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Summary: nice story, good cast, disgusting affects
Review: except for the special affects, the movie was good. maybe it's cause i had justed watched how they made jurassic park, and all that stuff about gpi. but, these affects look really bad. i mean the monkeys in the kitchen don't even look half real. and if you watch closely, the police officer and the aunt are blasted away (you know, during the monsoon!) before the doors and the water come out. i mean, the movie is good, so is the story, and the cast is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! but the affects are terrible! no gpi at all!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Weird
Review: Chris Van Allsburg's picture book "Jumanji" was a beautiful but very odd and erie story for older children and adults. I can say the same thing for this movie version, though I think it hardly holds up as well in film form. First off, parents take note: this is a sad and scary film. A boy gets sucked into a board game about the jungle and, unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, is never able to return home. When some other children conjure him out of the game thirty years later, he is physically grown (played by Robin Williams), used to living rather like a savage, and bewildered and saddened that the world has moved on and he has lost his family and his entire youth. Really, this is scary stuff if your child is at all insecure. Furthermore, the game unleashes on the modern world a group of ferocious and destructive animals. The effects are good, and older viewers might enjoy seeing the animals smash up a town. There are a few laughs in this too, but as I say, this is really sort of a younger version of "Jurassic Park," and not appropriate for kids younger than 8. The plot is really pretty haphazard here, and I give it a thumbs down.
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Summary: Better Than Average
Review: I like "Jumanji". It has lots of laughs and lots of action. True, it lacks something that keeps it from being a classic. Maybe, as Maltin says, it doesn't have much to say. I could argue that it has something to say about perseverance and not letting others down, but it does seem to be more about punch lines, things coming through walls, floors, ceilings, etc., and special effects, than anything else. That isn't necessarily bad, though. Some movies should just be fun, and "Jumanji" does that pretty well. Yes, the premise is preposterous. A game where each space you land on has a rhyme that produces tangible (and violent) results. But it's no more preposterous than a boy who hears dead people ("Sixth Sense" for those who missed it). Bottom line: in my opinion this flick was a lot of fun. Not deep, but fun. It has all the laughs and action you could want. And my kids like it, too (no, it didn't scare them). Stay away if you want something dramatic or serious, but if you're looking for some fun and fast-paced entertainment, this could be just the ticket.
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Summary: GOOD
Review: this is a great movie to watch. there are some good laughs and scares for the family.
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Summary: Disappointing Translation
Review: When I first heard Jumanji was in production I was estatic. I went out and bought a new copy of the book -- a book I remembered from childhood. The book had a kind of mystical quality to it from a combination of the incredible illustrations and story. The movie retains little of this. The only mystical quality comes from the discovery of the game itself. The movie pays little attention to the origin of the game. Instead, the characters inadvertantly jump right into the game. This part of the movie, the part with all the visuals, is entertaining to watch but requires you to keep your mind at bay. The story is full of holes, mostly the fact that instead of rushing through the game, they stop and wait to see what happens after each turn (Why?). However, the CGI animation is excellent and some of the action is fun to watch. It is also above par for Robin Williams. But if you're considering getting this for your children, consider the book instead.
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Summary: POOR ANIMATION...
Review: I can never believe that an adult would like this crap!!! Robin Williams is a good actor and he did a good job in acting but... this movie is very poor and cheap!The animation is extremely poor and any viewer eye could see how poor it is plus the story events are very childish! Maybe the story is not that bad but the way it has been put together makes it no better than its poor animation. I recommend this movie to little kids but absolutely NOT FOR ADULTS!
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Summary: Great Escapist Entertainment
Review: This is a great movie. It has suspense, mystery, action, comedy, and drama. Everyone in the family (over 5) will be able to identify with at least one of the characters. Possibly a bit violent for the little ones, because of the bad guy stalking character - real nightmare material there. The special effects are good ... and very realistic.
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Summary: *Jumanji....a kind of movie u can watch many times over*
Review: "Jumanji" is a classic movie that any1 could watch over and over again. It is full of eye catching surprises, horrifying phenomenon, excitement and is all just one great laugh. It is funny to think you can get all this from a movie that is based on a game called "Jumanji". It is based on a little boy called "alan parish" who hears a sound, like a constant thumping, in a construction site near wehre he lives. The sound comes from the board game Jumanji, and alan finds it buried in a wall of dirt in the construction site. He gets his friend "sarah" to play the game with him until he is lost in the game for quite sometime. Eventually newcomers come to the parish estate, and the game is found again, alan is brought back into the movie. After Alan and his new friends locate Sarah, they must finish the game to end all the happenings that come out of the game. They must fight of monkeys, lions and all kinds of phenomenon that come out of the game. This is a movie full of excitement, and is a guaranteed watch by any1 interested.
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Summary: Anything that can knock stuff around rocks
Review: My friend has this DVD and he turned it up really loud for the stampede. His Surround Sound knocked a picture off the wall. It is a great DVD with picture perfect sound even at those volumes. Sharp as a tack some might say.
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Summary: The uses of enchantment
Review: "Jumanji" is one show that Robin Williams doesn't steal from the other characters. He carries his own weight, but so do the rest of the cast. Not a weak character in this bunch. The writing is creative, imaginative and compelling. The effects range from great (stampede, vines) to weak (spiders, monkey faces), but they don't get in the way of an engaging, fast-paced, even provocative movie. The psychology may seem pop Freudian to some, but it serves the overall illusion created by the movie. I suspect that on a psychological level, "Jumanji" functions to let kids deal with the anger and estrangement they feel with their fathers (a la Bruno Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment"). Carl, the African American shoe designer/police officer, provides some of the funniest material; unfortunately it smacks of an earlier cinema tradition in which the black faces were always the victims of gags that exploited their supposed fears or ignorance. Over all, though, my daughter (7) and son (4) find it compelling and exciting -- and my wife and I find ourselves watching it again with them every time they put it in.
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