I won’t spoil it, but towards the end, I cannot recall how Robin Williams’ character gets out from being stuck in the floor. Also, how did they escape the spiders? Did they just keep rolling the dice making a mad dash for the end of the game? What do you recall?
I recall falling asleep about half-way thorough the movie.
I think he gets out when the game starts an earthquake that splits the floor open
I understand the movie deviates quite a bit from the original book.
BTW: is the insane hunter Van Pelt simply an artifact of the game, or is he a real human being who was cursed or damnned to be trapped in the game forever?
Right, he gets out when the house has an earthquake. I thought the spiders ran away then too.
I think he falls through the floor, to the room below, which is flooded. Then they have the crocodile scene.
Van Pelt is an artefact of the game, and him being played by the same actor who played the father is not a convenience, clearly based on the Wizard of Oz/Peter Pan motif.