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The Jungle Book (2016)
Dull and boring aside from visual effects
I am both an enthusiast of the 1967 Disney animated Jungle Book and Rudyard Kipling's novel. Upon viewing this new rendition of this movie, I was not impressed. I was very much hoping it would be closer to Kipling's Jungle Book (the source material)with perhaps a few nostalgic nods to the 1967 animated film. While I did see hints of Kipling's dark and intricate story line, they were glimpses-nods at best that were placed at odds parts of the story and/or entirely upside down. The Akela death scene, scene with Mowgli carrying the torch, the cattle stamped scene, (all important story arks) etc are examples of attempts to remain close to the source material, but Disney choose to to distort these major scenes to fit better with their new take on it for this generation. Doing so killed the potential in this movie as it was soften and dulled and severally lacking entertainment other than visuals & the two beloved songs that made the cut.