Okay so this is a movie I was actually super impressed with! I saw the previews for it and I didn't think I would like it at all... I'm a big fan of the original but the trailer had nothing I liked in it. I didn't want to see it in theaters... but then I saw it on sale at Target and I thought "Eh, why not." And honestly... there's nothing that I didn't like about the movie! This is definitely the best way to re-do something... I think of all the reboot's that have been done so far- this is my favorite.
I also really liked that it was a "school" movie. The original Jumanji was great but it just showed 2 kids that just moved to a new town... it didn't show anything about their school or anything. This was a group of high schoolers and it has a little bit of a "Breakfast Club" vibe. You have an outcast girl that gets in trouble for speaking her mind, a jock, a girl obsessed with Instagram and boys, and a nerdy guy... and they kind of become the opposite in their online "Avatar's" when they get sucked into the game.
And the way that they show the gang portrayed as their "opposites" is kind of nice. They still use their skills from the outside world... like Spencer (the nerd... played by Duane Johnson) uses his skills at video games combined with his strength and bravery. And they develop new skills too... which are all really funny when they kind of discover them and how to use them. I liked when Fridge discovered his zoology powers... he didn't totally understand why but he knew everything about animals... and it was just kind of cool. I liked how they showed that.
Nick Jonas was also in this movie... so that made it about 10 times better because he is adorable. I liked his part a lot too, he was sweet but also helpful... and I thought he did a good job acting like he's been there for 20 years and like he's from the 90s... without making anything too obvious. He just did a really great job.
And I liked the end because it ended kind of the same way that the first Jumanji ended. It kind of showed a time jump and everything sort of ended like Alan had never gone into the game... but Alan knew that he went into the game and he prevented something bad from happening to Kirsten Dunst and her brother's parents... so that was good.
They did a good job with the "twist" that Nick Jonas was the kid that disappeared from that creepy house and he was the kid at the beginning of the movie. I just liked how that worked out.
I think my favorite character was Jack Black as Bethany. I think he was just so funny and perfect in this. The girl that played young Bethany was really good too. I thought the peeing scene was super funny. It was just a funny movie overall... but Jack Black I think really made the movie. Oddly enough in the trailers this was the part I liked the least too. It was just really funny in the movie.
So overall... great movie! I can see why it was such a popular movie this year- I think it broke records for its weeks on the charts... and I just loved it. I think I still love the original one more... my mom liked this one more... they were just about as good... but I love the first Jumanji and I'll watch it whenever it's on... so it's hard to compare!
Bye!
-Shannon
I also really liked that it was a "school" movie. The original Jumanji was great but it just showed 2 kids that just moved to a new town... it didn't show anything about their school or anything. This was a group of high schoolers and it has a little bit of a "Breakfast Club" vibe. You have an outcast girl that gets in trouble for speaking her mind, a jock, a girl obsessed with Instagram and boys, and a nerdy guy... and they kind of become the opposite in their online "Avatar's" when they get sucked into the game.
And the way that they show the gang portrayed as their "opposites" is kind of nice. They still use their skills from the outside world... like Spencer (the nerd... played by Duane Johnson) uses his skills at video games combined with his strength and bravery. And they develop new skills too... which are all really funny when they kind of discover them and how to use them. I liked when Fridge discovered his zoology powers... he didn't totally understand why but he knew everything about animals... and it was just kind of cool. I liked how they showed that.
Nick Jonas was also in this movie... so that made it about 10 times better because he is adorable. I liked his part a lot too, he was sweet but also helpful... and I thought he did a good job acting like he's been there for 20 years and like he's from the 90s... without making anything too obvious. He just did a really great job.
And I liked the end because it ended kind of the same way that the first Jumanji ended. It kind of showed a time jump and everything sort of ended like Alan had never gone into the game... but Alan knew that he went into the game and he prevented something bad from happening to Kirsten Dunst and her brother's parents... so that was good.
They did a good job with the "twist" that Nick Jonas was the kid that disappeared from that creepy house and he was the kid at the beginning of the movie. I just liked how that worked out.
I think my favorite character was Jack Black as Bethany. I think he was just so funny and perfect in this. The girl that played young Bethany was really good too. I thought the peeing scene was super funny. It was just a funny movie overall... but Jack Black I think really made the movie. Oddly enough in the trailers this was the part I liked the least too. It was just really funny in the movie.
So overall... great movie! I can see why it was such a popular movie this year- I think it broke records for its weeks on the charts... and I just loved it. I think I still love the original one more... my mom liked this one more... they were just about as good... but I love the first Jumanji and I'll watch it whenever it's on... so it's hard to compare!
Bye!
-Shannon
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