The Reel Rejects - JUMANJI (1995) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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Starting point is 00:01:32 I know something, something, Robin Williams, something, something, something, animal, something, something, board game. That's it. That's all I know. That's all you need to know, honestly. You're ready to go. We are ready for this adventure. I'm excited. Jumanji, commence. By the way, we just watched Jumanji, if you are on Apple or Spotify, if you don't mind dropping a

Starting point is 00:01:54 rating we would so appreciate it and oh larry j franko he was one of the producers on batman returns and batman begins fun little fact i don't know why i know that but i do also if you want a cool tease like these rejagnation shop dot com like him look like me look like me yes well i have my thoughts because i've seen this but let's go to the nub here who has not seen it errone oh my god I think my favorite part before you even get into it was discovering how long it would take for you to realize Jonathan Hyde was Van Pelt. That's one of my favorite things.

Starting point is 00:02:29 I was happy with myself not giving that away to you, but what did you think of the film, Jumanji? First of all, I'll say I'm just happy that I got it without you telling me. I am mad it took me so long to get it, but I'm happy to get it. It's a hard one to be fair, because he looks so different. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:02:44 I'm sure many of you might have, you know. But still, it's a hard one. He looks so different. He does. I thought this movie was a lot of fun. Oh my God. I feel so dumb. James Horner?

Starting point is 00:02:54 Yeah, he kept saying James Newton Howard. It was James Horner. Guys, I am so sorry. I'm going to get killed in the comments section. I'm giving it up. You know what? I got the James right. I kept saying James Newton Howard.

Starting point is 00:03:08 I'm going to get killed in the comment section. I appalled. Rest in peace, James Horner. I didn't realize it was James Horner. Yeah, I should have known it was James Horner. did the, because I've listened to the score of this film so many, I'm so sorry to interject on you. We just saw it was James

Starting point is 00:03:24 Horner did the composing this. I always get James Horner and James Newton and how confused or just mixed up because of James and James and also with the age. But I should have damn well known. That's on me. You guys have every right to kill me in the comments section, which I'm sure people who didn't make it

Starting point is 00:03:40 to this point are going to. I deserve it. I got it wrong. So I'll take it when this reaction comes out. I will take the brunt of it. Aaron, continue. What do you think of the film. I thought this is a lot of fun. I had a great time watching this movie. All the reactions were great from what's his Mr. Duhb-Dub. What's his name? Jonathan Hyde? What's the actor's name? Oh, Robin Williams? Thank you.

Starting point is 00:04:02 From Robin Williams to Kristen Dunst to everybody. I thought the music was so whimsical. I thought the whimsy and terror of the game was so palpable even through all these years, almost 30 years, gross later. And yeah, it was. a lot of fun. I am happy that I got the chance to watch it with you, my friend, with you guys. I think that it still holds up

Starting point is 00:04:25 being a fun, crazy, entertaining ride. You know, obviously you got to give the movie some grace for the effects and whatnot. But overall, I thought this was very enjoyable. I think the way that it was able to have that sense of peril while also having this stakes be, having the stakes be just so heightened because of the nature of the game

Starting point is 00:04:48 and this game just ruins lives just like from the 1800s through the 90s. It does not stop. And I think that this movie was just overall just wild, just cool, you know? I mean, we're not going to worry

Starting point is 00:05:05 about the time consequences of this film. That's okay though. I think they ultimately had a very satisfying ending and the way, first of all, the set design was incredible. I want to say, everything from the house to when they went to the store to just seeing even the costume design was great too from his costume in the beginning to the dad slash hides suit and the prosthetics on that prosthetics were great in this movie as well

Starting point is 00:05:35 yeah I can go on forever but this is a discussion okay between you no I want to hear you talk the whole time yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah no I agree with a lot of ways what you said. I almost wish, you know what? Yeah, please. As much as I love Lego Batman. I have, actually, I need to actually watch that because I fell asleep when I saw that movie in theaters

Starting point is 00:06:01 because I was so tired, not because the film was boring, so I do need to react to that. Anyways, getting back on topic here in regards to Jumanji. Really quick before I talk about the movie, I almost want to see a prequel. I know people are going to be like, who gives us a shit?

Starting point is 00:06:15 with the guys from 1869 let's see what led to them getting I would love that. I would like to see it take place in that time period as well that would be so much fun. Obviously we'll never get that but just wanted to interject that really quick. Having said that this movie still holds up for how much I loved it back in my childhood I it's been quite a quite some time since I've seen it. I saw it a few times growing up it was a very

Starting point is 00:06:39 big film for me in the mid-90s. I loved I saw in the theater saw it a couple times after that and uh it still holds up in terms of nostalgia and i still thought uh again a lot of great performances starting with robin williams kirsten dunce child actor did great here um really believable in terms of she's dealing not only with the horrors of this game especially her and bradley pierce i love the kinetic energy you feel the history and the dynamic but also dealing with this trauma of having lost parents i thought like that's a tough job to do right there for child actors and they both nailed it there and obviously there's a commonality between them and robin williams because you know he's been gone for 26 years in a jungle which is

Starting point is 00:07:18 traumatic in itself and then you know he comes to the realization of two different things one that his parents are gone and two that his father did really love him you know because he shut the whole factory basically down just to find him so he knows like deep down his father really did love him and I thought that's one another thing I really appreciated about this like yeah the the fantasy and the adventure and the game and the CGI and the performances they're all there the the stakes and all that are there but it's the how the film can flip on a dime it can go from fun and adventurous to emotional and dramatic immediately like you know what I mean and I really love films like that and I think like in the 80s and 90s

Starting point is 00:07:56 especially like films really knew how to really stick the landing when it comes to shifting tones really quickly like that and again this is just another Robin Williams winner for me personally not just because of, again, nostalgic feelings I had for it, like, growing up, but I still think it held up today. Notwithstanding a couple CGI effects, but I don't, you know, again, it's the mid-90s. It is what it is. I don't remember what the budget is on this film.

Starting point is 00:08:21 I'm not going to, you know, put it in the same, you know, category with, like, a Terminator 2 or Jurassic Park. I'm sure those films had a much higher budget. But still, for the most part, I think they did a pretty good job of, with mixing the practical and the CGI. I think the animatronics on the lion, the, well, I guess the crocodile is what Alan said it was. And the Pelican and some of the other things we got look terrific.

Starting point is 00:08:47 Still held up. I loved it. You got to give Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis Jr., or Alec Gillis, rather. They did a great job with those animatronics and the whole team. They made every dollar count. I love, too, the sense of adventure in this film. I mean, while it was very scary, I love, again, obviously, being for the first time when I did see this film, like,

Starting point is 00:09:09 and especially for you being, this is your first time, seeing all the new horrific things that were coming out of this game, like, that was insane and fun at the same time. YAR, I agree. Is there anything specific that came out of the game that you were, I don't know if shocked it. What was, I'm not going to say, what's your favorite thing that came out? What was the most shocking thing that came out of the game where you're like,

Starting point is 00:09:31 again, I don't want to go favorite because that's going to be like more. demoralizing like why would that be your favorite thing but what was like more like the most visceral like holy crap thing that came out of the game the most shocking thing that came out of that game was a whole other man there was a whole other human inside of the game you were going there yeah of course i was like i knew that there's there's animals you know i think i've grown up seeing the posters and whatnot but i know there was like just another dude in there who was not someone who got trapped in there was just a product of the game that was crazy oh seeing a house full of water was nuts watching the house become infused and intertwined with these vines was very cool

Starting point is 00:10:07 and creative but yeah i would say overall a lot of the stuff what didn't surprise me i was like i thought i was very impressed but the guy like on the hunt for him as a factor in part of this game that was going beyond just the turns but was also like this man of a station of his own father i thought was very cool no that was really scary too and again that that line gave you a little again very tough to realize that but if you've seen the film too that line gives you a little detection too of who it could be like makes you feel like a child or whatever the line was a hunter from the jungle makes you feel like a child inside whatever it was i forgot with the thing that said in the jumanji game board but that was again i love that concept too and again they always do that in peter pan they have the actor who plays wendy's father always ends up playing the actor who plays captain hook and i love that where again you got the actor here who's playing peter Yeah, you got the actor here who played Peter Pan in one of the, you know, incarnations of Peter Pan or rather Hook, in 1981's Hook, Stephen Spielberg's film playing Peter Pan here, or in that film, rather. And I love that you do that again here in this where he plays his father and then he plays The Hunter coming after him. Such a neat touch.

Starting point is 00:11:19 And again, it was so long ago when I saw this in 1995, almost 30 years, sorry to remind you about that date, but that year. but having said that I don't remember if I knew at the time when I saw it because it was so long ago if I recognized him right away but I think I was having the same reaction you did when I'm like why does this guy seem so freaking familiar and it was it took a lot for me to hold back and I tell you but I wanted you to figure it out on your own which you did so I give you props and credit um which but that was fun like that was fun for me watching it with you for the first time yeah getting getting to and then when you figured out I was like yes go Aaron. That was genuinely

Starting point is 00:11:56 cool to see. Because I could tell it was eating you up a little bit. Where do the hell have I seen this guy? I was like, I know I've known this actor. I've seen his face. You're like, what movies have you seen him in recent? I was about to be like, the mummy? I don't know. I didn't know how to answer properly. But yeah, no, I like how they did that.

Starting point is 00:12:15 Also, too, I think it was interesting to show like, you know, you made the point about, you know, how brave Robin or Alan Parrish was, you know, jumping onto the crocodile. Um, because he's been in survival mode literally every day for 26 years and like we see all these horrific things that are coming out of the game he literally had to fight these things off on a daily basis every day for 26 years that and again we just saw in this film one day of it and that was awful

Starting point is 00:12:45 yeah this guy had to fight these things off for 26 years every day like oh my god 365 days times 26 right the survival skills he wants to accumulate Yeah, so, I mean, like, again, and the interesting part is like the dark, like we mentioned it too in the reaction, like right towards the end, like they get to keep those memories. Obviously, I don't think Judy and Peter keep, I mean, because they that's an alternate universe version of that. Yeah, because they did give a little visceral look of we might know you, but probably not. because they did look like a little bit comfortable look of familiarity when looking at

Starting point is 00:13:26 Sarah and Alan, but I doubt that they have those memories of playing Juma, there's no way. No, they didn't love that. No, no, no, I'm saying there's no way they have those memories, but obviously Sarah and Alan still have those memories. But I'm saying for Alan, like, that's got to be haunting, like,

Starting point is 00:13:42 I think 26 years of memories of surviving in the jungle like that and knowing that was real. And then Sarah lived 26 years, years of adulthood twice in the real world that is wild and crazy too um but this time obviously she got to do it like they both did it alone the first time one i mean and there was two different versions of alone one was in a jungle fending for his life the other was alone being called crazy a psychopath being looked at as the town loon so i mean i'd probably again i prefer neither version

Starting point is 00:14:16 they're both awful um if i had to choose one i'll go with the psychopath loony version i mean people already look at me that way anyway so I mean but having said that I choose that over fighting the horrific things we saw coming out of the game every day for 26 years but they're both awful I think there was again a relatable fact there between the two characters like because they already had you know they were already attracted to each other from their childhood but having that contrast or rather that similarity towards each other like you know of aloneness for 26 years like I thought that was sweet and you know and added an emotional depth to the two characters you know and how they felt towards each other.

Starting point is 00:14:51 And again, that's why I think this film's a lot deeper than, I don't know if people give a credit for, but a lot deeper than I remember it even being, because it's been quite some time. But, Aaron, any final thoughts before I get into some trivia? No, no, let's let a rip. Okay, let it rip. Triviality.

Starting point is 00:15:09 Yes, yes, yes. And be it. And this is getting me so excited, too, for the next ones. I'm sad, obviously, we doomed kit. Yeah, so really quick, as you can see right here, Jonathan Hyde, Van Peltin, San Perrish. Yeah, I saw it in the credits, too. Oh, did you? Okay.

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Starting point is 00:17:34 Robin Williams was beloved by Keene, New Hampshire townsfolk during filming. He was even presented with the keys to the city by Keene's mayor in 1994. After his death 2014 keen residents crafted a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles below the

Starting point is 00:17:53 parish shoe signs or shoes sign and even organized a public screening of the film i didn't even realize they filmed this in new hampshire really did look i mean it looked like they were in new uh new england rather so that's so sad uh the parish shoes sign is still on display in keene new hampshire oh if i ever go to keene new hampshire i will most certainly look that up 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.

Starting point is 00:18:42 See, I like that. I like when directors know the strengths of their actors go, hey, I know this guy. is first of all he's a fantastic actor just in general you can do drama you can do comedy but he really uh exceeds when it comes to uh improv so i'm gonna let's do it as scripted and then i'll give you a few a few takes here and there you can do it as improv and then we'll go with the best take yeah i think that's a smart idea i mean it gives you more options you know yeah plus you're working with the star on which you know what they're good at you know that's that's what collaboration is for sure the line of course she'll know where sarah went she's

Starting point is 00:19:17 a psychic was improvised by Bradley way to go Bradley good job good job Peter Peter according to author Chris Van Alsberg the word Jumanji is Zulu

Starting point is 00:19:31 for many effects which alludes to the exciting consequences of the game as mentioned in the film I like that I didn't know that I did not either Ryan Robin Williams admitted that he did not need to act startled for the

Starting point is 00:19:47 scene where Van Pelt is shooting at him as the blank gunfire was extremely loud on set. Damn, well, it was loud in our headphones, so I believe it. Yeah, same. To film the rhinoceros stampede, the production crew rigged

Starting point is 00:20:01 a hydraulic ram to launch a steel rhinoceros through the wall of the library. The steel rhino was replaced by a herd of animals with CGI during post-production. Again, it was so the transitions were so seamless, but even the uncertain CGI, there was a couple where like, okay, there's a little out there, but

Starting point is 00:20:17 I thought the stampede CGI was really seamless. I think it was cool. Yeah. While filming the stunt where the monkey's still a police car, stuntwoman Betty Thomas Cui lost control of the car and hit a tree at 60 miles an hour. Luckily, she was not injured.

Starting point is 00:20:34 Director Joe Johnston had to plead with paparazzi who filmed the accident not to release it to the news. Well, I mean, unless he, someone on the film told IMDB putting in the trivia, someone reported it. I never heard about that. Oh, we were just talking about this when the makeup came on.

Starting point is 00:20:53 Bradley Pierce underwent three hours of applying I should have asked you before I read this. It undertook three hours of applying prosthetic makeup for his scenes as a monkey for about 15 to 20 days. He enjoyed going through the process and wearing the makeup. Three hours. By the way, in Terminator 2,

Starting point is 00:21:10 you remember when Arnold's face is completely terminated out, half his face? How long do you think that took? Six hours. Damn, you always get so close. Five and a half hours. So Arnold would get into the chair at three o'clock in the afternoon. 8.30.

Starting point is 00:21:25 Time to shoot at 9 o'clock. Film all night and then it takes an hour to take it off. Wow. He's getting paid $15 million. So, yeah, it's the rigors of getting paid that much, right? Yeah. All right, do a couple more, and we shall call it. Kirsten Dunst and Bonnie Hunt greatly enjoyed working with Robin Williams,

Starting point is 00:21:43 I would imagine so, as he made everyone laugh on set. again I would imagine so Dunst particularly liked his impression of Jody Foster and Nell ordering at a drive-thru yeah if you ever I mean I'm sure most of you already know this and I'm sure Aaron does too but I'll say it anyways

Starting point is 00:21:59 Robin Williams was such a damn good impersonator is so damn funny and I aspire to be as good of an impersonator as them I love impersonating oh we were just talking about this at the beginning though the movie's plot differs greatly from that of the book on which

Starting point is 00:22:16 is based. The ending of the film is very similar. In the book, the two children who find the game at the end are named Walter and Daniel, the main characters from Zathura, a space adventure. However, the Sathura movie is a standalone film, divorced from the Jumaji's cinematic universe.

Starting point is 00:22:32 Guys, I'm really being honest, please in the comments section, let Greg and John know you'd love for Aaron, and we will tell them as well, that you want us, on top of Jumangi, welcome to the jungle, and the next level. The next level. Thank you so much that you'd like us to do Zathar because, again, I saw that one so long ago.

Starting point is 00:22:51 Same. I literally don't. I just remember it takes place in space at some point. I remember space and I think Josh Hutcherson and that's it. Yeah, that's literally. Yeah, I think he's into it. That's literally all I really don't even remember it. So honestly, it would really be like a first time watch for both of us.

Starting point is 00:23:06 Maybe Doc Shepherd, but I don't know. I think you are right about that. Okay, let me do. Let me just see which one got. Okay, this got a lot of likes. I'll do a couple more, I promise. Oh, who called this one? Who called this one?

Starting point is 00:23:19 What are you talking about? The dual casting of Jonathan Hyde as both Allen's father and Nick Tiggins' Hunter Van Pelt is similar to the theatrical custom of Peter Pan with George Darling, Wendy's father, and Captain Hook being played by the same actor. Man, his credit. Robin Williams played a grown-up Peter Pan and Hook. Well, I'm sure the comments are already littered with. He's an idiot.

Starting point is 00:23:37 He said James Newton and Howard and not James Horner. So, yeah, here's my credit. I'm willing to bet that most people don't know that. I'm sure most people do. at least the people who were into composer. I had a feeling, too, when I was saying James Newton Howard, I'm like, please don't be James Horner, as I was saying, I swear in my

Starting point is 00:23:52 head I was saying that. I always get this movie confused with James Newton Howard and James Horner. It's always this movie, too. Am you, James'? Oh, rest in peace, James Horner. Last two, I promise. The sequel, Jimonji, Welcome to the Jungle, was believed by fans

Starting point is 00:24:08 to have been a reboot of this film. However, the later film is not a reboot, but a direct sequel to this movie as it contains in universe acknowledgement of the character Alan Parrish. Why isn't in the spoiler section? So Welcome to the Jungle is not a sequel to this movie, but

Starting point is 00:24:23 the next level is? No, it says that Welcome to the Jungle is a sequel to this film. Oh, interesting. Not a reboot. Let's do one last one here. Oh, wow. Bradley Pierce, the younger brother is six months older than Kirsten Dunst? He looks so much.

Starting point is 00:24:42 younger. Wow. Does he look older, younger, right? He looks mad younger, yeah. Yeah, he looked at least two or three years younger than there. Last one. Roger Ebert Crick, I'm not going to read the spoilers in case it spoils anything about next level or welcome to the jungle, so let's avoid spoilers. Roger Ebert criticized

Starting point is 00:24:58 the film for being marketed as a family film while being far too scary for children. Robin Williams wouldn't let his children watch it. I can understand where Roger Ebert's coming from. I still think there is a family dynamic in there with the four with Bonnie Hunt,

Starting point is 00:25:14 Robin Williams, and Kirsten Dunson, Bradley Pierce. But again, if you are advertising as strictly just a family film, there are a lot of scary images. But, I mean,

Starting point is 00:25:22 honestly, I saw this movie when I was seven. I was fine. It was a different time back then. And, like, again, I was used to seeing scary stuff. But, again, I understand Roger Ebert's criticism there.

Starting point is 00:25:32 But I don't think you should, like, you criticize a movie as a whole, not Brad's advertised. I don't think that should be a criticism on the whole damn movie. Like, get mad at the advertisers. Like, don't criticize. the movie like because of that

Starting point is 00:25:43 I disagree with I understand what he's saying like but I disagree with him getting Matt the movie for that but just my two cents again sorry for getting James Porter wrong we all get

Starting point is 00:25:58 or at least I get things wrong sometimes I guess Aaron any final thoughts before we get out of here this was a lot of fun I'm happy that we watched it I'm happy you watch it with us and I look forward to watching the other two yes we're going to go play a game of Jumanji now if shit in the universe

Starting point is 00:26:13 starts ripping apart it's because of us It's because of him Come join us, come play And we will see you guys Next time when we react to Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle

Starting point is 00:26:23 Where we will get some eyebrows raised With the Rock And we will smell what he is cooking And we shall see you On the next one. Peace Peace

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The Reel Rejects - JUMANJI (1995) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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