Special effects: I had seen the previews for this movie and thought it looked gorgeous, and it is. To my elation, the 2016 live action version changed this “happy ending” that I loathe into something a lot more palatable and I enjoyed myself very much. I hated that Disney condemned Mowgli to that, the way I feel condemned even now. Though they would look like me, I’d be a stranger. If I went to India now, it would only alienate me further because I have nothing in common with the people there. I have no information on my biological family. It infuriated me in the same way the following question infuriates me now: I’m 28, and I often get the question “Are you ever going back to India?”īack? Back where and to what? I was 6 months old at the time and I have no memory of that place. I could not stand the ending of the animated movie, when Mowgli got goo-goo eyes over a girl and followed her to the man-village, as if that was enough to erase his experiences in the jungle and that it would lead to a happy ending. My reaction to the animated Disney film completely colors my reaction to this movie, so a little personal information is in order: I am writing this review from a unique perspective–I’m American, but I was adopted from India when I was a baby by a white family, so I can certainly identify with Mowgli being part of two worlds but not wholly accepted by either. I have also read the first Jungle Book and have seen the 1994 live action version.
The special effects were amazing, the cast was great with one weak link, and I liked 2 big changes from the 1967 animated film I’m familiar with. I saw The Jungle Book recently, and I really enjoyed it with only 2 bits of criticism.
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