Jumanji

I miss good quality movies and I miss Robin Williams. Davin Alan Grier cracks me up

When Alan Parrish finds an old board game in a construction site, he has no clue what awaits him. When he and friend Sarah Whittle start to play, he is pulled into the game and she is chased from the house by bats. Fast-forward 26 years to when brother and sister Peter and Judy Shepherd start to play. They free a now grown Alan from the game, but in the process release monkeys, mosquitoes, and a lion. They realize they must finish the game to make everything return to normal. Reuniting with the adult Sarah, they attempt to stay alive long enough to do just that. This movie is a fantastic fantasy/action movie. It starts out well, and the suspense continues to build until the climax. At the same time, it's got some great one-liners and funny scenes to break the tension. The entire cast does well with the material, including all the special effects. The special effects show their age today and are a bit more stylized then realistic, but they serve the movie well. A word of warning to parents. This is a very intense movie. Even though it was marketed as a family movie, many small kids will be frightened by it. Keeping that in mind, you might want to preview it before you show it to them. This DVD is a perfect showcase for the movie. The picture is sharp, and the surround sound puts you right in the middle of the action. There is a commentary and two documentaries from the special effects team that give you insight into how they brought the animals in the film to life. If you're looking to purchase this film, this is the version to get. Jumanji is an action movie that gets it right. It has the perfect mix of character and story supported by special effects. Pick it up today and be prepared to leave your world behind.

good movie

Very enjoyable

Movie arrived in excellent condition. It was always one of my favorites and now my 6 year old has become obsessed!!

There are few children's movies that I particularly enjoyed – I can recount The Borrowers, Labyrinth and The Neverending Story. Jumanji, however takes a new place among children's films – in fact, it may seem that initially, Jumanji is about simplistic story about kids playing a board game. Based on a gorgeous picture book story of the same name by Chris Van Allsberg, this movie takes a beautiful magical adventure and makes it into a thrill ride that defies all natural laws. Time travel, physical transformations, perceptual distortions and multiple universes are just a few of the things that Jumanji toys with. The most evident phenomena is that the characters run in two different and parallel universes, one where Jumanji exists, and the other where it is just a dream. The life of Judy and Peter as orphans exists in a different world from the one where Jumanji doesn't exist – in other words, Jumanji is a catalyst of fate, an evil entity that does not bring about awe as it did in Allsberg's book, but fear. The world that Allen Parrish is doomed to be incarcerated in the jungles of Jumanji is another one, but that period of time is nonexistent in the world he will eventually live in. This is the beauty of the movie; that these characters can only allow their trauma and epiphanies to cross worlds. With each roll of the dice, the characters grow and change. The ending with 'Jumanji' is mark of the end of that universe – everything that the jungle world had yielded, from the colonist-hunter Van Pelt to the roaring stampede and the monkeys had to return, to be sealed into the game and the universe. The game controls life; but it is merciful when played to the end without cheating. The mental agony and pain must have been tremendous for the Parrishes. Presumably, Alan spent his twenty six years in the jungle, but returned to his old self only to again relive his life as if it never happened. The temporal distortion must have presumably had an effect on his parents, although only Sarah seems to notice. (She was playing the game – and only those playing are directly affected, but in the game universe of Judy and Peter we see a problem in the movie's understanding of temporal change) The power of fate in deciding the endgame was critical in the film. It seems that the game was in itself a game of a game; it was all planned out and ready to go. In fact, it also seems that no matter how crazy or perilous the situation is, the characters cannot be killed. Even Van Pelt says at the Sir Sav A Lot that "I am hunting only Alan. I won't kill you, since you didn't roll" He too is bound to the rules of the game, no matter how much of a colonialist he is. The game instills a high level of fear without death, in order for the game to continue, all the characters must be present. So in one way, no one need be scared of anything in the game. Instead, the game builds resilience in the characters. It was natural that in the end the end was initiated by the future; or more appropriately the past. At the end, both Sarah and Alan make up for the trouble they have caused and have a life bond from the experience. The jumping between 1994 and 1964 is a critical aspect where we see that the horrors of the game have allowed Judy and Peter's parents to not die in the ski accident. They are oddly willing to put an end to their vacation when they hardly know the Parrishes… "In the jungle, you must wait, until you roll a five or eight" – Jumanji "Roll a two, roll a four, but never ask for more" – Gautam

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and I’m so glad Amazon had it available so I could watch with my daughter.

I watched Jumanji since I was a kid growing up. I couldn't watch it at around age 8 because I was scared of a certain scene in the movie where J li (Short for Jumanji Lion. I called him that after Robin was deceased) was awake from a nap. And the scene where Nora opened her bedroom door and J li frightened her away. I dreamt last night (February 19th 2015) of a scene where Alan, Judy and Peter came to Sarah. Instead of a door open, close and then open again, it went back and forth opening and closing the door over and over again. Then I heard a voice say: "What do you want with Sarah Whittle?" and the scene went on as usual. Later I heard a voice saying in a crying/shouting voice: "People called me crazy since my husband got sucked into the game!" We used to have it at home. My parents sold it at the flea market. We didn't have it at home since until I bought it at Target for $5.00 (plus .25 tax). Now I have it in my own home and I loved it so much that I wanted to add this to my other children's movies. I don't know if it's a something we watch at home or if it's something worth showing my renowned respite providers who are trying to protect me. I don't think J li was trying to attack Alan, Judy and Peter. I think he was roaring, chasing, backing Alan as he was walking and growling, etc. He was behaving like a cat or a dog at home. Or even behaved like a human. A real lion would sleep longer than J li. (For 20 hours or more.) Plus he didn't look like a real lion from seeing the appearance of the face and body. It's my grandmother's favorite movie. It's amazing. Critics think that it's not suitable for younger kids and should think that it should've been PG-13. I don't believe in that.

4K releases pre-2000'ish are a bit hit and miss in definition quality as many have no doubt found, however, am delighted to say this movie-gem of 1995 is in my view, pretty good on 4K, not perfect, but, far better than the earlier Blu-ray release. The story tells of how a young boy Alan Parish (young Adam Hann-Byrd - older The Legendary talent Robin Williams) running from bullies finds a box buried 100 years ago (1869) by two boys, it's a game called Jumanji. After an argument with his father at home, Alan had decided to run away, however, friend Sarah Whittle (young Laura Bell Bundy - older Bonnie Hunt) brings back his bike the bullies had taken, Alan invites Sarah to play the game he'd found.....the game eerie from the word go, strange sounds and messages, even the pieces move when the dice is rolled....scarily Alan is pulled into the crystal, he's disappeared. Twenty-Six years have passed, Alan's parents had died in a skiing accident, the house is sold, Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) move in with their Aunt. Very soon they hear drum-like noises, Judy and Jack investigate, they find Jumanji and decide to play the game, eerily with strange noises and messages creatures begin to come forth from the board, mosquitoes followed by numerous mischievous monkeys, though scared, the game insists that it has to be played until complete when everything will return to normal, the next throw a bearded Alan along with a Lion springs out. Alan, of course, doesn't know what has happened during the years he's been missing presumed dead. Well, Alan realises they need old-friend Sarah to join the game to have any chance of completing it, Sarah all this time on is reluctant with vivid memories of seeing Alan pulled into the game 26 years ago, but does. Well mayhem follows as the Jungle and its creatures come to town (Brantford) Will the four complete the game and send the Jungle and its creatures back to where they come from? This is certainly a fun ride that'll both hold your attention and amuse as the film unfolds. Unlike the newer films where the key-characters are pulled into the Jungle, the Jungle comes to them. For me, the film so much better than what has followed....certainly worth a re-visit or indeed first viewing.....enjoy.

今見直してもファンタジー映画の傑作。 スピーディーに展開し、テーマパークのアトラクションのように楽しめる。 かなり昔の作品だが、当時としてはCGの出来栄えは優れている。 子役のキルスティン・ダンストがとにかく可愛い！ 4K UHD盤のレビュー。 解像度は素晴らしく良い。最近のデジタル録画の4K映像のよう。但し、少しばかりやりすぎの感もあり、シーンによっては、フィルムグレインが強調されて、見にくいところがある。再生機器のセッティングで緩和されそうだが。 画面のコントラストも強く、明暗はクッキリとしており、いかにも4K HDRという映像。 昔の作品らしく、もう少し緩い画質の方が好まれる方もいらっしゃるかもしれない。

Dopo molti anni dalla sua prima uscita acquistato per condividerlo con le giovani nipoti, rimaste soddisfatte e divertite. Film molto fantasioso, originale e divertente.

Le blu-ray correspond à la description. Très surpris et content d'avoir un doublage en japonais. C'est pas très courant !

Per gli amanti del genere, un bel film che meritava di essere acquistato.