Jumanji 2: the next level

What I liked: I liked that geometry could be a superpower. I liked that the correct response to driving directly at an army of giant carnivorous ostriches is to shout "Merge! Merge!" And really that every single animal in the entire world is able to eat you. I liked the old guy who talks really slow and appreciated everyone's frustration with him talking really slow. He was really funny. The cat burglar did the best job of channeling the other grandpa. I liked the horse's glamour shot coming out of the water. I liked that bluffing actually worked spectacularly well.

What I didn't: I feel like maybe if you have a good life and responsibilities like kids and stuff, you should think long and hard about deliberately entering a broken, potentially fatal video game. I was expecting more from the glowing green water, it could really have been a source of many more jokes. I really feel like with the versatility of things that they had in the backpack they really could have either been more effective in battle or at least had more fun with props.

Who should watch this? People who watch Indiana Jones and wish that it featured more carnivores.

Would I watch it again? I'd watch the first one again maybe this one.

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