The arrival of the rainy season in the movie enhances the gloomy and gloomy mystery of the entire forest: the wild buffalo in the group encounters a sudden mudslide, and the wolf boy Mowgli meets a python with a very charming voice in the depths of the forest... The vast primitive The forest is full of awe-inspiring, even terrifying unknowns. The producer used sky-defying special effects to construct the entire virtual forest and all kinds of animals living in it (the real scene is zero). feel.
Mowgli, a child who grew up with wolves. He has a gentle and loving wolf mother, and a strict and dogmatic life mentor, Bagheera the Panther. Mowgli loves the forest and loves making friends with animals. He doesn't even know his true human identity until he encounters a real crisis. But he knew that he was always a little different from the wolves, and whenever he wanted to take advantage of those differences, he was strictly forbidden by the Panthers. Black Panther loves Mowgli so much that he wants to make Mowgli a real wolf. It believes that only in this way can Mowgli survive in the dangerous forest and not be regarded as an alien by other animals. But how is this possible? In fact, the black panther is not completely ignorant. It just wants to protect Mowgli too much like a wolf mother, so it is unrealistic to ask Mowgli to completely follow the habits of wolves. What's more, over-protection will also make a child lose the opportunity for self-growth, and this kind of loving education sometimes becomes the child's control.
Why is Bagheera the Panther so resistant to Mowgli's use of human innate intelligence? I think it's fear, fear that human cleverness and cunning will make Mowgli the scourge of the forest, the public enemy of all animals. Yes, all animals are afraid of the "red flower" of human beings, which is fire. Fire is a human invention. It can devour everything and burn everything. No matter how powerful animals are, they shudder at the "safflower". So the giant ape, King Louis, who seems to have everything, is really a bit greedy. He wants to get the "safflower" of human beings through Mowgli. It believes that with the "safflower", it has the weapon to dominate the entire forest.
But Black Panther didn't think that Mowgli's clever trick could be used for more beneficial purposes. He didn't realize that it wasn't that Mowgli had some ingenuity that animals didn't have, but where Mowgli would ultimately use his abilities. As we know: if a man uses his power for evil, the greater his power the greater the harm; but vice versa. And one's nature can't be suppressed. Although Mowgli has lived with wolves for many years, he has human blood after all, so he cannot become a real wolf. Desperately suppressing Mowgli's humanity can only lead to Mowgli's lack of self-confidence.
So when Mowgli met Baloo, the eclectic, lively and cheerful brown bear, he began to truly discover his infinite possibilities. With Mowgli's help, Baloo finally got the honey that he had tried countless ways but couldn't. Baloo does not agree with the strict discipline of the Black Panthers for Mowgli. He feels that Mowgli is who he is because of his difference, and he should not intentionally hide this. Besides, his differences allow him to do things that none of them can.
Baloo the brown bear is the funniest and cutest animal in the film. It also embodies the positive, optimistic and adventurous spirit of Americans. It likes to make friends, likes to sing, likes to have fun, and dares to break the rules, especially the attitude of Black Panther to Mowgli's almost dogmatic adherence to the law of the forest, it does not agree. It is because of these free qualities in him that Mowgli has the courage to show his intelligence and remain in the forest. It was it that completely freed Mowgli from self-repression, led him to his true self, and found his fundamental self-confidence.
I saw someone playfully compared the bear in "The Revenant" to the brown bear Balu in the article, and also lamented for Xiao Lizi why he hadn't met such a friendly and kind bear companion. Ha ha. Yeah, Mowgli in The Jungle Book was really lucky. Just when he was swallowed by the giant python Kaa, Baloo saved him. Later, after Baloo became his good friend, he overcame his timidity and fear of heights to rescue him and climbed the mountain (this part is both touching and funny).
In this film, the tit-for-tat Mowgli chases and kills him in the end of the world is a brutal tiger Sheri Khan. The animals in the forest are somewhat afraid of this ferocious tiger. Every time it appears, it can be seen that the animals automatically retreat and avoid the scene. Mowgli just kept hiding and running away at first, but when he learned that his wolf dad was killed by a tiger, he decided to face the tiger head on. In his ultimate confrontation with the tiger, all the animals in the forest sided with Mowgli. With everyone's help, Mowgli completed his complete transformation, and let all other animals in the forest know a different Mowgli.
The young actor Neil Sethi, who plays Mowgli in the film, was selected from a thousand-person audition in New York. Casting director Sarah Finn said that Neil was humorous and bold and had a seduction beyond his age. The director also spoke highly of Neil Sethi's natural and smooth performance. But I don't think the child's performance is particularly impressive, but the brown bear in the film makes people happy. The adventure story told in the movie is relatively simple, and it is not as ideological and profound as "Zootopia". However, the film's dubbing is worth mentioning, especially Scarlett Johansson, the voice of Monty Python. Her slightly hoarse voice infuses the character with an enchanting and bewitching magic that perfectly interprets the character of the anaconda, making it the perfect voice to play the character.
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