It bastardized everything that made the original a great film.
At no point are the characters actually in danger, their are no stakes, at no point is there a heartfelt moment nor does it have memorable scenes.
The original wasn’t some stupid comedy, it played it straight faced for the most part and had genuine and heartfelt scenes sprinkled into it.
Maybe audiences today are just of lower intelligence and very easy to please.
I didn't think the movie was that bad, but some parts seriously made me roll my eyes. Also, I really don't like what they did with the character of Van Pelt. In the original Jumanji, he was this badass big game hunter who there was no escape from.
In this movie he was...some kind of hissing Slender Man knockoff? lol. Like, why even include him? He could have been named something else and no one would even know that character is supposed to be Van Pelt. Overall, I don't think the movie is bad, but I'm not quite as crazy about it as most people are and some of the humor was REALLY stupid. At least the movie isn't as mind-numbingly braindead as Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, lol. I'll give it that much credit.