A bit rough, isn't it?

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2005)

When I saw this movie first, I enjoyed it. It was funny, the animation was good and the songs was enjoyable. Yet I must say that the movie is very roughly based on the actual book by Rudyard Kipling, which is far better than the movie.
If it stood to me, the actual story is far from a children's basic bedtime story. Many important factors was excluded from the movie, which I am very disappointed of. Kaa, who originally was a wise old python and one of Mowgli's best friends, was turned into a greasy bad guy, helping out Shere Khan. It's almost like he took over the role of Tabaqui the jackal, who didn't appear in the movie at all. Akela, Raksha and the rest of the wolves, did hardly have any part in the movie, unlike in the book. Also, the originally smart, bold and righteous Bagheera was completely out of character, and so was Baloo the bear. From a strict old teacher of the wolf pups, he turned into a carefree goof ball without any connection to the Seonee Pack at all. I suppose that the added character King Louie, only was a comic relief.
Of course, this is meant to be a children's movie, but still I was very disappointed when I saw it as child. I just wish Disney had followed the book more properly.
I can recommend this movie to people who just wants to have mere fun out of it (because this is a classic Disney movie, with a lot of fun!), but fans of the book shouldn't get their hopes up.