Seriously, it was good, but by no means is it some kind of untouchable classic that belongs in the pantheon of all-time great movies.
So just get over the fact that they made a sequel to it.
I never saw it because it looked like a ridiculous piece of crap. The viewers on IMDB seem to agree, because its rating is a lame 6.9.
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How the hell is 6.9 a “lame” rating? If you only watch movies rated 7+ then you’re missing a lot of great movies.
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Okay semi-lame. The previews were semi-lame also.
Did I say I only watch movies that are rated 7 +?
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Thank you! The original is a childhood favorite of mine and it remains one of my favorites to this day. Satisfying movie through and through. With that said, the movie is clearly a product of the 90’s that is far from perfect.
Those grumps voicing their displeasure with the new one (without having seen it) cuz it is “tailor-made” for millennials aside, it was inevitable many fans of the old one were going to be vehemently against the 2017 movie. The reasons can range from feeling like making any new Jumanji is automatically insulting to Williams’ memory to being annoyed with Hollywood not willing to leave beloved classics alone. In their eyes, however, the worse thing about this Jumanji’s existence is how seemingly generic it looks and misses the point. Hell, I bet if it had stayed closer in tone to the original, the backlash would still be there. You can’t please everyone.
In any event, I can’t tell you if Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is superior to the original, though I will say it is a good movie that’s no less impressive. Sure, it could have worked as a stand-alone movie that didn’t need to be connected to the first one. But ultimately, they made it. It’s here. And it delivers. By the way, thinking about those feeling pissed about the original supposedly being messed with amuses me considering the aforementioned movie wasn’t a hit with critics to begin with... It was a critics had it wrong and the audience had it right kinda thing. On the other hand, look at Welcome to the Jungle; not only has it surprisingly been embraced by most critics, but audiences are loving it. And why is that? Maybe it has to do with how fun and well-executed it is.
Exactly! I haven't seen the new one yet. But it seems kind of fun, liked the cast, and I've heard some decent things about it coming from w.o.m.
I enjoyed the original movie a lot for what it is too. But I also don't really get the overreacting displeasure against this latest movie either from the moment the trailers dropped. Sure, I do understand the fatigues when it comes to a lot of reboots/remakes from Hollywood (or a 'sequel reboot' in this movie's case), but this movie honestly doesn't seem too bad from the ads. It seems to took a different and fresh direction into the world of the Jumanji games. It clearly wasn't trying to be a replacement of the original or the late Robin Williams' old role, it's just another addition or expansion of its universe.
Plus, like you said, critics at the time for the 1994 film didn't viewed that movie so remarkably like the audience did. So it's arguably not consider a masterpiece in from that scenario. And now from what I've learned about the new movie, it seems to surprise people. With a higher score on sites like Rotten Tomatoes than the previous.
Agreed. I have no real love in my heart for the original film. In fact, to be honest, I kind of DISlike it and have no interest in every watching it again.
I saw the new one tonight and thought it was a light-hearted and fairly entertaining adventure movie. Not a great film by any means, but good enough that I was glad I saw it.
I thought the original was ok. Zathura and Jumanji 2 were both better than the original.
shareI feel no personal nostalgia for the original and I never quite liked it (hate the pathetic cgi), but this movie looks like crap. It's not even a family movie about the board game, so why does it even bear the name Jumanji?
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Completely agree. To be fair, a lot of movies with kids in from the 90s suffered from this. It's like they were written by adults who wanted kids to interact in some way, rather than capturing what the zeitgeist actually was.
Terminator 2, Scream, and American Pie were the few movies in the 90s that got teens right.
You forgot Porkie’s.
shareI never saw the original because I never cared for a majority of Robin Williams' films in the 90s onward. He seemed to teeter between melodramatic horror and flimsy family fantasy movies. I prefer his roles from most of his 80s movies up to "The Fisher King" (1991). After that most of his films have been uninspired cash grabs, including Jumanji.
shareIt was a kid's movie based on a short story lots of people my age read in middle school (long before the movie). It wasn't meant to be great, just a fun kid's movie.
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