Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Hello fellow movie goers, and welcome back to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies. Today, we get to go back, and revisit a classic movie, by watching this sequel, created 20 years later. Was this movie worth the time to revisit it, or should it have stayed buried back in time? Lets start the review:

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle- I remember watching this film for the first time, and the special effects blew my mind away. The idea was very original, with a magical board game that made your worst fears, literally, come to life, and try to kill you until you finish the game. It starred the late, Robin Williams, and up and comer (at the time) a young, Kirsten Dunst.

Plot- It shows a man finding a strange board game on the beach, and brought it home for his son. The young mocks the board game stating, "Who plays board games anymore?" That night Jumanji the board game up grades itself into a video game. Years later, we find four students, each representing the stereotypes of the children of today. The popular, pretty girl with her head up her ass, the jock, the outcast girl, and the skinny nerd. Each getting detention, they find an old video game system, but they find out it much, much more. They are sucked into the gaming system, and they must complete the game to escape before their lives run out.

The chemistry is there with the cast, and the majority of the jokes really work well. One running gag, is the pretty, popular is transformed into Jack Black, and she is discovering her "things" on her new body. It was done tastefully, and well enough it would go over younger viewer's heads. I liked how they mocked Karen Gillan's video game avatar, wearing practically nothing in the middle of the jungle. It was not only a different spin on the original film, but it was more of a self discovery for the teenagers.

Final Verdict- 8/10, this movie was enjoyable for the family. Honestly, you can wait to see this movie, or go see it in theaters, either way is good.

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Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi

Well, its that time of year, where people are shopping, sugar plums are dancing in people's minds, and its also MOVIE TIME! This Christmas season we are taking the holidays to outer space, to a galaxy far, far away. The two questions are was this movie everything we all wanted, or should it be dumped into a black hole far, far away? Lets dive in shall we....

Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi- Who knew something created by George Lucas over 30 years ago would still being this strong. I mean, the fan base for this genre take things very seriously. Hell, Disney bought this franchise for 4.3 billions dollars, and they are going to make 10 times that back in just a few years. Mainly, because they knew this is something that would live on forever. I would be lying if I didn't say get swept up in the seduction of the light saber and being a jedi as a child. I know, when I have children, I am going to introduce them to this iconic franchise.

Plot- Supreme Leader Snoke has pinned down the Rebels, and is slowly wiping them out each encounter. The remaining Rebels are trying to escape as they are being chased throughout the galaxy by the Empire. Rey tries to convince Legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker to train her in the ways of the force. This way she can find her place in the world.

Honestly, It is incredibly hard to truly review this movie without giving spoilers, so this might come off vague. The movie had some very intense action scenes, and I was completely captivated by each one. The story is line is where it began to lose me. What is it with the Jedi, putting themselves into exile whenever they experience a huge failure? First it was Yoda and now it is Luke. I hate how Luke became such an emo type of character. I guess, it is hard to see a character I loved as a child appearing so broken. There is another confrontation with the Sith and Jedi, which was so anti-climatic, and I was very disappointed with that entire part of the movie.

The visuals and sound effects are good enough to for me to tell everyone to see this movie in theaters, but the story line doesn't really move that far froward.

Final Verdict-  7/10. It was a good movie, and worth seeing in theaters. I was expecting a lil more i guess.

This is it for now, This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have to!