2016 Directed by Jon Favreau
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Neel Sethi Bill Murray Ben Kingsley Idris Elba Scarlett Johansson Christopher Walken Lupita Nyong'o Giancarlo Esposito Garry Shandling Jon Favreau Sam Raimi Russell Peters Brighton Rose Emjay Anthony Max Favreau Chloe Hechter Asher Blinkoff Knox Gagnon Sasha Schreiber Kai Schreiber Madeleine Favreau Ritesh Rajan Kendrick Reyes Sara Arrington Artie Esposito Allan Trautman Dee Bradley Baker Sean W. Johnson Daz Crawford
Jon Favreau brings all the boys to the (Rud)yard, and they're like "what a rich visual feast in service of a decent adventure."
some problems:
- Mowgli can't act. excruciating. and his wolf parents are terribly underdeveloped
- for a film that's power is so dependent upon building a coherent world, Favreau may have been the wrong choice... there's a lot here that works minute-to-minute but fails to cohere into anything more, and the geographical issues get absurd towards the end
- is it a musical? is it not a musical?
some not problems:
- the little mice creatures
- bill murray the bear. so many future timothy treadwells are just waiting to happen
- animal fx are unnervingly sharp, even with the talking problem. if Life of Pi was a small bundle of stars, this is a galaxy.
80/100
Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, a hybrid project of Kipling's original source material and the 1967 animated film, is a delicate story but a magnificent world. Almost entirely computer-generated, it's a wondrous dreamscape of sensations and textures - 3D is essential here - which evoke all the mythical, primordial emotion. Comparisons of recent pop-culture touchstones such as Avatar and Gravity have been tossed around, but Favreau's film feels vividly minor even with the heavenly sights and sounds. It's a little movie, grounded in the broad strokes of family lost, friendships found, and the comfort of belonging but never stripped of the darkness always lurking out of frame.
It's a testament to the entire team of collaborators that the quaint…
Good luck, Andy Serkis.
I love you, but good bloody luck.
For those waiting for the release of The Jungle Book, I can assure you you're in an absolute treat. The battle for what’s the better Jungle Book adaptation has already finished before it even began, with Disney once again stepping up to the plate to show us what's what. Their version is an awesome adventure story, with some brief sparks of musical and comedy, and Jon Favreau directs the hell out of all of it. With last year's Cinderella and now this, The Jungle Book is easily Disney’s best animation to "live action” film to date.
I quote the term live action purposefully because, if you weren't already aware,…
It's good, but it just didn't feel like a John Favreau film to me. It was missing the flare that made Iron Man, Elf, and Chef so much fun. Bill Murray is absolutely awesome as Ballo, definitely the highlight of the film for me besides the gorgeous CGI.
I pretty much feel the exact same way about The Jungle Book as I did with Cinderella. Both are visually stunning. Seriously, the CGI in both films are amazing, especially in this. However, these films failed to completely bring me into the worlds they created. I still enjoyed this movie, but I was left somewhat disappointed.
Okay, full disclosure, I've actually seen most of the original "Jungle Book" but I never finished it due to the fact I watched it on a VHS in the dead ass of night about two years ago and I was really tired so it never struck me to attempt to finish it a couple days after that.
I've never read the original novels (though, I've heard from both cases of Disney's adaptations it doesn't entirely matter) so I'm speaking purely as an outsider; "The Jungle Book" is the most pointless movie I've seen all year.
I kept asking myself while watching this "what is this really offering me that I can't get from any other movie like it?" Well, one…
I have no idea who this movie is for, and I don't think the movie really knows what it wants to be either, but there are some stunning sequences at least and Bill Murray’s pretty great as Baloo.
Full review at ScreenCrush.
Καταφέρνοντας να ισορροπήσει μεταξύ του σκοτεινού βιβλίου και του μαγικού κόσμου της Disney, το «The Jungle Book» είναι η κλασική περιπέτεια για «όλη την οικογένεια» που κάνει ακόμα κι αυτούς που δεν έχουν, να εύχονται να είχαν ώστε να την απολαύσουν παρέα…
Ολόκληρο Review στο filmakias.gr: bit.ly/2LcMcSl
I expected nothing from this movie and still was let down.
Of course, the CGI is exceptional and really nice to watch but besides that, there’s almost nothing memorable about it. The original was my favorite childhood Disney movie and I got nothing from this nostalgia in this movie.
I normally don’t write long reviews on here because I don’t think I’m a seasoned enough film fan but I am so disappointed that I can’t help myself.
The only line I will remember is the line about the jungle law chant being propaganda (I actually laughed out loud at this point) but I just can’t get myself to really enjoy the rest.
I will happily stay with the animated version.
Bears don't live in the jungle.
Also, animals can't talk.
This kid's pretty annoying too and can't act.
Definately better than Petes Dragon that I saw recently. The CGI is outstanding, story is more developed than the older animation, and thats about it. The characters were close to being well rounded, but most felt pretty souless. Perhaps it was the need for celebrities to fill the parts or just bad writing, but something felt off. The muddled pacing was also an issue, I liked where the story headed but it meanders to fit with the original, leading to many segments feeling quite irrelivant, although most are bearable. What wasnt bearable however, was of Mowgli himself, child actors are always a problem for films and despite looking the part, the kid just can't act. In- fact he often over…
+1 Star:
Fantastic Visual Effects
+½ Star:
Good/Fair Antagonist
+1 Star:
Great Directing from Jon Favreau
+1 Star:
That scene with King Louie (Best Scene in the movie, until he starts singing...)
-½ Star:
Mowgli is a weak/annoying protagonist
-1 Star:
It doesn't have a good understanding of what it's trying to be. Is it a musical or a dark kids film?
+½ Star:
Mildly Entertaining
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It is my dream to do this, honestly.
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