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Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Posted By: Someonelse
Date: 21 Jun 2011 00:35:49
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
1080p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1920 x 1040 | x264 @ 9300 Kbps | English DTS 5.1 @ 1509 Kbps | 01:41:20 | 7,88 Gb
Subtitles: English (+SDH), French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian, Arabic
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 1 win & 3 nominations | USA

An old and forgotten game develops magical powers in this fantasy for the whole family. Twelve-year-old Walter Budwing (Josh Hutcherson) and his younger brother, Danny (Jonah Bobo), figure they're going to be in for a boring time when their father (Tim Robbins), who was supposed to spend the day with them, is suddenly called away on business, and gives them strict orders not to leave the house. Walter, who doesn't have much use for Danny, is motivated by boredom more than anything else when he agrees to play a board game Danny has found in the basement during a round of hide-and-seek. However, the boys quickly discover the space-themed game Zathura has some unusual qualities – a roll of the dice unexpectedly launches the Budwing home into outer space, and Walter and Danny are suddenly fending off menacing robots, angry aliens, and showers of interstellar debris outside the Earth's atmosphere. As the boys try to figure out a way back home, they get some unexpected help from an earthling astronaut (Dax Shepard) who has also lost his way.

Based on the book by children's author Chris Van Allsburg – who also wrote The Polar Express and Jumanji – Zathura was directed by Jon Favreau, the actor-turned-filmmaker who enjoyed a breakthrough success with Elf.

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Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Channeling the awe and splendor of Spielberg's early Amblin films, Jon Favreau splendidly expands Chris Van Allsburg's children's tale into a timeless adventure that the whole family can enjoy. More joyful than Jumanji, while less roller-coaster freakish than Polar Express, this adaptation nails the wonderment that both previous films missed out on, while still delivering the thrills and spills that are integral to pulpy space operas. Lizard monsters and '50s-era rockets populate this fantastical world, but the visuals would not be complete if not for the small, tight cast that holds it together.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Jonah Bobo is downright adorable as wide-eyed youngest brother Danny, while Dax Shepard has a subtle charm that makes him immediately likable throughout. For his third feature, Favreau proves that he can pull off extravagant action scenes while still keeping the heart of the story intact. The director's humor shines through in various superb ways – the best being his gleeful approach to demolishing J. Michael Riva's glorious set inch by inch. Despite its lackluster box office and a "believe it or not" reveal in the third act, Zathura taps into an imaginative world that is as wildly charming as it is exciting – a rare feat for live-action kids' flicks in this day and age.
Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

You know, when I was six-and-three-quarters, if I’d gotten the family home sucked into space and nearly blown up by robots and flesh-eating alien lizards, not to mention flash-freezing my sister, I would have been grounded for, oh, at least a week.

Zathura is an adaptation of a children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, who also wrote the books for Jumanji and The Polar Express. As a story, Zathura is similar to Jumanji, in that a game plunges a family into in adventure that seems to take over their house. As a movie, I enjoyed it far more than Polar Express. The young heroes in this movie are much less passive and lacked the creepy thousand-yard stares of Express‘s computer-generated characters.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Six-year-old Danny (Jonah Bobo) and ten-year-old Walter (Josh Hutcherson) do what brothers tend to do, namely compete for their father’s attention and fight a lot. Due to business, their father (Tim Robbins) is forced to leave the feuding siblings in the disinterested care of their teenaged sister, Lisa (Kristen Stewart), who’d rather sleep until her date that night.

The brothers’ continual bickering results in Danny being locked in the old houses creepy basement, where he discovers an old mechanical space adventure game called Zathura. Unsuccessful at tearing his brother away from watching baseball on ESPN, Danny starts to play the game by himself. After his first move, the game spits out a card that says “METEOR SHOWER: TAKE EVASIVE ACTION.” The next thing the two brothers know, the living room is being pelted by meteors that tear up the wall, floor, ceiling and furniture. When they look outside, they discover that their house is adrift in space.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Not real space, mind you, but the fanciful outer space of the Buck Rogers serials suggested by the game’s design, where it’s possible for young boys to stand on the porch and not suffocate in a vacuum.

Sister Lisa is oblivious to the whole thing until the next card results in her being cryogenically frozen in the bathroom while primping for her date. More cards result in the house being torn to shreds by a malfunctioning killer robots and blasted by Zorgon spaceships. Walter, realizing that finishing the game is the only way to get back home, insists they keep playing. Danny thinks he’s crazy, seeing only the havoc wreaked by every move.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

They finally start to get a handle on the situation after they have to rescue a stranded astronaut (Dax Shepard), who helps them deal with the Zorgon problem while proceeding to raid the refrigerator at the same time. It falls upon the astronaut to keep the still-feuding boys playing the game. It seems that he has a personal stake in how the game turns out.

Eventually, Lisa thaws out enough to contribute her “extreme” solution to the ongoing Zorgon issue. Her crush on the astronaut, however, is doomed for reasons that Star Wars fans will understand completely.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Director Jon Favreau keeps the pace lively and kinetic, favoring on-set practical effects over computer-generated images. This gives the scenes where the house is being torn to shreds by robots, harpoons and Zorgon cannons a real energy. His ability to deliver a sci-fi universe that successfully conjures up memories of pulp stories from the thirties gives me real optimism for his upcoming adaptation of John Carter of Mars.

Given its roots in a children’s story, Zathura is obviously a movie aimed primarily at kids, but anyone should enjoy its high energy and sense of fun and wonder.
Paul McElligott, Celluloid Heroes
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

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