When I heard there was going to be a live-action remake of the Jungle Book, I thought back to the one they made in the 90's and it was awful. But then I saw this trailer and I'm actually kind of excited.



All-star cast:

Bagheera - Ben Kingsly
Baloo - Bill Murray
Sher Khan - Idris Elba
King Louie - Christopher Walken
Kaa - ScarJo
Mama Wolf - Lupita Nyong'o

9/17/2015 11:43:16 AM

None of that is location shooting.

All studio.

Supposedly the most advanced movie ever made in terms of effects.

9/17/2015 11:51:03 AM

Hope it doesn't bankrupt the CGI studio like Life of Pi did.

9/17/2015 1:01:59 PM

This is Disney, I doubt that will be an issue

9/17/2015 1:17:29 PM

the cast seems incredible, and the trailer was awesome, hopefully it lives up to both

9/17/2015 1:18:26 PM

^^Disney, I would think, should have the in-house capabilities to do all the CGI, but if they shopped it out, the lowest bid likely won. That wouldn't hurt Disney at all, but could hurt that company. Of course, Life of Pi was in 2012, so I'd think advances have been made in the past 3 years that would make it a bit cheaper to do so much CGI from a production company standpoint.

9/17/2015 1:28:13 PM

In the 1994 version they used real animals. Awful script and acting, but damn was that cool to see a real monkey put on a crown.

9/17/2015 2:11:52 PM

Enough with the remakes!!!!

9/17/2015 3:30:42 PM

Quote :

"live-action "

this is not live action at all.

i demand a refund.

9/17/2015 3:49:58 PM

Well, the boy is real...either that or my whole perception of reality is melting away.

9/17/2015 4:07:09 PM

GODDAMMIT I WANT A BOY WALKING THROUGH THE JUNGLE WITH A REAL PANTHER AND TIGER AND BEAR AND SHIT.

9/17/2015 4:14:40 PM

We are firmly in uncanny valley territory with this shit. Looks (and I mean purely in a visual sense) terrible.

9/18/2015 2:36:25 AM

The 1967 animated film is a masterpiece

9/18/2015 2:41:49 AM

^^^

9/18/2015 3:18:50 AM

yeah, i've actually seen that.

and it's probably better than this new one.

i just can't get into super mega ultra cgi movies.

9/18/2015 11:45:52 AM

Coming soon. I'm looking forward to it, although I'm afraid it may be uncanny Valley territory as VB suggested.

3/20/2016 3:46:42 AM

The more trailers I see, the less excited I've become.



The new Tarzan movie, while less interesting to me story wise, looks much better done. Both movies have killer casts.

[Edited on March 20, 2016 at 9:47 PM. Reason : -]

3/20/2016 9:42:10 PM

Saw this Friday night in 3D. Fantastic product. Highly recommend.

4/18/2016 2:30:26 PM

I went Saturday evening with a friend and her 9yo daughter and a couple of her friends. I thought it was really well done and I we all enjoyed it.

My only complaint is that many of the scenes happened at night or in otherwise dark locations. I get that the dark parts fit the storyline, but I'm guessing it's just easier/cheaper to do effects with less complex lighting to account for.

4/19/2016 12:32:28 PM

My family went Friday night and we enjoyed it thoroughly. Normally too much CGI annoys me, but whether it was the story or how well-done the CGI was, I didn't really notice it.

4/20/2016 9:56:41 AM

Really loved this. Bagira and Sher Khan killed it. So did the kid. Wouldn't be opposed to rewatching it either.

4/22/2016 10:51:08 AM

Nice fit for my daughter

4/22/2016 11:09:13 AM

Yes kids will love this movie

4/22/2016 1:51:13 PM

And you approve this msg.

4/22/2016 2:07:58 PM

Saw this tonight and loved it. The CGI was surprisingly well done and I like the tweaks they made to the story.

My one complaint was King Louis. I thought Christopher Walken was great, even if he came across as an Italian mob boss. But he didn't need to sing. There was a clear choice not to do all of the original songs, and I thought putting in Bear Necessities fit well with Baloo's laid-back character, but King Louis went from Godfather to jazz singer.

They played ScarJo singing Kaa's song from the original during the credits, but left it out of her big scene because it clearly didn't fit with the darker tone they gave the character. Even though "Be Like You" is my favorite song from the original, it didn't need to be there. It made more sense when King Louis was more of a goofball.

5/14/2016 1:09:17 AM

Saw this a couple of weeks ago. CGI was very impressive, the kid was really good, voice over was good. Movie was pretty enjoyable overall. I wasn't a big fan of the changes to the plot, but definitely a showcase of what can be done.

5/14/2016 1:24:22 AM

I was fine with the plot, but was still expecting him to go back to the man village at the end.

5/14/2016 1:36:18 AM

It was really good for a Jon Favreau production. I thought Walken was the best. It needed more mystery and real fear like that.

5/14/2016 11:10:04 PM

The strength of the pack is the wolf.

And the strength of the wolf is the pack.

5/16/2016 2:40:24 PM

Another live-action/CGI movie coming out...not Disney this time:

5/22/2018 2:45:14 AM