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