Spencer — a typical nerd whose large stock of knowledge coexists with shyness, exacerbated by natural judeochristian, yeah and relationships with the opposite sex does not exactly succeed.
Fridge — the typical high school athlete: with passes the flanks and passes, things are much better than with applied Sciences. However, for such cases exists as best friend Spencer, who would write free of charge for you work until you're doing more interesting things.
In Bethany, the audience will see a typical representative of the generation of IPhones and high-speed Internet, which is not is your daily life without the new-fangled gadgets and social networks.
What same applies to newly minted Martha, then it is a typical difficult teenager who wants to chat with peers, and excessive candor complicates her position.
So is it that the way all four teenagers are crossed in the principal's office. Everyone was guilty, but the punishment will be shared for all. Sorting old books in the basement, our heroes find an old game console and decide to have some fun running the game on dusty cartridge. And all OK if not one "but": this game is "Jumanji" that draws adolescents in the virtual world...
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When the network began to leak out the first details regarding the upcoming filming of the sequel to "Jumanji", it has caused a mixed reaction: some eagerly looking forward to the details, while others again complaining about a crisis of ideas in Hollywood. That for I was very intrigued and looking forward to the opportunity to watch a movie on the big screen. A full understanding of what is this film, is not possible without comparisons the first part. For convenience, I took myself to sravnenii both film a number of conditional criteria. So, let's start.
1) Characters. Alan Parrish of the original paintings — the character is complicated. First, the guy suffers oppression on the local bullies. Starting the party in the "Jumanji", it becomes the hostage of games on a good twenty-six years. The joy of returning soon replaced by the bitterness of irrevocable loss. What to say, the hero of Robin Williams were bright and deep, whose personal tragedy dilutes things happening on screen buffoonery. It is a pity that the same cannot be said about the rest of the characters. Here Sarah, she's friend Alan. Here Judy and Peter, they are orphans. And is all that we know about these persanazhey.
The Quartet of continue at first appear stereotypical students, but all changes when they fall in game world where our four tries on on itself the images of selected characters. Spencer was a charismatic muscular Jock, Fridge turned into thin scout with a huge backpack behind back and misanthrope Mar — battle in fascinating beauty, and Bethany here... but no, nothing to say nothing will, should own all to see. Willy-nilly all have to adapt to new circumstances, struggling not so much different aggressive animals, but its complexes and phobias.
Thus in this category wins a new movie.
2) Consistency what is happening. In translated the main characters are not have a reason to play, because rules "Jumanji" not words above the return in the past, nor any other reward for successful completion of the party. So what is the meaning and then throw the dice if every next move multiplies the misery and may be the last for a grief-players?
In"the Jungle", our heroes are trapped inside the game so that they simply do not have choice but reach the winning (or not much) end. Even under the team work failed rational basis: each of the characters has a unique set of as advantages, and disadvantages, and only to cooperate to achieve success. So that once again wins the second "Jumanji".
3) Style. What do look very severe great in film, 1995, as the process of penetration of Board games in our world. With each stroke of the line between Jumanji and reality is erased, all stronger now roam the streets, elephants and rhinos, and from under the floor begins to break through the predatory vines. In continued the protagonists most of the time directly in the heart of Jumanji, which look like the most ordinary jungle, not familiar in many other movies.
What same as the called imitation of video games, not as many as wish. Yes, each character has a counter of lives and a set of characteristics that are called via the context menu and non-player characters repeat one and the same phrase, but this is clearly not enough. Whether the authors a little more imagination, the result was more spectacular and so the point goes to the original.
4) Intrigue. In the first movie game in"Jumanji" was, to put it mildly, dangerous. Than longer drills party, the more izoschrennee became nastolka, throws our heroes huge mosquitoes, wild animals, spiders and other filth. And forbid God to be place Alan!
Special mention deserves the main antagonist of hunter van pelt. With the appearance and virtually the very end it becomes a full participant in the operation, making adjustments to the without the boring gameplay. It is also worth noting that hunter father Alan played by one and the same actor this is no accident. In fact van the pelt is a more severe version of the parent: it also demands that the protagonist has finally become a real man, boldly looking in the face of fear, not forget to shoot Alan.
The problem is the main villain in HP, not so much the otutstvie any allegories, but that it's just boring spelled out, concise, and with the characters can be found under the end not render serious influence on outcome. With other hazards, things are no better. In our main popadantsy have to deal with the local fauna, and with bandits, which is no chance against the muscle of Dwayne Johnson. The presence of each character has a stock of lives almost reduces to no sense of risk. And because this category has a strong lead the first part.
Result. In something the sequel surpasses the original, but something inferior. Let it can boast a dashingly twisted plot, but some of the jokes are frankly vulgar, it doesn't make the movie bad. In the end, the sequel is positioning itself as a lightweight teen Comedy, and this is good.
In addition, there is in the"Jungle" that makes it with the original. For all of these jokes, rhymes and fights hiding simple and in same time clear to all moral promises. The film teaches you to overcome your fears, complexes and diffidence in himself; teaches that it is important who you're inside, but not outside; that only the collective person conveys a sense of fully; finally, learn to forgive old grievances, hinting that never later all correct.
7,5 of 10
