Dwayne Johnson has taken exception to a fan's Twitter criticism of his film unexpected smash hit at the box office, racking up an insane $772 million worldwide in just over a month. Perhaps the bigger surprise is how well the movie has done with critics, earning an eyebrow-raising 76% with reviewers over on Rotten Tomatoes.
By most s, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a profoundly fun, if undemanding, slice of pure Hollywood entertainment. Though it strays far from the original 1995 film starring Robin Williams, it's just about the most harmless movie around.
Related: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Review – The Game is Still Fun
In it, co-stars Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black Johnson as teenagers trapped within the bodies of their avatars of the video game world of Jumanji. The group then looks to beat the game in the hopes that doing so will release them back into the real world. There's plenty of video game humor packed into Welcome to the Jungle's two hour runtime, and a heavy focus is placed on the avatars' various strengths and the need to work together as a team. The film has its share of nitpick-able moments, sure, but why anyone would decide to raise those complaints directly with the star of the show on social media is a bit of a headscratcher. When one Twitter decided to tag Dwayne Johnson in his attack on the film's logic, The Rock promptly laid the verbal smackdown.
Johnson's reaction is a solid mix of sarcasm and brutality, and Twitter went nuts over it, tweeting out gifs of the former professional wrestler delivering his iconic one-liners and finishing moves. To his credit, the Twitter took the comeback in stride, later tweeting "THE ROCK IS THE GREATEST HUMAN and "Dude. I haven’t loved you this much since WrestleMania 18". Johnson also eased off a bit in a subsequent reply, saying "I mean thankfully we always have the trusted Jumanji handbook for the rules lol".
Nitpicking a less-than-serious film like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle seems like a pretty pointless exercise by itself, but by tagging the star (who's 6'5 and literally nicknamed The Rock) in the critique, this Twitter was just asking for trouble. Overall, it was a very fun exchange between a fan and a star, but still, there's a lesson worth ing here: don't mess with The People's Champ.
Next: How Jumanji Took On Star Wars – And Won
Source: Twitter
