The Jungle Book vs Mowgli - CGI Animals 

I personally love the difference in personalities between the two Shere Khans. Idris Elba's interpretation was commanding, imposing, and ruthless but still highly intelligent. He's portrayed almost like a force of nature and nobody would dare cross him alone. Sorta like a brutal dictator. Benedict Cumberbatch's version is straight up nightmare fuel. Unhinged, unpredictable, and calculating. If Elba's interpretation is like a dictator, Cumberbatch's version is like a serial killer.

I think the main thing about the animals in Mowgli is that they have more human eyes and are designed to be more expressive. I imagine Serkis went this directions because: A) that's what he's good at, and B) so that the viewer can connect more with animal characters. While on the other hand, The Jungle Book opted for more photo realistic animals.

i actually prefer the Kaa in Mowgli. She feels much more neutral and has such a wise, yet threatening nature to her

Both are very enjoyable in their own ways. Obviously Disney's version has the better CGI and aims for the animals to look more accurate facially and all that. But Mowgli definitely has the vast characters and darker vibes much more loyal to the book. It's hard for me to choose between them tbh

The animals look more real in The Jungle Book

I like both versions. Sure, the CGI of the Disney might be more realistic... but I've enjoyed the Mowgli movie as well. It followed more faithfully the book story.

Both versions are great, Shere Khan was way more of a tank in the Jungle Book compared to the newer adaptation though.

one thing I like a lot more about Mowgli is the way they made Kaa, I feel like she fits way better as well with the voice and effects they placed on her voice.

In the Jungle Book the animals look more real but in Mowgli the animals have better facial expressions. 🤷🏾‍♂️

In terms of CGI, The Jungle Book is better. The animals look and act how they really would in real life. But when it comes to actual story, Mowgli is MUCH better. It's my favorite of the two, to be honest. It's darker elements are what make it fantastic, and the voice acting is far better in my opinion. Edit: Mowgli is the indisputable winner. Also, Baloo's accent is absolutely fantastic in that movie.

Baloo- I like to eat a lot so I can sleep a lot 😊 Also Baloo- THIS IS THE JUNGLE YOU HUNT OR YOU BECOME THE HUNTED!!!

Mowgli has a dark and more realistic feel to it, while The Jungle Book had amazing CGI. Mowgli also allowed the animals to have great facial expressions so to make a perfect recreation, "The Jungle Book" would have Mowgli's dark and realistic storytelling element, and have the CGI Jungle Book had.

The way I see it. The Jungle Book has amazingly realistic CGI with how they are shown. While Mowgli has more of a dynamic feel to it style, like an action story with more expression and personality.

The faces of the animal's in Mowgli looks to humanlike it's uncanny.

Baloo = Peter Venkman vs Gollum Bagheera = Trevor Slattery vs Batman Shere Khan = Heimdall vs Doctor Strange Kaa = Black Widow vs Hela

The fact that Disney gave The Jungle Book characters more facial expressions than The Lion King movie is disappointing.

I prefer the 2018 Kaa since she's the closest we're ever gonna get to a live-action interpretation who's closer to the book.

Both films are good but Mowgli is more faithful to the original book while 2016 film is a mix of the original 1967 cartoon and the original book

I personally think that Mowgli's animal designs that vaguely resemble humans is how Mowgli sees them. He was raised by animals after all, but I might be wrong

The Jungle Book CGI + Mowgli Storyline = Perfect

Jungle book animals:Look like real life animals.Mowgli:The animals look like monsters.LOL

Actually when you see animals in Jungle book are completely CGI, where as in Mowgli they've done motion capture with facial expressions. Anyone wondered why baloo's face has resemblance with that of Andy serkis'. That's the reason. Bagheera - it's Bale, Shere Khan - Cumberbatch.

Scarlet Johansson playing a snake is kinda doing something to me.

The animals in Mowgli may be uncanny and unsettling with their human faces, but that version tells a more heart-wrenching story closer to the original book that you don't get with the Disney versions. I like them both for different reasons!

Am I the only one who finds the 2016 version better than the 2018 version

Jungle book looks better obviously. But Mowgli has more emotion, so I like both

What made the rebooted Planet of the Apes trilogy so memorable? It's because, despite the excellent images, the apes displayed emotion and had human-like eyes, and one even smiled. So it's not the photo realism that's important, but the quality of the CGI. If Andy Serkis' version had been of the same brilliance, this would have been the clear winner. The CGI, on the other hand, isn't horrible; it's just a touch poor in comparison. In terms of plot and acting, I preferred Mowgli over The Jungle Book. I truly hope they do a Mowgli sequel with the same core characters.

the duality of Bagheera: "You must be the worst wolf ive ever seen" "You are special."

I like jungle book better

They look like they all went to a barber shop in the back room before they went to the forest

Scarlet's version of Kaa is terrifying. With such a soothing voice it's impossible to tell that she has the worst intentions for you.

Disney Shere Khan with Benedicts voice would have been dope

To be honest… the movie “Mowgli” the animals faces look like human faces 😂

Here are versions of the characters that i prefer 1. Mowgli (2018) 2. Bagheera (2018) 3. Baloo (2018) 4. Shere Khan (2016), but interms of voice, personality, & character I'd go with Benedict Cumberbatch's take on Shere Khan. 5. Kaa (2016) 6. The Pack (2016)

Honestly, I feel like the wolves felt a little awkward and out of place in Mowgli, but every other animal looks fine. Especially Bagheera and shere khan, who were animated pretty well imo.

Looking back at the cgi in Mowgli and how the expressions on each animal’s faces are well done, I always wish that Disney would use that technique as a style for their 2019 remake of The Lion King

Shere Khan had more presence in the jungle book, believeable villain with a vendetta that made the story better, made any scene he was in that more entertaining to watch. He was a calculating, cold but honorable character that definitely made well in his promises. His interactions with the characters definitely made it interesting as he is hunter who kills for power but respects laws and traditions but will break them to keep the others safe.

Tbh both movies where really good i can't really decide which one is the best, jungle book gets points for the realistic animals and i liked the darker and realistic plot in mowgli also the characters interpretations even though the cgi desings for some animals was kind of uncanney valley (Mowgli's Baloo scared the shit out of me) i like how they have more expressions

Jungle book: you must be the very worst wolf I’ve ever seen Mowgli: you are ✨special✨

2016: you must be a very worst wolf I've ever seen 😒😤 2018: you are special ❤😁

Every charakter in the jungle book looks better. In mowgli they look like they are on something

Tbh both movies are very well done for different reasons, jungle book is obviously more kid friendly while mowgli is closer to the book, also the faces on the animals in mowgli are pretty damn creepy

Definitely a tough choice but Kaa’s interpretation in The Jungle Book is definitely creepier. When it got to that scene in the movie where Kaa shows up everything turned dark almost like a scene from a horror movie

I think the Jungle Book got the perfect balance between the emotionless yet realistic look of the Lion King remake and the expressive yet more cartoony look of Mowgli

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) is the indisputable winner. Motion capture technology enhanced the animals invaluably; they benefited tremendously from the nuances of their actors' performances.

Man who here hasn't wished Scarlett Johansson would say they could stay with her.

CGI of The Jungle Book + Story of Mowgli = the perfect film

The Jungle Book is just so objectively better

CGI Wise The Jungle Book. Story wise Mowgli. I love the darker tone of Mowgli. Overall both are good but Mowgli just went that extra mile.

Balhoo in Mowgli looks badasss while in The Jungle Book he looks cuddly, adorable and nerfed.

Jungle Book's Baloo acts like a chill dude. Mowgli's Baloo acts like a drunk head.

I love the difference in design. The animals in jungle book look fluffy, or well good which is fine and the animals in Mogli looks like they had lived a life fighting. Hair with missing parts, worn, weathered and dirty, also fine. I like them both. Disney's Jungle Book has that childlike gaze with some realism, Mowgli has realism gaze from a perspective of a scared child trying to survive and prove himself

I would only choose Mowgli because Benedict Cumberbatch acted as Shere Khan. ❤️

Mowgli shere khan is my least favorite he doesn't look that powerful with the broken paw the jungle book shere khan is what I'm looking for he's powerful and he took on all the wolves

Ik there may be many of these videos about these movies but I'm so glad someone said something and did a comparison

I actually liked the Mowgli story better and also because of how more serious it was, its like more for adults considering how much more brutal and violent shere khan is. Although the jungle book definitely had better cgi and more realistic looking animals

Love the emotion and huminoid features of the animals in Mowgli, so much better than the other one.

For me I choose the story, message and theming more than the effects and for me it's Mowgli that wins. I like The Jungle Book (2016) but I'm not a fan of including songs in the film when it seemed like it was going more for a serious tone, the songs work better in the lighter 1967 version. Mowgli feels more stand alone and unique whereas The Jungle Book clearly is trying to set up a sequel.

IF I had a nickel for every cgi junglebook adaptation I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

The Disney version looks SOOOOO much better in terms of quality and design, but Mowgli actually has some style to it outside of just "realism", which I find interesting

Both movies had stuningly beautiful CGI in them. My personal favorite was Shere Khan from Mowgli. Even though Jungle book had more realistic faces, his design and expression in Mowgli made him even more mennecing The only thing i was confused of in both movies is why they made Kaa a female in both movies

I love Jungle Book 2016 wayyyyyyy better! Literally everything is better in that(my opinion)

I kind of hated the way that the animals in Mowgli looked more human instead of being themselves

The Mowgli designs are really interesting. Like the designers went out on a limb with them. They're weird-looking, way less realistic and kinda uncanny with the way they're made to look more human, but IMO it's a worthy payoff. That more human face allows for just _so much more_ expression from them, which is much more important to good storytelling than photorealism is. It's hard to word, even in more subtle clips, it actually looks more like they're speaking naturally. Look at each Akela at 0:32 as they deliver their voice lines. Mowgli's Akela looks way less like a realistic wolf, but has these subtle shifts of expression to his delivery that a person would make, gives weight to what he's saying. Meanwhile TJB's just looks like a wolf moving its mouth to the voice line. And the difference in Bagheera's expression at 0:15. In TJB, you can glean that something tense is going on only by the unexplained moment of silence followed by him saying "down"--visually, he just looks like a panther, existing. Meanwhile Mowgli's Bagheera has a distinct look of distrust or concern about him, such that you don't even need a voice line to communicate tension. Showing to telling. Not to say TJB is bad by any means. It's probably the best Disney CGI remake. It has its strengths to Mowgli, and frankly the animals in it just kinda look better. But I love the uniqueness of the Mowgli designs. They were risky but I think they work really well, and draw me into the story much more.

Disney is Disney for a reason

Jungle book: better CGI Mowgli: better performance, motion capture, story, and faithfulness to the book Jungle book has a better LOOK, but the acting isn't all that food while in mowgli they were more focused on the performance and story telling which to me is what matters in a movie. Jungle book is a polished ball of dirt while mowgli is an uncut diamond.

It's always hilarious how someone will make a video comparing CGI, and yet everyone always ends up making it about the quality of the stories.

1:03 is so funny to me. TJB Balloo is such a teddy bear and then Mowgli Balloo comes in shouting like a military commander

Kaa changed his gender in a snap XD

i like the voice acting and realistic face of junggle book but i prefer the cartonic human face of anima in mowgli

Disney's 2016 live-action version of Shere Khan is my favorite.

Bagheera in TJB : black panther Bagheera in Mowgli : master Splinter Baloo in TJB : cool and funny Baloo in Mowgli : ANGRY

I love both approaches. The Jungle Book is definitely more photorealistic but Mowgli’s are a little more cartoony and are able to emote as such. Not that they don’t emote in Jungle Book, just definitely different styles

The animal characters in 'Mowgli' look ridiculous. It's hard to take that movie seriously when they main characters look like clowns.

Crazy bow Bagheera is hard on Mowgli in the Jungle Book movie and Baloo is nice asf. But in the Mowgli movie, Bagheera is more kind and Baloo is more rough

Jungle book CGI dose look great however mowgli is kinda more convincing because kid actor ronan chand is actually interacting with the other cast rather then talking to complete CG render I thought was a good idea to use motion capture feels more natural then using an sound booth(also love the detail of seeing actors faces so cool)

Jungle Book’s Shere Khan looks almost identical to an actual tiger, yet Mowgli’s Shere Khan is still much more terrifying. I think it’s due to the creativity of his design with his crippled arm and claw that scrapes along the ground combined with his expressive eyes. Although Idris Elba did a really good job voicing 2016 Shere Khan, Benedict Cumberbatch really made the character come to life and made him feel extra menacing and intimidating.

Mowgli's designs actually makes the characters look distinct and not just another 3d wolf or bear. You look at them and you know the kind of character they are they don't all look the same and can express emotion a lot better. Especially the tiger, instead of being a Scar copy he has facial scars but with an extra wounded leg making his reason to hate humans more than just a simply scratch over his eye.

I hate how everyone in the comments is like *"Jungle Book looks more realistic, so it wins I guess."* That is the exact same sentiment that brought us the Lion King 2019, and that movie was horrible because of it. Realistic Animals cannot act, because they're Animals. Mowgli has a wonderful art style, the perfect blend of Animal X Human features, that is both striking, and allows the animals to emote in ways real Animals can't. I can remember Bahloo, Khan, and Bahgeera's faces from Mowgli, because they're are memorable faces, unlike Jungle Book, where they don't have memorable faces, they have generic animal faces. Realism doesnt always have to be the goal, CGI being believable ≠ CGI being realistic. Had Andy Serkis directed the Lion King 2019, with the same design team, that Movie would be a Hell of a lot better, I'll tell you.

Hey Devil Universe maybe lionsgate should make their version of jungle book. They could add more action in it and some laughs in it. They could also add king Louie in it. Maybe it could be better than both versions.

The cgi is better in jungle book but mowgli has better voice acting

Mowgli has its style and keeps it consistent through the whole movie, Disney's Jungle Book looks like real animals, quite impressive.

Disney made picture perfect animals, which takes away the emotional expression from the original, while Mowgli has them looking less realistic but with more personality

The Jungle Book is overall a better looking movie, but Mowgli had a better story and better characters. Mowgli felt so much more intense and actually felt like an adult version of the Jungle Book.

i don't necessarily hate the less realistic designs of Mowgli, but I hate that they all have human eyes... makes it look wrong

Both movies were incredible. I specifically am more geared towards Mowgli, just because it’s darker and more intense. I think it highlights a lot of the animalistic and human elements more effectively, especially Mowgli’s connection with the environment and the pack. Mowgli is very much a more involved film. Hence why it’s more complicated to process. Mowgli was also much more emotional and deeply rooted. Plus this was directed by Andy Serkis. Makes sense. In terms of tone and direction. In short, I always say that Jungle Book is for kids and then Mowgli is for adults. Yes Disney’s CGI maybe better but keep in mind it is Netflix. Budget wise.

The environment in Mowgali actually looks like an Indian Jungle. The Jungle Book’s jungle mostly look like a fantasy land.

Story prefered : Mowgli CGI prefered : The Jungle Book Kinda love both though.

0:01 0:19 Bagheera 1:58 3:13 Shere Khan

2016 is like animals and mowgli is like people mutated into horrific animal hybrids

The animals in Mowgli look like those animal snapchat filters

The 2018 animals all look like humans, it's uncanny as hell

Someone said that Baloo's face in Mowgli looked extremely realistic, like wtf! I guess they've never seen a real bear lol. Jungle book is far superior in terms of CGI. Mowgli has better storyline but honestly the CGI makes it hard to watch

Vintage disney lovers : " The junglebook is way better" Classic book lovers : " My... My... How you've grown!!!"

That Kaa scene in the Jungle book will always scare me

mowgli's baloo is one of my darkest nightmares

Bill Murray do sing Bare Necessities and Andy Serkis doesn't.

The 2016 Disney version premiered Theatrical in Movie Theaters in America, the 2018 WB version did not.

*I perceive a distinction between ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘Mowgli’ in terms of their portrayal of talking animals. In ‘The Jungle Book,’ it seems as if the animals merely speak, while in ‘Mowgli,’ they appear to comprehend body language, facial expressions, and emotional nuances.*

Shere Khan 2016: Cunning dictator with a hatred for Man Shere Khan 2018: Serial killer with a taste for human blood Bagheera 2016: Firm, but gentle mentor Bagheera 2018: Sweet, yet strong uncle figure Baloo 2016: Hippie sloth bear with noble intentions Baloo 2018: Veteran Himalayan bear that teaches the young ones of the Jungle Kaa 2016: Hypnotizing seductress Kaa 2018: Wise shaman only interested in maintaining the Law Akela 2016: Caring, but unyielding Akela 2018: Tough and no-nonsense, yet wise and sympathetic