[silisili]

Going back even further, mine loved Jungle Book more than anything recent. Now that's staying power!

Anymore, we'll just wait for them to hit streaming. As GP mentioned, the latest movies just haven't seemed very good. Not up to par with the likes of Moana and Frozen, at least.

[edanm]

I'm kind of surprised to hear you say that. While my kids certainly like some older movies, a lot of them are incredibly slow and boring. Especially for me! Jungle Book, a movie I loved as a kid, has nothing on most of the newer releases, which are far more entertaining IMO.

[justinator]

Man, I still sing the, "Bear Necessities" song to myself as a 40 y/o and it's been so long that I can't even remember seeing the original movie. Didn't they put out like 2 additional Jungle Book movies? I can't think of a reason to watch them.

Having grown up with Tail Spin also very much helps the staying power of anything Baloo.

[edanm]

I still sing the "Bear Necessities" song too! But when I tried to watch the movie with my kids, I got incredibly bored. :shrug:

[linuxftw]

That was the nice thing about older movies. It wasn't an intense dopamine rush for 90 minutes. It was a story.

[JohnFen]

The original Jungle Book holds up extremely well for me. I can't think of very many movies that are better.

[gambiting]

Sure, and as an adult I would prefer it over most of the other modern productions. The richness of the backgrounds, the characters, the voice acting, the songs = absolutely top notch. But my kid just finds it boring - and he's right to an extent, it's very slow paced, and many scenes are just of characters walking along and talking with each other. Those scenes obviously make a lot of sense from the story telling perspective, but a kid doesn't find watching the congregation of wolves and their discussion about what to do with the man-cub even slightest bit interesting.

[silisili]

She just loved the singing and dancing, and -loved- the way Baloo talked. Which is interesting because during the movie I was wondering what accent he had, and how that accent doesn't seem to exist anymore.

[linuxftw]

That's what most mid-southern accents sounded like up until quite recently. A 'southern' accent you hear now is mostly a caricature of an Alabama accent.