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The dice rolls in this movie make no sense.

posted 8 years ago by draconicmaster-1
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Sarah rolls 6. "At night they fly, you better run, these winged things are not much fun." - bats

Alan rolls 5. "In the jungle you must wait, until the dice read five or eight." - Alan is trapped inside the game

[26 years pass]

Judy rolls 6. "A tiny bite can make you itch, make you sneeze, make you twitch." - giant mosquitoes

Peter rolls 2. "This will not be an easy mission, monkeys slow the expedition." - monkeys

Peter gets to move again, because he got doubles. He rolls 5, releasing Alan. "His fangs are sharp. He likes your taste. Your party better move poste haste." [sic] - lion

Judy rolls 7, but nothing happens because it is not her turn.

Judy rolls 4, and again nothing happens.

Sarah rolls 7. "They grow much faster than bamboo, take care or they'll come after you." - giant plants

Alan rolls [?]. "A hunter from the darkest wild makes you feel just like a child." - Van Pelt

Judy rolls 6. "Don't be fooled, it isn't thunder. Staying put would be a blunder." - stampede of elephants, rhinos, and other jungle animals

Peter needs a 10 to win. He cheats to roll a 12, and his counter does not advance. "A law of Jumanji having been broken, you will slip back even more than your token." - Peter is transformed into a part-monkey. In the novel his token goes back to the start

Sarah needs a 12 to win. She rolls 3. "Every month at the quarter moon, there'll be a monsoon in your lagoon." - monsoon rain and crocodile

Alan rolls a 7. "Beware the floor on which you stand, the ground is quicker than the sand." - the floor turns into quicksand

Judy rolls a 7. "There is a lesson you will learn; sometimes you must go back a turn." - the quicksand turns back into the floor, trapping Alan and Sarah in it

Peter rolls a 4. " Need a hand while you just wait? We'll help you out, we each have eight." - giant spiders

Sarah rolls a [?]. "You're almost there with much at stake; now the ground begins to quake." - earthquake

Alan rolls a 3 and wins. "JUMANJI" - the effects of the game are reversed

So...

Sarah rolls a 6, 7 - then its stated that she needs 12 to win. = 25 total. Right?
Peter rolls 2, 5 - but then says he needs 10 to win? = 17.
Judy rolls 6, 6, 7 = 19 total but doesn't win.
Alan rolls 5, ?, 7, 3 = 15+? and Alan wins.

[–] ZetaII 8 years ago

Well examined, I don't think the producers thought anyone would look into it that far - or they just didn't calculate the turns very well to start with. Probably both.

I wondered what would have happened, after Alan got sucked into the game, if none of the other players rolled 5 or 8 in their turns. Allen couldn't roll again as he is trapped inside the game. So what happens if none of the remaining three players roll 5 or 8? Either Alan's turn would have to just keep getting skipped until a 5 or 8 was rolled (or the end of the game was reached and everything went back to normal), or the game would get stuck right before Alan's next turn, unable to progress.

What if a player is killed and can no longer take his or her turn? I guess they are "out", lol. But what if all the players are killed, say in the stampede, before they finish the game? What would the game do then?

I know, I know, it's just a fun movie, I shouldn't over-analyze it :)

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7734) 6 years ago

Except, ZetaII, if Peter hadn't rolled a 5 or 8, then the next turn would be Sarah's. Without Alan there to tell them about it being Sarah's turn, they wouldn't have known who Sarah was. So they would never have been able to finish the game.

[–] tommy_tt 8 years ago

You really have nothing better to do than dissect the plot of a 21 year-old kid's movie? I genuinely feel sorry for you.

[–] Stratego (30578) 7 years ago

That's not as pathetic as you coming to the board of a 21 year-old kid's movie to insult someone dissecting the plot. What the hell are we supposed to do here besides analizing the movie, giving our opinion and discussing its goofs? I would almost feel sorry for you if you weren't such a lost case.

[–] avortac4 (3746) 2 years ago

" I would almost feel sorry for you if you weren't such a lost case."

It's 'lost cause', not 'lost case'.

Also, your reply could've used a bit more brevity. How about;

"Do you really not have anything better to do than question someone in a discussion board of a 28 year-old * movie?"

Ok, the non-brief part so characteristics of my posts begins here..

*kids don't enter into it, and you should've written " kids' ", not " kid's ", as it's not some individual kid's movie - but even so, children do not have ownership of this movie, ANYONE can watch it. If anything, it's a 'family movie' - it's not cartoony, 'safe', etc. enough to be just a 'kids' movie' (however you define this anyway), it's actually pretty scary and traumatic for someone very young.

I don't understand people who question people doing things that are meant to be done in the places they're doing it in, and then start making judgments and declarations without explaining or proving them at all, or even basing them on anything. Anyone can just claim anything, but could you elaborate on why you THINK this is a 'kids' movie'? (Please note the correct place for the apostrophe).

This kind of post consists of questioning someone writing a post about a movie in a discussion board that exists for the purpose of writing posts about movies.

It's like going to a swimming hall and starting to berate people for swimming in a pool that was built 21 years ago, and then exclaim that pool is meant for kids, and that the speaker feels sorry for the swimmers.

This kind of posts make no sense.. unless it's to make the poster feel better.

They are quite ironic, though, because an angry hater like this never realizes they are doing the VERY same thing they accuse and berate someone else for doing, except their version makes less sense.

[–] avortac4 (3746) 2 years ago

Poster 1: Talks about a movie, wondering why certain events took place in the way shown, even though it doesn't make sense.

Poster 2: Talks about a poster, blaming them for talking about a movie in a place that exists for that very purpose.

So the second poster is doing the EXACT same thing, but it's more pointless, because he's talking about a poster instead of a movie in a MOVIE discussion forum, he's insulting and shaming someone for doing the very same thing HE is doing, he's implying it's sad and people should have better things to do and feels sorry..

I mean, this guy is shaming someone for being SO SAD they have nothing better to do than write about a movie in a board - by showing HE has nothing better to do than insulting someone in the same discussion forum.

You are writing in the same forum, so obviously YOU don't have anything better to do, either! At least the poster you insult is saying something interesting, signifigant, non-insulting, non-toxic and well-researched and analyzed. They're using their brain for thinking about what they were presented, dissecting and analyzing it, and presenting questions about it for us to read.

All you do is insult someone, try to put them down for doing something you are doing yourself without seeing the irony... now, THAT is sad. At least say something meaningful about the movie, don't just insult someone and leave.

[–] Stratego (30578) 2 years ago

"Also, your reply could've used a bit more brevity."

🙄

Ask the poster I replied to why he called it a "kid's movie" (his EXACT words).

[–] Vicenzo-VV 8 years ago

There are obviously crossroads so you're able to take shortcuts.

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man..."

[–] bobbydallas (8556) 7 years ago

"Don't be fooled, it isn't thunder. Staying put would be a blunder."
omg that was my favourite line of the movie! those rhinos smashing thru the library afterward.. gold

[–] alanparsons (559) 3 years ago

Some of the routes on the board looked different like there were passing lanes or shortcuts. So maybe that's part of it.

[–] Boromir (10061) a year ago

I adore this man.
Amazing job.

[–] DodoPatak (122) a year ago

Maybe they need to roll the exact number to stop at Jumanji field? If they roll over they can't stop there?