Review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) by 43In2014 — 12 Jan 2018
The short review: This is a film that's targetted more at children and has many funny parts. It peaks around the middle and then loses some of both the momentum and the plot towards the end.
Related media: I have seen the first film on TV,The short review: This is a film that's targetted more at children and has many funny parts. It peaks around the middle and then loses some of both the momentum and the plot towards the end.
Related media: I have seen the first film on TV, about ten years after it first came out. The plot device was ridiculous but the film was meaningful and interesting. I think Zathura was an unrelated sequel.
What's it like?: Four people get sucked into a video game version of Jumanji, a board game, and they have to work together to complete the game before they use up all their lives so that they can return back to the real world.
Pros: When these four people were first sucked into the game and they first discover their characters in the game, it was really funny. There a many other funny instances in the film too.
Cons: 1) Other than these funny instances, some of both the momentum and the plot are lost towards the end.
2) The plot of the game, not the film, is that the villain goes into the jungle of Jumanji to find a green jewel that is embedded into the eye of a giant jaguar statue. He gets hold of the jewel and is now empowered with the ability to control the jaguars in the jungle. He now plans to use his goons to take control of the surrounding territory. However, the jewel is stolen from him and handed over to these four people so that it can be returned to the jaguar statue. Even so, the villain was still capable of controlling the jaguars after losing the jewel, which doesn't make sense.
3) The flow of the film and thus the game felt linear, and that's never a sign of a good game.
How would the the different age groups rate it?
Children: Good.
Teens: Good.
Young adults: Good.
Medium age adults: Average.
Old adults: Average.
Rating: 3/5 (no half scores). Save your money and watch it on TV.
This review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) was written by 43In2014 on 12 Jan 2018.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has generally received positive reviews.
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