MamaGravity
good back-story, and good acting
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
ravsten428
The best movie from the whole series.I really enjoyed this film which tells the story of how Timon and Pumbaa met each other, met Simba and focuses on their lives together and into adulthood.This movie isn't actually a sequel but more of a filler of what happened in the first film.It gives us a look into Timon and Pumbaa's lives before and after their encounter with Simba. In this film we are introduced to Timon's family. We meet his mother who is a little overprotective, but cares about his well being nonetheless. Timon's mom is voiced by the talented Julie Kavner. For those of you who may not know who that is, she also voices Marge Simpson. We also meet his crazy but lovable Uncle Max also voiced by someone familiar, Jerry Stiller from Seinfeld lore. Timon isn't the most popular of his Meerkat family because he tends to be a little laze and clumsy, so he is told to watch for the Hyenas and one day he isn't watching as well as he should and things go haywire. Timon decides to venture out on his own feeling that he is a burden to his family. During his travels he meets Pumbaa, the warthog who is outcast because of his flatulence issue. Pumbaa doesn't let Timon know this at first but once Timon finds out he is he doesn't see it as an issue. They decide to pal together and find a home. During the course of their adventures they meet up with a badly injured lion and the rest is history.This film is clever and funny. I personally feel that it is the best out of the whole series. While the animation doesn't match the original it does at least have a great story, unlike the sequel Simba's Pride which had only decent animation and a plot filled with holes.
mervclan
I really like the first lion king it was pretty well darn and quit funny and sad the 2nd one was okay it did had a few problems but I like this movie its not my favorite Disney movie but its quit good to watch the story is about Timon and Pumbaa who also appear in the short series called Timon and Pumbaa now are the main characters of this film the story is about Timon telling people about his life and not being happy and wanting to have a new life he tells his mum what he is looking for and sits off on his adventure and where Pumbaa and both make a became best friends and said that friends stick to gather in the end the story is very well done will its not as good as the first 2 but quit well done story is pretty good but its not as good as some other 2000 Disney films from the early 2000s but its not that bad its better then Inspector gadget 2 that awful direct video but all in all its fun for people who love direct films but if you are true lion king fan you might be a bit upset. Its not a masterpiece and does not compared with the first 2 films and is mostly is a bit more entertaining for kids than adults but some adults might like it I give this movie a 7 out of 10.
StartingAllOver14
"Lion King 1 1/2" is the funniest non-theatrical release from Disney. I recently saw this movie again after not seeing it in many years. I remember first time I saw it I didn't had any expectations at all and were pleasantly surprised by this watchable and highly entertaining movie.Is it better than "Simba's Pride"? In many ways, yes. Though "Simba's Pride" wasn't exactly bad, it did suffer some problems: lack of an good script and bad characterizations, which made impact of what otherwise a okay film.Anyway: It's nice to see Timon and Pumbaa's personalities blossom again in the way that we (or certainly me) loved about them in this film; in "Simba's Pride" they were completely annoying and I didn't liked the "Timon and Pumbaa" series neither.This film could easily have been a stupid one, but fortunately the filmmakers didn't took the wrong turn and instead focused to make this film at times extremely hilarious. There are a few jokes that adults can enjoy on their own. The score is quite good. There are two new songs, which are catchy and two new characters, Timon's mom, (voiced by recognizable Marge Simpsons' Julie Kavner) and Uncle Max, which are enjoyable. The friendship between Timon and Pumbaa are touchingly portrayed. The emotional scenes are well integrated in the comical story and doesn't feel out of place, which it could have easily done (especially in comedies).But is there something that distracts this picture from getting 10 votes from me? Yes, there is. Although they fortunately doesn't impact too much, but I'll mention them: 1. Many of the scenes from the first film are used in this one. Personally, it was weird to see the old scenes integrated with the new ones.2. During the climax, some of the jokes becomes lame.3. Storywise, this is Timon's story and although the filmmakers try to integrate his tale with Simba's, it makes the screenplay feel a little rushed at times.But hey, those details doesn't impact this otherwise amusing movie. It is the only really acceptable Disney sequel, which should be in every movie collection.
freakfire-1
There really wasn't much of a story in this film. It loosely based itself off the events in the first Lion King movie. It is supposed to be how Timon and Pumbaa met via their aloneness. But there isn't much more than that.It mixes some scenes from the original, then it ab-libs about how this movie changed them a little bit. But still, is that it? I was hoping for something a little more. Instead, all I have to show for it is an empty plot with little explanation.I guess if you wanted to see other meerkats in the Lion King universe, then this is it. But other than that, it does little justice for the animators. Disney really should stop these direct-to-video productions. It really was quite boring and could have used Jason Statham. "D-"
