Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

I saw Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle today, and enjoyed it...somewhat. I really liked the original Jumanji film with the late great Robin Williams. This version is a sequel in the sense that it pulls a group of teens into a video game version of Jumanji, whereas in the original, elements of the game spilled out into the real world.

The new film has a welcome sense of humor, with the Rock, Karen Gillian, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart all playing avatars of the teens in the game. And an inspired idea was to have one of the teen girls be represented by Jack Black, who's very funny.

It lacks the fantastical aspect of the first movie, and it's a long dull slog through the first fifteen minutes before the kids are sucked into the game, but I still enjoyed it, overall. This is a good popcorn film, if nothing else.