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101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure

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4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This movie managed to kick some serious [backs] despite the inevitable attitude most viewers, myself included, must have taken to it on the first showing: "Ugh, another pathetic Disney sequel to disappoint the original?!"

Not so. Charming and entertaining is "Patch's London Adventure." I fell in love with poor Lil Lightning, the Welsh corgi sidekick of the big ham of a shepherd star, Thunderbolt. And, of course, the eccentric but kind abstract artist, Lars...the only possible love interest for Cruella, although in the end he turns away from her evil ways and she's sent off to a mental institute! A great movie.

Actually, I enjoyed the movie. I still don't think Jodi Benson should have played the role as Anita though. Her voice always reminds me of Ariel and it wouldn't be the same if she did other character voices.

Anyway, it's more than obvious that Lil Lightning is my absolute favorite (since my major obsession in corgis). I felt bad for him. They made him such a bad guy only because he didn't get the attention like Thunderbolt. So no wonder he was jealous!! He was pretty self-centered, but I give him credit anyway. I also liked Lars. He was so mellow and stuff.

Pretty much, the movie was good (I still liked the first one better).

This is one of the better Disney sequels, and Thunderbolt and Lil Lightning is stealing the show!
I thought that this will be another typical animation sequel, but I got surprised, and it doesn't get overwhelmed by CGI.

You just can't beat the original. The original flowed, this one doesn't. In the original Pongo was a dad that was looked up to and he was a hero, in this one Pongo is a dad looked down on . Thunderbolt has to "find himself", with all the emotional conflict of whether or not he wants to be a real hero or not is too much for a kid to enjoy, much less the adult having to watch this nonsense. Stick to the original.

In the past, Disney has produced some... let's say less-than-perfect sequels. They were lousy, horrid, and much disliked, until...

YES!!! Even though this movie shares the same storyline as Lady and the Tramp II, this sequel actually represents the storyline correctly. It also does something that no other sequel has done, it accurately imitates the look and feel of the original. The only thing I missed was the Cruella de Vil song. They should've had it.

If you hadn't already guessed it, the storyline is that Patch, one of the 99 dalmatian puppies, feels like one of many puppies, and he wants to be a one-of-a-kind wonderdog like his TV hero, Thunderbolt. (C'mon, who didn't want to be Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, or Annie Oakley when they were kids?) Anyway, it's Patch's dream to go and meet his superhero, Thunderbolt, who just so happened to be coming to London.

Anyway, Roger and Anita Radcliff have wanted to move to a bigger place, because the number of dalmatians is overwhelming for the small house they live in. During the move, Patch gets left behind accidentally. Confused and alone, Patch then seeks his hero.

Meanwhile, Cruella discovers an artist who's artwork consist of, yes, spots. She also bails out Jasper and Horace (who were terrified to be under Cruella's command again) to snatch the puppies away.

One more thing. My favorite character is Little Lightning. In the story, you'll see that Thunderbolt is a bit, ahem, stuck on himself. He has a real ego trip. Little Lightning, who is jealous of living in Thunderbolt's shadow and is constantly ignored by Thunderbolt, plots a way to get rid of Thunderbolt and make himself the star. I feel sorry for him.

Anyway, the only problem I found with this sequel was that Pongo always counted the puppies as 101, but at the end of the movie, 99 puppies were mentioned. HA HA HA HA HA!!! I guess that there will never really be a truly perfect Disney cartoon sequel, but this certainly came as close to perfection as possible.

Set immediately after the ending of the original 1961 film, Patch's London Adventure begins as Roger and his wife, Nanny and 101 dalmatians are moving out to their "dalmatian plantation". Unfortunately in all the excitement Patch has been left behind, so he begins to make his way across London when he meets his hero, Thunderbolt. At the same time, Cruella has fallen off the fur coat wagon, broken Jasper and Horace out of jail, teamed up with an abstract painter and begun looking for the puppies.

The action here is more muddled than in the original. Also, a lot of favorite characters are ignored or missing; for instance, when Roger finds out Patch is not at the farm, he and Anita, Pongo and Perdita take off in a car to find him, but we don't see them again until the last scene. Neither do we see hide nor hair of the Great London Barking Chain and its charming denizens such as The Colonel and Sgt. Tibbs.

DVD features include a trivia game, an interactive look inside Thunderbolt's trailer, a 7-minute making-of featurette, two music videos and 7 trailers. Audio is in English or French, and subtitles are available only in English.

Because the placement of the live-action sequel starring Glenn Close takes place after these events, it might be fun and less confusing to watch the original and then this one as a double feature.

This is a great film! I saw this first when we rented it and I knew I must have it for my collection! I think it is just a good as the original, even though the original will always be a pure classic. This movie has adventure, action, humor, and just pure fun! I bought it with my own money because I liked it so much. When Patch sees Thunderbolt on TV, he wonders if he is one of a kind. He sets out on an adventure and truly discovers that he is special! But Cruella is back and finding a new passion: ART! She meets an eccentric artist named Lars, but, when Cruella teams up with Horus and Jasper, there's trouble afoot! Watch out! This movie is packed!!!

Given the choice, the kids preferred the original.

When I first saw the previews for this, I groaned. I was totally thinking it would be a huge flop and a silly movie, then I watched it. It was very cute! It had a heart warming storyline, our favorite familiar characters, and even some new ones to liven up the story. I was so excited even though he is a bad guy that Disney put a Welsh Corgi in this movie because they are my most favorite dog. The only thing I have to say about this movie that's negative is that I miss Mr. Tibbs from the first movie.

My daughter recieved this as a Valentine's gift and she loves it.
I was dissapointed to find that Cruella de Vil still smokes in this sequel. With all the anti-smoking campaigns now I would have thought that Disney would have made this important change in their villian.

Found this to be very similar to Lady and the Tramp II: Scamps Adventure. Same story line different characters.

Unless you absolutely have to have this for your Disney Video collection I would rent it first before purchasing it.