Talkie Zoo: Jumanji revisited

I watched Jumanji again today. Yes, I have a lot of movies, but this is one that I really enjoy a lot because it has such a happy ending. The story follows a board game through time as it affects various people. From 1869 to 1969 to today, the game wreaks havoc on all who play it and don't finish the course.

The 1969 game, in fact, leads the children who are playing it to assume that magnets control the pieces as they go around the board. The terrible things is, though, that one of the children gets sucked into the game and the other is too traumatized to continue the game long enough to get him out.

The "today" version sees two more children playing the evil game and inadvertently bringing one of the other children back. By this time, it's 26 years later and he has grown up, entering a world where nothing about his town is the same and his parents have long-since passed away. This time, the children think it's computer chips or mac memory that control the game. A series of events begins and they have to find the other previous player in order to continue and end the game.

It's a clean movie, though there are some scary events and characters in it. Most children should be able to handle them, though, as they are not extreme. It's worth renting and watching again if you haven't seen it in a long time.