Zathura: A Gem Deemed A Knockoff

[@arkx8136]

Can't believe you didn't mention Kristen Stewarts' character wanted to bonk with the astronaut before the reveal

[@PaulaSantos-uo7xi]

Thanks for confirming that happened, I couldnt remember if it was a fever dream

[@deshi7964]

And it was her brother.
Sweet Home Alabama

[@Floridamangaming729]

Okay i need to rewatch this movie

[@__jamiwu__]

Sweet Home Alabama!

[@taniaABal]

Hahaha an iconically gross moment

[@throwawayaccount2130]

Wait Zathura was deemed a knock off? Bro I loved that movie as a kid.

[@apbitey8175]

It was basically space jumangii but it’s still a banger

[@jennifertrandafir]

@@apbitey8175 And it's by the same guy who made Jumanji.

[@ThisIsRobinY2K]

@@jennifertrandafir the books they're based on are by the same author as well so idk how it's a knock off lol

[@jennifertrandafir]

@@ThisIsRobinY2K I guess they didn't know who made them so they assume it's a knock off.

[@sasha2924]

unno!! i still love it, til now & im 27!!

[@gentlemankaiju1997]

Walter being an asshole to his little brother actually makes sense to me. When something life changing is happening in your life and it's outside of your control most children do lash out if it be trouble in school , being more lethargic and cold, or even bullying some weaker than yourself. This gives them a sense of control back in their life.
His wish also made sense to me since a child wouldn't immediately think to get out of danger but would be selfish and want something for themselves. This is the best way to also show character growth since his second wish evolved into something selfless.

[@dandy-dani]

Exactly! You nailed it right on the head

[@rexonatyleer3500]

See and this is why my nana had me and my cousin watched it when we were being hateful little shits lol

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

My favorite part was when Walter wishes for the astronaut’s brother to come back only for him to find out the astronaut was him from the future he gives himself closure and growth at the same time

[@hadowxsamurai4531]

Nope that doesn't justify being an idiot

[@Lambda_Ovine]

children and selfish little shitheads, that's true

[@_zealos_8213]

The moral of the story being "Walter, stop being an asshole." is goddamn hilarious

[@millo7295]

Astronaut is Walt
Astronaut is good guy
Walt becomes astronaut

[@cjhill4130]

It’s funny how this is called a “knock off” when it’s part of the Jumanji universe 😭

[@Real_Adam_Sandler]

Yes

[@lemurtoad3617]

Yes makes no sense

[@nuclearlunarpuppet9733]

Ehh? I thought it only had a similar concept..

[@lemurtoad3617]

@@nuclearlunarpuppet9733 no the books are connected

[@foolishkai1822]

I didnt know that. I remember watching it a long time ago and i liked it a lot, but just thought it was a jumanji copy thing

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

"Get me a juice box, beeatch!" is one of my favorite movies lines of all time.

[@theirishpotato6588]

Same.

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

I always wanted a toy of the mini robot. Just so cool.

[@zye4809]

Finally I found you.

[@maurabrewster8544]

Wedding Crashers 2005 Full HD Comedy full movies Full length english HD 1080p what’s your opinion talking about

[@Jdsteele96]

Brother?!?

[@thebabayaga5178]

BionicPig: I feel like Zathura is one of those movies you just forgot about.
Funny you assume that robot never haunted me into my adult life

[@JohnnyMagic13]

That robot legitimately gave me nightmares

[@helluvagooddrawer2027]

The robot is my favorite part

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

@@JohnnyMagic13
Same man, i remember being afraid of falling asleep because of that robot!

[@millo7295]

That's a bit of the "why did you say that?"

[@millo7295]

What?

[@kingscourt9559]

Hot take, I preferred zathura to most of jumanji, the only redeeming quality for jumanji was Robin Williams to me. What can I say I’m more of a Buzz lightyear than a Tarzan

[@gisela_oliveira]

Same!!! I actually never watched Jumanji, first was jus causality (was never on tv when I was home) but the plot does not draw my attention, never did. By Zathura... was sooo cool for me, I love the space teme, always did.

[@Bossgaming60105]

@@gisela_oliveira same

[@jaidynromero1924]

This movie felt like such a fever dream to me as a kid because I only remembered parts of it and yet never the actual film name- finding out years later it was related to jumanji was kinda weird- the aliens definitely scared the crap out of me though

[@saraistwr6802]

Lmao same I just remember been terrified of it

[@thewantedkitten4984]

I never knew the name either apparently cause I thought this WAS Jumanji 🤣

[@kami6526]

The aliens were so scary I remember clenching my stuffie and hiding

[@Parabl3]

This!!! I have lived thinking this was a fever dream for so long now

[@oddlycalm4452]

SAME!

[@OSM_RL]

I used to have nightmares about this movie when I was a kid and I don't know why

[@spooderman6312]

LIZARD PEOPLE
Oh yea i also had nightmares about the robot

[@MrBigBrainThe2nd]

That was me with jumanji

[@VskutkuTrigen]

cool guy with cool youtuber taste

[@therealwesley]

Lmao this movie scared the crap out of me as a kid

[@aznicknac]

omg I had mad nightmares too!!

[@charlotte-ve9tb]

In case anyone was wondering, I read both the books as a kid. And I think that both the books connect to each other in a way at the end of them. Like I think that at the end of the Jumanji book they see the two boys walking to their house carrying the Zathura game. So I think that they missed out on the opportunity to make the two movies connect which would have been really cool.

[@Neutral_Tired]

They do explain that The Astronaut was Walter in the movie. Also, when he first shows up he says he "had to go through a time sphincter" to get to the house

[@johann392]

It was actually explained in the movie, how the astronaut was able to come back. During the sandwich scene he tells Walter “I had to fit in a worm hole this big” So Walter actually destroyed Older Walter’s timeline by not wising Danny away. Normally Older Walter would’ve disappeared the second he wished for the football, but I’m guessing there was still a chance of Walter killing Danny with the second wish.

[@Roadent1241]

I know Movie Physics but how would have fit through a hole that small? That's like me trying to curl up in a matchbox as a regular size human.

[@HartxStarr]

@@Roadent1241 As a kid, I just imagined that the worm hole did the cartoon thing to him where it sucked him in and he turned stretchy and small and reverted back to being normal after coming out the other side. And since he himself wasn’t a cartoon, it hurt him

[@Roadent1241]

@@HartxStarr Ah, fair enough, yeah. Can't have been fun.

[@danielcastillo591]

@@HartxStarr So he got turned into a liquid, then back to normal after going through? Yeah, can't be fun

[@applejayz1987]

Spaghettification maybe?

[@invortum7250]

Josh Hutcherson was actually a really good actor in this like I can't stand him in it and that's how I know he's good at pretending to be a brat

[@GlitterC8k]

I hear he is a sweet down-to-earth person in real life! Great acting. Similar to Geoffrey from GOT

[@mackhiggins4731]

He and the brother reminded me so much of my cousins who were around that age the time it came out. Right down to the "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!“ (which, honestly, I remember having those moments with my sister when we had been younger). So I thought both the boys did great. 😊

[@erinella]

Honestly everyone who just knows him from The Hunger Games or Bridge to Terabethia need to check out his other work, particularly when he was a kid because he's always been extremely talented.

[@adnelg319]

@@erinella journey to the center of the earth is a great movie with him

[@dillonthevillon3719]

Can we talk about how well designed the zorgons are?
They terrified me as a kid and are badass looking.

[@TazBoy2K]

Zathura's robot had me feeling like I was in danger as a kid.

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr it still creeps me out!

[@millo7295]

WHY is everyone sharing this?
Do you wanna look sad?
I'm sad FOR you

[@GT_Mr.C]

the most memorable scene from this movie, to me, is when the sister has a crush on her brother from the future. shits so wild and funny bro

[@KiomonDuck]

In Japan that scene would be an anime.

[@d.tsukuyomi1869]

"Do you still think I have pretty eyes?"

[@EJ-bn3tc]

SAME I barely remember this movie but I still remember that exact plot point cause I kept thinking about how weird it was lmao

[@zahlerbazaar1608]

to be fair i think there is a genetic thing that makes you attracted to people of similar body/face structure so if she didnt know it was her bro, and looked completely different cause age, it makes sense she would find him attractive. However, since he knew she was the sister, it would be weird af for him to not immediately correct her. lol

[@MaryJane-tp3qd]

@@zahlerbazaar1608 yes when I tell people this is a real thing they’re just as freaked out as I was when I learned about it 🙃😂

[@kaikai9122]

This is like if everyone said Jurassic world was a ripoff of Jurassic park

[@izaakweed8582]

Did people actually say that

[@DeepEye1994]

@@izaakweed8582 Yeah, I don't remember that either, what people DID say was that Jurassic World was a lazy rehash of the first JP without being nearly as good and just showing off similar scenarios and visuals to tackle your nostalgia and "Oh, I remember that so I clapped!", in a similar way the Force Awakens did with A New Hope.
I'm personally okay with rehashing... _as long as you're making it better_ and not piggy-backing off people's affection for the film you're rehashing, for example "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is almost a remake of "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", it has a lot of similar plot points, but it's SO much better made and engaging.

[@auggiemain]

Yall- they didnt say people said that, they said this would be *like* *if* people said that.

[@Code_Ax0]

@@auggiemain They're a little slow but they got the spirit. 😃

[@plxyaboiace]

@@Code_Ax0 talk about slow. Your reply was a month late. Don’t mind how mine is 3 months late.

[@TemplarBlonic]

When my brother and I were younger we saw this in theaters. I was a huge scaredy cat all the wait until teenagehood, so I spent a lot of the movie with my eyes closed... but I remember vividly Harold’s reactions to his brother’s. My brother reacted the same way to most of my actions with me having the typical illogical brain of an overactive younger brother.
After the movie I remember my brother wrapping his arm around my shoulder- not verbal, as he had trouble expressing himself outside of anger, but I knew this had an effect on both of us.
This movie holds a special place in my heart because of that.

[@ashegrey3042]

this actually made me emotional. i have 4 sisters and none of us are close & i wish so much that we were.

[@Andidrew4ty2]

Josh Hutcherson has always been a really good actor. Even as the token child actor of the early 2000’s he was still giving every role a lot of depth and realness. If you haven’t seen him in Futureman, holy shit is that worth a watch.

[@liamzoro]

Little Joshman

[@sarahdolesny1234]

The time issue between Walter being older and younger is called a “twin paradox” or “time paradox” in which the moment a decision is made two realities are created based on the outcome of the decision..
Meaning when he made the wish from the card it was one of two outcomes, if he wished for his brother never to be born he would be stuck within the game..
And if he wishes for the football the game continues to its end, looping back to before the younger brother pushes ‘start’ on the game..

[@chrissmith6097]

What’s the name for the water working despite the pipes not being hooked up to anything?

[@burningsexuality1540]

@@chrissmith6097 its called the "not writing an explanation for something because nobody really cares and it would just bloat the story with useless information" principle.

[@sadflix8754]

@@chrissmith6097 it’s a magic Board Game that sent them to space
Magic board game
Space

[@MemesToa]

You just described the Many-Worlds Theory. The actual Twin Paradox involves travel at near-light speed (Time warps as one approaches the speed of light, to the point where time stands still at the event horizon of a black hole).

[@bluefire2308]

Like the the Dark series

[@sleepninja2350]

I fucking loved this movie as a kid.

[@awkwardorangedrawz5914]

Woah, me too!

[@SamanthaSmith-mw7hi]

samee its still one of my favs tbh. i used to watch it all the time!

[@zeezilthereal]

Who didn’t

[@jakk9560]

Same

[@nevermindgaming6848]

It was pretty edgy as a nick movie lol

[@RowanOakley]

I was so fucking certain that this movie didn’t exist and that I had dreamt the whole thing. Like I had searched everywhere and I couldn’t find it. I’m having the biggest mind fuck right now.

[@ollie2111]

I felt that way with The Polar Express for a while.

[@growlingscarab7]

there's a lot of things from my child hood that im still searching for that i though were figmants of my imagination. My biggest ones was a 3D fantasy platformer rpg esque game I played in the hospital when i had an asthma attack were you play as a elf/hobbit/dwarf thing that wore purple clothes and you collect like rings or something. I thought it was a lord of the rings game, but i couldn't find anything that matched my memory.

[@HoHhoch]

@@growlingscarab7 Spyro the Dragon? Not an elf/hobbit/dwarf thing. But it's fantasy, purple, and you fly through rings.

[@growlingscarab7]

@@HoHhoch no actually found it, it was like the 2003 hobbit game or something. Don't remember the exact year. I would never forget spyro

[@thebatman.]

Bro literally same, I just remembered a movie with a floating house in space but I saw it on Netflix and realized it was real after all

[@C.Ross_Faded]

I definitely remember this movie cause my childhood consisted of my older sisters constantly yelling at me “get me a juice box, be-yotch!” They were fucking bullies lmao.

[@Eevee860]

They're children, so they probably would realistically be like "hey look, we're in space"

[@maddiehalloway]

Maybe they were in shock. I mean, they almost die by a meteor shower.

[@aoibacon8308]

Exactly a lot of the things he criticizes can just be explained with child psychology. The difference between imagination and reality at that age still hasnt been defined. And Walter isnt a horrible brother, hes just a hurt kid who needs to blame the divorce of his parents on something (usually kids blame it on theselves if they are an only child), andother times he bullies his younger brother like most siblings do

[@donnygat]

This movie scared me as a kid more than jumanji. Not like I was scared to watch it, but I enjoyed watching it because it felt like a horror movie sometimes. Especially the parts where they were hiding from monsters. It felt like the kids were actually in danger.

[@goofywithanl]

What about the Robot

[@happypenguin25]

@Cameron Haha, apparently three year old me was so scared of Jumanji that my mom banned my dad from watching it in the house when I was around.

[@maurabrewster8544]

ruclips.net/video/6joiKtYUjbY/видео.html

[@calisha1889]

@Cameron bruh the giant mosquitoes that killed someone off screen. Like seeing the part in the car where the mosquitoe went through it to attack someone AND the spiders?! Jumanji scared me 20x more than Zathura lmao

[@killerbait8240]

Jumanji didnt scare me as a kid the least. It was more of like "woaahhhh animalss" . But zathura gave me nightmares

[@starryknight7700]

I will say as an older brother. The constant bickering between the two of them is one of the most natural feeling sibling relationships ive seen in movies period. And it really felt like thats what my brother and i would be dealing with rather than worry about the whole space thing. (And i first wached this movie when i was around 8 or 9)

[@JacF6734]

Believe it or not, the first Jumanji movie was based off a picture book written by Chris Van Allsburg. He would go on to write a sequel to the first book called Zathura, which is what this movie was based off of. So technically, Zathura is a canon sequel to Jumanji. I'm dead serious, look it up.

[@lugbzurg8987]

That's... kinda what he said in the video.

[@hoykfnvnnesnxnnensncjforkx1616]

That's what he said

[@delete---7593]

I look it up and I don't like it.

[@Bossgaming60105]

I never knew that, that's awesome and so in other words it's not at all a ripoff of jumanji, I did still love this movie though asuch as I do now

[@dryer1901]

It seems that nobody bothered to finish reading your comment

[@softeuph3974]

The sister being frozen in the bathroom was such a memorable moment

[@Ivorylapsed]

Me and my friends would always joke that the reason Kirstin Stewart was so emotionless and made no facial expressions was because her face was still frozen from Zathura.

[@cheemsburbger7102]

my favorite moment from this was give me a juice box biyatch

[@Em_Elizabeth]

And he brings out a flamethrower!🤣

[@xlivingxdeadgirl]

i hated that scene, it scarred me tbh

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr

[@michaelwave9831]

Fun fact: the robot in this movie was mostly practical effects

[@wickedwhisper4568]

For real? It looks so good! It still holds up.

[@dyslexicbatnam1350]

So are the Zorgons

[@Dalekzilla54]

And it was voiced by Frank Oz!

[@Psycopathicus]

As I understand it, MOST of this movie was practical effects. I remember watching the special features, and it talked about how the whole house set was mounted on a giant mechanical arm setup, so whenever things were shaking around, they were shaking for real - also, every bit of destruction the house in the movie received actually happened to the set, so as filming went on, it just got more and more authentically wrecked-looking.

[@sdbegotist]

I think the torso of the robot suit was real, and most of the Zorgon suit was real as well (think they cgi'd the human head out)

[@akiothearsonist480]

It took me a bit to realize that Zathura is the movie I liked a lot when I was younger because it was space themed.

[@Zack-xv2yc]

Man, Zathura was said to be the OFFICIAL sequel to Jumanji! I always thought it was just inspiration, even as a kid.

[@RainyDays2790]

as a kid, about josh hutcherson's age, when i watched this i never saw the headphones and assumed that teenagers just could sleep through most stuff. as a teen and an adult......yeah im still of that mindset

[@chrissmith6097]

You don’t notice a giant pair of headphones on someone in the middle of a frame from the waist-up? And you never noticed until someone explicitly pointed it out? That’s kind of worrying. The “you should never be trusted to drive a car” kind of worrying.
That goes also for the 37 other people who gave this a thumbs-up. Get your eyes checked or something.

[@RainyDays2790]

@@chrissmith6097 i mean i was a kid, kids arent observant ya know?? No offense but dude you need some reading comprehension lessons bc my comment was obviously referring to when i was about 12 like the older brother in this movie. i was a child my guy and i was also a budding bisexual who was more focused on how pretty Kirsten stewart was than what was on her ears. give a former kid a break

[@RainyDays2790]

@@maurabrewster8544 ????????????

[@RainyDays2790]

@@maurabrewster8544 ......go away

[@NJkurokitty7]

While I did notice the headphones as a kid, I didn’t categorize them as the reason she slept through all that because I would’ve slept through anything.

[@jhvpeful9854]

okay but like....this movie was legit my everything as a kid

[@kefkiroth42]

Totally. My 13yo self had the biggest crush on the astronaut 💖 still love Dax Shepard

[@richardwitt2334]

I preferred the Goonies over Zathura as a kid and still do to this day.

[@maurabrewster8544]

ruclips.net/video/6joiKtYUjbY/видео.html what movie name talking about

[@calisha1889]

@@richardwitt2334 I mean they're completely different but alright. It would make more sense to compare it to Jumanji

[@richardwitt2334]

@@calisha1889 So what if they're different am I not allowed to compare it to my favorite movie? If I was going to compare it with Jumanji there would be no contest Jumanji is far better and is able to make me interested in it.

[@Astropheminist]

God I remember being terrified of the Zorgons after watching this as a kid.

[@ssshark_bait]

Same just like the skeksis from dark crystal

[@eesa4854]

Every single critisism i've heard about this movie is "I DONT GTET IT!!" like the nostalgia critic

[@djkaibaxter419]

NO ONE MOCKS THIS MOVIE. it was my absolute favourite movie as a child.

[@steampoweredpines3485]

Same!! I have the cd and have loved it since it came out

[@maurabrewster8544]

antonpictures.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-notebook-2004-1080p/ what movie name

[@MilkIsTheOne]

Me too!.

[@awkwardorangedrawz5914]

SAME!

[@okaysoanyways2645]

Get over it

[@atm_ovie4869]

Bionicpig: "I'm gonna talk about how this is a hidden gem"
Also Bionicpig: *rips the shit out of horrible physics and convoluted plot points and characters*
Also also Bionicpig: "so yeah I really like this movie"

[@Roadent1241]

It's like having a fave game that isn't well known or loved because it's not Quantic Dreams quality.

[@lugbzurg8987]

"The kids have no reaction to being in space."
"Great child actors!"

[@Roadent1241]

@@lugbzurg8987 I mean they're not wrong? Director - "Have a quiet amazed reaction because space is wonderous and amazing and you're just soaking it in."
Everybody else - OMG it's so unrealistic why are they not jumping about screaming in joy or freaking out because their house is in space?
I'd say having a quiet 'woooooooow' reaction is well done by that kid~

[@ollie2111]

I know right I think that was my favorite thing about this video. That we can critique or make fun of movies that we really love, even liking that element of chaotic surrealism.

[@maurabewsmoviecorner6911]

@@ollie2111 ruclips.net/video/g1uzExGBsUk/видео.html what movie name, plz

[@psychiastro7906]

,,There's no way they can look at a star for that long and their eyes aren't hurting".
You see, BionicPIG
, the dark side of the force has many abilities, some are considered to be unnatural.

[@OshawottLuke]

A masterpiece. One of those movies that you would just rewatch every time it was broadcasted on tv.

[@godzillawithacomputer4045]

I remember loving Zathura as a kid, and I’m kind of surprised that people actually didn’t like it

[@maurabasemen5506]

ruclips.net/video/1P6ZW9tP0Bk/видео.html

[@lemurtoad3617]

@@maurabasemen5506 stfu

[@420monster6]

It had kristen stewart in it. I don't watch movies that have her in them.

[@ohnoheb]

@@420monster6 why?

[@420monster6]

@@ohnoheb she couldn't act her way out of a paper bag with a hole in it.

[@km7350]

Ads: We're a good family movie
Walter: "Get me a juice box, BEEOTCH"

[@longnosepete3491]

we had Zathura on dvd when I was a kid, actually still have that same dvd today in fact! I watched Zathura a bunch when I was younger and you know what, I think I'm gonna rewatch it sometime.

[@erinella]

I love how a lot of these comments are about how great Josh Hutcherson's acting is. For real folks, check out his backlog of films, not just The Hunger Games and Bridge to Terabethia, he's always been very talented. Not all of the films are great but he's nearly always amazing in them.
Also massive missed opportunity with Peta Jones and the fact Josh Hutcherson is Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games films.

[@jam.lob.]

Zathura is canon so its a sequel, i tell this to everyone like an annoying weirdo.

[@epsilon-eleven]

Yea, the book is literally a sequel to the Jumanji book.

[@user-jl5ks7yj6y]

damn thats cool

[@fightingmedialounge519]

That doesn't make the movie cannon to the first movie.

[@thedarkd6]

@@fightingmedialounge519 then what's it mean lol cos it legit is

[@LyricNear]

Honestly I liked it MORE than Jumanji. I read all of his books as a kid.

[@coreysrevenge286]

Josh Hutcherson’s acting in this is stellar for a kid tho

[@demonking86420]

isnt he the guy in Bridge to Terra whatsit?

[@gustsword6588]

@@demonking86420 bridge to terabithia, yes

[@justsomeperson1213]

@@demonking86420 He is also Peeta from the Hunger Games!

[@diamondyoyo4763]

The brother too

[@lukas-po8yn]

this was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I new it was basically the same as Jumanji, but never thought it was a knockoff. also that weird elevator thing was the stuff of my nightmares.

[@chifang705]

I use to watch this all the time as a kid (my dad and I use to bond over loving space movies and monster ones) and besides hating Walter with a passion, I remember always choking on my spit when the reveal happens, I was stunned when it happened no matter how many times I watched it.
Bionic, you make me love my dad a lot more for reminding me of all the times me and him would just sit and watch a movie, and talk about it all throughout it.
The nostalgia hits me hard watching some of your videos, and I'm really happy i found your channel

[@PetiteChevalAmie]

You missed the part about Kristen Stewart’s character having a crush on the astronaut until she realized he was her brother. Surprised you skipped that because it was pretty messed up 😂

[@jhvpeful9854]

seriously tho!!!!

[@who8518]

omg so this did happen and i’m not crazy 😭 jesus this movie is a trip

[@nicholaswetzel7119]

“Still think I have gorgeous eyes?” 🤣

[@maxlee4181]

"They run around as if evading meteors, but actually the meteors evade them. Incredible things will happen while they play "Zathura," but they will survive. That helps explain why they can still breathe when they open the front door and discover that their house is now in orbit around Saturn."
Hope this explanation helps some.

[@coda56]

this is one of my favorite movies, i never heard anyone talking about this until now

[@zephyr0407]

I’m just going to say my mom has every original book you just mentioned, Zuthera, Jumanji and Polar Express... and all the movies. She loved the author

[@tanman624]

I never even saw Jumanji. This movie was just like one of my fav movies as a kid but it really scared me.

[@ninjanibba4259]

How old are you?

[@passionthevirgo]

It's a nice film. It's the prequel to Zathura.

[@calisha1889]

Maybe if you would've seen Jumanji first it wouldnt have been as bad like for me. But they're both scary: one has killer jungle animals and insects, the other has a killer robot and space monsters

[@Em_Elizabeth]

I recommend Jumangi

[@triggeredcat120]

The whole film went over everyone's head. It's actually a brilliantly done film.

[@VidWatcher01]

I thought was it cool

[@triggeredcat120]

@@maurabrewster8544 Hard pass on that.

[@triggeredcat120]

@@VidWatcher01 I have yet to see it.

[@maurabrewster8544]

@@VidWatcher01 antonpictures.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-notebook-2004-1080p/ what movie name plz

[@laraschroeder5195]

The dialogue is incredibly charming and funny! I like that the astronaut just started acting like a babysitter when the kids started arguing. Like this SPACE WAR VETERN has to take care of two brats who are having a very normal sibling fight and I think that’s hilarious. The dialogue also sounds very natural! Genuinely I really like this movie and I might watch it myself!

[@silvertheelf]

Intro: “hi, here’s a dumb thing”
Me:”why dose this weirdo have subscribers...”
After the rest of the video:”ok, that’s why”

[@maxellthehero7791]

I remember reading the book in elementary school. It’s not actually a novel, neither is Jumanji, they’re both pretty small children’s books. In the book version of Zethura there is no astronaut that turns out to be Walter. The movie is just a huge elaboration of a small book

[@MemesToa]

Instead, the older brother is time warped back to when he picked up the game, possibly leaving the younger brother now unable to finish the game. Personally, that kinda fucked me up as a kid, the idea that one wrong move from _another player_ would leave _you_ trapped in the game forever.

[@at_witts_end3470]

Jack Black actually confirmed this movie was Jumanji 2 at one point.

[@yoogikoo]

My sister and I used to laugh so hard at the part during the meteor shower when a vase gets smashed and Danny yells "grandma" because we thought it was the most random thing. We didn't realize until later on that it was an urn.

[@greywhizzadventurer8535]

Zathura is hands down one of my favorite childhood movie. Made me love boardgame growing up and kinda wish a boardgame as cool as zathura existed.

[@disgustingweeaboo2638]

Walter is a kid doing nothing but being a kid, he doesn't care if they are danger, he only cares for stupid stuff.

[@Roadent1241]

And he is why I don't like children. Even when I WAS a child. Isn't that what we would call a spoiled brat?

[@justadummy8076]

Roadent1241 it’s likely he has unresolved issues due to his parents divorce and uses Danny as a scapegoat for his feelings

[@Roadent1241]

@@justadummy8076 I would assume you're right. I'm a single child out of 90% of friends I have so what do I know?

[@nevermindgaming6848]

@@Roadent1241 Nah he was a dick

[@TheG_Boy]

Everytime i look back at this movie I’m like “DAMN IT WAS A GEM”

[@Dubstep195]

I always thought this was a sequel? Crazy that it’s deemed a “knockoff” even tho it’s made by the same author. But this movie was a true gem I remember being like 6 watching this with my sister, ngl we would do the same stuff but instead of paying for it I would pirate CD’s or just watch it on tv.

[@moonwalker4532]

This is the best movie in history people who called it a knock off they live a sad pathetic life

[@cheekyzoombies4588]

hi who ever doesn't like this movie is wrong. The movie was awesome, the board game was rad, and the video game was fucking dope. I want more Zathura in 2021

[@DLNBioletto]

Awesome, rad and dope? Say no more. I'm buying it!

[@darkario3747]

disliking a movie is opinion based. dude, you cant just say "who doesnt like it is wrong"

[@phrozti188]

@@darkario3747 nah

[@block4562]

@@darkario3747 some opinions are just not up for debate

[@kayden232ou]

@@darkario3747 it has turn out that your opinion is wrong

[@ProbsNotABot]

I always thought this was the sequel of Jumanji. Child me thought that the board game was cursed and changed to best fit the interests of those who pick it up or changed with the time.

[@lenkagamine4145]

the book is an actual spinoff of jumanji so it really is what you thought. Just, not explicitly stated in the movie.

[@ProbsNotABot]

@@lenkagamine4145 I'm proud of kid me, lol.

[@lofieəìføľ]

It makes sense with the recent jumanji movie!

[@maevixie7041]

I've heard somewhere that Zathura is just on the other side of Jumanji. Like literally, you grab the board, flip it, and it's Zathura. Now I don't know if this is true or not, but I just wanted to mention it. Though your idea sounds way cooler to me

[@davidthedreamer0]

Alternative video title: "In defense of Zathura..."
and boy.... he did it justice.

[@dandydasyt4766]

this film solidified itself as a historical landmark because it was one of the 4 most memorable Josh Hutcherson appearances to me. watching all his film felt like i actually saw him grow up which is a surreal concept for a young boy

[@taevante554]

what i love is how the kid characters just- act like kids, bc of course they'd be extremely infuriating and dumb, although walter was just unlikable for no reason near enough, they could of at least given him somewhat of a reason for why he treated his little bro so badly.

[@newbienoah9461]

Considering his parents went through a divorce, He might have took it very hard and being a kid, didn't know how to handle it.
I'm not a psychologist however.

[@BrokenStitches]

@@newbienoah9461 this ^^

[@ollie2111]

I'm pretty sure it was because of their parents divorce and I even figured as much as a kid but I do think they could have hinted at it a little more strongly yet in a still subtle way.

[@lofieəìføľ]

@@ollie2111 But they literally said it though...

[@iantaggart3064]

My guess is it's because of the divorce. When Danny asked Walter when he got so mean that actually implied that Walter's behavior was a recent development. Perhaps this adventure was what Walter needed to remind him of the important bond between brothers.

[@annmarie9448]

Uhm the fact that Kristen Stewart is only 2 years older than Josh Hutcherson is confusing ... she looks significantly older than him in this movie 😂😂😂

[@bluelips501]

Wait really?? maybe it could be because he’s so short

[@Roadent1241]

Really? I thought she was within a 5-y-older range.
But then I'm a tiny person who spent some time in school being the oldest by a year in class. Apparently I got held back which explains why I had the same room two years in a row instead of moving on with everybody else I'd spent 5 years with.

[@user-jl5ks7yj6y]

probably because they wanted to make her look older for the role

[@user-kq6ki5bn2k]

It isn't unusual. I distinctly remember around middle school all boys were much shorter than girls. Boys generally grow in height a couple years later.

[@ollie2111]

Dude so true, as a kid I thought she was way older than 15. Bruh I thought she was like 20

[@bobgagit7981]

Never thought of this movie as a knockoff. Me and a lot of my buddies really liked it as kids

[@KindredKeepsake]

Danny was such a cutiepie, it made Walter's treatment of him even worse. e_e
And he was a genuinely good kid! I bet the parents divorced because of *Walter.*

[@fellowspacemarine]

People are dissing Zathura?... everyone just sucks all the time these days

[@andrewblack2596]

Brother! Your perception of low got his uttering peons is correct. For the Emperor!

[@fellowspacemarine]

@@andrewblack2596 only in death does duty end my brother! For the Emperor!

[@ninjanibba4259]

I mean... It's not that memorable

[@queen-monarch]

@@ninjanibba4259 I sure as heck remember it. I was like, eight when I watched it.

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@queen-monarch i meant to the public it's not talked about, like at all

[@jartism]

As a kid I ADORED this movie, and liked it more than jumanji. It honestly rocks

[@MagistaMage]

The Zorgons looked so good in this movie. For it's age, the suits still look amazing.

[@laylabranom5494]

I LOVED as a kid, and still love this movie as an (almost) adult.

[@LilyWatras]

Ya I don’t think real life physics and biology was or is ever a factor in movies specifically made for kids. When you have the opportunity to glaze over plot points, most filmmakers do for the sake of making something flashy and fun to make a buck off of

[@chrissmith6097]

When has real life physics or biology ever been a plot point in a movie? Oh, never? Oh, boring facts, getting in the way of the point I want to make... that filmmakers make films to make money. Screw it, I’ll do it anyways and I’ll be applauded for such a uniquely clever and subtle thought.

[@zaheersarang6466]

Even in non kids movies those things aren't a factor so what's your point? Unless you're telling me that aliens from space fighting a jock who was frozen in ice, a big green Shrek monster and a tin can with boosters is real?

[@precarious_platypus7346]

I actually really like this movie, I loved the Lizard monsters, I thought they were awesome

[@platinumageofgrotesque8407]

man i remember watching this as a kid with my brother, we watched it so much that our parents got us the actual board game for christmas, but we were too scared to play it

[@HobGungan]

I've always found Dax Shepard really underrated as an actor. He's not always in the best stuff, but he himaelf is usually really good.
Also I remember when this came out that it was advertised as a semi-sequel to Jumanji due to it being the sane author. Although maybe I was just lucky snd caught the one ad or story that mentioned it.

Who are those butthurt who don't like this gem? This is my childhood with Jumanji, Bridge to Terabithia....

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

God this movie was so good when I was a kid! Only OG's developed their Josh Hutcherson crush with this film and Bridge to Terabithia 🙏

[@cassielcruzchavolla809]

Fr, hunger games we don't know her haha

[@dignelberrt]

Nah I had a crush on Kristen Stewart, but I only carried that until I saw Hayley Williams

[@dreadvii6832]

I loved Zathura as a kid!!! I was way more into space and astronauts when I was younger so this movie was awesome to me XD

[@joshnunya324]

17:13 When he wished his brother was gone, he was stuck since Danny could never have his turn
I guess this movie is a different timeline

[@everrester420]

You had a character named Peta Jones in this one, and Josh Hutcherson, the actor for Peta in hunger games, is in this. And you didn't make a joke about it

[@sugared_teeth]

A Henry, a Stephanie, and oh god a Kevin! What’s next a Margret who’s not allowed in the school’s playground because she may or may not be a predator. Also thanks, pig for making this quarantine better, and to whoever’s reading this I hope you have a wonderful day!

[@Happy_Slappy2_0]

I loved Zathura and I even revisited it a couple years back, it's definitely one of my favorites

[@ScootsLounge]

I watched Zathura as a kid, along with Jumanji. And despite watching both movies many many times i have only just now figured out how similsr the two are. I don't think I was the brightest child in the world, despite what my parents told me.

[@madog61]

This movie is nostalgic it’s a gem

[@yaboi3339]

watched this movie as a kid, absolutely loved it. its a shame it will forever hold the title of shitty knock off, the movie is fantastic and very different from jumanji.

[@epsilon-eleven]

It's a sequel, based off of the book that is a direct sequel to the Jumanji book (by the same author, too). It uses the same formula & everything on purpose.
People only thought it was a knock-off because they didn't bother Googling it or looking at the ads for it.

[@justdirt]

This movie scared me when I was 5, but I loved it when I was like 9. I enjoyed it more than Jumanji as a kid. There was just a bit more happening, and the aliens as corny as they were looking back at it genuinely scared me as a kid. There was a real sense of danger and lil me enjoyed it

[@presidentbutterpudding4025]

This is one of the few movies I saw when I was younger and had completely blanked it out of my memory because literally nobody I knew ever saw this movie, either way, I really liked it back then.

[@arseniccandy_1320]

Me and my brother one day just telepathically remembered it and he said "remember the movie Zathura" and i just stared at him like "how tf did you know that?"

[@Lol-ll5gh]

Holy shit, the fact that the same person made Polar Express too, I'm fucking mind blown
Also it makes soooooo much sense he made Jumanji
And I loved this movie

[@nickzint8542]

“Bring me a juice box beoutch” was my favorite movie quote and got me in so much trouble as a kid 😂

[@alyssajones2931]

Zathura was a highlight movie of my childhood. I think about it all the time still! It terrified me as a kid. The scene I remember the most is the one where the bathroom freezes over. When I hear the name Zathura I think of that.

[@BugsyFoga]

The real Jumanji sequel.

[@epsilon-eleven]

It... literally was

[@lyellCrookshanks]

"Now I know what you all are thinking-"
Grammerly advert starts: "Grammer is important..."

[@Roadent1241]

Or that stupid Honey lady that won't go away, I don't do online shopping-
"Are you tired of paying for overpriced-" NO I DONT SHOP ONLINE. You and Mr Honey Beast or whateverthefrickhisnameis can bug off. Give me the MMO adverts with the nice songs again, YT seems to take away the ones I actually like and sit through, but not when I dislike and sit through, nevermind skip.

[@clientwolf3637]

When you dab so hard the platonic plates collide simultaneously

[@mort7987]

My dad and i always watched this when i was a kid. Good memories.