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I liked the trailer. Looks like good fun.
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The Jungle Book Superbowl Trailer
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GravityInsanity
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This looks really good. I'm loving what I am seeing.
MoonsaultSlayer
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I just want the (*Mowgli X Shere Khan encounter spoiler*)
Also (*ending spoilers*)
scene where Mowgli threatens to beat Shere Khan and calls him a dog after whacking him with a flaming stick. Powerful dialog in the book.
Also (*ending spoilers*)
did they spoil the ending in the trailer?
whatsinaname
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Damn that looks cool. (I wonder how it would look if it was shot at 48 fps).
I think the previous trailer did a better job showcasing Scarlett Johansson's voice as Kaa - calmly and gently lulling Mowgli into a false sense of security, but with a sinister edge that comes through as she says "trusssssssst in me":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcgJRQWxKnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcgJRQWxKnw
A Link to the Past
Banned
Yeah, I caught that at my theater when I rewatched TFA. It definitely takes you for a loop.
Dsyndrome
Member
Same, didn't help that it was 2D but supposed to be 3D. I kept telling my wife it looked fake as shit, hopefully will be better in theaters.
Discotheque
Banned
this honestly looks like crap imo but i'm there for the music and a great choice for baloo and shere khan.
when's beauty and the beast coming so we can get out of this garbage live action cartoon ghetto.
when's beauty and the beast coming so we can get out of this garbage live action cartoon ghetto.
BarringGaffner
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nah it releases in April. Chances are these shots are actually more polished than others.
overall the visual effects look pretty good though.
Major Gripex
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Come on Disney, hurry up and get all these live action adaptions out of the way so you can set up the Kingdom Hearts universe already.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Why do people dislike ScarJo so much for Kaa? Is it because she's not right for the role, or because Cummings is such a defining actor for the role?
Ultimadrago
Member
Honestly, it looks and sounds pretty crappy. Perhaps the voice mixing was just different for the trailer, but it sounds off.
She sounds bored.
I mean there is a bit of a problem with the original voice actors all being pretty defining, but still... these didn't really sound that good.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Because orangutans are not indigenous to the region, they changed him into a gigantopithecus to be more accurate (I guess he's supposed to be the last one... or something?).
Why they're worrying about that kind of accuracy in a talking animal movie, I'll never know, especially since 99.9% of people would never question the presence of an orangutan anyway.
I liked the casting, but based off of what little we've heard her performance is... Off. Almost bland even. I expected a bit more from her. :\
It really does. It's all very, very noticeable.
Even tho I think this looks awesome, this was my first thought lol :/
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
That kid looks so out of place lol
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Haha this is a strange reason, wasn't expecting that.
Demoncarnotaur
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Those voices sound awful.
But this trailer made the movie seem like a ton of fun, so I am in.
But this trailer made the movie seem like a ton of fun, so I am in.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Fair enough on the ScarJo responses, though I don't entirely agree.
That said, there's nothing weird about talking animals conceptually - it's evident that they're not really speaking English, we're just having translated to English what they are trying to communicate to Mowgli and from Mowgli's POV.
That said, there's nothing weird about talking animals conceptually - it's evident that they're not really speaking English, we're just having translated to English what they are trying to communicate to Mowgli and from Mowgli's POV.
Her voice simply does not fit a cunning and deceitful reptile. I was never a big fan of Jim Cummings in the role either because he used the same voice as Winnie the Pooh (I realize Jungle Book came out first).
Strangelove77
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Looks better than I thought it was going to be. I also think the original cartoon is shit, so whatever.
Hope this is good.
Hope this is good.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Voice acting was real rough, especially scar jo
Hopefully they sort it out. I think the worse thing about the voices is it didn't sound like they were coming from the animals. That song at the end has me hyped though.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Why is the CGI so underwhelming too?
I mean, The Life of Pi tiger (and lion in Narnia) look much better than what is displayed here.
I mean, The Life of Pi tiger (and lion in Narnia) look much better than what is displayed here.
He could grow up to be the ultimate predator: man, who has the power to wield fire.
A Link to the Past
Banned
To me, Kaa is at her/his most cunning because of that. ScarJo's performance makes Kaa seem like a motherly type, but as someone else said, you can sense subtle danger when she tells Mowgli that he can trust her. And with Cummings it works for me because his Kaa is soothing, relaxed.
May not be completely finished? Only when mowgli was with Bagheera and Balloo did it look real bad to me.
Cinderella did not have talking animals.
Also, why does the snake have a plain woman's voice? I thought he was a more unique character when he had a zany, hissing man's voice.
obin_gam
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Also, Khan is 100% in the right.
A Link to the Past
Banned
It's a more realistic take. Even subtle stuff like Shere Khan's hubris which while not cartoony it felt "not real", Elba takes a different approach and makes it feel more real as to what a character of that type would do. Here, no actor - no good actor - is going to try to replicate Cummings because Cummings' involvement was a product of the kind of movie they were making. Instead of trying to lull people with his soft, strange hissing voice, Kaa is now lulling people with her soft, motherly voice.
Why not update the OP with the direct link? From that Twitter link you have to dig through like 3 extra screens.
https://youtu.be/C4qgAaxB_pc
https://youtu.be/C4qgAaxB_pc
liliththepale
Banned
The production company that made the life of pi tiger went broke doing so because they put so much work into it (and studios won't pay more than X amount for CGI because X is "what CGI costs"). And that was just one animal for most of the time. This is a lot more and being made by a company that doesn't want to go broke.
Aslan doesn't look better. It just looked miraculous for the time.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
All the tiger scenes are underwhelming to my eyes, but like you mention, there's still time to improve.
Yup!
The Chosen One
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The voices ruin it for me.
Same here.
I was getting super hyped until I heard the voices... the voices sound like something out of Ice Age or some other mediocre talking animal 3D movie.
...but I'll still be there day one. Or maybe day three.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
not in until we have a confirmation of i wanna be like you
Discotheque
Banned
i'm fine with Kaa being female, but not scarlett. Eva Green would have killed it.
the other one being made by Serkis has a much better choice in Cate Blanchett. She'll be appropriately creepy.
if you mixed both casts you'd get some great choices. but man it looks like shiiiiit. i shudder thinking what the cheaper WB one will look like. unless WETA goes ham on that.
the other one being made by Serkis has a much better choice in Cate Blanchett. She'll be appropriately creepy.
if you mixed both casts you'd get some great choices. but man it looks like shiiiiit. i shudder thinking what the cheaper WB one will look like. unless WETA goes ham on that.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Idris Elba as Khan was dogshit.
You got a link? Can't find it.
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