The animals are convincingly lifelike and pose a visual treat, varying from Baloo’s (Bill Murray) lazy smile to the monstrously scarred visage of Shere Khan (Idris Elba). From muddy, rushing rivers to misty jungles, the depiction of India feels realistic yet mythical, as if something so beautiful couldn’t truly exist on our polluted planet. “The Jungle Book” is a truly breathtaking movie. While it retains the popular characters, songs and basic plot of the original, the new “The Jungle Book” focuses on the dangers of the wilderness in a film that is intense, awe-inspiring and has more in common with the “Planet Earth” documentary series than with its jazzy, musical predecessor. Going into the film, I worried that it would be a strict, shot-for-shot remake of the 1967 cartoon however, those fears were quickly allayed. In the new live-action reboot of the classic animated film, “The Jungle Book,” Disney explores the wit and weakness of man in contrast with the majesty and raw power of Mother Nature. Mankind has forgotten what it is like to be at nature’s mercy, but Disney has not. More time is spent climbing the corporate ladder than trees, and the world’s most famous tigers play golf and advertise corn flakes. The jungles that people experience nowadays are made of concrete.
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