Zathura; Adventure is Waiting

Even after reading all the bad reviews for this game, I had to get it for my 4yr old son, as Zathura is one of his favorite movies. I wasn't expexcting much, but the game is actually a fair representation of the one in the film, which makes me think people buying this haven't seen the movie. It's pretty low tech, vs the metal, chain and gear driven one onscreen - which is too bad - but then something like that would have run into 100s of dollars. The 'automatic' card dispenser is fun, but is pretty finicky - if there's any bend to the card they will jam. But otherwise it's a nice, fun game my kids enjoy very much that is pretty easy to play and doesn't take very long. A benefit=they'd rather play the game than watch tv, so I'm happy. I got it on sale and feel it's a pretty good deal. Now, if they'd just start making that robot toy again, I'd be really happy! (you can't even get it on ebay),

If you liked the movie, you will like the game. We have so much fun playing this game together. My 8 yr old son is obsessive about the movie and couldn't wait to get the board game. After numerous homemade renditions, I relented enough to buy it used. Some of the stickers were on upside down or ripped, but all in all, the game was in pretty good condition. I don't even think my son noticed the stickers anyway. He just loves playing it and I have to say, it's not bad!

This game is really cool. They made it almost identical to the one in the movie and it's fun!

It was missing a piece even though it was advertised as having all its pieces. My grandson was excited with it, so everything worked out fine.

I recorded this movie to show my seven year old grandson, he is autistic, and since he watched it, that is his favorite movie. I could not erase it till I bought the movie on Amazon. Since I bought it, I have gotten him the game and now he plays that every day.

We bought this game for our 5 year old son, and he loves it. It's not very fun to play, as the rules are complicated and it's a bit cheesy really. But, the cards pop out like in the movie and he likes to set it up while watching the actual movie. It's a shame it's not more like the game in the movie, but it's similar enough that for young fans it's enjoyable.

I bought this game for my son's fifth birthday because he LOVES the movie. He was constantly talking about how great it would be to have a Zathura game of his own. When he opened it, he was over the moon excited. He plays with it at least once a day and sometimes makes up his own game rules or re-enacts scenes from the movie. It's not the sturdiest of games and I know many other reviewers were disappointed that the game wasn't more like the one in the movie. But the way I see it is this: if this game was exactly like the one in the movie it would be a $[...] game. I think the fact that they figured out how to get the cards to pop out was clever enough and it definitely has made a 5 year old in Austin very happy. All in all, I say if your kid loves Zathura this is a worthwhile purchase.

It is a good movie to watch and then play the game afterwards while the excitement is still in the air. My six year old grandson really enjoyed this weekend and unpluging from video games. Now I have a place with my grandson's attendtion that nobody else in the family has.