Went To The Movies

[so lucky]

I took two of my grand daughters to see The Jungle Book today. It was very good. If you have a kid you can borrow for a couple hours, I recommend it. Or go with adults....
Anyway, I was reminded of @Nyboy when the king of the Apes, King Louie, was asking Mowgli if he'd even eaten a Paw Paw. He said "I hear they taste like a banana and a mango" exactly what Nyboy was saying.
The film has Christopher Walken as King Louie, and Bill Murray as Baloo, the giant sloth bear, and Scarlett Johansen as Kaa, the huge serpent.
I never did read the book. I was wanting us (the girls and I) to read it before going to the movie, but it didn't happen. Not while there's Minecraft to be played.

 

[thistlebloom]

That was one of my favorite stories as a young reader. I had the unabridged Kipling book, not the Disneyfied version.

I haven't seen trailers for it, but I assume it's not animated?

 

[so lucky]

No, not animated as we think of it. Everything looks so real it scares the beegeesus out of you. (Well, out of me. I scare easily) You can google it and see pictures of the actors who spoke for each animal, and a pic of the boy who plays Mowgli. You can see how real the animals look. And maybe a trailer or it.

 

[Nyboy]

I remember my grandmother taking me to see that and Dumbo !!! Movie has gotten great raves. Funny I thought Paw Paw where Native American, jungle book takes place in India right?

 

[seedcorn]

@Nyboy You expect authenticity in a movie? Silly boy....

 

[Nyboy]

Lol true very true

 

[baymule]

I read the book as a kid, loved it. Saw the cartoon movie, loved that too. Can't wait to go see this movie!

 

[Carol Dee]

Here is the official trailer.

 

[so lucky]

Oh yeah, I loved the scenes with the ruins. It reminded me of Angkor in Cambodia.
And I'm pretty sure they took liberties with the appropriate flora and fauna for the region!