Jan 10, 2018 04:50 PM
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Of the jumanji as been made this one is clearly better for various reasons:
One is a blithe parody of video game logic, with the four characters able to create pop-ups of their strengths and weaknesses(Dr. Bravestone's weaknesses: none. Mouse's weaknesses: cake), and non-player characters rattling off a tiny number of lines in an endless loop, one of them played by the always-welcome Rhys Darby. It's charming, if easy. The other is the equally easy spectacle of watching Johnson, Hart, Black, and Gillan playing teenagers trapped in weird bodies(so: teenagers), and this does in fact turn out to be virtually the only source of humor, conflict, drama, or plot momentum that the film ever attempts to mine.
The limitations of Welcome to the Jungle are thus obvious, and the only thing I can really say on its behalf is that it's probably the best-case scenario for a concept that was never going to be capable of being more than an appealing family comedy.
