Monday, January 30, 2006

Jumanji (Joe Johnston, 1995)

Watching this I thought the tempo was rather slow, but the children with whom I was watching this didn't mind that a bit and actually they seemed to enjoy the development.

It's a fantasy, all right, but the rules of the game are not very clear. From one segment to the other, a game needs to get a complete break. The game Jumanji doesn't have it and the "presences" from previous moves all remain somewhere. This is strange.

The old hunter near the end loses his state-of-the-art shotgun before disappearing himself. This is very weird, as the gun is from this reality and not the game's world.

Whatever. The idea is fun.