Why is the original “Jumanji” still so unique today?
“Jumanji” represents not only the irresponsible chaos of childhood, but also reflects the negative side of these events, and gives us the first time of the “time” that never stops and the “death” that will eventually come. Deep feelings.
Many classic comedy and children’s films are deeply influenced by the cruel real life. For example, the comedy master Chaplin, whose classic work “The Gold Rush” is set in a world where disease is spreading and death has become the norm; “WALL.E” is a lovely work, but we see that it is lovely and warm. At the same time, I saw a devastated earth and life imprisoned in a spacecraft.
Of course, the film to be mentioned today is “Jumanji”. As for the new work, a comparison between the old and the new will be mentioned later.
The original “Jumanji” released in 1995 is an atypical feature film (before I started the pen, I deliberately rewatched this old film 23 years ago).
Allen (Robin Williams) started the Brave Game for the first time in 1969 and disappeared unexpectedly. Because of the evaporation of Allen’s world, the game was indirectly opened again after 26 years, and this has become the main line of the whole movie.
Allen’s father “cannot know” the truth of the matter because his son has been missing for many years, and finally ended in regret; Nora also “cannot understand” why Judy and Peter, whose parents have passed away, would enter panic symptoms so easily. In all this chaos, no one knows what the deepest part of “Game of the Brave” is-the most terrifying thing is actually the “unknown”.
I personally like Robin Williams very much. I believe that many people have seen his “Jumanji”, “Flying Magic Weapon” and “Robot Butler” when they were young, and they also watched “Death Poetry Society” and “Mind Catcher” when they were young. The films of our childhood and adulthood are still regarded as classics today.
Robin Williams brought a sense of imbalance to life, and successfully led fans to immerse themselves in the noise and chaos of this work. Of course, it would be a bit incomplete if you simply used the sentence “The focus of “Game of the Brave” is Robin Williams’ performance”.
In addition to Robin’s good acting skills, the connotation of the film itself is also an important part of the success of a good film. On the surface, “Jumanji” is a big adventure for children, but if you look carefully enough, it should not be difficult to find out. The whole movie is through Alan (Robin Williams), an adult character who has been trapped in the game for many years. , Telling about the implied death, loss, morality, the passage of time, and even guilt and other very adult topics. This is why “Jumanji” is still unique to this day.
For example, Sarah didn’t want to roll the dice because she was afraid of life and death. Allen tempted Sara to stretch her hand with “Give me the dice, go home, it doesn’t matter if you don’t play.” Allen drew away when the dice fell. Ellen, who was judged by Sarah as “you are too nice”, proudly warned her that this is called [Law of the Jungle].
Allen put the shoes on the production line and caused the machine to malfunction. Because he did not confess to his father, the innocent Bentley was fired. After returning to the past at the end of the game, Allen chose to admit his mistake.
Finally, let’s wrap up. Modern children’s movies have rarely seen human topics like regret and death in “Jumanji”. The ending of the movie somewhat dilutes the somewhat gloomy theme of the movie (Allen and Sarah are able to recreate Rewrite history).
“Jumanji” represents not only the irresponsible chaos of childhood, but also reflects the negative side of these events, and gives us the first time of the “time” that never stops and the “death” that will eventually come. Deep feelings.
