Wednesday, February 27, 2019

What I Watched -- Mowgli

S and I were trolling for Netflix movies and found Mowgli recently.  It was obvious it was a version of The Jungle Book, but looked more adult and interesting.

And it certainly was not meant for children.  It's dark.  But I like dark.  It's the classic Jungle Book story.  The original Kipling works (which I have not read) apparently were themselves quite dark.  Much darker, in fact, than Walt Disney wanted for his happy, family-friendly movie when he made the animated version, so he lightened it up a bit.  Having not read the originals, I can't say how true this version is to the book. 

Bottom line: I liked it, for what it was.

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