Just came back from watching Jumanji with an old workmate friend. It was fun catching up with her but it also fun watching a big ol’ fun, dumb movie with a lot of heart. I was terrified of the original when I saw it as a kid because it felt bleak and dark and I, a very impressionistic and sensitive kid, was freaked out by the idea of being sucked into a game like that.

However, this one is perfect popcorn watching and it met my expectations (dumb and fun) to perfection.

We saw it a the Alamo (’cause food and adult drinks) where in their pre-show line-up (if you’ve been to an Alamo Drafthouse, you’ll know what I mean) they showed clips of Jack Black’s stint on Infinite Challenge, which was a delightful surprise (and confused me why they would show it until I was like, “oh, duh, he’s the star of the movie I’m about to watch”).

As a side-note: she was one of the people I used as a reference when I was applying for my current job, and she told me that my (now) boss basically told her it was a formality and that they’d pretty much decided to give me the job after my interview, which was a surprise because I thought I did just okay in the interview and probably wasn’t what they were looking for. Just goes to show that you should never underestimate yourself.