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Back in 2017, when Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle came out, I assumed it would be yet another pale imitation of a movie I loved from my youth. The idea of Jumanji being a video game instead of a board game just seemed wrong. How could a video game ever give off the ancient, haunted vibes the original board game had? Plus, I’m not really a huge fan of either Dwayne Johnson or Kevin Hart. They’re fine, but they’ve got nothing on Robin Williams, the biggest comedic voice of my childhood and someone whose movies still make me laugh today.

But, the response to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was so overwhelmingly positive that I decided to give it a shot. That’s when I realized that the reboot isn’t just great, it’s a heck of a lot better and funnier than the original (and so is the reboot’s sequel, Jumanji: The Next Level).

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is about four teenagers who discover an Atari 2600-like video game console along with a game labeled Jumanji. They insert the cartridge and select their characters, but they’re suddenly sucked into the virtual world. The teens reappear in a jungle in the bodies of their characters, all of which are a mismatch for........

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