Dec 18, 2023DianneATX rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I chose to watch the original 1967 version of "The Jungle Book" to relive the story and enjoy the animation. I'm glad I did!
The extra features pointed out that this was the last film that used hand-painted animations and had direct input…
Oct 26, 2023mk72lfi6 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This movie is so fun for many ages! Disney turned a corner after this time period and I relish the earlier, more creative films. They came from radio, where dialogue, music, characters and sounds were more demanding than visuals, so it is…
Mar 30, 2022The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
More an adaptation of the Alexander Korda film with Sabu, than the Rudyard Kipling novel, the 1967 Walt Disney classic has some appealing vocal performances from stars of times past, including George Sanders and Phil Harris, and a catchy…
Feb 08, 2022Grathful rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I heard a great deal about this movie when I was a child, but somehow never got around to seeing it until now some fifty-five years after its release. It was worth the wait.
“Jungle Book” takes on the difficult task of compiling some of…
Jan 28, 2019ADragonInTheLibrary rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A mixed bag. Half of the songs are pretty catchy, but the last one is misogynistic in a really bad way. As much as I love "I Wanna Be Like You" as a song, it's more than a little obvious that the jazz-singing apes and Baloo in "ape face"…
As a children's movie, its great; as an adaptation of a book, it quite loose (and in that sense bad). The songs are catchy and playful; the use of jazz music by the evil monkeys would surely be considered racist today. It felt like the…
Sep 12, 2017Library_Jill rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A classic Disney adaptation with catchy music and lovable characters. It was fun to watch this on the heels of the live-action/CGI remake from last year, and be reminded of the characters' original personalities.
Jan 03, 2017mswrite rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Hummable, memorable tunes--"Bare Necessities" the standout--and fine voice work by singer-songwriter-musician-actor Louis Prima, actor-singer Phil Harris, and actors George Sanders and Sebastian Cabot. Recommended.
IIRC, KCLS had ordered another 123 copies of this movie, and listed it in the On Order catalog as The Diamond Edition.
I just got my que copy, and the KCLS sticker on the spine of the case says "Diamond Ed".
However, it's definitely…
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Mar 26, 201211Liv11 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A wonderful children's classic movie without all the junk put into children's movies these days.
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The Jungle Book