Now, besides watching movies in
the theatres, I record movies on my set-top box and watch it at night, within
the comfortable confines of our living room.
I have new found company for
animated films in my five year old, Skip (Though, I really think he comes just for
the popcorn). I record movies for Skip as well and he has now slowly graduated
to watching non-animated children’s films like Home Alone, Baby’s Day Out,
Dunston Checks In, Zathura etc. I recently made him watch Jumanji (Part 1) on
TV and he seemed to like it.
And what do you know! Part 2 had
hit the theatres. I wasn’t even aware of a sequel until I heard it on the
radio. I screeched in delight and looked around in the car at the other
passengers. My parents had suddenly something very important to discuss and my
husband began avoiding eye contact. Skip looked at me and said “we’ll go
driving”. Please note that I have recently started driving and shall do another
post reviewing the Alto K10 automatic car.
I LOVED (still do) Jumanji. I
couldn’t wait to watch the sequel and dish it. Sequels rarely match up to the
original. We went to a nondescript mall closest to our house that had the most
convenient timing, post lunch. Not expecting a jam packed theatre, I decided to
book tickets at the counter. Bad decision, as the only seats available
was at the first row.
I was a bit disappointed thinking Skip would have to strain his neck, looking up at the screen, the whole time.
We grabbed our 3D glasses. Skip wasn’t pleased with his small “baby glasses”. Since we’d just had lunch, I had to pull the
drooling 5 year old away from the popcorn counter with the promise of cheese
popcorn during the “intermission”. The
couple walking towards our seat was wondering why I was giving them dirty
looks. They plonked themselves next to us with their gigantic tub of popcorn! (Exaggerated
eye-roll)
Skip is very loud in theatres.
He waits for the theatre to quieten before he can make his proclamation to the
public. “I am very very hungry, you haven’t given me anything to eat” said
Skip looking at our neighbours’ popcorn.
Thankfully, the screen lit up and the trailers of the upcoming films
began. It started off with the Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Padman’. The audience drowned
in laughter, the trailer was funny. Skip waited for his moment and loudly
asked, “This is not a Batman, this is a Padman, but what is a Pad?” Everyone
burst out laughing again. Skip was pleased and with that he forgot his
popcorn.
REVIEW BEGINS HERE: The movie begins with a kid inserting a cartridge
into a video game console and my heart sank a little. I have no patience for spotty high school
kids and how dare they change the game from a board game to a video game. Are all
these millennials too cool for board games!
The movie proceeds with four high
school kids being sucked into the game’s setting into the world of Jumanji
where they don on their respective video game avatars. This is where Dwayne
‘The Rock’ Johnson makes his entry which was met with a lot of hoots and cat
calls in the theatre and a “Why are you screaming now” from Skip. The four characters are then enlisted to return
the jewel, ‘Jaguar’s eye’ to a gigantic rocky Jaguar statue. The movie follows
their journey from their entry into the game all the way up till the statue.
The path is trodden with hurdles thrown in by Russel Van Pelt, a hunter, who
wants the jewel for himself in order to be able to control the animals of
Jumanji. Each player has three lives, losing all of which would mean death. This
is a typical action-adventure film and it reminded me of a light hearted
version of Hunger Games.
The 3D effects are superb and the
effect was much more pronounced being in the first row. The movie is HILARIOUS,
the actors are funny especially Jack Black and Kevin Hart. The five year old had his eyebrows up and
mouth wide open so I am presuming he enjoyed it too. At the risk of sounding
unfaithful to Robin Williams, Dwayne did an excellent job as the protagonist, Dr.
Smolder Bravestone.
Yes, I would record this movie
when it comes on TV and watch it again.
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