The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

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TheMovieSearch R @TheMovieSearch Sep 28 The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story is a live-action adaptation attempting to explore Mowgli’s younger years, but it falls flat in nearly every aspect. The use of real animals with voiceovers is a major issue—without moving mouths, it’s often confusing who is speaking, and scenes with multiple animals become chaotic, pulling viewers out of the story. The screenplay meanders with flat dialogue and inconsistent tone, lacking the heart or magic that makes other adaptations resonate. The concept had potential, but the execution is clunky; a mix of CGI, animation, or puppetry could have made interactions more believable. Instead, the film feels awkward and cheap, failing to engage or entertain. What should have been a whimsical adventure becomes frustrating, and the story never finds a compelling rhythm. Overall, it’s a disappointing and unpolished take on a beloved classic that’s best skipped. See more 10/10/2021 Bem bonitinho, Mogli na versão Mogli, adorei os animais, o menininho muito perfeito, Mogli mais perfeito não imagino, adorei as relações entre os animaizinhos, bem convincente, talvez um pouco exagerado, mas manteve a fidelidade a obra com suas devidas adaptações e criações… See more 06/13/2021 Cringy money-grab Disney flick not worth your time or attention. Stick with the classic 1967 original. See more 07/16/2020 Bad watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend, even for younger audiences. Maybe kids won't see all the faults, but that's more the reason not to recommend it for them. To be fair, working with animals is hard (and inadvisable) as they have no natural instinct to do anything you'd want to do with them. I honestly can't tell if the kid was a decent actor because the majority of his live action (non voice over / narrative) lines were pretty garbage and / or between animals that clearly weren't talking back at the time. Most of the voice over work for the animals wasn't good, I feel like they weren't told the animals or situations they were in. Even the voices I recognized and like the actors felt disconnected from the story. This was also a really strange mix of animals. This is set in India. As a nature fan, I can tell that there were a lot North American animals, and South American birds. It's one thing when you're drawing whatever you want, but when you get animals for a setting it's distracting when they don't look like they belong there. I think they even switched Leopards, as the eyes changed from blue to green. Chimps and Hyenas are only native to Africa so added them when they weren't part of the original story didn't make any sense. The gender swapping didn't bother me as much, but making Bagera and Baloo a psuedo-couple was a bit odd, and they could have been two gay dads for just as much sense. The "Two Men and a Baby" vibe was a lot more intuitive. Appropriating the wrong sexed voice to the animals was distracting though. It would be different if they established a character to be transgender, but it was very clear they thought little enough of the audience to notice. Also, since this isn't animation, the animals don't convey the emotion or delivery that gives the original its charm. They also leave out the song and dance aspect, for which the original is famous. The writing itself was by far the worst. Bad single lines aside, having Mowgli take over narration and assertion in the story were both mistakes. Being old enough to be a human BEFORE living life in the Jungle not only takes away his cuteness factor for the believability of the animals to want to raise him would also dissuade him from staying in the Jungle to begin, at least long enough to learn "wolf". And at every turn where I thought it might just get a little better, Mowgli has full control of the situation and does something silly. Maybe knowledge is a curse, but I really think, if I could suspend my disbelief long enough, this would still be a bad movie no matter how you present it. See more steve d 07/06/2020 OK adaptation with some fun scenes. See more 05/29/2018 I don’t think this movie was necessary See more Read all reviews

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