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Saw Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle..... (Original Post) a kennedy Dec 2017 OP
Wasnt going to see it because I assumed it was a remake! Duh on me... Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #1
No, no, brand new concept....it was very good. a kennedy Dec 2017 #2
good casting NewJeffCT Dec 2017 #3
Hope To See It Soon TomJulie Dec 2017 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #14
Mrs. gratuitous hated the Robin Williams one gratuitous Dec 2017 #5
I swear theres no messes at all, oh wait there are a couple, but nothing like a kennedy Dec 2017 #6
Here's what. Iggo Dec 2017 #7
Funny story JCinNYC Dec 2017 #8
yippie, that's a great story, soooooooooooooo happy he's a good guy. a kennedy Dec 2017 #9
Just kicking this again.......anyone else see it yet? a kennedy Dec 2017 #10
I want to see it, haven't had a chance. Initech Dec 2017 #11
I saw it Christmas weekend mythology Dec 2017 #12
I've heard it's really good. LWolf Dec 2017 #13

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
1. Wasnt going to see it because I assumed it was a remake! Duh on me...
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 11:18 AM
Dec 2017

The trailer looked quite good! Anxious to see DU reviews here

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
2. No, no, brand new concept....it was very good.
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 11:26 AM
Dec 2017

I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. My husband wasn’t real crazy about going.....but said he was surprised how much he really liked it.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
3. good casting
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 11:32 AM
Dec 2017

The Rock seems to do well in those not so serious roles, and Black and Hart are pretty funny guys. I don't really know the actress, but I'm sure she's going to be funny as well.

TomJulie

(98 posts)
4. Hope To See It Soon
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 12:17 PM
Dec 2017

My wife and I normally stream our movies from pirate sites like HD Online, etc. https://hdonline.is/hdo

We go to the theaters about once per year on average. But after seeing the trailers on YouTube, this is one movie is one we both want to see.

Response to TomJulie (Reply #4)

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Mrs. gratuitous hated the Robin Williams one
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 05:06 PM
Dec 2017

She kept asking who was going to clean up all that mess. If I see it, it's going to have to wait for Netflix and an evening with her quilting buddies.

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
6. I swear theres no messes at all, oh wait there are a couple, but nothing like
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 05:11 PM
Dec 2017

The first one......it mostly takes place in the jungle.

Iggo

(47,489 posts)
7. Here's what.
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 06:14 PM
Dec 2017

I don't ever want to see a Kevin hart movie.
I don't ever want to see a Jack Black movie.
I don't ever want to see a The Rock movie.

But I kind of want to see this movie.

JCinNYC

(366 posts)
8. Funny story
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 06:18 PM
Dec 2017

We were eating at one of favorite local burger joints - cheeseburger in paradise - in Waikiki - about the time they were shooting the movie.

And who walks in to grab a big-ass burger but Jack Black and a buddy of his.

My wife who is normally the quiet type - but also a huge JB fan - had to go over to say hello.
Took a seat at his table and chatted with him for 10 minutes.

I had to go over and "rescue" him so that he could eat his burger in peace.
But i have a great photo of the two of them - with that classic JB smile and raised eyebrow.

Nice guy.

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
9. yippie, that's a great story, soooooooooooooo happy he's a good guy.
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 08:08 PM
Dec 2017

and what a great memory for your wife.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
12. I saw it Christmas weekend
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 11:35 PM
Dec 2017

It was funny. I didn't really care for the generic villain, but I think the other leads did a good job.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
13. I've heard it's really good.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 01:27 PM
Dec 2017

I'm sure most movie goers will enjoy it, but I'm not going to see it.

I had a hard enough time with the first version, taking a beloved picture book to film; it took me 5 years to see it...grudgingly. But then, it was Robin Williams, so I forgave the trespass and acknowledged its goodness.

Even though this is not a "remake," I find myself even more horrified than I was when the original went to film; at least it's based on the book, and, well, Robin Williams. This one though? It's based on the movie, Van Allsberg had no involvement, and really...the Rock?

No thanks.

I'm more critical than Van Allsberg; here is a <snip> from an interview:

How involved were you in the first movie adaptation?

I was pretty involved. The studio had optioned it and had commissioned some screenplays and weren’t really happy with it, and it looked like they were maybe going to abandon the project. So I started writing out some ideas, and the studio liked the treatment, and I actually wrote a script which then, as many scripts are, was really only a starting point for a development process. That initial script I wrote was rewritten many times, and then finally made into Jumanji. So I was a contributor of some story material that was not from the book, and the studio gave me a story credit but not a screen credit, because so many screenwriters had worked on it after I made my contribution.

How involved are you with the new one?

Very little, nothing like the involvement I had with the first one. This is a project that was really energized not so much by my original book but by the success and fandom of the first film. It was more like, not really even a sequel to the first film, but more I think the jargon in Hollywood is a “reboot” — basically taking some of the same thematic material and then reconsidering it fairly liberally or fairly — what shall I say — fairly aggressively, without a clear obligation to characters from the first one or following through some story arc, that sort of thing.


http://time.com/5067138/chris-van-allsburg-jumanji-interview/

I think I'll just stick with my beloved old black and white book.

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