Jumanji remake with "The Rock"

Osmosis Jones

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The Rock is pretty much box office gold now and tbf he has the charisma and comedy chops to do well in roles

This does not look too bad, I expected worse but I agree that it could have been called anything besides Jumanji, reminds me of Pixels meets The Breakfast Club

Saw another comment that called it Tropic Thunder for kids and I think that's spot on.

Agent Coulson

Mr E

New trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_TJKwJwN0E

Goodshape

That looks alright.

Mr E

Great feedback from first screenings. A very funny family film, apparently.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/hold-up-the-new-jumanji-movie-is-actually-good-1820763770

December 20th.

ohnonotgmail

went to see this tonight and really enjoyed it. some very good comic turns.

paulie21

Can’t understand why it’s saying out on December 20th on ads but it’s in the cinema now

Basq

paulie21 wrote: »

Can’t understand why it’s saying out on December 20th on ads but it’s in the cinema now

Advance Previews I'm guessing..

Mr E

Had a good time too. Lots of good laughs and action. Karen Gillan was in great shape too.

If I had one main criticism, I thought the print was a bit dark (not sure if it was the cinema or the actual print). This is one movie where the colours needed to pop and I thought it was just a bit muddy.

FunLover18

Not a patch on the original but it doesn't try to be which is good; the kids are older (late teens) and you also don't think of them as kids for most of the film given the avatar set-up. I wasn't overly fond of the video game rejig which requires levels and big boss, which diminished the jungle aspect, where the original had the players try to reach the centre of the board while the game threw jungle related obstacles at them. Overall, very enjoyable with some laugh-out-loud moments and good heart at its centre.

Avoid like the plague if you have any inclination to dislike Kevin Hart, you will hate this and you'll only have yourself to blame.

AMKC

This seems to have been pulled from a lot of cinema's schedules. Does anyone here know why that would be?

Slydice

Not sure why it would be completely pulled. I think I remember hearing Star Wars had put conditions like getting main screens for a certain amount of weeks but don't think they said anything about excluding other films.

ohnonotgmail

i think the shows last week were only previews.

Slydice

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

i think the shows last week were only previews.

ah, that's it!
http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Irish-Box-Office-Report-Week-49-Jumanji-previews-at-no1/400125.htm

Advance previews of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Ferdinand both did well. Jumanji, with The Rock and Jack Black, took first place bringing in over €150,000 while Ferdinand, the story of the bull with the big heart, came in fifth with €64,000. They'll get a full cinematic release on the 20th and 16th respectively

Good call to get some press before Star Wars ships.

Isn't it interesting that in the previous Jumanji it was a tabletop boardgame, but now it's a video game?

ohnonotgmail

Deleted User wrote: »

Isn't it interesting that in the previous Jumanji it was a tabletop boardgame, but now it's a video game?

Time moves on I thought they integrated the video game tropes quite well into the film.

Sabre0001

Was in the "Why?" camp when I first heard about this and the "Meh" camp after seeing the trailer. But it's actually a good deal of fun. Cast works well together, plenty of chuckles, and pokes fun at some video game tropes well. Some ropey CGI and

the "becoming a video game" was a bit naff, but I suppose it would be harder for an in-movie remake/reboot/change to make sense

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Would recommend it though...and probably more family friendly than the original too (watched the Honest Trailers on that recently; forgot it was so dark / scary for kids)!

Ralf and Florian

Boot fetishists will be happy.

Slydice

zip boots with laces tend to confuse me

I assume it's all about fashion

Outlaw Pete

Thought it would be dreadful but I enjoyed it.

Starscream25

Thoroughly enjoyed the new Film.

Hande hoche!

Got to see this recently. Was thoroughly enjoyable, great cast. Good release for this time of the year. Opted to see it instead of Star Wars.

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Boot fetishists will be happy.

She was a definite plus. Glad to see a pale redhead who wasn't a baddie.

Gwynplaine

I love the Rock, but I cant look at this film because that unfunny little annoying eejit that's in it. Also that clown is in it.

bennyineire

Went to see it today with the kids, they loved it and I found it very enjoyable.
1 of the kids even said it was better than the Last Jedi :eek:

Anyway good job on the remake/reboot or what ever they want to call it, good laugh and will pass a couple of hours with the kids

constitutionus

got round to seeing this on Wednesday .

thought it was great.

the rock and jack black stand out for their performances. Dwayne channeling his inner nerd and how it'd react to being in a bod like his and black having the time of his life pretending to be a teenage girl

i have to fess up to being there also for the luminous karen gillan. jesus she just gets better looking in everything she does and i gotta say it was funny as fuk to see a blindingly sexy woman trying her damnedest to NOT be sexy in her "seduce the guards" scene.



they do a great job integrating video game tropes, its funny where its meant to be and surprisingly touching in places too. i really liked that ending with the lad from 96.

i give it a good 8/10.

on an aside it also seems to be benefiting from a bit of a titanic/austin powers thing in my area as it took me THREE attempts to see it and get a decent seat. i tend to like seeing a show with plenty of seats to pick from and all three times i tried it was sold out - i barely got a decent seat the last time.

as its one of the few to be released against "the last jedi" i presume its helping it as theres really nowt else on the family friendly front beside it. i mean i just checked box office mojo and its number 1 for tuesday.

i certainly DIDNT expect that for it when it was mooted waaay back.

constitutionus

fecking hell

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4357&p=.htm

no one saw this coming .

with a budget of 90mil is this the most sucessful film the Rocks done ?

i certainly dont remember the last time a flim hit the number 1 spot three weeks after its release !

the word of mouth must be incredible.

Sad Professor

It's one of the few family friendly movies out at the moment which probably has a lot to do with it. And there's only so many times you can go see SW.

Big win for Karen Gillan who's had two 300m+ grossing films in the one year. And she has Avengers 3 this year. Hope she gets some leading roles out of it.

JP Liz V1

Sony's 5th highest grossing film ever

Loughc

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Sony's 5th highest grossing film ever

Goes to show The Rock is money.

ScrubsfanChris

Now over $750 million worldwide box office after 3 weeks. Thought it was a pretty fun and enjoyable popcorn flick but don't think anyone predicted this......

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4362&p=.htm

Harry Palmr

Amazing success, it's going to have much longer legs than SW TLJ - all it lacks is a comparable opening weekend!

FunLover18

The worry now is that they might try to recapture the magic with a sequel.

nix

FunLover18 wrote: »

The worry now is that they might try to recapture the magic with a sequel.

They can make another movie or two easy... they can change it up by just having different people jump into the avatars, Though i can see them keeping it simple and just rotating who jumps into who.. the story could be written on the car drive on the way to set... :pac:

Irishsneachta

Has anyone seen it? Any use?

ohnonotgmail

Irishsneachta wrote: »

Has anyone seen it? Any use?

Loads of people have seen. $750M worth of tickets. Its a really good movie. ANd it has Karen Gillan so its worth a watch even if it wasnt.

homerun_homer

Irishsneachta wrote: »

Has anyone seen it? Any use?

Yes, it's enjoyable, leave your brain at the door and don't get too hung up on the little niggles kind of movie. Jack Black is the best in it.

ohnonotgmail

homerun_homer wrote: »

Yes, it's enjoyable, leave your brain at the door and don't get too hung up on the little niggles kind of movie. Jack Black is the best in it.

Karen Gillan flirting.

homerun_homer

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Karen Gillan flirting.

Ok it might be a tie.

Gwynplaine

I was looking forward to seeing this, but when I saw that Chris Rock is in it, No thanks.

Wheety

Gwynplaine wrote: »

I was looking forward to seeing this, but when I saw that Chris Rock is in it, No thanks.

restive

Saw it just before it left the cinema. Really glad I did. I was not expecting it to be this good. If anyone has not seen it I would recommend it before it leaves the cinema.

ScrubsfanChris

Gwynplaine wrote: »

I was looking forward to seeing this, but when I saw that Chris Rock is in it, No thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdxMkQhq58g

TerrorFirmer

Watched this last night, didn't go see it in the cinema because I thought the trailer was absolutely awful.....which has now turned out to be a shame as the film itself is genuinely quite decent and a lot better than I would've expected.

Good performances, passable story, never quite laugh out loud funny but consistently amusing (Jack Black is great, and while I usually find Kevin Hart slightly annoying he's good in this too), same would go for the action - nothing memorable but entertaining.

Also going to watch the original film today as last night it dawned on me that I remember nothing of it.

The fact that I expected so little of this made me enjoy it even more, I think....but it genuinely is decent.

OU812

Also watched it with the family and we all totally enjoyed it.

Sequel is guaranteed at it cost $90m and made $933m

5star02707

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Watched this last night, didn't go see it in the cinema because I thought the trailer was absolutely awful.....which has now turned out to be a shame as the film itself is genuinely quite decent and a lot better than I would've expected.

Good performances, passable story, never quite laugh out loud funny but consistently amusing (Jack Black is great, and while I usually find Kevin Hart slightly annoying he's good in this too), same would go for the action - nothing memorable but entertaining.

Also going to watch the original film today as last night it dawned on me that I remember nothing of it.

The fact that I expected so little of this made me enjoy it even more, I think....but it genuinely is decent.

Just watched it yesterday and can't believe i enjoyed it with my girl. Great popcorn movie

TerrorFirmer

One hour into the original and it's pretty terrible, not even Robin Williams can save it. Pretty surprised. Quick Google shows it was negatively received at the time.....always assumed it was a classic.

Tony EH

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

One hour into the original and it's pretty terrible, not even Robin Williams can save it. Pretty surprised. Quick Google shows it was negatively received at the time.....always assumed it was a classic.

Nope.

A lot of people do though, for some reason. I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps a lot of folk remember it fondly from childhood. But, it was really never that good a film.

Might give the new one a spin. Why, I don't know. There's nobody in it I like, but I'm curious all the same.

Lorelli!

I wasn't expecting much from this but I really enjoyed it!

I think it stayed true enough to the original but stands alone aswell. Jack Black as the teenage girl Bethany/Professor Shelly Oberon was also my favourite and very funny. I thought it was a really fun film.

Blazer

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

One hour into the original and it's pretty terrible, not even Robin Williams can save it. Pretty surprised. Quick Google shows it was negatively received at the time.....always assumed it was a classic.

I've hated anything with Robin Williams in it with the exception of Mrs Doubtfire.
Then in his more serious roles he was just creepy.
The remake is far far far better. In fact let's just pretend this is the first Jumanji movie ever.

Lorelli!

Blazer wrote: »

I've hated anything with Robin Williams in it with the exception of Mrs Doubtfire.
Then in his more serious roles he was just creepy.
The remake is far far far better. In fact let's just pretend this is the first Jumanji movie ever.

I watched the first one recently and it was a good story but I think this was better and had alot more funny moments but it wouldn't have made any sense without the first one so it still needed that background.