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I say this regrettably as I do like Golden Films' output in general, especially Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid and Pinocchio. However, re-visiting their animations The Jungle King(though I have yet to see Tarzan of the Apes) beats Anastasia as their worst. It is not irredeemable however, the best asset is easily the classical music that plays throughout, with the likes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Mendelssohn's Midsummer Nights Dream Overture, Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours, Elgar's Enigma Variations, Rimsky Korsakov's Sheherazade, Wagner's Flying Dutchman, Bizet's Carmen and Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, and the final 10 minutes or so are the most involving The Jungle King gets. However, the animation is very uneven, sometimes vibrant but more often than that it is poor with flat colours and stiff character designs. The title song is forgettable and not catchy at all, with no attempt whatsoever made to make the singer(who has that singing-through-gritted-teeth sort of voice) similar to the voice actor. The voice acting often feels overdone, especially Max who is overly-bombastic a lot of the time, but they are not helped by, with the exception of Irwin, the increasingly camp and even effeminate characters(I know Max wasn't meant to be likable but The Jungle King goes beyond that, you actually can't stand him). Nor by the writing which is never witty or funny no matter how hard it tries, the will fire you, execute you and then....fire you again! line came across as ridiculously exaggerated, while the story is contrived with little happening or engaging until the end fight. Overall, most of the time my childhood favourites hold up, The Jungle King sadly is not one of them. 3/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- 23 jul 2012
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Fun and adventure in this action packed story about Maximillion, the King of the Jungle who is kidnapped but finally returns to his throne with the help of his brother.
A reluctant lion kind has his paws full trying to save his jungle kingdom in this marvelously animated, song-filled classic.
Ha ha ha This movie is so funny and amazing I enjoyed watching it.
A reluctant lion kind has his paws full trying to save his jungle kingdom in this marvelously animated, song-filled classic.
Ha ha ha This movie is so funny and amazing I enjoyed watching it.
- ptom-97971
- 20 jun 2022
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A rollicking warm-hearted adventure sparkling with music laughter and great characters. Brothers that re-unite and leaders that put kindness above all.
This is a good nice movie by golden films its just a great success I wish you guys the best well done.
This is a good nice movie by golden films its just a great success I wish you guys the best well done.
- scottmiller-13862
- 21 jun 2022
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Fun and adventure in this action packed story about Maximillion, the King of the Jungle who is kidnapped but finally returns to his throne with the help of his brother
A reluctant lion kind has his paws full trying to save his jungle kingdom in this marvelously animated, song-filled classic.
A reluctant lion kind has his paws full trying to save his jungle kingdom in this marvelously animated, song-filled classic.
- jeffdammy
- 21 jun 2022
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