Dir. Jake Kasdan (2017)
Rated PG-13 I FINALLY SAW IT! I had wanted to see this movie for forever. It spent weeks in the theaters and I still didn't get to go see it. I guess this was during my Oscar phase when I needed to see every movie that was nominated. That sounded pretentious. Okay, I loved this movie! It was HILARIOUS. If you don't think that it's funny, you probably actually do but you don't want to admit it because you are on some high horse. If that's the case, please dismount the horse and admit that this movie is hysterical. I'm glad that this movie was made and that it was made this way, because the first movie created a really cool concept but they made it oddly creepy. I watched it not that long ago because I had plans to see this one, and looking back, that movie would be kinda scary for kids! My 10 year old brother got a little creeped out and I do not blame him. That drum beat that started playing whenever the game was nearby was honestly kinda scary. And the things that came out of the book were disturbing as well, like those huge spiders. In this movie, the players go INTO the game, instead of the other way around. I think that's a much better concept. After seeing Central Intelligence, I love when Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make movies together. They're hilarious. And it looks like they like doing movies together too. The addition of Jack Black was genius. This movie really cemented my opinion on him. I've only seen him in movies here and there (for some reason Nacho Libre is really prominent in my mind and I don't want it to be)... but he was really the most memorable part of this movie. No one would shut up about how funny he was, but they have reason to! He was really funny! I was also pretty impressed with Nick Jonas. Usually when famous singers are in movies, I am not impressed. It kinda just ruins the movie a little because you're not used to seeing them as an actor and it just feels like they're playing themselves for the sole fact that they're in a movie (I'm thinking about Selena Gomez in The Fundamentals of Caring). However, he was pretty good! It made me appreciate him a lot more. SPOILER: I loved how they tied in the old movie with Nick Jonas (I don't remember his name in the movie) being the boy who got lost in the game 20 years ago. It took a while for me to figure it out (OK, I figured it out when the movie revealed it actually). The way the movie ends is cute too, but pretty predictable for the plot. This is another one of those movies that is just enjoyable to watch. You don't have to worry about its depth, there's nothing to really ponder about after you see it, it's just funny for funny's sake. I don't think I will ever stop loving these kinds of movies. It's hard for people to not enjoy those kinds of movies. I really don't even have anything bad to say about it. If you haven't seen it, go see it, and I guarantee that you'll laugh.
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