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Great voice acting, although Bill Murray's Baloo annoyed me as he's much more selfish than the animated version.

Also, Mowgli grows up quick in this, not as carefree as the animated.

Overall, a really good movie, but darker than the animated version, definitely a PG-13 movie.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8595728.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8595728.page GMT Anyone see Jungle Book? Looking for reviews
 jreilly89 wrote:
Definitely a twist on it, so if you've seen the animated version this plays out differently.

Speaking of different takes on the Jungle Book...

Spoiler:



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1. As someone who never read Jungle Book, nor saw the Disney film, but may have at one time been stalked by mastadons and sabre toothed tigers: I found the following excellent: the cinematography/CGI was stunning, the writing was good, and the voice acting spectacular.

I was very pleasantly surprised by Bill Murray and Idris Ilba's performances. I did not realize how impressive Ben Kingsley's voice is. The show stealer was Christopher Walken as some sort of ape playing a Konrad Kurze routine, then breaking out into a trippy song. Loved it.
Parts were intense. I'd check with other parents who have seen it before bringing in anyone under five.


2. the Wife-who informed me that Jungle Book was her favorite childhood book, absolutely loved it. She did elbow me twice when I was rooting for the tiger. Evidently rooting for the good guy to just eat everyone is frowned upon in this establishment.
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Apart from the famous "imperial" stories of the British Raj, such as The Jungle Book, Kim, and Plain Tales From The Hills, the Stalky & Co stories give a vivid impression of minor public school life in the mid-Victorian age, that produced the mid-ranking officers and white collar workers who created, administered and reported on the Victorian British Empire.

Kipling also wrote a number of social-political commentaries, some good documentary journalism, and some SF stuff that nowadays has a weird steampunk flavour to it.

On top of all that you have got his well-known poetry.
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 Frazzled wrote:
The show stealer was Christopher Walken as some sort of ape playing a Konrad Kurze routine, then breaking out into a trippy song. Loved it.



Agree with your entire review, but I can't echo this enough. His version of "I Wanna Be Like You" is amazing.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8612234.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8612234.page GMT Re:Anyone see Jungle Book? Looking for reviews http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8612710.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8612710.page GMT Re:Anyone see Jungle Book? Looking for reviews
 Ouze wrote:
Well, it was pretty OK. Maybe a little bit of a kids movie, but once you got past what felt like 45 minutes of trailers for kid's movies, the film itself was OK. Voice work was nice. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it if you have kids. If you don't have kids, it's watchable, but nothing special.


Perfectly sums up my feelings, as well.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8612818.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/687889/8612818.page GMT