lanimag
This is a Movie adaption of a Tale written by the famous Rudyard Kipling a fellow of English Blood who was born and Raised in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. CINEMATOGRAPHY GREAT. The BEGINNING of the MOvie is a wonderful scene of Wildlife. This is a colored film but has the resolution of black and white, so I am guessing was quite a cinematographers delight in the day. IF you can get a good quality version and watch it on a really good flat TV or better yet an HD CRT, you will get the richness of the movie. SO much of it is dark spaces. MUSIC was very nice. NOt quite Indian, somewhat orchestral, and interesting mix of what seems like very original music, carries the film wonderfully. Folksy and majestic at the same time, fitting to the story!!ACTING very good. Solid acting , nothing stupendous, some nice subtle performances within. Most of this movie is carried by the story and the action. SCENES are generally small, and very cozy, almost like a stage play ,from a modern perspective. I get hungry for sandwiches when i watch this movie. for you in Cold Weather climates, watch this movie in the WINTER!!!This is an ACTION ADVENTURE movie with Political and Dramatic Strings, an Deservingly classic tale, and this movie is quite well made. CULTURALLY & ETHNICALLY sensitive people who object to a lot of stuff may have some internal issues to defeat to enjoy this movie, but other than that, it is an Epic Story made into a great adventure movie.T H A N K S F O R R E A D I N G ! ! ! !
boymac2008
Saw this at the San Val Drive-in, Sun Valley, CA ..... During the war, most theaters had "Black-outs" ... and they would stop the movie for awhile, and turn out all the lights, till the warning was lifted ....I was fascinated that the Snake & Tiger could talk to the little boy, that memory has stayed with me all my life ..... most of the animals wanted to Eat him,but he had a gift of gab which got him off the hook most of the time.The Theater was located on San Fernando Road, near Lockheed Airport and many nights the movies were interrupted by low-flying aircraft, or the Bright searchlights along Empire Ave.Another GREAT depiction of this was a later film, "1941" with John Beluishe
TheLittleSongbird
As a child, I loved this 1942 film Jungle Book. As a 20-year old adult, I still do, my favourite version of the story alongside the less faithful but just as fun 1967 Disney film. As with all Korda Brothers films(The Four Feathers being my personal favourite), the film is full of beautiful scenery and cinematography as well as an exotic atmosphere. Miklos Rozsa's score is suitably stirring with an authentic touch, while the story is exciting and amusing with a real adventurous streak about it and the pace not dragging too much. The jungle animals look great and are colourful characters in their own right, and the film is lovingly directed as always. Sabu is a likable and athletic lead, Joseph Calleia is terrific as Buldeo and Rosemary De Camp is a sympathetic mother figure. My only complaint is the romance, which was not as developed as it could have been. Overall though, I still love this film and still thinks it holds up today. 9/10 Bethany Cox
moonspinner55
Rudyard Kipling's classic story of an infant boy in India stolen from his mother and later raised by wolves in the jungle is given colorfully cinematic treatment from the Korda Brothers, who skimp quite a bit on Baloo the Bear but give us lots of other fanciful things: talking snakes, a cursed fortune of gold, a forest fire, and villainous human characters more deadly than just about any of the animals. Sabu has the lead, and though Mowgli grows up in one quick cut from the film-editor (and learns the English language nearly as quickly!), Sabu provides a sturdy, confident center for the picture and nearly holds the narrative together. The cinematography is occasionally beautiful, though the choppiness of the continuity (and the repetitive shots of tiger Shere Khan) keeps the movie from really blooming. Too much of the mid-section follows three would-be thieves in and out of the jungle, and I felt bad for the monkeys in the Lost City (we never see them escape the fire, and indeed hear their howls over a shot of the ruins). Still, "Jungle Book" is visually impressive and mostly entertaining if you're not too demanding. **1/2 from ****
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