The Jungle Book (2016)
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Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqmUoteadZI
I've been waiting a long time to get my hands on a copy of The Jungle Book in spite of not remembering much of anything of the animated film. The first, last and only time I saw the animated version was sometime when I was maybe 5-6 years old. Maybe sooner than that. So, I really have no frame of reference how faithful this Live Action version of the film is to the original. Well, there is the Bear Necessity song that is in both. Right? Anyway, as for Jon Favreau's version, it's damn impressive! Seriously, the CGI is so life-like that you really do believe these animals are real. I couldn't find one flaw anywhere in the flick that I could point to and say "Ha....bad FX!" It doesn't exist. As for the cast, I had no idea who was who until the end credits rolled. Exceptional VO work from the likes of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher Walken. So yeah, I highly recommend this as a Rent for sure. Well worth the wait.