Whilst Bambi is asleep, the Great Prince asks Friend Owl to find a doe who can raise Bambi instead of him. The film literally starts with a recreation of the scene where Bambi meets up with his father after he searched for his mother who had been killed by ‘man’. It was interesting to see how Bambi interacted with his father as a young deer fawn and how he tried to earn his father’s love, since his mother’s not around for him. The film itself focuses on the relationship between Bambi and his father, the Great Prince of the Forest. You can almost call it a sidestep tale of the first ‘Bambi’ film.Ī semi-prequel/sequel perhaps. Instead, it takes place during the first film, between when Bambi’s mother got killed and when Bambi is a young adult deer in later life. What’s interesting about ‘Bambi 2’ is that it doesn’t take place after the events of the first film. It’s also emphasised in the depiction of the characters like Bambi, Thumper, Flower and the Great Prince, since the 2006 sequel matches well to how the characters are in the 1942 film. I like how this film tries to make the effort to echo the original 1942 film in terms of its artistic and visual imagery. The animation style may be a little different and the choice of songs featured in the sequel might be jarring when comparing them to the songs in the 1942 film, but I believe this is a worthy sequel indeed. I’m sure my sister Bethan would love to watch ‘Bambi 2’, as it feels like a faithful follow-up to the 1942 film. She sadly passed away when she was six in 1993. My parents and I watched ‘Bambi’ and ‘Bambi 2’ on Disney+ to commemorate my sister Bethan. It’s taken me sixteen years to watch ‘Bambi 2’ on Disney+, but I greatly enjoyed it. Some Disney sequels have been underwhelming.īut with ‘Bambi 2’, I found this a worthwhile sequel to a Disney classic. I’ve had my fair share of them, including ‘The Return of Jafar’, ‘The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride’ and ‘Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World’. Usually, I don’t go looking for sequels to Disney film classics. Sadly, that didn’t happen, which is a shame (though it was released at cinemas in Argentina). I had that impression when I saw the preview for it on the ‘Bambi’ 2-disc Special Edition DVD. I was expecting this film to be released at cinemas, like with ‘Return to Never Land’. ‘Bambi 2’ (or ‘Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest’) was released on DVD in the UK and the USA in February 2006. This 2006 sequel to the 1942 ‘Bambi’ film turned out to be better than I expected. Return to the Forest with Bambi and his Friends Please feel free to comment on my review.
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