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The Jungle Book

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Since the special features in "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" aren't mentioned in Amazon.com's usually thorough product info, here's a quick rundown:
- Widescreen (2.35:1) - Enhanced for 16 x 9 Televisions
- Audio Commentary With Director Stephen Sommers and Editor Bob Ducsay
- "The Making of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" Featurette
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- Spanish Language Track
- Spanish and French Subtitles
All in all, a fine presentation of a fine family adventure film.

Although "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" reminded me more of Tarzan than Mowgli, it is still a good film to watch with the family. Jason Scott Lee does a good job as Mowgli all grown up. Cary Elwes is the perfect British jerk and Sam Neill has a decent supporting role. Lena Heady and John Cleese have the most interaction with Mowgli, and they give the best performances out of the bunch.

The animal cast does a pretty good job as well. Some of the human/animal interaction can be written off as fake-looking, but the majority of the scenes using animatronic creatures look reasonably good.

Young children may be turned off by the deaths in this film, and of Kaa the python, who makes a couple of brief, but scary to a five year-old, appearances. Language, as well as dialogue as a whole, is kept relatively tame. Neill and Elwes let off a few slurs, but nothing worse than the "D" word.

Overall, a decent adventure flick for kids too young for Indiana Jones movies, but who love adventure tales. Another decent suggestion is "The Phantom," starring Billy Zane.

I walked into the cinema ready to sleep through this one but an amazing thing happened , a Disney epic became one of my all time favorites thanks to the exellent direction from Stephen Sommers. He bends the rulrs of the average Disney movie and makes it suprisingly violent (i.e quiksand moment and the room filling up with salt scene). It's an adventure with an Indiana Jones feel to it and the acting is great and Cary Ewles is briliantly evil as the bad guy. Terrific!

This review has nothing to do with the movie itself but the prices you all are trying to get for this movie. un-fricking believable. If anyone pays these prices for used movies they are mental. I honestly hope they are smarter than this. lower your prices or your going to end up poor. disgusting.

Please re release this version of the Jungle Book on DVD!!! It is one of my favorite films of all time and I can't purchase it anywhere!!! I checked on Amazon and it is only available from sellers!!!

The only reason I am giving this film 5 stars is that I can not give it anything higher. This film is far and away one of my all time favorite movies. I must have seen it at least a dozen times in theatres. I stumbled on JB totally by accident. On Christmas day 1994 I went to see Interview with the Vampire. Only to find that it had been pulled. Not wanting to make my trip to the theatre a waste of time. I decided to watch the Jungle Book. I braced myself for a silly childrens film. Instead I found a moving story, fit for all ages, about pure love, racism and colonialism and adventure.

The Jungle Book is about Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) who, after a terrible mis-hap as a child, ends up growing up in the Jungle communicating with the animals. As an adult he becomes re-aquainted with his childhood sweetheart Kitty (Lena Heady) the daughter of a British officer(Sam Neal) in Victorian India and learns to become "civilized" again. Unfortunetly Mowgli crosses Kitty's then love interest (Cary Elwes). And a bunch of stuff happens which I will not go into for giving away the plot.

I will say this though this is really, really an amazing movie. The chemistry between Jason and Lena is unbelivable. It really is what love is all about. Not once do they utter the "L" word towards each other but in every scene they are together you can see the bond and affection they have for each other. Also (keeping in mind that this is a PG movie) It is so refreshing to see a couple in love without them getting physical. Cary Elwes as the movies villain is really effective and subtle. He really is slick and charming-a real cad.

I would strongly recommend this film to lovers of the above.
This film became such an obessession of mine that I wrote out the novelization just to get it out of my system. Get this movie, it is a descision that you will not regret!

This movie is quite good. It has a very magical feel to it, and has some great shots of animals. Furthermore, it has several solid performances and despite being rated only pg, has enough action to keep me, a huge action buff, completely entertained. However, the best part of this movie is the message throughout the movie. Sher Khan, who rather than a villain is portrayed more as like a jungle police officer, kills only those who disrespect the jungle law. The jungle law essentially states you will not kill unless you are defending yourself or need to eat. The movie states the message that people should not kill animals unless it is in self defense or for food, not for trophies. I think it is a very solid message that kids should learn, and should respect. Overall 5/5

I'm sorry, but look at the price(s) for this $90 for a new copy?! $35 for a used copy!?!
I love this movie.
This review is not meant to be insightful at all, let alone helpful. I just needed to point these facts out.

i can't find this movie anywhere. they say they discontinued this movie. that is stupid. this is my favorite jungle book movie ever! please remake them!!!

This is perhaps the best version of Jungle Book ever made. The cast is extremely charismatic (especially Jason Scott Lee who is not only an excellent action star but is so damn gorgeous that gay men will catch vapors just watching him run around most of the movie shirtless). There is excitement and danger and romance. What is not to love?