Over the weekend I went to AMC and I saw the movie action comedy movie Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. I had remember seeing the original Jumanji movie with Robin Williams so I was intrigued to see this new one. I saw Kevin Hart was in it as well that got me intrigued too. I love Kevin Hart he really cracks me up so seeing him side by side with Jack Black and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made this movie very comical and enjoyable. The storyline is there are four high school kids who all get stuck in detention together. They find an old video game and decide to play. All of a sudden they are sucked into the games green glowing jewel and they are portrayed as the avatars they chose. When they get there and finally realize they are in the game they run into Nigel who is the games guide. He gives them instructions that they must find the missing piece and then return the Jaguar's Eye, the green jewel, to the Jaguar Statue in order to win the game and return back home. Nigel also warns them to be careful of Van Pelt who is an explorer seeking to gain control of the “eye” because he wants to use it to control all of the animals in the jungle, Throughout their journey they are given 3 lives. Once all of their lives are gone it is game over and they are stuck in the game forever. I liked the movie but it was very different from the original. The original made the jungle seem like an awful and scary place. Robin Williams played Alan Parrish who was trapped in the game for 26 years. He says things like "I've seen things you've only seen in your nightmares". However in this 2017 version the jungle doesn’t seem too awful because Alex Vreeke who has been stuck in the game for 20 years is making margaritas and has scented candles on display. That difference definitely makes you realize this is more of a comical remake. A clever, modern twist they added was to make Jumanji into a video game versus a board game. If Jumanji would've stayed a board game the high schoolers most likely would not have been intrigued by it and wouldn’t have played it. Since Jumanji is now a video game it affects how things happen. In this movie they all get trapped inside the game itself whereas in the older movie the board game comes to life.This is definitely not a true remake on the 1995 Jumanji but just a different take on the game itself so I would recommend this movie to someone who is in need of a good laugh and has the time to go see it.
Here is the trailer if you are interested.
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