Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

princessstrickland21 A spitting on the original. This is just wrong. If Mrs. Brisby saw timmy's future end up as this, she wouldn't have gone to all that trouble saving his life. It is t by far the worst of the sequels. Like the Ferngully sequel. On the plus side, Eric Idle isn't all that bad as the cillian, but it's not going to save this at all. Also, WHERE IS MRS BRISBY'S STATUE???? Why does Timothy get one

itsjustaaro_1 ...as a lesson in stupidity.The recent announcement of the new Secret of NIMH remake has everyone abuzz with concerns that it could either be as good as the original, or as bad as the sequel. Obviously the fan rage is at an all-time high and quite frankly, you can't blame them for being nothing short than ticked off.Secret of NIMH 1 was a daring experiment that no other animated film wanted to do. Disney was rampant almost everywhere, Bugs Bunny's films were nothing more than classic copy-pasted shorts with a wrap-around segment, and Ralph Bakshi's films were specifically limited to a specific kind of audience. And yet an animated children's film that doesn't insult your intelligence and follows off of it's source material with respect came out, so beautifully designed, and amazed quite a fair amount of us.At some point MGM decided to do a sequel. Gone were the original actors, actresses, writers, and animators. Gone was the sense of hope, adventure, love, and lost. Added in were song and dance numbers with a horrific animation style that looked as if a league of 7-year old children had rejected their teachers to form 'their' animation studio, in an effort to show how intelligent they really were. The result, was utter atrocious. Was it a deliberate move against people who like dark and gloomy atmosphere, was it crafted by the PETA or One Million Mom's to prove that all that is good in the world is a complete lie? It's almost as if all the organizations we've come to hate worked on this film to prove some sort of point that never gets across.Dom DeLuise is the only cast member to return and that is a bit of a pity. Jeremy the crow is so underplayed as is the shocking truth that the Great Owl was played up as a scam. Martin Brisby apparently hates his relatives so much that he hijacks one of the most ridiculous looking laboratories in New York. So for all of that stuff we enjoyed and were fascinated by, the mystique and intrigue behind a powerful magician or an actual animal testing facility being turned into a Scooby Doo-rejected concept... is that all they could come up with? If MGM is listening, likely not so, but should they - hopefully they've learned their lesson. This isn't an episode of Family Guy, this is a children's book that deserves a lot more respect than they could possibly ever give to it. For your consideration, save your sanity and forget any positive reviews you've seen on this film: a lesson in stupidity from stupid people - Secret of NIMKH 2.

rorymacveigh This movie isn't bad, this goes beyond bad. This film is so bad, so utterly putrid, it falls off my list of horrific movies and down into the dark hellish depths of oblivion. What's wrong with this movie? What's right with this movie!! There are so many damningly bad things with this film that you'd probably have trouble counting them.The first and main problem is in the title, 'Timmy to the Rescue'. Why in God's name is Timmy the hero of this movie when he was essentially the main problem of the last one?! In Secret of Nimh 1, Timmy had Pneumonia which meant he couldn't go outside of their bottle which mean that Mrs Brisby couldn't move the family which meant that she had to go through all that trouble to protect this trouble-making little horror!Following that, these people are the biggest bunch of hypocrites that ever walked the Earth. In the beginning of the movie, Timmy is bigged up to be this real prophesy, so from the very start he is weighed on hand and foot and has every wish granted whilst they throw parades for him, only in later life they call him arrogant and full of himself. Oh dear, I wonder why? Could it possibly be because you spent the whole of his childhood bigging him up into this right old hero?Also in one scene, a very large and obviously bloodthirsty snake is approaching the valley. Timmy blows the snake away with a weather balloon, only to get told off for losing the weather balloon and lectured on how the valley is safe enough. Hold on a second, Did you fail to see that angry snake coming at the Valley? Or were you looking in the other direction? Either way, you should be grovelling to this kid for saving your dead end life rather than doing him down!The next and biggest problem is the story of Martin. Possibly the most controversial part of this film is Martin's capture and transformation into the main villain. First problem, they don't show us or tell us how and when he was taken by Nimh. We only find out when the girl tells Timmy that the person sharing the cell next to her in Nimh years earlier was Martin. So when was he captured? How was he captured? And more importantly, how come nobody told Timmy this had happened?! Does news not travel in Thorn Valley or was he too busy being a God on Earth he didn't notice that part? And the rest is an abominable mess that I don't even bother questioning because it's just a waste of my time and yours! This film isn't enjoyable for kids and certainly not for adults as it will call your sanity into question! Steer well clear folks! And I mean, very well clear!!

Ben Kennedy I liked the original NIMH film, I did. Dark and somber. I'd say it's Don Bluth's best film. The sad thing, sequels to Bluth films tend to be better than the original film (An American Tail, All Dogs Go to Heaven) but I betcha he's happy for once that did not happen. Not with NIMH 2.We start off with a recap of what happened in NIMH 1. Seeing that they re-used the old footage instead of re-animating them I was hoping to see the same sort of dark visual style. I was wrong. NIMH 2 looks like an episode of the Smurfs without the Smurfs on crack. It's the antithesis of the previous film. Bright, cheery, uninspired backgrounds and basic character design devoid of any detail. Yeah, good stuff.Either way, without going into too much detail, after seeing your favorite characters from the original film make horrid re-appearances the protagonist Timmy and his stacked girlfriend along with yourself are thrust into a land where the headquarters of NIMH is Castle Frankenstein and Timmy's brother becomes a British insane genius voiced by Eric Idle possibly singing the most cheery "I'm gonna take over the world" song ever. You know, I seriously think the original VHS tapes came with complimentary marijuana to enhance the viewing pleasure and ease the pain. That's what sucks about DVDs, you don't get stuff like that no more.I was laughing my ass off for the entirety of the film because nothing made sense. Suspension of disbelief is all well and good, but mine won't stretch this far. Watch it back-to-back with the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour and your drug addiction will have been cured. I feel pretty sure that you will not think this film is a complete waste of time if you see it after not having slept for 72 hours, like me. It's not that bad of a film really.