Originally Posted By leemac ....rocks! If you loved Emperor's New Groove you will love the straight-to-DVD movie. It is fast, fun and warm. All the original voice talent to boot. Similar feel about it too.
Originally Posted By idleHands Cool. Kronk was the best part of ENG. Glad to see him get more screen time. Now if only Pixar would feature Edna Mode in a sequel... heaven! "NO CAPES!!"
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Patrick Warburton right now is the best voice actor working. From Kronk to Joe on Family Guy he's just outstanding.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby In addition to "Kronk's", currently he voices the Wolf in "Hoodwinked".
Originally Posted By Shooba Two reviews of the film linked below. Both describe it as so-so. I've avoided Disney's direct-to-DVD cheapquels like the plague in the past, but Lilo & Stitch 2 was quite good, so I'll give this one a try. <a href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/12/07/000858.php" target="_blank">http://blogcritics.org/archive s/2005/12/07/000858.php</a> <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=12225" target="_blank">http://www.comingsoon.net/news /dvdreviewsnews.php?id=12225</a>
Originally Posted By idleHands Perhaps the D2V cheapquel can be moderately redeemed via Warburton's delivery, no matter how mediocre the material. (Case in point: Rutt and Tuke video commentary on the "Brother Bear" DVD. Classic Thomas/Moranis comedy!) Patrick Warburton simply elevates most anything he's in. Without his Kronk to play against Kitt's Yzma, ENG would have been a just another buddy movie. Ever since David Putty on Seinfeld, I've been hooked.
Originally Posted By basil fan >Without his Kronk to play against Kitt's Yzma, ENG would have been >a just another buddy movie. I disagree with that. Although Kronk was great, there were many other elements in Groove that I enjoyed. Even without Kronk It's still a great film. IMO. A Christmas Carol Quiz <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/christmas.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ etc/christmas.html</a>
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Both Eartha Kitt and Patrick Warburton were nominated for Animation Awards for their voice work for their respective characters in Emperors New Groove. Both were absolutely hilarious, and it really is a shame that Eartha's song was cut from the original movie. The song is on the CD, if you want to know a little more family history of Yzma ~ amazing that this is the same person who sang "Santa Baby" so many years ago. Patrick really is overdosing on doing voice characters (many listed previously as well as a new Nick series of a family of superheroes ~ gee does that sound like a copycat of some other movie?) Point is, he is a very good voice actor, BUT I'm getting tired of hearing his voice in so many cartoons. On the other hand, Eartha hasn't done any other voice work since Groove, that I'm aware of, and am really looking forward to hearing her again. And to see Yzma and Kronk play off each other again, will be fun. Hopefully the movie will be as great as the original, and that we will see a couple new characters, and a little more of Bucky!
Originally Posted By idleHands "Even without Kronk It's still a great film. IMO." Sacrilege! Without Kronk and Yzma, that movie would have been B-O-R-I-N-G. As much as I love John Goodman and Wendie Malick (Spade is OK in small doses), I found their scenes simply amusing. But Warburton and Kitt were hilarious! The Kronk-Yzma scenes made the movie.
Originally Posted By idleHands "On the other hand, Eartha hasn't done any other voice work since Groove, that I'm aware of, and am really looking forward to hearing her again." She's got a great voice. Shame if she hasn't done anything since ENG. "And to see Yzma and Kronk play off each other again, will be fun. Hopefully the movie will be as great as the original, and that we will see a couple new characters, and a little more of Bucky!" Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto.
Originally Posted By smeeeko ^^squeek squeeker squeek squeeken! "you owe me a new acorn!" hee hee! =)
Originally Posted By smeeeko oh and the 2little kids "uh huh!" "nu huh!" or "you're not my aunt! You're more like my great great great great greatgreat greatgreat..great aunt" hee hee..
Originally Posted By basil fan I'll go even further: I think Yzma is funnier than Kronk. She's like Norma Desmond to the nth power. But I still like lots of the scenes without the baddies. A Christmas Carol Quiz <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/christmas.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ etc/christmas.html</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Watched 'Kronk's New Groove' the other night. I really enjoy 'The Emperor's New Groove' and was looking forward to seeing this. And while I certainly appreciate all the effort and hardwork that went into this movie, it just didn't go anywhere. It almost felt like three episodes of a TV series that were stitched together. Sort of funny in places. But it all felt like tip-of-the-hats to the original movie. I give it about a 5.5 How they got all the original voice talents to come back and do this is mind-boggling.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA By the way, is anyone else tired of the sarcastic nod to 'it's a small world'? It's been done to death! Please! Enough!
