Saturday, July 15, 2006

Zathura (DVD)

What it's about: Two young brothers, Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and Danny (Jonah Bobo) are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is magically hurtled through space because of the board game they are playing. (IMDb's)

What I thought of it: We were curious about this movie, since we had heard of it on an episode of "The Apprentise", so we rented it. It was actually better than I thought it would be. It was almost as if we entered a child's vivid imagination. Through it all we see the emotional relationship of the two brothers, being competitive and wanting their dad's attention, their own love-hate issues, Walter not wanting Danny, etc. The effects were ok, but I mostly enjoyed the imagination behind it all with the Zorgons, the robots, the automatic ejection for cheating, etc.

My favorite scenes: Because the house lost gravity-field strenght the boys are flung across the room and when they got it back the younger boy, Danny, gets smack against a window, and slides down squeeking - I thought it was really funny!

When Danny gets on the alien ship to get the game back he has to make his way through a goat pen, all the while saying "It's just a goat, it's just a goat...", until one of them turn around and has 4 eyes. Danny keeps walking now saying "Not a goat! Not a goat!" - cute scene.

A good rental, especially for family!

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