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This movie succeeded in where Ready Player One sort of failed, it didn't take itself too seriously. Of course Ryan Reynolds nailed his role, and they used the wacky concept of video games like GTA to their full potential, you can never get tired of seeing what's going on in the background. Story was a little bit predictable, but there's only so much you can do with the video game setup, and I like where they went with it, though things like T-bagging and the Floss really made me cringe (Channing Tatum's character was kinda funny though, to see how stupid and over the top dance emotes can be). I wish we sort of fleshed out the real life characters more, the antagonist was honestly annoying but that was his purpose. Overall, one of the best video game movies out there, it's a pretty neat concept of instead of focusing on the players, what are the NPC's lives like?

My good points: -Graphics were kind cool -Practical makeup (like the scratch marks) were well done -Most of the actors were pretty good -Finally some representation of an LGBTQ+ relationship that DOESN'T end with someone dying for once Nowww for the flaws This movie definitely has a huge identity crisis going on, in some ends it wants to be a horror/coming of age film, I legit forgot it was supposed to be an X-Men movie within the first quarter I literally forget all their names, as they really gloss over the characters ​a lot We get hints about their pasts, but they never feel like genuine characters if that makes sense, you don't really feel a connection to any of them despite the fact they were our main focus. The climax felt empty, I didn't really feel a sense of danger because of how quickly Dani was able to control the bear. Overall, not a terrible movie, but it definitely felt unfocused and even a little rushed at times, pacing was all over the place and most of my family was confused as to what was even going on a lot of it time.

Pretty solid and interesting story line though it did almost too many twists and turns sometimes. Could definitely cut down on the cheap, clumsy jumpscares and instead build more on atmosphere, however I will give credit to the extremely well done acting, grisly makeup and surprising twist ending. Solid 3/5, it's not anything groundbreaking, but it has some of its charms

This movie's everything a reboot should be. While the original film was more focused on the creatures coming to the real world (also rest in peace Robin Williams, you legend), this movie answers the questions such as what Jumanji was like (though I'm still curious, would the board game version be different?), where Alan stayed all those years, and treats the original film with respect while putting a modern twist on it. Also, grade A acting from the four main cast, Kevin Hart and Jack Black kept me entertained through the entire movie. While it's not perfect, there's some overused jokes and character tropes, it's still pretty good.