![]() ![]() second assistant camera: 'a' camera, second unit. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black. best boy grip: second unit, Hawaii (as Paul Wolkowsky) / second company grip: second unit (as Paul Wolkowsky) Daniel Wurschl. ![]() It feels a bit unnecessary to make these explanations since pretty much everyone plays games on their phones now, and it’s not like the original had to slow down to explain how a board game works. Four high school students get sucked into the jungle setting of a video game, where they embark on a quest as their comically mismatched adult avatars. You’ll have Spencer/Bravestone explaining to the other characters (and the audience) what an “NPC” or a “cut scene” is, and it all feels so close to working, but the movie is struggling to balance jokes for people who know video games and those who have never picked up a controller. And yet there are still times where Jumanji has to grind to a halt to explain certain aspects of a video game and gums up the satire. Nick Jonas Jefferson 'Seaplane' McDonough/Alex Bundles About Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ADVENTURE Four teenagers in detention discover an old video console with a game they’ve never heard of. ![]() That’s not to say that they weren’t around in 1995-in the film, the game “sees” a PlayStation (the opening 10 minutes feels like a PlayStation ad) and transforms from a board game to game cartridge-but video game tropes have become widely known by this point. Turning Jumanji from a board game to a video game and then putting the characters inside the game rather than bringing the game to the outside world is a smart move, and one that feels timely since video games have become so prevalent in our culture. ![]()
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