Jurassic World (2015)
I must be
honest—I wasn’t blown away by this movie. In fact, I don’t think it’s anywhere
near as cool as people say it is. The visual effects were great, though. But if
I want to be blown away by visual effects mastery and their evolution, I’d
rather watch the making of The Matrix.
I recently saw the first Jurassic Park film, and I thank God
this is a continuation and not a reboot because, in my view, it would have been
a failed reboot.
Steven Spielberg
stepped back from directing to be an executive producer for this movie, just
like he did for the third installment. In this 2015 continuation, Colin
Trevorrow (whom I don’t know much about) took the director’s chair, and I bet
he’ll be remembered for this, as the movie is breaking financial records at the
box office.
Now, 22 years
after the original Jurassic Park (1993) failed, a new and
improved park has been created and opened to the public.
The park draws
tens of thousands of visitors who enjoy the idea of seeing how life was when
dinosaurs ruled the Earth. The genetic scientists in the park went one step
further and created a new monster called the Indominus Rex—a hybrid dinosaur
that’s highly intelligent and psychotic by nature.
The park owners
planned to unveil this new hybrid to the public, hoping it would be the main
attraction. Things go horribly wrong when the dinosaur escapes and goes on a
rampage, killing humans and dinosaurs alike for sport.
The Indominus
Rex is the villain in this movie.
The sound
editing and musical score of this movie are wonderful, and the actors were good
enough to carry the film through—though I didn’t quite enjoy Bryce Dallas
Howard’s performance.
I think the hype
around this film blinds many to the script’s total inadequacy in delivering a
watertight presentation. After three movies depicting the horrible things that
can happen in a park full of dinosaurs, people still keep going back.
The movie is
plagued with too many coincidences to be taken seriously:
- Out of the 10,000 kids in the park, the one who
gets involved with the Indominus Rex just happens to be related to one of
the high-ranking people who run the park.
- She also happens to be in a relationship with a
badass, Chuck Norris-esque guy (Chris Pratt).
There are many
other coincidences in this film, but sharing them would mean dropping spoilers.
The movie is
okay for viewing, but it’s not a great movie.
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