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The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear Baloo, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also meets creatures who don't have his best interests at heart.
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Quotes
[from trailer]
King Louie:
You're the man-cub who wants to stay in the jungle.
Mowgli:
How do you know that?
King Louie:
Kid, I got ears. My ears got ears. Only I can protect you.
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Crazy Credits
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My father read the books to me as a child, I read them again and again over the years and I've read them to my own children. You could say I'm a fan. But of course I also love the original Disney version which is probably still my favourite classically animated film. Now we got an unbelievably realistically rendered CG version which kind of wants to be like the animated film - or at least exploit its most beloved moments - but also wants to be really impressive. It feels wrong the moment the "real" animals start to talk. (I should note that I saw the dubbed German version; I'm pretty sure the original voice cast is much better but that won't make the fundamental flaws disappear.) The animals look and move incredibly real but they talk like humans. The voices convey human emotions but because of the attempted realism we got no matching facial expressions. The animation doesn't want to anthropomorph but the voices (and the script) do. More: Despite being such a visual film the narrative is done mostly by dialogue. And the dialogue isn't written very well. It doesn't have the light, witty tone of the Disney classic (when attempted it fails because of the reasons mentioned above) and it doesn't live up to the deep (but earned) pathos of Kipling. It's just so-so - a typical Hollywood script that doesn't take any chances but throws in a Balu who talks like a "cool dad", because...? And what was this terrible, terrible version of King Louie? Too big, too scary but then... SINGING? This would have been an awesome film if they had let go of the Disney version as a blueprint and made a serious adventure film after the books with a lot less talking and a lot more showing. (And please finally the real Kaa, Mowgli's wise friend who is probably the most awesome character of the books...) But of course this is Disney. They got the money, they got the tools but they also gotta do the family version.
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My father read the books to me as a child, I read them again and again over the years and I've read them to my own children. You could say I'm a fan. But of course I also love the original Disney version which is probably still my favourite classically animated film. Now we got an unbelievably realistically rendered CG version which kind of wants to be like the animated film - or at least exploit its most beloved moments - but also wants to be really impressive. It feels wrong the moment the "real" animals start to talk. (I should note that I saw the dubbed German version; I'm pretty sure the original voice cast is much better but that won't make the fundamental flaws disappear.) The animals look and move incredibly real but they talk like humans. The voices convey human emotions but because of the attempted realism we got no matching facial expressions. The animation doesn't want to anthropomorph but the voices (and the script) do. More: Despite being such a visual film the narrative is done mostly by dialogue. And the dialogue isn't written very well. It doesn't have the light, witty tone of the Disney classic (when attempted it fails because of the reasons mentioned above) and it doesn't live up to the deep (but earned) pathos of Kipling. It's just so-so - a typical Hollywood script that doesn't take any chances but throws in a Balu who talks like a "cool dad", because...? And what was this terrible, terrible version of King Louie? Too big, too scary but then... SINGING? This would have been an awesome film if they had let go of the Disney version as a blueprint and made a serious adventure film after the books with a lot less talking and a lot more showing. (And please finally the real Kaa, Mowgli's wise friend who is probably the most awesome character of the books...) But of course this is Disney. They got the money, they got the tools but they also gotta do the family version.