'George', I barely laughed at all. And I certainly didn't believe in George and Ursula's love despite the extremely idiot situations (though I did in the first film). There's silly so funny you watch it over and over again (first George of the Jungle film) and silly so stupid you never want to see it again (the sequel). Even the kids, who loved the first film, didn't laugh much watching this one. And they kept wondering why the all important Junior was conviently dropped from the middle of the story only to magically jump in again at the end. This movie was one of the worse Disney sequels ever made.
10 2 Or Less
Everything about this production is 2nd rate-or worse. Not only don't we have any of the important members of the original cast, we also don't get the writing, the pacing, or the production values-some of the animal characters appear to be done with plastic simulacrums! This is really painful to look at-I got through about 30 minutes and I rarely turn off a film. This isn't even good enough for afternoon television-junk cartoon fare. I'm amazed Disney would release this piece of tripe under their banner.
11 A New George for the Jungle
George of the Jungle 2 was released by Walt Disney Home Video in 2003. This movie is in color and has a running time of 87 min. The director for this movie is David Grossman(third).
Even without Brendan Fraser, Disney produced a funny movie the whole family can enjoy. In the beginning of the movie there were a couple of tongue in cheek references to Brendan Fraser's absence. Christopher Showerman is the new George of the Jungle and he proved he can be just as funny as Brendan Fraser was. Ursula, portrayed by Julie Benz, is confused as to whether she will ever become first in George's life. In turn George worries that Ursula isn't happy about living in the jungle. An opportunity to take Ursula and their son, portrayed by Angus T. Jones, to the states arises. This is a good family movie with various parodies.
12 Oh Ah Ee Ee, Tookie-Tookie!
What a hilarious film! The sexual innuendos are so over-the-top and fun that you hardly think you are watching a Disney movie.
Ursula: "Honey, I wouldn't worry about Junior swinging...he's the son of the greatest swinger of all time. How could he not learn how to swing?"
All the actors are in great form (especially George's!). The uberfabulous Julie Benz ("Darla" from ANGEL) appears as Ursula, George's wife (lucky broad) and Christina Pickles ("Sorceress" from Masters of the Universe:The Movie) plays her evil mom! Christopher Showerman makes his debut as George, taking over for Brendan Fraser, as he explains. The Amazon review is correct, the camera does oogle his body but you'll get no complaints.
13 No Brannon Frasier
Why Bother than? Your getting a movie that didn't hit the theaters and went to DVD what does it tell you?
14 A wonderful sequel!
I think that this sequel was wonderful! George of the Jungle is a family favorite and my children and I thought sequel equally as good! I am a huge fan of Brendan fraser however I think that Christopher Showerman did an AWSOME job as "new George"! He won our hearts! Two thumbs way up!!!!!!!!!
15 painful to sit through
I loved the first movie, and maybe that's part of my problem. Many of the people that made the first movie so great are gone, and the plot is just sad. George is facing trouble on all sides. Too much trouble in fact. Amid trying to decide just how bad things can get for George and his family, the same old jokes keep rolling along on screen. My kids thought it was Okay. Me...I thought it was just bad.
16 I wish I could give it a zero .....
My husband and I just love the first movie, you can`t resist Brendan Frazer`s silly but charming playing without Brendan I expected a worse movie. but not this bad.... After a couple of scenes my husband leave the room, I just remain out of curiosity, how bad it could get? but it could... so don`t even bother , if you so curious about it just rent it and save money....
17 A Comedy Without the F word
The first George of the Jungle was so silly, it was kind of cute and at times funny, helped by Brendan Frazer, this sequel, minus Frazer,is so silly it is actually unwatchable.
Any comedy whether silly or not should have an absolute minimum, to be funny, and George of the Jungle 2 is actually every word you can think of but the F word.
After 15 minutes of listening to the very annoying narrative talking about the old movie, the new movie, Disney etc...you want to give up watching movies altogether and watch CNN!!(this is how bad it is)
Even the delightfully charming and pretty Julie Benz could not save an awful direction and script.
If you like silly comedies,and want the F back in films then the market is full of well made and very funny examples, like Top Secret,Naked Gun, and the classic Carry On Up the Jungle (an all time favorite of mine), but trust me this film should be avoided at all costs!
18 Second George
Yes, it is a stupid movie but let's not forget that this was meant to be a stupid one. In that key it's pretty well done. Sure, don't watch it if you're in the mood for something deep and serious but if you just wish to spend some hour and half with no thinking or even laughing at sometimes, well, in this case it's OK. Most of kids love it indeed, as it was also for the previous part. And personally I liked half-naked Christopher Showerman as new George! :-)
19 george ....
alredy the first part was a load of rubbish. The jokes were extremely cheap - so it was almost annoying to see, that there is a sequel to this.
