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Jungle Book movie

LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,095
edited May 2016 in The Commons

First of all a complaint:  The search function of this forum sucks rancid swamp water!   I know the topic of the new Jungle Book 3D movie has been mentioned in here before but the search function is useless so here's another thread about it.

The new Jungle Book movie is surprisingly very good.  Technically.  I couldn't tell where animation and photography merged.  The images were totally believable (except for the talking animals).  I tried to find the animation but after a while I just gave up and watched the movie.  We've come a long way from the original "Tron".

I watched the whole thing and didn't get fidgety.  In my dotage I've become not opposed to getting up and walking out on a movie that frustrates and bores me.  So, for me to say that I sat through the whole thing is worth at least two stars.  The animation is another two stars.  They could have left out the musical numbers, so that keeps me from assigning another star, but overall I had a good time at the movies. smiley

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  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,273

    First:

    yes, its bad enough that I wouldn't doubt it becomes a meme.

     

    Second:

    yeah, it was nothing short of amazing.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586

    @StratDragon, given that this is a live action version of a Disney classic, who says it isn't already? wink

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,581
    edited May 2016

    I have not seen the movie, but I read that the only thing that was "real" was Mowgli, must have been tricky for the young actor that plays him to have to try and interact with non-existent creatures in front of a blue screen.  

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  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    Havos said:

    I have not seen the movie, but I read that the only thing that was "real" was Mowgli, must have been tricky for the young actor that plays him to have to try and interact with non-existent creatures in front of a blue screen.  

    Just ask Ian McKellen!  He had most of his shots in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in front of a green screen with no one else around and he almost had a nervous breakdown!

  • OstadanOstadan Posts: 1,130

    I haven't seen it yet.  A friend from Disney told me that when Mowgli reaches and touches an animal's fur, the actual seam is at the wrist: the entire hand (and of course the animal) is CGI so that it can interact properly with the fur.

    So, just wow.

     

  • nelsonsmithnelsonsmith Posts: 1,337
    edited May 2016
    Havos said:

    I have not seen the movie, but I read that the only thing that was "real" was Mowgli, must have been tricky for the young actor that plays him to have to try and interact with non-existent creatures in front of a blue screen.  

    He was interacting with creatures, namely actors in mo-cap suits, puppets and stand-ins.

    The kids an AMAZING actor though, and Jon Favreau is to be commended.  The guy's a very good director, and Disney owed him big time for the shaft he got after Iron Man, the movie that put Marvel on the map.

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