Episode 79 – Zathura: Our Own Kind of Space Adventure

Zathura

Today we are talking about Zathura, Jon Favreau’s third directorial film from 2005. Starring Josh Hutcherson as Walter and Jonah Bobo as Danny. They play a quarrelsome set of brothers that embark on a board game that turns their house into a flying spaceship and hurtle them into an intergalactic space battle. 

Astronaut: “No matter how good an idea seems like when you’re angry, it never is.”

Source: IMDB.com

Some of our favorite parts of this movie are:

• Danny!
• Frozen sisters (Isn’t Kristen Stewart always frozen?)
• The Astronaut
• Nice Special Effects
• Dumbwaiters

Special thanks to our editor Geoff Vrijmoet for this episode and Melissa Villagrana for helping out with our social media posts.

Here are some links to some great YouTube videos on the making of Zathura

YouTube video – Special Effects Featurette Part 1

Zathura – Special Effects Featurette Part 2

Zathura – Adaptation and Story Featurette

Next week’s film will be Chef (2014) available on HBOMax

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