So on a scale from one to ten, I'd give it a perfect score: 10/10. Trust In Me made me feel like Kaa was in a spy movie. I really liked Bare Necessities, and I've also started singing this version of I Wanna Be Like You. I'm also glad that they brought back three songs I enjoyed as a kid. The wolves got more screen time, Kaa got a lot more dangerous (though she doesn't have as much screen time, which is my only complaint in this movie), King Louie is more sinister and less comical, and Shere Khan is a flat-out beast. And I like Baloo's character here, having a bit more of a self-serving trait his older counterparts never had but eventually becoming a nice guy.
Bagheera is as stern and careful as ever except that he's also got the action his book counterpart had had. He's brave, not as bratty, and he's pretty inventive. I didn't care for Mowgli in the original movie, but this movie got me liking him.
The characters themselves were pretty cool. The entire jungle looks absolutely real, yet it's not, and that's the great thing about it. Not only are there CGI characters and creatures now, but locations too. The animation and the scenery is basically a new age in CGI. This remake is (in my opinion) Disney's best remake so far. In conclusion, very good and underrated film.I've never been a fan of the original Jungle Book movie, but I did grow up watching it, and I did like it. The performances are fine too, Jason Scott Lee is likable as Mowgli, John Cleese is wonderfully benevolent as Dr Plumford, and Cary Elwes makes a suave, handsome and charismatic villain. The music from Basil Pouledoris, who also composed the music for the Hunt For Red October, is sweeping and rousing, and the pace and direction are slick. The costumes are fabulous, Kitty's dresses are to die for, and Lena Headey I must say looked gorgeous. The film looks absolutely stunning, the cinematography is striking, the forests are lush and the waterfalls are sparkling. The animals are very well trained, I liked how wise Baloo was and Shere Kahn gave a good amount of menace whenever he was on screen. I admit it I do prefer the animation, as I grew up with it, but I really like this version as well. I also think it is very underrated, the look of the film and the music should've at least guaranteed a 7.0 rating on IMDb, and whether I bring this film up to people the general impression is that a)they haven't seen it, b)it is inferior to the 1967 film or c)they hate it full stop. But there is so much that compensates it is actually truer to the book than the 1967 film was and it is definitely worthwhile. This film doesn't quite have the charm of the 1967 film, and there are some parts like the animal mauling that I found rather intense. I just loved how original, funny and light-hearted it all was. I'd better start off saying how much I love the 1967 animated film.
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