Bambi II (2006)

Director:

Brian Pimental

Writers:

Ben Gluck (head of story)
Alicia Kirk (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 January 2006 (Argentina)

Genre:

Family | Animation

Tagline:

A father's love, a son's courage.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Independence | Bambi | Father Son Relationship | Sequel | Bully

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Patrick Stewart	...	The Great Prince / Stag (voice)
Alexander Gould	...	Bambi (voice)
Brendon Baerg	...	Thumper (voice)
Carolyn Hennesy	...	Bambi's Mother (voice)
Nicky Jones	...	Flower (voice)
Anthony Ghannam	...	Ronno (voice)
Andrea Bowen	...	Faline (voice)
Keith Ferguson	...	Owl (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Mena
Brian Pimental	...	Groundhog / Porcupine
Makenna Cowgill	...	Thumper's Sister
Ariel Winter	...	Thumpers Sisters
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Day	...	Additional voice
Jordan Del Spina	...	Additional voices (as Jordan Orr)
Harrison Fahn	...	Additional Voices
Emma Rose Lima	...	Thumper's Sister
Mary Matilyn Mouser	...	(voice)
Alexis Restrum	...	Additional voice
Grace Rolek	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennessa Rose	...	Additional voice
George Shenusay	...	Additional voice
Kath Soucie	...	Additional voice
Frank Welker	...	Additional voice

Also Known As:

Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Finland:74 min (cinema release) | France:75 min | Argentina:72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:G | UK:U | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:Atp | Norway:A | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-3 | Portugal:M/4 | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G | Iceland:L | Peru:PT

Company:

DisneyToon Studios

Trivia:

The background-paintings were painted with "Corel Photo Paint", but some of the original oil-painting backgrounds from the 1942 original movie were scanned with a computer, and parts of these scans were reused in the new backgrounds.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Ronno is talking to Bambi and Faline for the first time, the notch on his ear vanishes every once in a while, then it returns.

Quotes:

[First lines]
Bambi: Mother! Mother! Moth...
[Gasp]
The Great Prince: Your mother can't be with you anymore. Come.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#35.6)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

There is Life

Sequels will always be disappointing...

... especially when it comes to a masterpiece like Bambi.

I'v seen Bambi II about a week ago, and I thought it's OK. But today I watched Bambi again, and at that moment when I thought about Bambi II again, I realize how a big caricature they made.

There is no atmosphere that the original Bambi has, it is just some action in the forest made with modernized graphics. It is just a former shell of the 50+ years old masterpiece.

Where is that feeling that created butterflies in my belly when I re-seen the scenes from Bambi, when the men appears for the first time, Great Prince first appearance, all this blending perfectly with the sounds and background music that complements all the drama and comedy. Such sounds that are combined with music as in the meadow scene when the deers run around, or the first rain for Bambi, background music that is found on the hole length of the movie.

Where is that attention that the original Bambi had, and that made it perfect? It had 4 voices for Bambi, 2 for Faline, 2 for Flower... Just by looking at this aspect you can see the work involved between the two movies.

The voices from Bambi II, the childish, human manifestation, ruins all the beauty, and leaves this movie way behind the original.

Again the current Disney company just created a sequel "just to be there" and make some money, indeed, trying to be close to the original, but still ending up in a very big disappointment.

The hole beauty in Bambi was the ambiance it radiated, and how the atmosphere was created and presented, being a total pleasure to watch it as an adolescent like me, having the same feelings I remember I had when I first saw it, and I am sure it will be a pleasure to continue to see it again and again even as the years pass by. All this being totally discarded in this sequel, being again just a cartoon for the little kids.

In the end I did not read the book, maybe some day I will, but at least they could have invested at least half the time as the producers have done 50 years ago, and maybe try to fill it up with actual actions from the book, that the first movie had to trim and cut scenes before the film previewed.

So Bambi II will be OK only if you just want to see something new, but don't expect anything that provide such mood and atmosphere as Bambi (1942) did.

My vote for Bambi II is 5 of 10, while Bambi fully deserved the 10 out of 10, 5 stars rating.