I think I will enjoy it, but I kinda wish they didnt call it jumanji. Like a Zathura situation.

Looks like absolute trash.

They're only calling it 'Jumanji' because it was a popular movie, but it seems like the two movies don't have any connection with eachother.

First movie wasnt great, but as a child it was awesome.. but this is just bad.. I dont think there was any need to call it jumanji, looks more of a sequel to journey 2 the mysterious island

They took a movie that was basically a more interesting modern version of Peter Pan, and then made a movie based off that that is more related to Spy Kids 3 .......

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Honestly this almost looks fun just by how unique and funny it's twisting of Jumanji's concept is

It looked better than I thought but the thing is that Jumanji is a film tailormade for Robin Williams and it just doesnt fit with other characters. But it will likely be an entertaining movie.

It looks okay, but doens't look much like Jumanji. I would note that Robin Williams could carry the whole earlier movie and here a couple of actors barely get even with him :-p.

looks awful. what's with this obsession that run-of-the-mill humor and CGI overload makes things good? I kind of like the Rock and Kevin Hart, but this just feels so forced. like a think-tank or group of executives were in a room and thought "what is the safest way to reboot a beloved property, what tone can we put in to be safe? what actors can we put in to gurantee popcorn stuffing audiences will show up?"

I think what disgusts me a little bit about this reboot is that it's sort of a slap in the face to the 90s film with Robin Williams. The tone of that film took itself SLIGHTLY serious, and worked extremely well. Sure- it was goofy and crazy at moments, but also a little bit creepy and disconcerting as well. And the focus of story, the mysterious boardgame, was certainly kept in a serious tone. Robin Williams was incredible and the entire cast had fun but took themselves a LITTLE seriously. 

It's like, I love Jack Black, and I'm not saying this won't end up being fun at all- but why use the Jumanji name? I mean if they're going to slap the OG film in the face by not even keeping the classic boardgame look (which worked because it was a timeless thing that could have been passed through the ages, unlike an Atari looking 'Jumanji' game) it makes you wonder why bother retaining the name.

Seems like Sony has mega missed the ball again with rebooting a beloved property to make a quick buck. Sort of like how they were mega out of touch with what general audiences would want for a Ghostbusters film (not an agenda driven popcorn schlocky mess), it seems they may be out of touch with this as well.

Jumanji seems so inherently connected to a sort of paranomal creepy vibe, I don't understand why they would go 100% popcorn schlocky silly with this. The way to reboot this would have been to maintain SOME level of seriousness and to certainly keep certain elements (again, at minimum maintain the classic fucking boardgame look instead of some hilariously dumb Atari 2600 version).

Just rubs me the wrong way. and makes me think Sony has no respect or understanding of why people love some of the properties that they have movie rights control over.

This looks like a decent summer popcorn kind of flick- but it doesn't like like a good Jumanji movie and frankly seems unecessary. Should have named it something else because it frankly doesn't really seem that similar to the OG film. I recently rewatched Jumanji and besides some CGI effects it's aged really well in terms of just being an enjoyable film to watch.

Some will say the haters are just focused on Robin Williams and won't like a new film because it can't involve him- but I disagree. Yes, a big part of why Jumanji worked was BECAUSE of Robin Williams- he makes you believe a story- but I also think a strong part was the directing and tone. a fantastic blend of silly and creepy.

To essentially entirely axe the creepy / mysterious element is just wrong. This looks like Jumanji meets Journey to the Center of the Earth meets 21 Jump Street. And while on its own that doesn't necessarily sound terrible- it is completely wrong for a Jumanji reboot and not what fans of the original would want. If anything can be said about the Robin Williams film- its that its far from forgettable.

Also note: there's a problem when the effects of the 2018 film character getting sucked into the game looks worse than the 1990s effects when Robin Williams got sucked into the game as a kid. In all seriousness, the CGI doesn't look particularly better in the trailer than the old film. Which is hilarious 

Not a happy camper with this. 

disagree entirely. I rewatched Jumanji recentely and objectively I think it does have a lot of really well directed moments. The effects look great for the time, and the pacing and tone is killer. I mean based on premise alone I think it would be hard to imagine it working- but somehow it is a really solid blend of silly and creepy.

What the new film is attempting is the easiest thing on the planet to do- and just sad. Making a silly bad-comedy popcorn movie with a few fantastical elements is just so expected and generic these days. Disappointing. 

love it or hate it, at least the OG Jumanji film attempted a rather risky blend of tones and managed to succeed in being mysterious and uneasy 

yeah I rewatched Jumanji pretty recently too and it's suprisingly solid, and practically a masterpiece (for children's films) compared with the schlock kids movies that are released today (Despicable Me and stuff jesus)