I don't know, I don't wanna make generalizations between people that prefer Disney's version when compared to this one, but I imagine that SOME small chunk of that is a result of Disney's version being much more nice to look at. I'm not saying that Rohan Chand is the second coming of Daniel Day-Lewis, but I feel that he captured the essence of the character of Mowgli more than Sethi did, who, as I mentioned, was really fucking bad in the movie. I also find that the movie's lead is better cast.

It's definitely not as family-friendly of an adaptation as Disney's version, since I do think this movie embraces its darker themes more openly than other version and, honestly, I find that it's for the betterment of the story, the characters and the world they inhabit.

I don't know which of the movies is most faithful to the stories they are based on, but I find that I like this movie's tone more as it feels more serious, much more relevant than whatever it was that Disney did with their adaptation. I honestly didn't like the movie, even if I felt that parts of it were tremendous (mostly the CG and the voice acting). I gave it three stars in my original review, but I'm thinking of downgrading it to 2.5. Disney orders, I'm sure, since the songs didn't really fit the movie's darker tone. Oh and that goes without mentioning the two incredibly out of place musical numbers like, of course, Bare Necessities and a really elaborate song-and-dance from King Louie. It's just that the narrative didn't grab me, I thought the kid who played Mowgli was, largely, fucking awful and the emotional connection between Baloo, Bagheera and Mowgli felt incredibly manufactured. Here's the thing with The Jungle Book, it is a technical masterpiece, I'll never disagree with that fact. I don't know if it's fair to compare the two, but I feel that it's almost inevitable. Average rating for TJB is 3.5 and 2.8 for this one. This has 53% positive reviews and an average audience score of 3.6/5.

This is an unpopular opinion because of the fact that, on RottenTomatoes, The Jungle Book has 95% positive reviews from professional critics and an average audience score of 4.1/5. I found this to be a better movie than Disney's live-action version of The Jungle Book from a couple of years ago.

I'm gonna start out this review with something that might be an unpopular opinion.

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