That being said, the latest in these adaptations, The Jungle Book (2016) certainly surprised me. I’m generally pretty hesitant of these types of films, mainly because part of me doesn’t want to admit that the original films sometimes weren’t that great. Sometimes this works, but more often than not, the ploy to attract those nostalgic feelings from the audience fails, thus leaving the viewer with the sense that their childhood is ruined. If there’s any more proof there aren’t any new ideas in Hollywood, it’s the fact that beloved animated classics are being remade as live-action films. I would think it’s aimed at being a Young Adult (YA) comedy. I’m not sure who the target audience for this book might be, since the main characters are high school students who use an awful lot of foul language. Due to the authors’ background in improv comedy, it’s clear that they merely wrote this book to capitalize on the style’s random nature. And while this book somewhat delivered on the premise of its title, it unfortunately did so through an incredible plethora of clichés. The ideas of parallel universes coexisting in an invisible space next to our own is something I eventually want to cover in my own writing (tentatively titled The Slumberealm Saga). ***THIS BOOK WAS RECEIVED FROM A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY***Īs someone who enjoys learning about the many interesting unknowns in our universe, the mere title of Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory (2016) caught my attention from the get-go. Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory
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