![]() Walter and Danny are in a state of perennial antagonism, as is the case with most siblings their age. In its adventure-filled narrative, ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure’ packs a tale of a reunion between two brothers. How Are Walter and Danny Able to Reconcile? In essence, the astronaut helps them unite and acknowledge each other’s presence. The astronaut’s character provides a sense of poignancy in the fast-paced adventures of ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’ Through him, we understand the strained relationship between Walter and Danny in the light of their parents’ divorce. He is an external agency that comments on Walter’s and Danny’s moves and gives them tenets of wisdom. The astronaut binds the thematic underpinning of the film together. In a film filled with an angry robot, a meat-eating alien race, black holes, and pulverizing meteors, the saddest part is a brother wishing his sibling never existed. The astronaut reveals that he is actually Walter from the future, who got stuck in the game without Danny. When Danny wishes that the astronaut’s brother comes back, his doppelgänger arrives. Walter’s and Danny’s squabbles remind the astronaut of his own youth, and rather than rebuking them, he relives the callous decisions made during his childhood. The astronaut reveals that he wished for his brother to be never born during one of his turns, thereby leaving him without a partner to finish the game. Danny asks about his origins, to which the man says that he played the game fifteen years ago but couldn’t finish it. Walter doesn’t want him in the game, but it is Danny’s prerogative to deal with the astronaut. One of Danny’s turns brings an astronaut to their floating house who helps them in more ways than one. Zathura: A Space Adventure Ending: Who is the Astronaut? Eventually, Walter and Danny reconcile and manage to finish the game, thereby returning to reality. The Zorgons take away the board game, which leaves the siblings and the astronaut struggling to get back the game. Eventually, Lisa is thawed from her stasis, and her inadvertent move brings the Zorgons back. Danny is able to conjure an astronaut in one of his turns, who helps them evade the Zorgons. Walter and Danny have to face various kinds of obstacles and dangerous situations in their quest to finish it.Ī reptilian alien race called the Zorgons attack their house. Walter figures out that to return things to normalcy, they have to win the game. ![]() Walter and Danny’s house floats in space, and as they play further, Lisa gets frozen in the bathroom, which turns into a cryo-chamber. The brothers find that the events detailed by Zathura actually happen for real and realize that they have become an integral part of the game’s simulations. Each turn moves the player’s piece at random spaces, followed by an event card. ![]() The game is named Zathura, and the way to win it is to reach the final space on the board through a series of turns. The brothers find a board game in their basement and decide to play. Lisa ( Kristen Stewart), their older sister, is in charge of taking care of the brothers while their father is away at work. Walter and Danny are two brothers who find it difficult to get along with each other. Even though the film has been compared to ‘ Jumanji,’ it carves a niche for itself in the fantasy genre. ![]() Favreau’s adaptation of the book is considered a wholesome family entertainer with some dazzling special effects that keep the viewers hooked to the epic space adventure. They have to survive the strange ordeal with the help of their sister, Lisa, and an astronaut who comes to their aid.
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