Jumanji - Nostalgia Critic

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No joke; my favorite line in the film is "Twenty-six years buried in the deepest darkest jungle, and I still became my father."

I always saw it that the reason they had the same actor playing Van Pelt and Alan's father is because Van Pelt is basically a caricature of how Alan viewed his father; painfully old fashioned and forever hounding him about "manning up" and not being strong enough. It's only after Alan finds the strength to stand up to Van Pelt that he also finds the strength to potentially face his father's anger and tell him that he was the one who put the shoe on tbe conveyer belt.

Rest in peace, Robin Williams. He gave heart and soul to this movie, and it wouldn't have been the same without him as Alan. Also, it's crazy just how dark this movie is and how deep its message is. Honestly, when Alan realized the truth about his dad, and how much he loved him, I cried. Another reason why this is superior to the new ones.

1:55 Here's a fan theory: it's not yet a board game in the flashback but a pulp adventure novel. Jumanji updates itself to reflect what was popular entertainment at the time. Hence it later becoming a video game.

Its funny that the sequel involving 18 year olds was more light hearted than the one with kids

Fun Fact: The reason why Jonathan Hyde played both Van Pelt and Sam Parrish is because it's an allegory of Alan Parrish's fears of his dad who told him to stand up for yourself and fight like a man back in 1969 when he was at the shoe factory.

I'm from Keene, New Hampshire (the town where this movie was filmed) and we still have the Parrish shoe sign. When Williams passed away, there was a whole sigil made at that location and it was there for over a year.

I showed this to my girls, age 11 and 9, last year. They loved it. They were scared, thrilled, laughing. They had way bigger reactions to it than to most modern movies they've watched. It came off as much more real to them than I expected, since it's older and the effects are older. But they apparently found it much more convincing than newer movies. Maybe that was partly just the great performances.

Fun Fact: Joe Johnston had reservations over casting Robin Williams because of the actor's reputation for improvisation, fearing that he wouldn't adhere to the script. However, Williams understood that it was "a tightly structured story" and generally filmed the scenes as outlined in the script, but where he was allowed to improvise (usually in scenes with Bonnie Hunt) he would often film duplicate scenes.

Hunter Van Pelt: [leveling his gun at Alan] End of the line, Sonny Jim. Game's up. Start running. Alan Parrish: [as Sarah runs into the room] No... Hunter Van Pelt: Aren't you afraid? Alan Parrish: I'm terrified. But my father says you should always face what you're afraid of. I always remember that scene, ever since i saw this as a kid. It stayed with me. Thank you, Robin.

16:42 It was at this moment that Steven Spielberg suddenly realized, “Damn! THIS is what Hook was missing! I had all the ingredients to have this very same moment of Robin Williams wrestling a giant crocodile, and I somehow missed it!” 🤦‍♂️

Weirdly what I remember most from this movie is 16:34 "FIINE!! TAKE IT!!!" 😄I've quoted Bentley so many times when I've have a bad day lo

A Music Fact: During the Christmas party scene at the end, the guests gather around the piano and sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." it's an homage to the closing scene in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), a fantasy about a protagonist dissatisfied with his life who finds a reality where everything has turned out badly due to his absence, and so learns to appreciate his life more.

RIP Robin Williams. Hollywood’s funniest actor next to Jim Carrey.

I still get emotional during the scene when he meets the homeless man and he tells him how his father just stopped caring after losing his son 😢. So many great films from 1993-95 have so much heart to them that it makes a lot of the early 2000’s, particularly 2001 films look unpleasant by comparison. This and Mrs. Doubtfire are two of my favorite Williams performances and this also might be my favorite Bonnie Hunt performance, I love her voice in A Bug’s Life and Cars

It was this movie and Casper that really made me appreciate James Horner as a composer. Both movies have such a haunted quality that I really appreciate. And there's just something wholesome about the father and son relationship between the Parish family that really made appreciate all my dad does for me. It's nostalgic and magical and I don't regret owning the board game based off the movie and owning the trilogy of the franchise.

I think there's more to the casting of the Hunter than you may have noticed. Several times, he'll say lines like "Face me like a man, Alan!" The fact that it's the same actor who plays Alan's father gives the movie a kind of subtext where its not just about beating the game, but also about Alan finally facing his father/responsiblity. Maybe its just me, but this how I've always seen it. Also, the scene where the homeless man tells Alan that his disappearence drove his dad just short of crazy (Alan had planned to run away from home before he and Sara started playing the game) gets me everytime. RIP Robin Williams

Also James Horner who composed this film did a Brilliant job making Jumanji Feel terrifying yet adventurous. The scene when grown Alan runs through his hometown after his twenty six year entrapment in Jumanji is a Beautiful piece of music.

No Nostalgia Critic, it's not a Hotel Movie. It's a family movie. I love this movie. Good memories of watching it with my mother as a kid. And later on with my sisters. And now with my nephew ^^ It's fun, it's adventerous. And the reason her reaction is so fun is because it's so genuine. That's exactly how my mother reacts when she spots a spider! Disappointed you didn't show the reaction to " It's me, Alan. ", that's hilarious too xD