May 22, 2016 12:37 AM
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Well, no point really … other than simply to create a terrifically enjoyable piece of old-fashioned storytelling and a beautiful-looking film: spectacular, exciting, funny and fun. It handsomely revives the spirit of Disney’s original film, while also having something of old-school family movies about animals like The Incredible Journey(1963) – it almost feels like something I could have watched as a kid on TV.
Perhaps most strikingly of all, it re-imports into the story elements of the Disney classic The Lion King(1994) which The Jungle Book influenced in the first place: there’s a special rock for the animals to gather round, a stampede scene and an evil feline with a facial disfigurement.
