02-07-2016, 06:57 PM | #21 |
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I can't believe that they actually manage to make this look really, really good.
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02-07-2016, 07:12 PM | #22 |
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Looks fine to me. I definitely was all "How many live-action Jungle Book movies do we need?" but it looks pretty good, honestly.
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Idris Elba is perfect as Shere Khan
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03-23-2016, 03:16 PM | #24 |
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I'll admit, I initially wasn't keen on yet another live-action remake from Disney. Regardless of it being of an animated film I actually like or not (though Jungle Book is a favorite of mine admittedly). But upon watching the trailer a couple times through Zootopia, my folks and I agreed it looked decent. Even decided to give the novelization a read. It might be because I have yet to actually see anything that isn't objectionable or isn't giving a "we're pretending to pay tribute to this classic film you know and love but are really going out of our way to spit in it's face cause it really sucked" vibe like Maleficent did.
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03-26-2016, 08:00 PM | #26 | |
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I've read the original- actually, MOST of Kipling's stories, including the "Just So" ones- and I don't recall Kaa ever being particularly well-intentioned. Any mentoring and/or saving he did for Mowgli was incidental to his purpose of getting a meal out of the encounter. He's basically a more sinister counterpart to Shere Kahn.
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03-26-2016, 08:48 PM | #27 |
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So, I actually can not stand the Jungle Book....but I think this looks pretty good.
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In the book, Kaa risk his life to save Mowgli from the monkeys, even getting hurt in the process, after that the 2 were pretty much close friends. If Disney made the movie right, it would be a 3 pal movie with Mowgli, the snake, and the black cat lol. The bear was more as a teacher to Mowgli than a friend. |
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I'm going to scream into an abyss in regards to the social commentary on Rikki-Tikki-Tavi now.
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03-30-2016, 09:45 AM | #31 |
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Here's 3 new clips.
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03-30-2016, 11:15 AM | #32 | |
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Plus, it doesn't hurt when you got Sterling Holloway voicing him. |
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03-30-2016, 07:05 PM | #33 |
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Here's a new clip featuring King Louie voiced by Christopher Walken
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03-30-2016, 07:13 PM | #34 |
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As a huge Jungle Book fan, Can't wait for both movies
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1942's jungle book is perhaps the best version imo. I really loved the ending to that master piece. |
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03-31-2016, 06:21 AM | #36 |
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I gotta say, after watching some of those clips....I'm really not digging the kid who's playing Mowgli.
It might because child actors can rarely act or give good performances, but I feel the other performances from the A-list actors will get all the praise whereas he'll get stuck with being one of the film's weaker aspects. I would love to be proven wrong and assume these brief clips are just minor scenes where he's not giving it his all, but need I remind people that this is our protagonist, i.e. the character we're going to spend the most time with. If you get an child actor that can't carry his/her's character's story and struggles convincingly and makes you wish any of the supporting cast show up to make something actually interesting happen, then maybe someone who isn't the kid isn't doing their job well. |
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This is the actor's first film role, so of course he's got some breaking in to do. Granted, he's certainly not like the boy from Les Mis and Into the Woods (the only two films to his name that I can think of...and even then, most of his performance is made up of singing). So, I can't fault him for some slips in performance. He's not going to be absolutely perfect the first time. Hopefully this should be a gateway into new roles where he'll be able to improve.
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03-31-2016, 11:04 AM | #38 |
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True, but just because The Last Airbender was Noah Ringer's first role doesn't make it any less bad to sit through. And he too was playing the protagonist. A protagonist who always looked like he was about to cry regardless if the scene was meant to call for it or not.
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And just like that, it's getting a sequel
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ju...au-1201750384/ Quote:
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04-11-2016, 04:38 PM | #40 |
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It currently has a 100% rating on RT.
Most of the praise seems to be directed towards the CGI imagery being dazzling and immersive as well as the cast being excellent. A couple have noted that it is a good adaption to both Rudyard Kipling's original book and the 1967 film. Which is fine and dandy by me. |
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