The hunter being played by the same actor as Alan's father is a deliberate choice. Van Pelt is the manifestation of Alan's fear of not growing up. If you ever go see a stage performance of Peter Pan it's traditional to do the same thing with Captain Hook. Having him be played by the same actor as Wendy's father.
*Alan's fear of GROWING up, right? .. and they did it in the movie Peter Pan with Jeremy Sumpter, as well! Jason Isaacs plays Mr. Darling and Capt. Hook.
Regarding Kirsten Dunst’s pathological lying about their parents: their parents died in such a random, meaningless way, so it makes sense that she would invent a meaning for their death as a coping mechanism. Orphans often imagine that their lost parents are royalty or secret agents, giving themselves a meaningful heritage and an escape from their circumstances.
I feel that isn't real mental health but a romantized version of it and furthermore she doesn't do it to just cope but she does it mess with people as well, and if it is a coping mechanisms the person using the coping mechanisms tends to not to make light of it and wasn't she a pathological lier even before their death? Either way, if what you say is true, that is a massive wasted opportunity to not explore that more and just used to make the character quirky. Also I don't know where you get the idea that orphans imagine their parents as royalty or secret agents, maybe if they never met them but she does know her parents.
Yes! I was just about to make this exact comment. She's attempting to give their deaths meaning because random accidents are far scarier, especially for a child.
@@lampad4549 As a kid, I did the exact thing as the character about my father who walked out. I lied to people about the reality of it because I wanted there to be an actual reason he wasn't there, or to get the sympathy of others I thought I needed a more meaningful tragic reason why he wasn't there. I once told a teacher he committed suicide by parking in front of an oncoming train... my teacher passed her condolences onto my mother who was understandable confused, I was six at the time.
I appreciate that this film doesn't do the trope of "something weird is happening but the adults won't believe us" (well, that happens offscreen) It's just immediately apparent, which is refreshing
I remember in 1995 when this came out, I was 8. And it went up at the box office against Toy Story. I loved it, and watched it religiously when it came out on VHS as a kid
That's why the scene in TED where the bear comes down to say hi to mom and dad was such an awesome, refreshing scene. They reacted exactly as real people would, at least for the first few seconds.
One of the coolest touches to me is how Jonathan Hyde portrays Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt, and simultaneously represents Alan's greatest anger and then his greatest fear. Especially the full circle moment when he berates Peter the same way his father did him, then corrects himself and comforts Peter instead. I have to also say that Jonathan Hyde is an underrated actor and a childhood favorite of mine. Cadbury in Richie Rich, Bruce Ismay in Titanic, Warren Westridge in Anaconda, Dr. Chamberlain in The Mummy to name a few! 👏👏👏
Always thought Jonathan Hyde is such an underrated actor. And when disney made the live-action Aladdin he would have been the perfect Jafar. The idea of the main character's father and villain being played by the same actor is a wonderful trope/tradition going back to the early theatrical productions of Peter Pan.
No idea if this is true or not, but I have heard that some younger actor or fan has walked up to him at an event or something and said that Van Pelt terrified them when they were a kid, and his response was 'good'
Yes I remember when it came out in 1995, I was 8. It Was in competition with Toy Story at the box office. I watched it religiously when it came out on VHS
That's cool. I never really got the appeal of the movie so I wonder if I was a bit too old for it. Even back then, the effects and the fact that people were just helpless against most of the animals was just too aggravating for me to enjoy.
Hi, this movie is so good that I can't get into nor complete the remake. That production group should not have bothered to do so. " Greed causes people to do foolish things. " " Hey! "
I think the coins are meant to be some sort of solid gold ancient treasure that the hunter found in some ruin in Jumanji not just turn of the century colonial tender, hence the gun store owner’s excitement.
This movie is lowkey just a horror movie for children. I remember being terrified of the plants and the mosquitoes and the spiders but that scene with the crocodiles gave me a LIFE-LONG FEAR. I have never lived near crocodiles yet I still have nightmares and this movie is responsible!
my younger cousins couldn't even handle seeing the board game version that they sold after the movie, because they were scared it would suck them into the jungle LOL
When Peter realized he was holding the very axe he was attempting to break in to the shed for. I can never get enough of the 4th wall breaking looks at the camera. One of the thousand things that make Laurel and Hardy so great. You guys should react to their movie "Blockheads", hardest I ever laughed.
Fun fact: The slow rhino seen at the back of the stampede at 1h 45m 4s was an animation error they left in. An incorrect frame rate had been set for the element, making it run slower. They kept it in, whilst adding the foot stomp and wheezing sounds to give it personality as a fun visual gag.
@@christopherb501 please stop saying “underrated!” That word is so overused, not to mention falsely used! It’s thrown around way too much! I don’t know what everybody’s infatuation with that word is
@@nsasupporter7557 Have _you_ personally heard of him, or watched most of his movies, aware of the quality if not the director. Also: intelligence agencies are not worth "supporting".
@@christopherb501 uh… I don’t know but that wasn’t my point. My point was the word “underrated” has completely lost its meaning because it’s so ridiculously overused and misused. So many People say that things are underrated when they’re NOT. It’s lost it’s meaning and lost it’s privilege of people using it
@@nsasupporter7557 There are a gajillion different things out there that can become or were once prominent and aren't. Countless things are "underrated", especially when there is typically a complete lack of anything resembling a statistical metric. You want to talk about words getting watered down when there's less of a spectrum to contend with, consider "awesome" or "woke".
I just realized something. The drums can only be heard by those people "Longing to leave this world behind" Parish wanted to get away because he was being bullied an his father was not helping. Judy and Peter wanted to escape reality after the loss of their parents. An if any one remembers the characters from the sequels, the characters also wanted to escape or leave the world they are in.
The actor who plays “Sole Man” is David Alan Grier. He also started out as a stand up comedian like Willliams, so he also makes a really good comedic actor.
@@RussVerbofsky Yes, David Alan Grier deserves to be a bigger star than he is. Him, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans were the absolute best ones on In Living Color.
Zathura is also notable as it was Jon Favreau's first big effects picture plus he worked with the late great Stan Winston. Those two factors are what landed him the job to direct Iron Man and kicked off the MCU.
Yes, I thought about that, too. But I don't know if I'd call Zathura a sequel. It sort of is - it came after this movie, it probably wouldn't have been made if this one hadn't been successful, and it was definitely marketed as a follow up for fans of this movie. Also, the premise is very similar. But the game is different, there's no crossover in the characters, and no clear in world connection between the two games. I'd just call it an SF version of Jumanji.
These older movies are very refreshing and nostalgic. They actually start the movie with character development instead of immediately throwing you into the "cool factor" and build a world first.
When producers actually trusted their audience to be interested and pay attention to world building and character development. Not that I'm trashing the audience, I definitely think today's generation would like it, it's just producers have no confidence and think everything needs to be immediately action and cool factor with no context.
Never generalize no matter the era. Movies like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Lion King, Jaws, Scream, The Dark Knight, The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan, The Prestige, Aladdin, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, Inception, GoldenEye, 2001: A Space Odyssey, etc... chose to start w/ world-building well before the character development.
I’m still pissed that nobody talks about how Sarah literally jumped in the way to take a bullet for Alan. It’s just the most beautiful and heartbreaking scene in the whole movie where she shows exactly how devoted she is to him and how much she loves him that, without even thinking about it she just runs right in the path of that bullet and nobody ever talks about it.
It's basically Jumanji 1.5 I believe there were some ideas to connect the two stories into one universe. Maybe there will be some easter eggs in the next Jumanji movie, should they continue the franchise with the sequels. (I think they will)
@@Cau_No in case of books Zathura is direct sequel to Jumanji, while in case of movies its just a spiritual successor, Zathura book story is set immediately after Judy and Peter got rid of the game (both games were in the same box; Judy and Peter simply didn't realize this, while Danny did and thought Zathura looked cooler).
9:00 That's one of the main reasons I love this one so much. It's not just a silly adventure movie. All the characters are well-developed and it's got heart and genuinely serious moments.
One of the Redlettermedia guys once referred to a movie as a "gateway horror movie," and I can't think of a better way to describe Jumanji. This is a movie you watch as a little kid and it gets you interested in the horror genre. It did for me, at least (along with Gremlins and Jurassic Park). This was definitely a memorable theater experience for me as a kid.
I would definitely agree. I watched this while staying overnight at my grandparents house when I was young. It definitely scared me the first time I saw it and I can definitely credit this as a horror gateway film! You wouldn't think it's as scary as it is at times and it definitely surprises you.
I love that you guys immediately recognised that the hunter is played by the same man who played the father. That was definitely done on purpose, but a lot of people never catch it. I didn't even notice until it was pointed out to me years ago.
If y'all are planning to continue with the sequels (which are great), its worth including Zathura, the sci-fi spin-off directed by Jon Favreau. Didn't get much attention but was really fun.
is Zathura the one where 2 "soldiers" are continously chasing the kids? That was something I still had in mind and thought it was part of Jumanji while forgetting a lot of the other stuff in the actual movie :D
He's very good at being zany but never chewing up the scenery so much that it detracts from the story or the other actors. When he comes back into the home after being released from the game and he finds the two kids in the linen closet, it would be very easy for him to have hammed up his comical "response scream" to them screaming, but all he does is a little "AH!" and closes the door. That touch of knowing when to tone down a gag is very respectable.
Sarah only knows the alternate timeline. Alan's disappearance, the shoe factory shut down, the whole town falling. All those years were a consequence of the game because Alan's time in the jungle was a consequence of the game. But now everything is developing completely differently.
It's developing completely differently for her home town but it's unlikely to have that much effect on the wider world. You might not want to dump all of your money into Apple as soon as you can, because there's no telling how a small effect might be amplified on a large scale, but if you were to invest prudently in a diversified portfolio based on your knowledge of the other future you'd probably hit a lot more often than you'd miss. The biggest risk would be investing in Nike or other shoe companies, who knows how much the survival of the Parish shoe factory might change things.
I loved the part where he rasn out to the shed to get the axe but it was locked. So he picked up the axe to break the lock, then looked right into the camera, breaking the 4th wall.
This is the only movie that has legitimately scared the heck out of me. Saw it in the theater when I was 5-ish. The bats coming out of the fireplace made me hide my face.
This is a fantastic 90s classic, and cannot understate the importance of bringing us the "What year is it?" meme. So glad it holds up and you both enjoyed it.
I think having strange creatures from another world show up in our world is a much more interesting premise than someone getting sucked into another world. That's why I was so surprised, and a little disappointed, how the future movies all took place inside the game world instead of the real world.
While I agree that the original premise of the game world escaping into the real world is a really solid one, I also think that having the characters get pulled into a video game and exploring the associated mechanics and tropes involved is quite fun. I'm actually glad when they decided to make new Jumanji movies that they didn't just recycle the old story. We can always go back and watch the original, which holds up fine despite being nearly 30 years old.
Man, was I an early Kirsten Dunst fan and this was one of my favorite movies of hers back in the day along with Interview with the Vampire and Little Women. I had the chance to meet her once and she couldn’t have been nicer. I love this film because it goes in some random directions and features what I thought at the time was great CGI in the animals. Just a funny film overall.
This movie convinced me to never visit Canada. I really felt like I was 34 years too old to enjoy this movie but I knew that if I powered through, you would give meaning to my suffering. At 19:02, I was proven right. Considering the hunter probably came from the 19th century when gold coins contained actual gold (the British ones had more than 30 grams of gold apiece), I'd say that merchant made a pretty good deal.
Strange that I never noticed that before, but yes, the same actor played Alan's dad Sam Parrish and Van Pelt the hunter. Interesting casting choice! I think the ending on this was extremely clever. The same writer wrote _Zathura_ which was also turned into a movie and it uses the same premise. It was directed by Jon Favreau, "Happy Hogan" from the MCU and the director and creator of the excellent _The Mandalorian._
This one is definitely a classic. That fourth wall break with the axe was always one of my favourite moments. But yes, you guys must watch the new ones. They're pretty different in tone and execution from this one, and a lot of people would argue that they're better. I don't know if I would say that one way or the other, but when they came out I was skeptical, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I my opinion, no they are not better. They are lightweight fluff comedy movies that borrow part of the premise, but don't have the soul of this movie. A better spiritual 'sequel' would be Zathura, which is a great movie that gets overlooked.
@@MandoWookie I think the truth is in the middle. They aren't only fluff, but they also clearly aren't on a similar level as the original. Unlike Fast and Furious, they actually have some soul, they try to make the action fit the character journey and make the emotional journey the core
They are good but I grew up with the original and I’m only 20 now, I think the original is better because it’s realistic and has the touch of real life added in by taking place outside the game and as a kid was definitely a bit creepy where the new ones are just pure comedy for the most part and don’t have much realistic tone or grim setting
@@JonathanMandrake Like I said, it's my opinion. Welcome to the Jungle just didn't do much for me, I liked the twist on the premise they did, and Johnson was good with what he was given, and Karen Gillian... I've liked her since Doctor Who so I do not object to her role. Jack Black is Jack Black and sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't. Kevin Hart is like Will Ferrel to me, I find him aggressively annoying and intolerable to watch in 99% of everything I've seen him in( except for his stand up, that's funny). But compared to the original, which is more a story of a kid who feels alienated by everyone around him and unwanted and wants to escape and gets sucked into an existential eldritch nightmare of a scenario where he and everyone around him is at constant risk of mortal danger, has been obsessedly hunted by a deranged doppelganger of his father for over 20 years only to be finally released back to his home to find out that yes his father did love him, but it took his disappearance to show that and he was responsible for an entire town falling apart, the girl he started the game with has been psychologically traumatized since it happened to the point that telling people he was brutally murdered by his father was the her preferred version of the story, and now 2 more kids are involved and he still has to finish the game and go through more terror before he can be free. That's not a comedy movie. That's a horror movie. It just so happens they got Robin Williams involved, and he wasn't yet at the point in his career where they would not let him be in a comedy or be funny, so it was written with enough jokes and just enough campiness not to make it absolutely terrifying and then marketed to kids. But it is scary, and as a kid the scary parts hit just as hard as the funny parts, and there is a lot of character work and dramatic emotional connections that it elevates it in my opinion. It's a very dark movie if you think on it too long. The new ones are fine. Just not Jumanji for me. Zathura is again much better followup, with an identical premise( being in the game rather than the game jumping into the real world), but also tackles a lot of the anxieties and fears of both adults looking back on regrets and kids fears as they grow up in a good balanced way with comedy to take the edge off the dramatic and terrifying parts.
@@joegreene7619 that is the thing I praise them for, even if I personally don't like them. They are there own thing, and they run with it and have fun. And that is not a bad thing.
The book is fantastic, BEAUTIFUL Illustrations. My first experience of Jumanji was the book. They had it in my elementary school library and I was stunned by the artwork.
I really liked the book this was based on when I was a kid. It was actually a short children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, who also wrote and illustrated the book "The Polar Express." I still love his work and I think it's important to note that the vast majority of what's in "Jumanji" the movie is not in the book, but he worked on the screenplay and I think it turned out great.
That clip from Seinfeld is in my recommendations right now! What?! I've been watching Seinfeld clips for the last couple of days, and now you chose that intro? I'm freaking out😱
Such a cool detail: As an adult, Sarah made her living as a psychic (Madame Serena). After the movie, she relives her youth, knowing what will happen. A real life psychic.
The movies with The Rock and Jack Black are fun, but they won't beat the original in my heart. No matter how dated the CGI are, this movie is pure comedy gold, full of inspiration from 80's movies. The passage at the shop which indeed is an obvious callback to the Home Alone movies (especially with the paint buckets) and the monkeys that behave exactly like the Gremlins are two example I think of right now, but I suppose there are others. And it inspired other movies too : As Simone quickly noticed, Van Pelt is played by the same actor playing Alan's dad, which is meaningful in Alan story arc as it represents a fearful father figure. The 2003 Peter Pan (which by the way could be a Nice one to react to) did the same thing with Jason Isaacs playing both Wendy's father and Captain Hook.
My grade school teacher read this book to my class, it was so cool seeing it come to life in this movie! Always loved the ending, too. It’s almost like the game took them back to that first day so that they could right some of the wrongs that happened. Much better than if they had to move on without being sent back in time.
I recommend that you react to the first film by Jumanji director Joe Johnston (who also directed the first Captain America film!). His first movie is "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" starring Rick Moranis and I'm sure you will love it! It's a great Disney sci-fi/adventure film for kids, one of the best of the 80s! Also, Disney is currently work on a sequel/soft-reboot of that movie, with the same director and Rick Moranis will reprise the same role!! Please do a reaction to that movie !! : D
The greatest thing about this movie, is how every threat the game unleashes isn't just a one off gag. Each thing that comes out of the game continues to wreck havoc on the world and it only keeps escalating.
I have seen this movie so many times when i was a child on VHS , probably i was 6-7 years old . It was my favourite. This movie is still great , and the effects still hold up really well. Great reaction , and great memories . Keep up these good reactions guys.
22:23 I think those are actually gold coins...the guy knows a lot about old guns and bullets, even down to the date when they quit making the bullets that were needed for Van Pelt's old gun, so I suspect that he's also knowledgeable about other old stuff like coins.
It's implied that everything in the game is immortal when Van pelt gets impaled in the shoulder by a sword. If you look closely he pulls the sword out and his shoulder CGI heals. Also in Jumanji the animated series van pelt is just straight up immortal.
The reboots of these are worth the watch. They took the original premise and added their own flair. And it works. This comes from someone who grew up with this version.
The movie was a box office success, $260 million dollars against a $70 million dollar budget, but it received negative Reviews by Critics like Roger Ebert, calling it " The worst kids movie he had ever seen, with the film given a PG rating due to the scary images, it's a joke of a Rating and should have been PG 13 instead." However, it's considered by some to be one of Robin Williams best movies
I mean on that part I'd agree with him but most people don't care about the rating or reviews rather if the movie was good or not. Kids horror? I'd call it that. Then if just depends if ya let your kids watch horror or not. Plus Robin Williams, easily gets it over the line when you know it's gonna be funny enough.
Love this movie. The CGI has aged poorly but everything else about it is so well-done. And especially when you're a kid, the sense of mystery and terror is unparalleled.
I rewateched this movie for the first time since the late 90's just a couple of years ago, and wow, those drums and the soundtrack are just iconic, they give me chills.
The book the movies are based on is actually a children’s picture book. The movie Polar Express is based on a book by the same author/artist too and the art style of that animated movie is actually based on the artist’s original work. So were the weird looking monkeys in this movie. lol
Thank you for saying that, it seems like a lot of people miss the fact that the design of the animals is intentionally "off". That comes from both the book, and the general idea to impart a sense of unease about them.
@@Johnny_Socko I think it looks good that they're depicted as being different than real life animals. I mean they're creatures being magically brought from another world or dimension. It's more creative to put a spin on them.
The sequels suffer from the usual traps these type of movies fall into. The original is an adventure comedy, with real stakes and danger. The sequels go all in on just the comedy, ignoring the seriousness that the originals put in. For example, in this, you have serious moments where Alan confronts the fact that he missed decades of his life. Or Sarah dealing with the trauma of what she witnessed (her freak out at seeing the game again is great). In Men In Black, the threat of the bug and the consequences of them failing are treated seriously. The sequels focus on just the comedy, since it's an easier sell, and they don't have to work as hard to construct a deeper narrative. As a result it's not as impactful.
I think it falls in the sequel trap... by that I mean taking what people loved about the movie and then making the sequels all about that. Best example I have is "The Matrix"... People loved the effects, the slowmo, the fight scenes, and the concept of "something behind the veil". They took that to mean that making the sequel all about that, would make it better... but that is not true... It is not a movie stuffed with awe that will make a great movie... it is the movie that awes you at the right time. Now, I don't think that the sequels to Jumanji was *that* bad.... they just never captured the spirit of the first one.
The sequels are great fun and inventive. They are definitely different, but that’s good. Sequels should do something new. Think Alien and Aliens. Terminator 1 and Terminator 2.
Holy wow I remember having watched it a few times when I was younger but I was not prepared for the wave of nostalgia. When George read the tagline, even before the movie started, it hit me like a truck.
I was horrified when I found out that a sequel was coming out only to be *pleasantly* surprised when Jumanji Into The Jungle not only wasn't horrible, but was a wonderful movie.
I'm really glad to see you guys cover his movie. I have a lot of fond memories of this movie from when I was a little kid, and it's always been one of my favourites as I was growing up too. It really is just a good and fun movie the whole way through.
If you want to see Robin Williams in a non-comedy, "What Dreams May Come" is probaby a good, but quite hard choice. Especially since there are so many parallels between Robin Williams real life and the main theme of the movie - figthing and overcoming depressions. In real life Williams did not succeed... To recommend The Birdcage (1996) is somewhat of a two-edged choice, since it is a good film, but on the other side it is only a remake of the french movie La Cage aux folles (1978). It´s in the long line of american movies where the studios thought they would have to do an american version of a film from abroad.
He did Not commit suicide because he was depressed! He committed suicide because he was diagnosed with a form of dementia called leweybody syndrome, and it was destroying him 😭
Also: Dead Poet's society, Good Will Hunting and Fisher King show's his dramatic talents as well so well. I can't recommend enough Fisher King. Jeff Bridges and Robin William's are so incredible in it.
There was another movie in this genre called, "Zathura" that was directed by Jon Favreau and was also based on a book. But, instead of the jungle theme, its an outer space theme.
"Jumanji: a game for those who seek to find / a way to leave their world behind." Essentially, for those that want an adventure and that's what the game gives the player, an adventure. Is it the game's fault no one understands that? Given, I would probably haven't understood it either, but hey. I don't think you can destroy the game. It controls time, space, reality and in all probability even death. It would be a small thing to make any try to destroy it fail, or it's simply reassembling itself. My theory is that only those that want what the game offers can hear the drums. It's just that kid's usually crave adventure more often than adults. I was really disappointed with the first trailer of the new movie. When I heard they were going to make another I hoped to see them play the game in a big city and the city slowly turning into a jungle the longer they played.I understand why they didn't go there, but it could have been spectacular.
The girl is played by Kirsten Dundst, who previously starred in Interview with the Vampire and later starred in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. The grown up version of Alan's love interest, Bonnie Hunt, went on to star in both Cheaper by the Dozen films. There are two newer Jumanji films, both taking place within the Jumanji videogame
Not sure why they thought Alan wasn't actually an adult. He's been surviving in the jungle for 26years and still lived the entirety of it. Time didn't just skip for him. If anything he's a hardened, junglefied adult lol. How do they think he knew everything coming from the game so well...
Yeah, he's not a boy trapped in a man's body, but more of a man-child that didn't get to grow up in the real world, but he still grew up within the world of Jumanji. And your last sentence hit on one (of many things) that this film so well. Alan would almost always know what was coming because he lived it for 26 years. The movie dropped subtle clues, hints, and dialogue throughout to indicate that Alan knew how to deal with the creatures coming out of the game.
At least when Sarah went back through school she would have gotten better grades And yeah, the modern movies are sequels to this one, there are a few references
This is a movie from my childhood, I used to watch it every time it was on TV on Saturdays or Sundays, and just now I figured out the dad and the hunter are the same actor jajaja. Thanks for reacting to this one, I enjoy your reactions very much and I laguh a lot every time. Greetings from Mexico
I ❤ you guys and your reactions! And Simone, I don't want to hurt your feelings, far from it. Or spoil your giddy mood going into each reaction. So my dilemma is to figure out what is the kindest way to say that each one of your off-the-wall beginning statements is better than the next one... Please don't be offended.
I wonder how many people realize that its a sequel, if I remember correctly there is no direct connection in the plot but its based on book that was sequel to orginal book Jumanji.
one thing I noticed about the hunter was when you notice him wearing a wedding ring when he reaches out of the paint cans... I wonder if the hunter is always the person you have always feared when you roll?
Simone's love for the chubby rhino reminded me of a t-shirt I saw on Amazon that had a rhino on it, and a saying that read, "Save the chubby unicorns"!!!
They did make an animated series that was about 40 episodes. It's about Judy and Peter finding and playing the game. Each turn they take a game clue is given to them and are sucked into Jumanji until they solve it, they are helped by Alan so they can go home while he is stuck in the game, each episode they return back to the game to complete it and find a way for Alan finally escape.
Ah yes. I remember it well. I always loved to hate that salesman who was always trying to sell Judy and Peter stuff. Seems like back in the 80s and 90s they used to make a lot of animated series based on movies. Back to the future, Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber, etc.
I love how the lion gets put into a big comfy room and is just like alright this is pretty chill and takes the day off.
To be fair, it IS a male lion. Chances are strong that would have happened regardless; no bookie would take the bet.
@@christopherb501 male lions are kinda lazy
Yeah, all the other creatures are, like, "MuSt TeRrOrIzE tHe ToWnSfOlK," and he's just, "Hey, you got the wifi password?" 😝
The lion is just a big cat
Lions typically rest/sleep around 16hr. So it wasn't really that unusual of behavior. Plus it's still a cat on a bed. Lol.
The hunter being played by the same actor as Alan's father is a deliberate choice. Van Pelt is the manifestation of Alan's fear of not growing up. If you ever go see a stage performance of Peter Pan it's traditional to do the same thing with Captain Hook. Having him be played by the same actor as Wendy's father.
And Robin already had experience of dealing with Hook.
*Alan's fear of GROWING up, right? .. and they did it in the movie Peter Pan with Jeremy Sumpter, as well! Jason Isaacs plays Mr. Darling and Capt. Hook.
Jumanji says "Makes you feel just like a child" on that roll.
well its just the ghost of his father haunting him, basically the jungle he was in was a huge, really long, nightmare.
But, if you think deeper still, you'll notice that the hunter, also, reflects "The Most Dangerous Game" (Richard Connell 1924)
Regarding Kirsten Dunst’s pathological lying about their parents: their parents died in such a random, meaningless way, so it makes sense that she would invent a meaning for their death as a coping mechanism. Orphans often imagine that their lost parents are royalty or secret agents, giving themselves a meaningful heritage and an escape from their circumstances.
I feel that isn't real mental health but a romantized version of it and furthermore she doesn't do it to just cope but she does it mess with people as well, and if it is a coping mechanisms the person using the coping mechanisms tends to not to make light of it and wasn't she a pathological lier even before their death?
Either way, if what you say is true, that is a massive wasted opportunity to not explore that more and just used to make the character quirky.
Also I don't know where you get the idea that orphans imagine their parents as royalty or secret agents, maybe if they never met them but she does know her parents.
Yes! I was just about to make this exact comment. She's attempting to give their deaths meaning because random accidents are far scarier, especially for a child.
Except that she laughed about it afterwards, so not about imagining them as heroic.
Interesting. Reminds me of the movie Annie where she spends a lot of time wondering about her parents and making up scenarios.
@@lampad4549 As a kid, I did the exact thing as the character about my father who walked out. I lied to people about the reality of it because I wanted there to be an actual reason he wasn't there, or to get the sympathy of others I thought I needed a more meaningful tragic reason why he wasn't there. I once told a teacher he committed suicide by parking in front of an oncoming train... my teacher passed her condolences onto my mother who was understandable confused, I was six at the time.
the 4th wall break when he realizes that he already has the axe is priceless! Love it!
I appreciate that this film doesn't do the trope of "something weird is happening but the adults won't believe us" (well, that happens offscreen)
It's just immediately apparent, which is refreshing
I remember in 1995 when this came out, I was 8. And it went up at the box office against Toy Story. I loved it, and watched it religiously when it came out on VHS as a kid
That's why the scene in TED where the bear comes down to say hi to mom and dad was such an awesome, refreshing scene. They reacted exactly as real people would, at least for the first few seconds.
I mean, stampede are hard to ignore
@@vinchinzo594 I mean, sure, but that was a terrible movie.
One of the coolest touches to me is how Jonathan Hyde portrays Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt, and simultaneously represents Alan's greatest anger and then his greatest fear.
Especially the full circle moment when he berates Peter the same way his father did him, then corrects himself and comforts Peter instead.
I have to also say that Jonathan Hyde is an underrated actor and a childhood favorite of mine.
Cadbury in Richie Rich, Bruce Ismay in Titanic, Warren Westridge in Anaconda, Dr. Chamberlain in The Mummy to name a few! 👏👏👏
Always thought Jonathan Hyde is such an underrated actor. And when disney made the live-action Aladdin he would have been the perfect Jafar.
The idea of the main character's father and villain being played by the same actor is a wonderful trope/tradition going back to the early theatrical productions of Peter Pan.
No idea if this is true or not, but I have heard that some younger actor or fan has walked up to him at an event or something and said that Van Pelt terrified them when they were a kid, and his response was 'good'
He was great in the strain tv show
I wonder if this was inspired by the animated Peter Pan movie where the same actor voices the father and Captain Hook.
@@FlyinMunky It was totally based on the Darling father and Hook being played by the same actor.
This was one of my favourite movies as a kid. I feel like it still holds up pretty well now.
Yeah me too
Yes I remember when it came out in 1995, I was 8. It Was in competition with Toy Story at the box office. I watched it religiously when it came out on VHS
That's cool. I never really got the appeal of the movie so I wonder if I was a bit too old for it. Even back then, the effects and the fact that people were just helpless against most of the animals was just too aggravating for me to enjoy.
Hi, this movie is so good that I can't get into nor complete the remake. That production group should not have bothered to do so. " Greed causes people to do foolish things. " " Hey! "
Of course it does
I think the coins are meant to be some sort of solid gold ancient treasure that the hunter found in some ruin in Jumanji not just turn of the century colonial tender, hence the gun store owner’s excitement.
Even a single modern krugerrand is $1,700+
They thought they were loonies and toonies
Shame they would have gone back in the game with everything else
I figured it would be excitement of just any gold coin being plopped down.
@@dustinheese $1700 today, back in 1995 it gold was less than $400/oz... or $800 if you adjust for inflation.
This movie is lowkey just a horror movie for children. I remember being terrified of the plants and the mosquitoes and the spiders but that scene with the crocodiles gave me a LIFE-LONG FEAR. I have never lived near crocodiles yet I still have nightmares and this movie is responsible!
LOL 😂
Yeah, this scared me shitless the first time I saw It, I remember that I hit under the table 🤣.
But the second time, like one year after, I loved It!
True. It definitely scared me lots as a kid!
Same, I had dreams of my own house being jungleified with monsoons and crocodiles as a kid.
my younger cousins couldn't even handle seeing the board game version that they sold after the movie, because they were scared it would suck them into the jungle LOL
When Peter realized he was holding the very axe he was attempting to break in to the shed for. I can never get enough of the 4th wall breaking looks at the camera. One of the thousand things that make Laurel and Hardy so great. You guys should react to their movie "Blockheads", hardest I ever laughed.
I'll be honest, that gag has lived in my head rent free since that movie was fresh on videotape from the Blockbuster down the street.
me using my phone's flashlight to look for my phone... 🥴
@@NikkiKNuvo or looking for your glasses that are on top of your head! 😂😂 or TV remote…
Fun fact: The slow rhino seen at the back of the stampede at 1h 45m 4s was an animation error they left in. An incorrect frame rate had been set for the element, making it run slower. They kept it in, whilst adding the foot stomp and wheezing sounds to give it personality as a fun visual gag.
Joe Johnston is SUCH an underrated director.
Directed The First Avenger, people.
@@christopherb501 please stop saying “underrated!” That word is so overused, not to mention falsely used! It’s thrown around way too much! I don’t know what everybody’s infatuation with that word is
@@nsasupporter7557 Have _you_ personally heard of him, or watched most of his movies, aware of the quality if not the director.
Also: intelligence agencies are not worth "supporting".
@@christopherb501 uh… I don’t know but that wasn’t my point. My point was the word “underrated” has completely lost its meaning because it’s so ridiculously overused and misused. So many People say that things are underrated when they’re NOT. It’s lost it’s meaning and lost it’s privilege of people using it
@@nsasupporter7557 There are a gajillion different things out there that can become or were once prominent and aren't. Countless things are "underrated", especially when there is typically a complete lack of anything resembling a statistical metric. You want to talk about words getting watered down when there's less of a spectrum to contend with, consider "awesome" or "woke".
I just realized something. The drums can only be heard by those people "Longing to leave this world behind" Parish wanted to get away because he was being bullied an his father was not helping. Judy and Peter wanted to escape reality after the loss of their parents. An if any one remembers the characters from the sequels, the characters also wanted to escape or leave the world they are in.
Aaahhh yeahhhhhhhhhh! You're clever aren't ya!
The actor who plays “Sole Man” is David Alan Grier. He also started out as a stand up comedian like Willliams, so he also makes a really good comedic actor.
Plus being in Living Color with the Wayans Brothers
@@RussVerbofsky Yes, David Alan Grier deserves to be a bigger star than he is. Him, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans were the absolute best ones on In Living Color.
He was also in the 1997 movie McHale's Navy starring Tom Arnold.
And he recently won a Tony! well deserved
@@davidfrischknecht8261 he was also on the Pauly Shore movie “In the Army Now.” And Blankman with Damon Wayans which was a terrible movie
Since you guys loved Jumanji, you should react to its sequel Zathura; both were originally adapted from books written by Chris Van Allsburg.
I second this.
Zathura is also notable as it was Jon Favreau's first big effects picture plus he worked with the late great Stan Winston. Those two factors are what landed him the job to direct Iron Man and kicked off the MCU.
Yes, I thought about that, too. But I don't know if I'd call Zathura a sequel. It sort of is - it came after this movie, it probably wouldn't have been made if this one hadn't been successful, and it was definitely marketed as a follow up for fans of this movie. Also, the premise is very similar. But the game is different, there's no crossover in the characters, and no clear in world connection between the two games. I'd just call it an SF version of Jumanji.
@@hkpew In the movie Zathura is on the underside of the Jumanji board (somehow).
I hope they check out Zathura. I consider it an actual proper sequel than the reboot Jumanjis they released.
These older movies are very refreshing and nostalgic. They actually start the movie with character development instead of immediately throwing you into the "cool factor" and build a world first.
When producers actually trusted their audience to be interested and pay attention to world building and character development.
Not that I'm trashing the audience, I definitely think today's generation would like it, it's just producers have no confidence and think everything needs to be immediately action and cool factor with no context.
Never generalize no matter the era. Movies like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Lion King, Jaws, Scream, The Dark Knight, The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan, The Prestige, Aladdin, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jurassic Park, Inception, GoldenEye, 2001: A Space Odyssey, etc... chose to start w/ world-building well before the character development.
I mean, stories should start with a hook, but the hook doesn't have to be action. Here it's a mystery "oo, what's in the box?"
I’m still pissed that nobody talks about how Sarah literally jumped in the way to take a bullet for Alan. It’s just the most beautiful and heartbreaking scene in the whole movie where she shows exactly how devoted she is to him and how much she loves him that, without even thinking about it she just runs right in the path of that bullet and nobody ever talks about it.
Agreed. That's True Love
If you guys want a movie in a similar vein there is always Zathura! It is kinda like Jumanji in space and not many people react to it for some reason.
Zathura is so underrated!
Based off the book Zathura by the same author of Jumanji.
It's basically Jumanji 1.5
I believe there were some ideas to connect the two stories into one universe.
Maybe there will be some easter eggs in the next Jumanji movie, should they continue the franchise with the sequels. (I think they will)
Zathura is awesome, such a fun movie. And the director later went on to make Iron Man.
@@Cau_No in case of books Zathura is direct sequel to Jumanji, while in case of movies its just a spiritual successor, Zathura book story is set immediately after Judy and Peter got rid of the game (both games were in the same box; Judy and Peter simply didn't realize this, while Danny did and thought Zathura looked cooler).
9:00 That's one of the main reasons I love this one so much. It's not just a silly adventure movie. All the characters are well-developed and it's got heart and genuinely serious moments.
One of the Redlettermedia guys once referred to a movie as a "gateway horror movie," and I can't think of a better way to describe Jumanji. This is a movie you watch as a little kid and it gets you interested in the horror genre. It did for me, at least (along with Gremlins and Jurassic Park). This was definitely a memorable theater experience for me as a kid.
This blew my mind a little. I'm not much of a horror fan but I can still see a lot of the same plot structure.
I would definitely agree. I watched this while staying overnight at my grandparents house when I was young. It definitely scared me the first time I saw it and I can definitely credit this as a horror gateway film! You wouldn't think it's as scary as it is at times and it definitely surprises you.
I love that you guys immediately recognised that the hunter is played by the same man who played the father. That was definitely done on purpose, but a lot of people never catch it. I didn't even notice until it was pointed out to me years ago.
If y'all are planning to continue with the sequels (which are great), its worth including Zathura, the sci-fi spin-off directed by Jon Favreau. Didn't get much attention but was really fun.
Wich was the original secuel, but the got cold fert
is Zathura the one where 2 "soldiers" are continously chasing the kids? That was something I still had in mind and thought it was part of Jumanji while forgetting a lot of the other stuff in the actual movie :D
Never heard of it :O
@@6666Imperator Zathura is about another board game that rips two boy’s house out of the ground and into space.
@@6666Imperator I don't think there are soldiers? There's an astronaut but I think that's it. Wish I could help with what you're thinking of...
A childhood classic of mine, I really hope you enjoy it... Also, RIP Robin Williams for his performance here
Last year would’ve been his 70th (July 21, 2021) I watched a marathon of his movies to celebrate it
He's very good at being zany but never chewing up the scenery so much that it detracts from the story or the other actors. When he comes back into the home after being released from the game and he finds the two kids in the linen closet, it would be very easy for him to have hammed up his comical "response scream" to them screaming, but all he does is a little "AH!" and closes the door. That touch of knowing when to tone down a gag is very respectable.
you two are the pure embodiment of all the things I want in friends ! So wholesome and just ... good peeps. Love your reactions !
19:04 her scolding him had me chuckling 😂
Sarah only knows the alternate timeline. Alan's disappearance, the shoe factory shut down, the whole town falling. All those years were a consequence of the game because Alan's time in the jungle was a consequence of the game. But now everything is developing completely differently.
It's developing completely differently for her home town but it's unlikely to have that much effect on the wider world. You might not want to dump all of your money into Apple as soon as you can, because there's no telling how a small effect might be amplified on a large scale, but if you were to invest prudently in a diversified portfolio based on your knowledge of the other future you'd probably hit a lot more often than you'd miss. The biggest risk would be investing in Nike or other shoe companies, who knows how much the survival of the Parish shoe factory might change things.
@@hkpew Agreed. 👍
I loved the part where he rasn out to the shed to get the axe but it was locked. So he picked up the axe to break the lock, then looked right into the camera, breaking the 4th wall.
I loved this movie as a kid, haven't seen it in years, but it looks like it holds up pretty well! Looks like its time for a rewatch.
Yes, same! 🙂 I was 8 when it came out in 1995. It was a movie that I watched religiously after it came out on VHS lol
It's like Stranger Things for the 90s.
It's great
This is the only movie that has legitimately scared the heck out of me. Saw it in the theater when I was 5-ish. The bats coming out of the fireplace made me hide my face.
This is a fantastic 90s classic, and cannot understate the importance of bringing us the "What year is it?" meme. So glad it holds up and you both enjoyed it.
I think having strange creatures from another world show up in our world is a much more interesting premise than someone getting sucked into another world. That's why I was so surprised, and a little disappointed, how the future movies all took place inside the game world instead of the real world.
While I agree that the original premise of the game world escaping into the real world is a really solid one, I also think that having the characters get pulled into a video game and exploring the associated mechanics and tropes involved is quite fun. I'm actually glad when they decided to make new Jumanji movies that they didn't just recycle the old story. We can always go back and watch the original, which holds up fine despite being nearly 30 years old.
@@amstrad00 Watch the show then.
@@christopherb501 Show? There's a show?
@@TheNativeEngine 40 animated episodes; aired on UPN in initial run, last saw it on Hulu in 2020.
@@christopherb501 ah yes, I remember the show
Man, was I an early Kirsten Dunst fan and this was one of my favorite movies of hers back in the day along with Interview with the Vampire and Little Women.
I had the chance to meet her once and she couldn’t have been nicer.
I love this film because it goes in some random directions and features what I thought at the time was great CGI in the animals. Just a funny film overall.
@@samhilton4173 Yup. She was so good in her season of Fargo.
Remember when she was in the movie Small Soldiers in 1998? She was like 15 or 16 in that
@@nsasupporter7557 That was another good one. I always liked Tommy Lee Jones playing the bad guy and Chip is one of the better ones in his catalog.
@@mojoshivers it was Phil Hartman’s very last movie… do you remember him?
@@nsasupporter7557 I do. He was one of the more memorable SNL performers from when I watched weekly. Caveman Lawyer was great.
This is a classic forever 💯, RIP Robin Williams one of my faves 🙏🏼
Peter breaking the fourth wall always gets me 🤣
This movie convinced me to never visit Canada.
I really felt like I was 34 years too old to enjoy this movie but I knew that if I powered through, you would give meaning to my suffering. At 19:02, I was proven right.
Considering the hunter probably came from the 19th century when gold coins contained actual gold (the British ones had more than 30 grams of gold apiece), I'd say that merchant made a pretty good deal.
The coins would of gone back into Jumanji when the game finished so he got no deal 😂
Strange that I never noticed that before, but yes, the same actor played Alan's dad Sam Parrish and Van Pelt the hunter. Interesting casting choice! I think the ending on this was extremely clever. The same writer wrote _Zathura_ which was also turned into a movie and it uses the same premise. It was directed by Jon Favreau, "Happy Hogan" from the MCU and the director and creator of the excellent _The Mandalorian._
This one is definitely a classic. That fourth wall break with the axe was always one of my favourite moments. But yes, you guys must watch the new ones. They're pretty different in tone and execution from this one, and a lot of people would argue that they're better. I don't know if I would say that one way or the other, but when they came out I was skeptical, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I my opinion, no they are not better. They are lightweight fluff comedy movies that borrow part of the premise, but don't have the soul of this movie.
A better spiritual 'sequel' would be Zathura, which is a great movie that gets overlooked.
@@MandoWookie I think the truth is in the middle. They aren't only fluff, but they also clearly aren't on a similar level as the original. Unlike Fast and Furious, they actually have some soul, they try to make the action fit the character journey and make the emotional journey the core
They are good but I grew up with the original and I’m only 20 now, I think the original is better because it’s realistic and has the touch of real life added in by taking place outside the game and as a kid was definitely a bit creepy where the new ones are just pure comedy for the most part and don’t have much realistic tone or grim setting
@@JonathanMandrake Like I said, it's my opinion. Welcome to the Jungle just didn't do much for me, I liked the twist on the premise they did, and Johnson was good with what he was given, and Karen Gillian... I've liked her since Doctor Who so I do not object to her role. Jack Black is Jack Black and sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't. Kevin Hart is like Will Ferrel to me, I find him aggressively annoying and intolerable to watch in 99% of everything I've seen him in( except for his stand up, that's funny).
But compared to the original, which is more a story of a kid who feels alienated by everyone around him and unwanted and wants to escape and gets sucked into an existential eldritch nightmare of a scenario where he and everyone around him is at constant risk of mortal danger, has been obsessedly hunted by a deranged doppelganger of his father for over 20 years only to be finally released back to his home to find out that yes his father did love him, but it took his disappearance to show that and he was responsible for an entire town falling apart, the girl he started the game with has been psychologically traumatized since it happened to the point that telling people he was brutally murdered by his father was the her preferred version of the story, and now 2 more kids are involved and he still has to finish the game and go through more terror before he can be free.
That's not a comedy movie. That's a horror movie. It just so happens they got Robin Williams involved, and he wasn't yet at the point in his career where they would not let him be in a comedy or be funny, so it was written with enough jokes and just enough campiness not to make it absolutely terrifying and then marketed to kids.
But it is scary, and as a kid the scary parts hit just as hard as the funny parts, and there is a lot of character work and dramatic emotional connections that it elevates it in my opinion.
It's a very dark movie if you think on it too long.
The new ones are fine. Just not Jumanji for me. Zathura is again much better followup, with an identical premise( being in the game rather than the game jumping into the real world), but also tackles a lot of the anxieties and fears of both adults looking back on regrets and kids fears as they grow up in a good balanced way with comedy to take the edge off the dramatic and terrifying parts.
@@joegreene7619 that is the thing I praise them for, even if I personally don't like them. They are there own thing, and they run with it and have fun. And that is not a bad thing.
The book is fantastic, BEAUTIFUL Illustrations. My first experience of Jumanji was the book. They had it in my elementary school library and I was stunned by the artwork.
Same! I dont remember much but i remember the....tsetse...tsee....mosquitoes were very scary in the movie because of how scary the book made them
This was one of my favorite "adventure" movies growing up. It really let the child in me play with my imagination...
I really liked the book this was based on when I was a kid. It was actually a short children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, who also wrote and illustrated the book "The Polar Express." I still love his work and I think it's important to note that the vast majority of what's in "Jumanji" the movie is not in the book, but he worked on the screenplay and I think it turned out great.
That clip from Seinfeld is in my recommendations right now! What?! I've been watching Seinfeld clips for the last couple of days, and now you chose that intro? I'm freaking out😱
Man 80s and 90s movies were so innocent and entertaining. I am born in 97. I wish they make movies like this nowadays
Such a cool detail: As an adult, Sarah made her living as a psychic (Madame Serena). After the movie, she relives her youth, knowing what will happen. A real life psychic.
This was definitely one of my favorite movies that I watched a million times as a kid growing up in the 90s.
The movies with The Rock and Jack Black are fun, but they won't beat the original in my heart. No matter how dated the CGI are, this movie is pure comedy gold, full of inspiration from 80's movies. The passage at the shop which indeed is an obvious callback to the Home Alone movies (especially with the paint buckets) and the monkeys that behave exactly like the Gremlins are two example I think of right now, but I suppose there are others.
And it inspired other movies too : As Simone quickly noticed, Van Pelt is played by the same actor playing Alan's dad, which is meaningful in Alan story arc as it represents a fearful father figure. The 2003 Peter Pan (which by the way could be a Nice one to react to) did the same thing with Jason Isaacs playing both Wendy's father and Captain Hook.
Kirsten Dunst does amazing in this. Though my favorite for her is seeing her in Interview with the Vampire
My grade school teacher read this book to my class, it was so cool seeing it come to life in this movie! Always loved the ending, too. It’s almost like the game took them back to that first day so that they could right some of the wrongs that happened. Much better than if they had to move on without being sent back in time.
I recommend that you react to the first film by Jumanji director Joe Johnston (who also directed the first Captain America film!). His first movie is "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" starring Rick Moranis and I'm sure you will love it! It's a great Disney sci-fi/adventure film for kids,
one of the best of the 80s! Also, Disney is currently work on a sequel/soft-reboot of that movie, with the same director and Rick Moranis will reprise the same role!! Please do a reaction to that movie !! : D
And the hugely underrated The Rocketeer.
@@christopherb501 Totally agree!
The greatest thing about this movie, is how every threat the game unleashes isn't just a one off gag. Each thing that comes out of the game continues to wreck havoc on the world and it only keeps escalating.
I have seen this movie so many times when i was a child on VHS , probably i was 6-7 years old . It was my favourite. This movie is still great , and the effects still hold up really well. Great reaction , and great memories . Keep up these good reactions guys.
22:23 I think those are actually gold coins...the guy knows a lot about old guns and bullets, even down to the date when they quit making the bullets that were needed for Van Pelt's old gun, so I suspect that he's also knowledgeable about other old stuff like coins.
Definitely check out Zathura after this, was also written by the same author. It's a better sequel/successor than the actual Jumanji reboots.
God this Jumaji is so much better than the newer one. SO much heart!
All the Jumanji films are brilliant, IMHO.
It's implied that everything in the game is immortal when Van pelt gets impaled in the shoulder by a sword. If you look closely he pulls the sword out and his shoulder CGI heals.
Also in Jumanji the animated series van pelt is just straight up immortal.
This movie was refreshingly unexpected, and I still enjoy sitting down to it, from time to time. :)
The reboots of these are worth the watch. They took the original premise and added their own flair. And it works.
This comes from someone who grew up with this version.
This was an absolutely delightful reaction
In this film, Jonathan Hyde did a double role. Sam Parrish/Van Pelt. The idea of such a double role is probably a bit like the Peter Pan plays. :)
The movie was a box office success, $260 million dollars against a $70 million dollar budget, but it received negative Reviews by Critics like Roger Ebert, calling it " The worst kids movie he had ever seen, with the film given a PG rating due to the scary images, it's a joke of a Rating and should have been PG 13 instead."
However, it's considered by some to be one of Robin Williams best movies
I mean on that part I'd agree with him but most people don't care about the rating or reviews rather if the movie was good or not. Kids horror? I'd call it that. Then if just depends if ya let your kids watch horror or not. Plus Robin Williams, easily gets it over the line when you know it's gonna be funny enough.
Love this movie. The CGI has aged poorly but everything else about it is so well-done. And especially when you're a kid, the sense of mystery and terror is unparalleled.
This is a very well crafted hilarious film that didn't get credit. Really a great story.
I rewateched this movie for the first time since the late 90's just a couple of years ago, and wow, those drums and the soundtrack are just iconic, they give me chills.
Jumanji was one of my favorite movies as a kid
I never got the "you will slip back even more than your token" line until now. De-evolving Peter/ humans back into a primate~
Pure classic. I enjoy this over the two new ones, but the 2 new ones are still really really fun.
Take a shot everytime Simone says, "Jesus".
I watch so many reaction channels; no one else makes me smile like you guys do.
The book the movies are based on is actually a children’s picture book. The movie Polar Express is based on a book by the same author/artist too and the art style of that animated movie is actually based on the artist’s original work. So were the weird looking monkeys in this movie. lol
Thank you for saying that, it seems like a lot of people miss the fact that the design of the animals is intentionally "off". That comes from both the book, and the general idea to impart a sense of unease about them.
@@Johnny_Socko I think it looks good that they're depicted as being different than real life animals. I mean they're creatures being magically brought from another world or dimension. It's more creative to put a spin on them.
The girl is Kirsten Dunst. That's how old this movie is.
I just realized, it has been 26 years since this movie came out.
You two are so much fun to watch, thanks for the reactions!
This is one of my many favorite Robin Williams movies of all time. We lost a real gem when Robin Williams died. RIP my man.
The effects are dated for sure but this one's still far superior to the sequels. In My Opinion.
The sequels just seemed like a money grab. There were funny moments, but it gets a little too meta with the jokes imho.
I don't think the new ones are terrible, but the stories are weaker, I agree.
The sequels suffer from the usual traps these type of movies fall into.
The original is an adventure comedy, with real stakes and danger. The sequels go all in on just the comedy, ignoring the seriousness that the originals put in.
For example, in this, you have serious moments where Alan confronts the fact that he missed decades of his life. Or Sarah dealing with the trauma of what she witnessed (her freak out at seeing the game again is great).
In Men In Black, the threat of the bug and the consequences of them failing are treated seriously.
The sequels focus on just the comedy, since it's an easier sell, and they don't have to work as hard to construct a deeper narrative. As a result it's not as impactful.
I think it falls in the sequel trap... by that I mean taking what people loved about the movie and then making the sequels all about that.
Best example I have is "The Matrix"... People loved the effects, the slowmo, the fight scenes, and the concept of "something behind the veil". They took that to mean that making the sequel all about that, would make it better... but that is not true... It is not a movie stuffed with awe that will make a great movie... it is the movie that awes you at the right time.
Now, I don't think that the sequels to Jumanji was *that* bad.... they just never captured the spirit of the first one.
The sequels are great fun and inventive. They are definitely different, but that’s good. Sequels should do something new. Think Alien and Aliens. Terminator 1 and Terminator 2.
Holy wow I remember having watched it a few times when I was younger but I was not prepared for the wave of nostalgia. When George read the tagline, even before the movie started, it hit me like a truck.
I was horrified when I found out that a sequel was coming out only to be *pleasantly* surprised when Jumanji Into The Jungle not only wasn't horrible, but was a wonderful movie.
What!? It's bad.
I'm really glad to see you guys cover his movie. I have a lot of fond memories of this movie from when I was a little kid, and it's always been one of my favourites as I was growing up too. It really is just a good and fun movie the whole way through.
If you want to see Robin Williams in a non-comedy, "What Dreams May Come" is probaby a good, but quite hard choice. Especially since there are so many parallels between Robin Williams real life and the main theme of the movie - figthing and overcoming depressions. In real life Williams did not succeed...
To recommend The Birdcage (1996) is somewhat of a two-edged choice, since it is a good film, but on the other side it is only a remake of the french movie La Cage aux folles (1978). It´s in the long line of american movies where the studios thought they would have to do an american version of a film from abroad.
He did Not commit suicide because he was depressed! He committed suicide because he was diagnosed with a form of dementia called leweybody syndrome, and it was destroying him 😭
Also: Dead Poet's society, Good Will Hunting and Fisher King show's his dramatic talents as well so well. I can't recommend enough Fisher King. Jeff Bridges and Robin William's are so incredible in it.
@@thejamppa True. Even so he based his carrer on comedy, his dramatic skills were even greater. And even as psychopath he convinced in One hour Photo.
I think the hunter who is his dad is a metaphor in his mind seeking approval even stuck in Jumanji
I absolutely adore this film. Zathura is also an excellent spiritual sequel if you're interested
There was another movie in this genre called, "Zathura" that was directed by Jon Favreau and was also based on a book. But, instead of the jungle theme, its an outer space theme.
"Jumanji: a game for those who seek to find / a way to leave their world behind."
Essentially, for those that want an adventure and that's what the game gives the player, an adventure. Is it the game's fault no one understands that? Given, I would probably haven't understood it either, but hey.
I don't think you can destroy the game. It controls time, space, reality and in all probability even death. It would be a small thing to make any try to destroy it fail, or it's simply reassembling itself.
My theory is that only those that want what the game offers can hear the drums. It's just that kid's usually crave adventure more often than adults.
I was really disappointed with the first trailer of the new movie. When I heard they were going to make another I hoped to see them play the game in a big city and the city slowly turning into a jungle the longer they played.I understand why they didn't go there, but it could have been spectacular.
The girl is played by Kirsten Dundst, who previously starred in Interview with the Vampire and later starred in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. The grown up version of Alan's love interest, Bonnie Hunt, went on to star in both Cheaper by the Dozen films. There are two newer Jumanji films, both taking place within the Jumanji videogame
Super fun reaction, you two rule!
Also, for another fantastic Robin Williams comedy you should check out The Birdcage.
In my childhood, this was one of the most terrifying films for me, nowadays is one of my sweetest memories. Such a guilty pleasure.
Not sure why they thought Alan wasn't actually an adult. He's been surviving in the jungle for 26years and still lived the entirety of it. Time didn't just skip for him. If anything he's a hardened, junglefied adult lol. How do they think he knew everything coming from the game so well...
Yeah, he's not a boy trapped in a man's body, but more of a man-child that didn't get to grow up in the real world, but he still grew up within the world of Jumanji. And your last sentence hit on one (of many things) that this film so well. Alan would almost always know what was coming because he lived it for 26 years. The movie dropped subtle clues, hints, and dialogue throughout to indicate that Alan knew how to deal with the creatures coming out of the game.
"I've only been gone 5 minutes."
"But I haven't seen you for 26 years!"
At least when Sarah went back through school she would have gotten better grades
And yeah, the modern movies are sequels to this one, there are a few references
LOL at the horror on Simone's face when they carried Bonnie Hunt to the house.....
FUN FACT: The Dad and the hunter is the same person
This is a movie from my childhood, I used to watch it every time it was on TV on Saturdays or Sundays, and just now I figured out the dad and the hunter are the same actor jajaja. Thanks for reacting to this one, I enjoy your reactions very much and I laguh a lot every time. Greetings from Mexico
The older I get, the father and son scene at the end just gets to me more and more. Can't watch it with dry eyes.
I ❤ you guys and your reactions! And Simone, I don't want to hurt your feelings, far from it. Or spoil your giddy mood going into each reaction. So my dilemma is to figure out what is the kindest way to say that each one of your off-the-wall beginning statements is better than the next one...
Please don't be offended.
I absolutely loved this movie as a kid, please watch Zathura as well its a pretty good sequel.
I wonder how many people realize that its a sequel, if I remember correctly there is no direct connection in the plot but its based on book that was sequel to orginal book Jumanji.
@@Culaio I think it's a widely forgotten movie. Which is kind of sad, it's not terrible it just wasn't Jumanji.
Always loved Williams acting and camera movement when he puts his hand over his piece, and is like… the elephant was mine….
Spooky!
Another great Robin Williams film is death to smoochy. Very underrated dark comedy and few people seem to know it. Well worth a watch imo
one thing I noticed about the hunter was when you notice him wearing a wedding ring when he reaches out of the paint cans... I wonder if the hunter is always the person you have always feared when you roll?
I'm not ashamed to admit this movie gave me nightmares as a child. That drum beat is nefarious.
Simone's love for the chubby rhino reminded me of a t-shirt I saw on Amazon that had a rhino on it, and a saying that read, "Save the chubby unicorns"!!!
You guys need to check out ZATHURA
It's essentially Jumanji, but in SPACE!!!
The book is written by the same author.
The way the bullet is stopped in its tracks and sucked into the game is (chef's kiss).
Please watch the STAR TREK movies! 🖖
They did make an animated series that was about 40 episodes. It's about Judy and Peter finding and playing the game. Each turn they take a game clue is given to them and are sucked into Jumanji until they solve it, they are helped by Alan so they can go home while he is stuck in the game, each episode they return back to the game to complete it and find a way for Alan finally escape.
Ah yes. I remember it well. I always loved to hate that salesman who was always trying to sell Judy and Peter stuff. Seems like back in the 80s and 90s they used to make a lot of animated series based on movies. Back to the future, Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber, etc.
Please watch "The Neverending Story"!