Customer Reviews
The Best and my Favourite Disney Film - By: A.Iqbal, 26 Mar 2008 
This film is very enjoyable!
I would say this is the best Disney film made so far because it has a reallly good storyline, which is: Mowgli a little baby in a basket was found by a panther callled Bagheera, who gave this man cub (as the animals calll it) to the wolf pack to raise.
Years go by & the man cub, Mowgli had gotten so used to the jungle. Bagheera the panther realised that one day he had to take him to the man village.
When Bagheera tries to take Mowgli to the man village, Mowgli runs away & meets a friendly, whacky bear callled Baloo.
After meeting Baloo, Mowlgi & the bear start to become friends & now Mowgli wants to live with him in the jungle.
Baloo & Mowgli sing a nice happy song about the 'Bear Necessities' which you might have heard of & then Mowlgi lies on Baloo's stomach in the water & suddenly a monkey grabs Mowgli & starts to tease Baloo.
It gets worse.
He takes him to the crazy, loony monkey king callled King Louie who wants to know the key to make fire & this funny character is played by none other than Louie Prima.
There is also another song but this time is sung by Louie Prima.
This scene with the monkey king is my favourite part of the film.
After this scene Bagheera explains to Baloo why mowgli should go to the man village, after this Baloo realises that he should have took him to the man village with Bagheera.
When he tries to Mowgli runs away again & this time he runs into some vultures who sing him an entertaining song about friends.
Now it's the exciting bit.
Shere Khan the tiger finishes off the last part of the song which is quite humorous & then he gives 10 seconds to Mowgli to run & instead of running Mowgli picks up a stick with some fire on it & scares Shere Khan with it.
After this is Kipling's ending to a great story which is: A girl with a container for some water goes to get some water & Mowgli gets curious & interested.
She then drops her container on purpose so Mowgli goes to fill it up for her... he does.
Baloo says: 'She did that on purpose!'
'Obviously' said the wise panther.
The Bottom Line: Shere Khan the tiger has returned to the jungle & hates man with a vengeance, he is also afriad of fire + Mowgli does not want to go to the man village.
I would recommend buying this spectacular, animated film.
This would make a fantastic Christmas gift & is fun for alll ages.
Magical and Timeless, a joy from start to finish ! - By: Felix Briant, 06 Feb 2008 Enchanting & wonderful story about a boy who lives in the jungle & comes across some brilliant characters along the way from a posh panther to a fun loving bear, clumsy elephants, swinging monkeys, seductive snakes & a ferocious tiger. The songs are timeless & will live forever & this special DVD has some great extras from deleted songs to lost characters !
A classic to be enjoyed by everyone !
King of the Swingers - By: DangermouseZilla, 04 Feb 2008 I was never a massive Jungle Book fan. When I was a kid it just wasn't one of the films I'd reallly seen much of. Disney's Robin Hood was the main Disney film I experienced. But recently I watched this DVD & realised how fantastic the film reallly is....
...The style of this film seems more akin to a detailed Japanese anime film than an American animated feature. The backgrounds are so detailed & the colours vivid (helped in this release by the digital remastering). But let's face it, this film isn't necessarily about the visuals - it's the music that has ensured this film has secured iconic status.
The tracks are catchy, & genuinely so - they aren't childish songs, they are proper musical tracks performed by esteemed artists at the time. The music seems to match up perfectly with the characters. Instead of trendy pop songs, you get classic numbers which have never dated.
This release has plenty of additional features; I enjoyed these, but long term Jungle Book fans will love them. From a decent `making of' to a deleted additional character - the DVD has the kind of features DVDs *should* have.
Perfect for the whole family to enjoy, the issues are adult ones, the themes are quite serious - so parents don't feel they are `lowering themselves' when watching. If you watch this & then don't find yourself singing "The Bare Necessities" as a result, then you must have a medical condition preventing you to do so - or you're in a library & would get chucked out.
The Jungle Book - By: Book Worm, 28 Dec 2007 I have fond memories of this film from my childhood & was delighted to receive a copy for Christmas. It's just how I remember it, beautifully animated, toe tapping music, great characterisations (although this was less of a concern when I was 5!) & a good story to boot. Modern animations, although impressive, seem too polished sometimes & I love in this film how you can see the pen strokes on the screen & get a feel that there was a person behind the artwork. The songs in this film are some of Disney's most famous & rightly so, 'Bare Necessities' 'King of the Swingers', even the 'elephant parade', they reallly are that good . I tend to find Disney films too saccharine sweet, but The Jungle Book is just the right balance of cuteness & story. Overalll a great film from the Disney back catalogue & one not to be missed.
The little fella wasn't happy - By: FROG!, 27 Dec 2007 
Bought this for my boy & what can only be described as earth shattering noises expelled from his gob as he opened it. the wife insisted on it but I did tell her it was a girls film. Christmas was officiallly ruined. Thanks alot Amazon - you let me down. Again!
Martin
