![]() It goes without saying that they are near perfect. I originally saw this film in theaters, and found it mostly enjoyable, there are some flaws which I will get into later. An adventure along the way ensues, and they encounter the hypnotic snake Kaa ( Scarlett Johansson), a lazy honey-hungry singing bear, Baloo ( Bill Murray) and a ruthless monkey king in King Louie ( Christopher Walken). He threatens Mowgli's life, and to keep him safe, the black panther Bagheera ( Ben Kingsley) guides Mowgli to a human village where he will be safe. ![]() But drought plagues the jungle, and the villainous tiger Shere Khan ( Idris Elba) uses that as an excuse to go after the man-cub. "The Jungle Book", much like the book of the same name tells the tale of Mowgli ( Neel Sethi), a man-cub forced to live in the jungle and be raised by wolves, he learns the way of the jungle and to live in peace with the animal inhabitants. Needless to say, Favreau's version came out and cleaned up at the box office, taking in almost $1 billion in worldwide box office, adding to Disney's already profitable year thanks to "Finding Dory", " Captain America: Civil War", "Zootopia", and " Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" which are all listed, along with this film in the top 10 highest earning films of 2016. During its development it was one of two films based on Rudyard Kipling's book to get a big budget live action version, this - Jon Favreau's take on the story and one from Warner Brothers helmed by motion capture king Andy Serkis, which seems to have been delayed until 2018. Disney plan on rebooting many more animated films in live action in the years to come, and "Jungle Book" was this years' entry. " Alice in Wonderland" (2010) started the trend and earned a ton of money and a sequel, "Maleficent" (2014), "Cinderella" (2015), and upcoming "Beauty and the Beast" (2017) looking like a sure-fire hit. Recently, over the last several years Disney has been updating it's animated classics into live action features. ![]() ![]() The animation is memorable, the cast is impeccable, the music is timeless, and the sense of adventure and fun can't be matched as far as animated films from that era go. It's a true classic in very sense of the word. If you've read my review of " The Jungle Book" (1967), you'll know that I look upon it as one of the true gems in the Disney library. ![]()
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