![]() The gifted special-effects team adopted many of the techniques used on Avatar, including shooting in 3-D, which is convincing enough that some critics (ahem) may or may not have flinched at a falling tree branch. What's impressive is how the animals can boast realistic physiques and motion-capture-aided movements, with fur that rustles in the wind, while also taking on a cartoon expressiveness that feels utterly fitting rather than off-putting. But in practice it's just as animated as its predecessor, since Mowgli is the only real thing onscreen. The film is technically live-action, in the sense that there's a real-life Mowgli wandering around an L.A. The dialogue is clever (Justin Marks is the credited screenwriter), and newcomer Neel Sethi is captivating as Mowgli, shining through a matty full head of dark hair as he navigates his all-CGI jungle and pets a fake bear with the utmost conviction. ![]() Though darker in tone, and more suitable for older kids, Disney's new take retains the undeniably fun spirit of the earlier film. It's the law of the jungle.) The best-known, though, is Disney's bright and colorful 1967 animated musical that gave us the jazz-pop standards "The Bear Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You." This is the version the latest iteration bows to, much as its characters bow to the elephants who form their jungle's creation myth. ![]() There was the 1942 Technicolor version starring a young Sabu and real animals, and two unrelated sorta-sequels in 19-a sequence that will be repeated with this movie and Warner Brothers' own unrelated remake due in 2018. ![]() Kipling's book has been the seed of many a screen project, most unfaithful (but he himself borrowed parts of it from other sources, so true fidelity seems like a meaningless ideal here). They are two sides of the same coin, naturally. "But Mowgli's just a kid," you may say, to which this latest Jungle Book's wolf-pack head Akela has the perfect answer: "In some tribes, the runts get eaten." This is no safe Zootopia : One of the many delights of director Jon Favreau's update is how it embraces both the constant threat and the constant wonder of the jungle. ![]()
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