The Jungle Book (1994)

Best movie of this year hands down!

I love this movie so much

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

A beautiful version of the well known book. I've seen quite a few and this is my favourite one.Jason Scott Lee is a pleasure to watch - so natural. Beautiful performance, beautiful setting, a lot of messages sent to ponder over... Perfect to watch with your young children on a Sunday afternoon.I have no idea why the rating is so low, it's worth watching as it's beautifully made.

I like this movie very much and still consider this one the best ! There are several movies about this book, but still this one i never get tired. Amazing the animals and the actors are doing what they should do. All in all i can recommend this one to all !! If you look at this film as the standard nowadays is then you will see it is a older movie. But that should not stop you to enjoy this movie, every time you watch !! It is in my opinion not wasted money to buy this one !! How it looks like on blue ray, in my opinion do not buy it. Buy it on DVD , some movies are not made for blue ray. I hope the new jungle book that is coming will have the same impact as this one did to me !!

...and I might even add it rightly deserves it's current Rotten Tomatoes' score of "92%", yet mysteriously only has a "6.0" out of 10 on IMDb. WHY!??And since there're also soon gonna be TWO remakes of "The Jungle Book" within two years of each other (2015 & 2016), I thought it'd be appropriate to write this review. (Looking forward to what you've got, Serkis & Favreau!)I certainly agree with the general crowd that this flick is quite an underrated masterpiece! (I mean, hey it came out in 1994, where nearly *every* film of that year was considered great movie - so that's why I guess movies like this and "Iron Will" faded away a bit from the public eye.) In my opinion, this is my favorite version of the story! Even though I do like the original Disney cartoon; and I now know there're some controversies here & there involving the "PG" rating with this (whether it'd be involving to the violence, the action, the language, or simply scenes that're too scary for young viewers.) I admit, I've often been so critical of films, that are not only bad, but have an inappropriate "PG" rating (i.e. "Howard the Duck", "Airplane!", "Spaceballs", etc.) One of the scenes that scared me the most was where Sergeant Harley drowned in the black quicksand while chasing Mowgli. (But I also might add, it's one of those scenes that I found myself obsessed with pausing, rewinding, and re-watching so many times... for some reason.) Towards the end of the movie, each one of the bad guys die, in unique sort of ways - somewhat almost like the way the antagonists did in the recent film by Mel Gibson, "Apocalypto". (THAT'S even a film worth checking out - I was mind blown!)But exclusively addressing those who may say "what does this film have to do with the Jungle Book?", when the animals don't talk, and other things. I KNOW - but it's called an "adaptation"; things have to be changed; I mean, it's the "Jungle Book" but with more ACTION! Kinda like Indiana Jones. It stills somewhat keeps with the source material. I mean, it wasn't like the movie "Eragon" or the recent "Noah" film that disappointed SO many fans & critic.But moving back, I certainly have to say I'm quite a fan of the talented Hawaiian actor, Jason Scott Lee, since this was the first film I saw him in. I think he was a great pick to play the grown-up part of Mowgli, even though not Indian. Nice bod, though not Indian. lol I may even say he's one of those actors who're A LOT hotter & talented than Leonardo DiCaprio (an actor I really can't STAND!) And I'm a GUY... from the 90s. Here's my list on that issue: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058930557/And several scenes that include Mowgli RUNNING through the jungle was just EPIC, and still are to this; everything coming together with the slow-motion, his hair flowing in the wind, the soundtrack, and the tense emotion Mowgli has turning from sadness to revenge is just all-round BADA$$!Anyways, I think this is still a very good film. It introduced me to such things as the "Blue Danube" theme (much better used in this flick, in a rather charming creative way, than in "2001: A Space Odyssey", a film I just don't get); I was even introduced to big Hollywood names as John Cleese (just intellectual, likable, and really funny - a much greater performance, besides "Fawlty Towers" that I've seen him in; unlike the dumb & overrated "Monty Python" series), Sam Neil (I'm not much of a Jurassic Park fan, but I am of him! With his "nostalgic" appeal to so many general viewers, & his great talent with versatility & accents), Lena Headey, who was just very beautiful & all-round likable in this story (I mean, I feel as almost my childhood of her was RUINED by that atrocious & disgusting "Game of Thrones" series! I didn't know it was her until I viewed her profile on IMDb!), Cary Elwes, though I already knew him from "The Princess Bride" (great film); but even then, I didn't know it was him! Just really goes to show how talented he is at being versatile! (Amongst actors like Johnny Depp & Gary Oldman). Overall, this is GREAT ensemble cast, with every one of them giving quite an underrated performance each! Better performances than what most of them are generally known for being in.Not only is this a dramatic film, but it has quite a few (memorable) humorous moments as well. hehehe. Like the montage of how Mowgli has to "adjust back into the human world", whether it being bathed by John Cleese ("Alright, then") or being measured, reading the alphabet, or pushing a mirror than John Cleese is looking at. "Ah, look... Ahhh!" hahahahaha! LOL Too funny!I find this movie interesting for even portraying the culture of India in a rather decent & informative way, without delving too much into the occult (i.e. biased promoting Hinduism, Buddhism, or idol worship, etc.) Many of the shots of the sets and landscape are PRETTY WELL done! And do I even need to bring up the shots of the Treasure Room in Monkey City? ...Man, it's breathtakingly, beautiful! Can give almost ANYONE goosebumps!I bet the Nostalgia Critic has YET to review this film! Right along with "Tall Tale" and "Rocketman" - I want him to review & give publicity to these movies SO BAD!8/10

The plot of this film owes more to the plot of The King's Ankus (one of the short stories in Kipling's second jungle book) than it does to the jungle book itself.Typical tale of treasure greed and death These are the Four that are never content, that have never been filled since the Dews began — Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the Kite, and the hands of the Ape, and the Eyes of Man.The human actors are mediocre with the exception of Mowgli himself but the animal actors are absolutely fantastic kudos must go to the trainers of these. It looks to me like most of this was shot live action with editing to superimpose humans into scenes with animals that could be dangerous and to add animals that would otherwise eat each other. Overall well told but hardly true to the title (at least its the same author)