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.
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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.
fuck lads a dont wanna sound like a furry but idris elba as shere khan is the sexiest piece of voice casting since jeremy irons as scar in the lion king
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.
It's a really good movie, they said...
95% on Rotten Tomatoes, they said...
Yea, OK. Good CGI doesn't make a movie good.
The Good: most of the visual effects are very impressive, some of the voice acting is very good.
The Bad: everything else... it's bad. The kid can't act to save his life, it's been a while since I've seen a performance THIS BAD, even for a child actor. And he's kind of supposed to carry this film, so there's that. The storytelling itself is very average for an adventure film, and so is the camera work. The tone is all over the place. It's all very bland, but also incredibly safe and formulaic. And as much as I…
Just saw somebody list this as an exception to the Disney CGI remakes that all suck ass and so I’m just hopping back on here to say that this movie also sucks ass and if you disagree you’re a huge fucking mark.
The rare remake that actually works, The Jungle Book is a thrilling, well acted, visually dazzling adventure the whole family can enjoy.
Faithful to both the animated film it's a re-imagining of and the original Rudyard Kipling tales it's based on, The Jungle Book is a terrific achievement from both Disney and director Jon Favreau, with excellent performances, engaging storytelling, well-written characters, a heartfelt script, breathtaking cinematography, and some of the most gorgeous and realistic visuals and amazing use of CGI technology in a modern blockbuster this side of Avatar, Life of Pi, and Gravity.
