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The Jungle Book
Bunny and I went to see “The Jungle Book [1],” the Disney [2] remake of their
1967 animated movie, “The Jungle Book [3].” Don't be fooled if you think this
is all live action—it's not. It's nearly all animated, but the computer
animation is quite good throughout the movie.
It follows more the 1967 version than the book [4], but as a remake, this is
darker and quite a bit more violent than the original Disney version—it
defintely earns its PG rating (and I'm surprised it didn't get a PG-13—Shere
Khan [5] is a villian in this vesion). And just like the original, you get
the musical numbers “The Bare Necessities [6]” (which didn't seem that out of
place) and “I Wan'na Be Like You [7]” (which … um … didn't quite fit).
All the voice actors were good but … well … when King Louie [8] (not in the
book and created by Disney) first appeared in the film, it seemed as if the
voice actor was doing an odd impersonation of Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz
when it finally dawned on me—it was Christopher Walken, who I think was doing
a Christopher Walkenian impression of Marlon Brando doing Colonel Kurtz and
finally doing a Christopher Walkenian impression of Christopher Walken.
But aside from that (even as an orangutan, Walken is Walken) it was worth
seeing. We both enjoyed the movie.
[1]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3040964/
[2]
http://www.disney.com/
[3]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061852/
[4]
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1435142829/conmanlaborat-20
[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shere_Khan
[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bare_Necessities
[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wan'na_Be_like_You_(The_Monkey_Song)
[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Louie
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