Childhood movie of mine!

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2019)

I used to watch this movie as a kid and needless to say I loved it and I still do now. Anyone who's read the book knows how far this movie strayed from the source material but in this case it turned out ok. The movie's about a kid named Mowgli who's taken in by a pack of wolves and becomes their adopted son. When word gets around that Shere Khan wants to kill the kid, his friend and mentor Bagheera the black panther offers to take him to the man village for his protection. Along the way they come across colorful characters such as the laid-back bear Baloo who introduces Mowgli to The Bare Necessities of life, a creepy snake named Kaa who wants to eat the boy, an orangutan named King Louie who desperately wants to learn how to make fire or "man's red flower" in his words and some Buzzards based on the Beatles while also learning more about the jungle and themselves as well as if Mowgli should leave the jungle or not.
I'm not sure what else there is to say about this movie other than this was the last movie Disney approved of and produced before his untimely death. He also told his staff not to read the book which normally i'm against but given how dark the original source material is this's an exception. The animation's a little scruffy like their later movies such as Robin Hood but it still looks good. The chemistry between the actors is believable and the pacing is wonderful. There's a balance between the light and dark moments from the songs to the final confrontation between Mowgli and Shere Khan. What more can I say? Check it out for yourself.