In my eyes, Disney can practically do no wrong, but when it came to the live action version of The Jungle Book, I really had no desire to see it. Maybe I didn’t want to mar the memory of the animated version or maybe I was afraid that I wouldn’t like it, thus tarnishing Disney in my eye somehow. I am not sure, but I held fast to my decision to not see it. Then, the newly released DVD copy made it’s way to our home. I still planned to ignore it, but then a long rainy evening stretched ahead of us and my hubby popped the case open. I guess I was going to be watching it after all.
And I am sure glad I did. 
The live action version of The Jungle Book is not at all what I expected it to be. It was a virtual feast for my eyes, with stunning visual effects that still have me shaking my head. It was like I was living right alongside of young Mowglie and the family of wolves who were raising him. I felt the mama wolf’s pain when he left, in search of the life he was supposed to live. The entire story remained true to it’s roots, never making you feel this was an attempt to turn a child’s story into an adult drama. Some of the visuals are intense and the special effects can be a bit scary, but my seven year old loved it. He said it never made him scared, just a bit “jumpy.”
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Venture behind the scenes with in-depth bonus features that reveal the innovative filmmaking technology used to create the richly immersive jungle world and characters; Follow the journey of the film’s only on-screen actor, charismatic newcomer Neel Sethi (Mowgli); Delve into a candid and humourous scene-by-scene audio commentary with director Jon Favreau and meet the all-star voice cast who help bring the film’s colorful characters to life, as well as the musicians who accent the adventure with a majestic music score.
The all-star cast includes Bill Murray (“Lost in Translation”) as the voice of Baloo, Sir Ben Kingsley (“Learning to Drive,” “The Walk”) as Bagheera and Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) as the voice of mother wolf Raksha. Scarlett Johansson (“Avengers: Age of Ultron”) gives life to Kaa, Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”) provides the voice of alpha-male wolf Akela, Idris Elba (“Beast of No Nation”) roars as the voice of Shere Khan, and Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter”) lends his iconic voice to King Louie.
Who is your favourite character from The Jungle Book? I have always loved Baloo. ♥
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Suz
I will be buying this one for our collection it was an amazing movie.
I am a big fan of Baloo too! so is my daughter. I cannot wait to see this movie this weekend. I have yet to see it but everyone is saying so many great things I just have to watch it
Looking forward to watching The Jungle Book with my kiddo!
Can’t wait to see this, it’s going to be an outstanding movie!!
Baloo is my favourite! It is a beautiful story and can’t wait to watch it!
i so wanna see this with my Grandson , he loves the Jungle book , looks and sounds like a great movie , thanks for sharing
Have never seen any version of it, funny my kids had no interest in seeing it. May have to rent it to watch it myself
Live action shows have just that – lots of action. It is definitely worth checking out.
saw the first one so many years ago, looking forward to viewing this version
Looking forward to seeing this with my grandson.
I haven’t seen this yet but I definitely have to soon. I also love Baloo!
It was a fabulous movie
I took my daughter to see it in the theater
Visual feast is accurate and painful to see him torn from his pack
Lots of love,
Waterloowolf
Jungle Book is one of the best movies I saw this year..I loved it and so did my kids!!
Agreed, the lush scenery and jungle are a feast for the eyes. I really enjoyed the film too. My favourite characters have always been the Wolves.
I can’t wait to see this. My youngest nephew is really anxious to get this, lol.
I heard this movie was great. I totally need to see it.
I really want to see this.
We can hardly wait to watch this on DVD.
We went to the theater to see this movie. It was so worth it. 38yrs. agoe was our first date and we went to the drive in and got there and found out it was the Jungel Book playing. I was thrilled. He was not .
I found it a bit intense but enjoyed it.
The Jungle Book has always been one of my favorites. I will have to watch this version of it on netflix.
I’ve seen a little on how this movie was made and I’d love to watch the whole movie, I’m sure it’ll be amazing.
We watched this last night will the grandkids it was awesome
Finally got to watch this movie and it was great. My grandson loved it.
loved the movie
Great movie!
I actually cried at one point in the movie,great movie!