The Bare Necessities of a Modern Remake
Can they recapture the magic of the original? They “Shere Khan!” There is a common complaint about movies today - that too many of them are either a sequel or a remake or hybrid of the two. So when we heard that both Disney and Warner Bros. would be releasing live-action versions of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books , many rolled their eyes, thinking we’d be getting more of the same. The first of these modern adaptations to be released is Disney’s version, which is more of a remake of their 1967 animated classic, right down to the plot and the songs. And while they are walking through some familiar territory, there is still an… “elephant” of surprise (sorry, that’ll be the last one). So how does this new version hold up against the original? THE STORY The main premise of the story remains largely the same; Mowgli, the man cub raised by wolves, must be returned to the village to keep him safe from the hateful tiger, Shere Khan. Along the way, Mowgli and his protector, Bagh...