Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (film): Get's ripped by critics but i liked it

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This massive budget Warner Bros. film was another huge film that somehow managed to pass me by unnoticed. I think a big part of this was because the film wasn't released in very many theaters and was meant to be a Netflix exclusive. Most professional critics didn't care for it but whatever man, I found it entertaining.

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I don't know if you can read the small script on the above picture but there are some heavy hitters doing voice-over work on this project including Christian Bale and Benedict Cumberbatch. It's funny because I thought i recognized some voices throughout the film but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Now that I've seen the credits, it seems so obvious.


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As you would expect from a film featuring talking animals, a great deal of the movie depends on CGI since we aren't exactly going to put a baby in the middle of a bunch of wild animals.. well, that is unless you are as nuts as the people that made the movie Roar, who likely did precisely that.

The movie has a striking resemblance to Jungle Book, which had been released just a bit prior to this one. The films would have likely been released in the same season if it weren't for the fact that Mowgli had some pretty bad problems with delays. The name of this film actually originally was Jungle Book: Origins but that was scrapped for some reason or another. One of the explanations I have heard was that this film was going to be significantly darker than Jungle Book and either Disney or Warner Bros thought it would be a better idea to not affiliate the two - this film is definitely darker and there are no musical numbers either (thank goodness.)


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The CGI is absolutely stunning throughout the film. It looks real! At no point in time did I feel that any of it looked even remotely fake, and that includes the scenes that had human actors involved in the sequences.

I also take my hat off to Rohan Chand, who is the actor that plays Mowgli. Normally, i really don't like child actors but he pulled it off and at no point did i want to throw things at him due to bad acting.


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I think a lot of the negative criticism was off target as the primary complaint you hear is that the film was too dark for children (and this is a very real thing, i don't think that kids should watch this movie.) Also, a lot of adults might find it too tame and therefore it kind of doesn't have a true audience. I applaud attempting things like this and you can't really get on director Andy Serkis' case to suggest that he is duping kids into being exposed to violence. He did advise parents to not watch this film with their kids after-all.

There is a tremendous amount of animal violence and even a bit of murder which I kind of enjoy since Disney-oriented films of this sort are normally a bit too tame for my liking. I feel as though this is a more accurate representation of what might actually happen among the members of the animal kingdom. There are some quite brutal and bloody encounters along the ride as well. It certainly isn't a kids film and perhaps that is the reason why I feel the opposite way that the professionals do when comparing this to Jungle Book - which was always going to happen.

I thought it was fun and visually appealing. I wouldn't go and put it on a "must watch" list or anything but it was one of the better films I have seen in a while. It is also very easy to follow, as you might have expected.

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Very interesting. I think a lot of times people have a picture in their head of how something is supposed to be and then when it doesn't meet that expectation they just trash it. It was probably very easy for that to happen since the other movie had just come out not too long before this one. I did see that one and it was decent. Plus you know everyone is just so overly sensitive about everything these days...

Plus you know everyone is just so overly sensitive about everything these days...

Well... In some cases they are right, but in general, everything is getting really boring because people are complaining too much.

Haha great!

I liked the original back in the day and the recent one with Bill Murray as they bear.

This one slipped past me as well but I would give it a chance. The cgi will have to be good in order to not be distracting but I am gonna check it out.

Glad you enjoyed it. Congrats on 80!!!

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The original one is such a classic, haha!

For sure. I was probably the perfect age when I first saw it. I can immediately picture that goofy bouncy little mowgly and the hypnotic eyes on that snake!

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... that goofy bouncy little mowgly and the hypnotic eyes on that snake!

It's an iconic scene, haha!

This must be a interesting movie to watch!

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Seems the really made a great movie, from your write up. Which reminds me that it never hit the cinemas like major movies this year covered everywhere. And I once saw the trailer some months before the Lion king even started trending, talking wolves etc.
I will scout for it, to see it.
CGI is great and replacing lots of limitations. Computer generated images have been a goal on target for me.

This is by far my favorite of all the Jungle Book movies. It didn't copy the original and brought more to the story. The tiger was awesome. I usually hate all CGI films, but this was done so well that I forgot about the CGI and fell into the story. I'm a little bit old school. I don't watch Netflix or go to the movies. I just download anything popular on the Pirate Bay as long as it isn't cam. So I never judge a book by it's cover because I never see the cover or the trailer, just the name of the movie. 90% of what I see goes straight to the trash bin within minutes, but not this one.

oh good. It is nice to see that it isn't just my opinion. Seriously, it is tough to find something good said about this film (especially among pro critics) and I don't understand why.

Lacking a perfect audience is not good for a film. as in order to get success I guess the target age group of audiences should be prefered, but as taste differs so are variety of scripts, I too foyund it quite an agreesive one but still liked it a bit more.
I honestly had mixed feeling about it.
anyways keep flourishing.

Hahaha! So you didn’t throw away your good bottle of beer at the film because you were overly entertained!!

Good job! I was wondering whether I should have a look at this film!

Cheers!

How’s winter in Chiengmai?! Colder?!

I was ready to be disappointed with this movie, but I have to confess that I liked it more than I imagined. Nice review, @gooddream.


Let me ask: Did you watched Maleficent: Mistress of Evil? I wrote a review and if you (or anyone else reading this comment) wanna read it... Here's the link: https://steemit.com/movies/@wiseagent/movie-review-maleficent-mistress-of-evil-2019.

It would be nice to know what you think about this movie.

gonna go see Maleficent 2 today at the theater. I'll check out your write up after :)

All right! :D