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movie review - Jumanji: The Next Level

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Kokubunji, 2022.06.25

This is a sequel to the imaginative and fun, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle". I had no idea that this sequel was in the works (almost certainly because I live in Japan) but it's a welcome story that carries on in much the same tone and character. What I didn't know until I sat down to writ this, is that it's actually the fourth in the series.

Anyway, the core characters return, played by the same actors and I think it's a great mix. It was interesting that not all the same players that enter the game come out, so this is by no means a rehashing of every detail from the previous one. It's an entertaining story and done with just the right mix of levity and drama.

Recommended.

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It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

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