his character did not grow at all since the last film. he was still a whiny little bi***.
i wish the writers came up with another "clever" way to resume the video game Jumanji.
hmmm
You know how it is. Some guys are just bitches their whole life. But by the end of this one, he did mature. You could see a change in him.
shareI had the opposite reaction, though in fairness I didn't see the previous film. Imagine being Bravestone, literally fearless, and able to punch guys through walls and seduce ladies flawlessly with your "smouldering intensity". Imagine being that guy, and then getting thrust back to reality. It's an absolute power fantasy, and I can totally sympathise with why someone would crave that kind of power once they lost it.
Admittedly it was a dick move, to go back there without telling his friends, and without thinking they would follow him in there. Then again, it's likely he didn't get to go in the way he planned - the game was damaged after all, and sucked the others in just on contact. The same thing probably happened to him, meaning he had no chance to leave a note or choose his character.
Did you misspeak? As far as I could tell, Spenser had no desire for his friends to follow him. I believe he said as much when they finally found him.
Now, whether he should have anticipated they would follow him is another question. Since he was on the outs with Martha he could have assumed no one cared enough; but he probably should have anticipated the possibility. Still, he was depressed and not really thinking clearly.
Maybe a little - I've edited my post just slightly to make my statement clearer.
shareI agree - one of its biggest flaws is that this movie failed to really give us a good reason why Spencer would want to go back. His life wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad enough that he'd risk it for a fleeting moment of happiness that could end in literal death or, worse, being stuck in a video game forever in who-knows-what situation. If it had provided more depth there, it would've been a way better movie.
However, I didn't need to sympathize with Spencer to enjoy it. He is whiny as a character so it kinda works.
I think the problem is that you can't dwell on dark topics for too long in a movie like that. I mean I can understand that someone frustrated and depressed would just go for something stupid like this but its a slapstick comedy after all...
shareI think they can work if they're paced out evenly among the comedy. They did this fairly well with Milo's story - despite the laughs, the whole movie built up to a fairly tragic reveal that turned into something pretty great. There's no need to dwell, but they didn't exactly avoid dark themes either. It's just about giving us enough, and they definitely didn't give us enough of Spencer's reasoning.
shareIt was a wildly disappointing plotline.
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Yea, was going to say the same thing... You beat me to it.