Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Disney's Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
Emphasis here on Disney. How much the author would recognize is open to question.
The
hype surrounding Disney's latest animated take on Rudyard Kipling's
Story moved me to dig out the 1994 live-action VHS version of the
tale. The Goofy movie preview probably tells us more about the take
we are about to see than the studio would prefer. To put too fine a
point on matters one wonders where in the jungle Mowgli found a
bodybuilding gym or a martial arts Sensei.
The
grown Mowgli performs like a trained parrot with a fondness for
kicking a certain sergeant in 'the sweets'--this is a children's
show, and a smart aleck mentality. Cary Elwes plays his villain's
role with malicious delight.
I
have decided it's about time I read the original.
