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Summary: Good Adventure For The Family
Review: 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.
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Summary: Sam Neill was great in this picture and so was Lee!
Review: I loved the lush scenery and Cary Elwes getting his snooty buttt kicked by Jason Scott Lee. The clothes were great too.
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Summary: Sam Neill was great in this picture and so was Lee!
Review: I loved the lush scenery and Cary Elwes getting his snooty buttt kicked by Jason Scott Lee. The clothes were great too.
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Summary: Interesting Movie
Review: I thought this movie was interesting because it shows you what it was like to live in a jungle back in Rudyard Kipling's time. I also thought it had good Action/Adventure in it. Good Job!
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Summary: SUPRISINGLY BRILLIANT
Review: 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!
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Summary: Zero...
Review: I'm glad I didn't pay more than 2 dollars for this DVD.The story is absolutely not respected, nonetheless Kipling's work and message. I watched a bad Disney's kids messed up arrangement, awful effects and decors, stupid play, and... should I spend more time writing about this ? More fun were the comments by the director, finally saying between two jokes that he'd also been in "The Mummy" and sequels, so if you have the same feeling as I do about these holiday decorations (try putting the DVD on top on your Christmas tree) you'll understand what I mean about this unfortunate and totally wrong interpretation of the Jungle Book, what's more a movie I put aside after 20 minutes... P.
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Summary: No Kipling Here
Review: If you are looking for an accurate account of The Jungle Book, look elsewhere. This is an Indiana Jones adaptation, including its own Temple of Doom. The characters are unidimensional, presumably because we viewers are too stupid to discern good and bad in more complex forms. Still, I enjoyed this film on a purely escapist level. Although it isn't the best film Jason Scott Lee has made (see Map of the Human Heart and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), he is still fun to watch and incredibly sexy. Sam Neil is boring as usual.
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Summary: Well....
Review: Jason Scott Lee is gorgeous. All the rest is commentary.
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Summary: Good old-fashioned Saturday matinee adventure film
Review: Oh, this film could have been made for those Saturdays at the movies (25 cents to get in, popcorn with real butter, etc.) Jason Scott Lee is Tarzanly-gorgeous as the grown-up Mowgli, complete with animal sidekicks. The scene where he finds the monkey-king's treasure city is just wonderful. This is not exactly kiddy-fare (little kiddy) for the opening scene where the tiger trashes the shikari camp are pretty scary--a flaming wagon-ride, and the tiger is pretty nasty. No gore, but still a bit much in my opinion for the early grade-schooler. Older kids and adults, however, will enjoy this worthy adventure film, with not only Jason Scott Lee, but Cary Elwes. Dramatic scenery, humor, adventure, what's not to like here?
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Summary: DVD Special Features
Review: 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.
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