George of the Jungle 2 can be summarized in its most famous joke: "Me new George. Studio too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser". Whereas the first movie was a faithful attempt to replicate the subversivepostmodern humor of the original Jay Ward cartoon, George 2 is a low-budget low-effort cash-in that's a pale shadow of the original.
The core of the first George was its writing; although it looked silly and childish on the surface, George refused to speak down to the audience, and balanced its simpler jokes with sharp digs at time-worn jungle lord, Romantic Comedy, and White Savior cllches (Kyle's "magic pictures" gag being an early example).
In an effort to cut costs, George 2 doesn't bother with any of that, going directly for lowbrow Toilet Humor, simple (and overly exaggerated) Slapstick, and unfunny gags that are targeted to a prepubescent audience. Worse, those jokes are often repeated and stretched out in an attempt to pad the film to a "movie-length" 90 minutes (the theme song alone is repeated nearly a half-dozen times in the first 10 minutes). Coupled with the low-budget sets, low-budget acting, and low-budget special effects, George 2 feels less like a theatrical movie and more like a pilot for a Disney Channel sitcom spinoff.
Sadly, the only way to save George of the Jungle 2 would be to have the original cast and crew return for George of the Jungle 3 and mock the zug-zug out of it.
George 2: Look out for that— OOOOH!
George of the Jungle 2 can be summarized in its most famous joke: "Me new George. Studio too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser". Whereas the first movie was a faithful attempt to replicate the subversive postmodern humor of the original Jay Ward cartoon, George 2 is a low-budget low-effort cash-in that's a pale shadow of the original.
The core of the first George was its writing; although it looked silly and childish on the surface, George refused to speak down to the audience, and balanced its simpler jokes with sharp digs at time-worn jungle lord, Romantic Comedy, and White Savior cllches (Kyle's "magic pictures" gag being an early example).
In an effort to cut costs, George 2 doesn't bother with any of that, going directly for lowbrow Toilet Humor, simple (and overly exaggerated) Slapstick, and unfunny gags that are targeted to a prepubescent audience. Worse, those jokes are often repeated and stretched out in an attempt to pad the film to a "movie-length" 90 minutes (the theme song alone is repeated nearly a half-dozen times in the first 10 minutes). Coupled with the low-budget sets, low-budget acting, and low-budget special effects, George 2 feels less like a theatrical movie and more like a pilot for a Disney Channel sitcom spinoff.
Sadly, the only way to save George of the Jungle 2 would be to have the original cast and crew return for George of the Jungle 3 and mock the zug-zug out of it.