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Jumanji remake with "The Rock"

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    #92
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭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.


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    #93
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭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


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    #94
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #95
    OU812
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    Also watched it with the family and we all totally enjoyed it.

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


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    #96
    5star02707
    Registered Users Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭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


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    #97
    TerrorFirmer
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    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.


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    #98
    Tony EH
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    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.


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    #99
    Lorelli!
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    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.


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    #100
    Blazer
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    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.


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    #101
    Lorelli!
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    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.


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