A game for those who seek to find / A way to leave their world behind.
Ever been stuck in a game, we all at some point in our lifetime wish to live the life of the protagonist we are controlling over the screen, wouldn’t that’d be fascinating. Until we are there, the things begin to seem surreal. I have been an admirer of the first film, the original, I have seen as many times as there it is, I cant count the times on my fingers that’s for sure. I even went ahead and followed the animated series of Alan Parrish in Jumanji jungle. which is evident enough I was excited to relive the Jumanji journey, the itinerary of it, filled with adventure and ANIMALS !!
This is a video game, which means we have special skills.
I like the intertextuality they did to bring back the nostalgia, it contributed significantly to Jumanji’s success. You can’t help but notice the small intricate details in the movie which connects to its predecessor. I, for sure enjoyed Jumanji 2, it did justice to his predecessor. The titular game this time around wasn’t that daunting like earlier, jokes and witty writing with excellent background score made the movie a risible in a way.
What you seek is in the basket / If you’re not careful, you’ll be in a casket / Trust each other, and never blink / The missing piece is not what you think.
It all started out with a game and turned into an expedition called Jumanji. The movie gave 15 mins to introduce the diverse character set of characters and their personality quirks. Spencer, a smart and dorky kid who lacks confidence and is in dire need of friends, Spencer life revolves around video games and books. Fridge, tall-built, athlete, little delinquent and coerce, who needs to learn about being modest. Bethany, your typical beauty-queen, extremely ethereal, the ‘IT’ girl who needs to learn about inner-beauty and amour-propre. Martha, studious and demure who needs to learn to be nonchalant and living the moment. Each one of the character land themselves in detention and from there they go on an excursion of discovering their true-self.
Fridge finds the titular game which now has taken a form of video-game to lure the audition of today. when Spencer fixes the game and asks the other to join this game called Jumanji but little did they know about the competence of Jumanji, this leisure game turned lethal when they got themselves trailed by the game and then what: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE:. Each teenager getting transmutes into the avatar they chose to play the game. The subtext here is that each teenager gets the personality divulging their personality quirks. Definitely, I don’t understand the commercialism and branding of this movie as a squeal, Jumanji 2 can be released as a stand-alone. I guess, creating a Jumanji cinematic universe may add up to its selling factor, the whole movie is filled with evocative references to the old Jumanji. In Jumanji 2, their quest is to retrieve the jewel back to its rightful place which in Jumanji JUNGLE is a jaguar mountain.
Overall I’d say I liked the movie, it was enjoyable. would I recommend this movie? well, yet I’d but I do think the movie has some plot hole, it isn’t a masterpiece like its predecessor or a cult classic. Jumanji 2 is unique in its own way, I guess its target audition mostly consists of teen and young folks, and it did win teenagers and younger audition’s heart.I am a bit iffy about it, in a way it is forgettable but then again it is a commercial movie and made for entertainment purpose. I felt good after watching the movie, it worth my time but I just don’t see Jumanji 2 as one of my favorite movie, one-time watch. I guess 3.5/5 would be suited for Jumanji 2.
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Personally, I really loved and adored Jack Black’s acting at portraying Bethany, he did an exceptional job of depicting a teenage beauty-queen getting thrust inside a man’s body and that too a bulky middle-aged man, jack black phenomenally limned Bethany’s getting to terms with her amour-propre and letting herself live in the moment. Let me just highlight this solicitous relationship between Bethany and her newest anatomy part called the dick, it was hilarious watching Bethany learning to maneuver her dick. 
That being said I also liked how Kevin Heart portrayed Fridge, the tall and painstakingly chisel body of Fridge being transformed into a short and slender avatar, Fringe isn’t now a prepotent personality in the game, he has to obey spencer’s command, his unwillingness to be a sidekick brought chuckles to my face. Now, Let’s talk about Keren Gillian,
she did justice to Martha, her timid self-transformed into a confident woman as the movie progressed. I like the dig Karen did about Female game protagonist wearing short and revealing clothes in a jungle (i do think it’s unrealistic). It was amusing watching Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson mumbling ‘don’t cry’ 
and the part where Dwayne was admiring his physic like we all do when we see him in person. There’s Nick Jonas, my childhood crush but I can’t write much about Nick’s character in Jumanji without giving away a spoiler,
I can tell you that Nick was looking suave and gorgeous on screen and did justice to his role. The comic timings are inch-perfect and nostalgia did its job nicely. The pacing of Jumanji isn’t ponderous. The humor is well-balanced as well as the cinematography is aesthetic.
This isn’t a big list, I liked more aspects of Jumanji than the ones I disliked. My prime concern was the antagonist, sure they gave the antagonist the old name of Russel Van Pelt yet he didn’t have the charm and menacing personality when put together with the old Russel Van Pelt( The antagonist character got an upgrade like the game).
I found the plot predictable, literally, nothing surprised me, I knew what was gonna happen in the next scene before. The movie lacked animals if you are branding your movie as a sequel then at least respect the core element, Jumanji 1 had animals chasing and running around, it was about the natural threat but in Jumanji 2 it was all about men and machine. it could’ve worked if it hadn’t had the “word’ sequel written on it, I missed the malignant fauna and flora. I kinda don’t like the forced feeling of nostalgia, they subtly placed the references to the old Jumanji but p[ersonally I have seen this intertextuality a lot so I got bored.
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